Early lesson in a teen romcom

JackBauerSaidSo · 2013-10-11T20:27:16+00:00

I wasn't old enough in the 80's to have seen or understood it, but I saw that movie about 7 years ago, and it was the most brutal thing I've ever seen.

It's pretty much the ultimate knife in the ribs for anyone that's been friendzoned hopelessly.

The movie would have been absolutely terrible if it wasn't for the dark turns. It reminds me of mistakes I made about life and women in High School. If Gary had any kind of spine, none of this would have happened.

Idle_Redditing · 2013-10-11T23:51:28+00:00

What! He helped her get an abortion and supported her after she treated him like crap and got knocked up by another guy? I never fell that low even in my lowest, beta time.

I actually had a girl I liked start to show interest in me, and try to get me to fall for her, after she had never shown any interest in me before. She was flirting to me, inviting me to her social circles and several of her friends gave me subtle hints to get me to start dating her.

Something seemed very wrong so I looked at a gift horse in the mouth, got one of her friends very drunk and found out that she had gotten knocked up by another guy. She was trying to sucker me into being the daddy and think that I was the actual father since she wouldn't get an abortion. I told her that she should try to get her support from the baby's father and she had the most shocked look on her face that I found out.

Now she's living the life of a single mom and last time I saw her or her friends they treated me like I was a deadbeat for not taking care of the baby like they thought I should have, and an idiot for not accepting the wonderful gift that was her. It was like I should have been honored to finally be able to have her after she was ruined. I think they should be called superhamsters.

Unfortunately starting to show some spine hasn't started some huge transformation to turn me into a chick magnet.

Petrarch1603 · 2013-10-12T06:05:15+00:00

Also, he made a huge sacrifice to pay for her abortion, selling his expensive VCR and electronics, which in those days were big bucks. He's not just driving home in the rain, there are also tears rolling down his cheeks. This is a movie which is mostly a goof-ball comedy like American Pie, and ends on such a tragic note. Its really an ambitious idea for a movie and its a shame Hollywood won't even touch a script for bold ideas like this movie.

edit: here's the scene where he sacrifices everything he can to pay for her abortion

anon_k · 2013-10-11T23:08:27+00:00

Very accurate depiction of how it really ends for betas.

On a side note, those eyebrows need some serious plucking.

kingssman · 2013-10-12T01:29:29+00:00

This why the #1 part of taking the pill is to learn to let go. Even Barney from how I met your mother had a story like Gary's. That beta realization turned him around into the sex machine pua he is.

It takes a hurt like that to realize that women make bad choices, and will continue to make bad choices as the sweet and pretty girls will fall for the asshole.

Just recognize that girls want and like sex, and they want it from the stud alpha and not the cuddletime nice guy beta.

VaginalAssaultRifles · 2013-10-12T15:33:46+00:00

Am I the only one who noticed the (unintentional) lesson in all of these movies? Consistently, the wimpy loser ends up with the pretty girl against all odds... but the handsome jock:

a) already fucked her

b) ends up fucking her hot friends after the credits roll

All those movies did was reinforce my desire not to be the "lovable loser".

Elonine · 2013-10-11T21:39:37+00:00

Reminds me of this scene from the end of "Wet Hot American Summer" (Hilarious movie if you're into stupid spoof comedy)

It's interesting that these days this sort of ending can only happen in a spoof comedy, though...

through_a_ways · 2013-10-12T02:34:29+00:00

People immerse themselves in fiction to escape real life.

Unfortunately, most people are unable to keep fictional expectations in fiction where they belong, and end up having them spill over into their real life. This especially holds true when the fictional story is more "compatible" with the viewer's life. (Harry Potter is more compatible with teenagers than LOTR, RomComs more compatible than Pixar movies, etc.)

Ultimately, I think everyone ends up being a bit worse for the wear from it, whether it be the bend-over beta who never got the girl, or the 12 year old kid who never got his Hogwarts letter.

rapey_raperson · 2013-10-12T02:01:18+00:00

Sounds like a good movie to watch when you start dating someone. If she empathizes with Karen, pump her and dump her.

dr_rj_vindalu · 2013-10-11T23:36:05+00:00

Somehow I knew that was the movie you were referencing, even before I read the post. God that made me feel bad. Sadly at that time the point of it all was sort of lost on me and I just thought, wow, what a bitch, that'll never hapen to me though. About 4 years later it did.

bigyellowtwinki · 2013-10-12T05:20:26+00:00

I looooove endings like that! For movies, anyway. In a way I'm glad I was just incel in high school, I think my fragile ego wouldn't have been able to take a reality punch like that.

Petrarch1603 · 2013-10-12T06:00:01+00:00

That is a great, albeit flawed movie and the twist ending makes it quite unique. I heard it was based on an Israeli movie and there were lots of sequels.

However, there are some weird scenes that didn't age well. For example there's a scene where all the guys in the entire school get in line and measure their dicks to see who is the biggest, also the scene with the nasty prostitute is kinda flat. I highly recommend it, but just know it gets kinda weird in some parts.

anotherthrowawaybiff · 2013-10-12T17:24:42+00:00

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2013-10-11T21:09:05+00:00

Romcoms are garbage, but kudos to this one for not settling for a BS beta ending.

They're based on girls' fantasies of how they would like to be pursued by the guys they are already interested in, so at the very least they're missing one crucial step: building attraction/chemistry. Once you've done that, you have a choice of falling into her frame and having her leave you once she's bored or making her fall into your frame so you can lead the relationship.

Thors_Cock · 2013-10-11T22:34:09+00:00

I was never the nice guy, thank god for that. But I was definitely influenced by all the absolutely shitty romantic comedies, and the general shitty tropes in modern television.

This is the sort of stuff that I wish I had seen when I was younger.

thethirdcoast · 2013-10-12T15:03:30+00:00

Fast Times at Ridgemont High features a nearly identical plot, with a slightly less brutal treatment of the beta.

In that film, the beta (Ratner) winds up with the girl (Stacy), but they have yet to consummate the relationship. He manages to avoid paying for the abortion, instead the alpha (Damone) and the girl split those costs.

Title	Early lesson in a teen romcom
Author	anotherthrowawaybiff
Upvotes	69
Comments	32
Date	October 11, 2013 8:18 PM UTC (12 years ago)
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