Have any of you seen this movie? I watched it the other night. It sounded good–a classic romantic comedy. And it had all the elements. In fact it would be the perfect movie to dissect in an explanation of GMC, but somehow it missed the mark for me.
Made me start thinking about how there is a lot more to writing a good book than using all the tools we have created for ourselves. I know we all KNOW that, but it is still interesting to see it laid out for you.
So what made Bounce miss it for me? I’m not sure. I think the characters were probably lacking something. They were likable, but I didn’t love them. They weren’t really funny or really sad. You know? And their conflict seemed a bit contrived.
Here are the basics–hero gets another man to take his seat home on a plane. The plane crashes. Hero freaks out, winds up at AA and decides needs to make up for his wrongs. He searches out the wife of the man who took his seat (heroine). She doesn’t know why her husband took that plane, and the hero doesn’t tell her–doesn’t even tell her he knew her husband. So, there’s the conflict–the big secret, his guilt, and her sorrow.
Just didn’t work for me.
So, anyone else think this was a great movie? Did the conflict work for you? How about the characters? Did they make the movie for you? Did I miss something?
Lori
