High Fidelity -last blog

I wasn't able to finish High Fidelity the movie because i was out sick, but from what I did notice was that Rob seemed more successful in the movie than in the book. The image the movie gave was the record store full of people buying albums, even younger teens who tried to steal some of the records. But in the book, Vinyl Records seems like a small, trashy, and rarely visited record shop. No one ever really comes, especially not younger teens. Also, I thought Laura and Charlie got along better than in the book. I felt like their relationship moved faster in the movie than in the book. In the book, it seemed to take forever for Laura to even be on better terms with him, but in the movie they went out and were on speaking terms in a shorter amount of time. Rob's relationships were his top-five listed women mostly matched up personality wise to the book. I'm not sure if the movie shows Jackie, but I didn't get to that part if they did. the image of Marie La Salle surprised me. I didn't really get the vibe that she was black in the book, because when Rob said she looked like some version of Doris Dey or whatever that name was, I imagined someone white. Rob also didn't try and figure out if she liked him by doing his weird couch thing by sitting first and seeing if she sat next to him, or slowing down his walking pace to see if she would slow down with him. Even the scene before they had sex wasn't as awkward as it was made to seem in the book.

It's Over!

After the funeral, Rob started showing changes that he was making in his life. Now that Laura is back with him, i think that he feels a lot better about himself and his self esteem isn't so low. But what i think brought a significant change was the fact that he actually talked to Laura about how he felt. She challenged him to examine himself and basically called him out on a lot of stuff, and he began realizing what he wanted or could b satisfied about in his life. He comes to the conclusion that he loves Laura, and even though she rejects his marriage proposal, and they aren't sure where they are gong in the future, Rob knows that he has to stop over analyzing everything but just let go. He starts making decisions on his own, not letting his top five's or record collection decide for him. But he's actually taking a step forward with his life by claiming it and doing things himself. i think Rob is pretty believable. The reason I say this is the fact that he knows everything isn't concrete, like his relationship with Laura. So he knows everything might not turn out all right in the end, but he wants to be with her right now while he has her. That's the reason why i think he's at peace. Not saying he's got everything sorted out, but he excepts the fact that his life and relationships are what they are, and he has put some effort into it.

I like the end of the book. While he always hated Barry's band, it finally displayed that Barry actually had talent and Rob was proud by the fact that Barry proved him wrong by having a great show. Also, Laura and Rob left off on a good note as well. As the reader, I don't really know if they'll stay together forever, but I do know that they are both happy and proud of each other at that moment.

Five bad Ways to Break Up Wit a Homie

On IM
On the phone
On your birthday
Through someone else
Not tell you at all

Robbie BOIIII

Rob’s relationships have obviously been rocky, but a lot of it has to do with Rob’s fear of death. He never wants to be too dependant on one person, because if he has have to rely on one person, especially one whom he loves, and that person ends up dying, then he never wants to feel that pain. Also the unpredictability and uncertainty of not knowing when a person could die affects Rob’s relationships, so he thinks it’s better to keep going from one woman to the other so that he doesn’t have to become so dependant and attached. I think that his reasoning is actually a good one. Death is really painful, and I can understand that he doesn’t want to be attached for a long amount of time with another woman because of the thought of losing her, but I also don’t believe everything that Rob is saying. If he didn’t want to stay with one person for too long, but move on to the next woman after the next, then he shouldn’t try and keep in contact with them like he tried to with all his ex-girlfriends. He tried finding out where they were in their lives, but to save him from that experience of finding out that they were dead, and then he should have just called the relationship quits and never contacted them again. He also shouldn’t have been in the relationship in the first place, because obviously if his past relationships affected him that much that after 10 to 20 years he wanted the talk to them, then he shouldn’t of had relationships with them.
I think Rob’s reaction of Laura’s father’s death is natural. Not only are Rob and Laura broken up, but also Rob wasn’t that close to her father, so I think it is only human that he’s not sure how to feel about his ex-girlfriends father’s death. But after the funeral when they all go outside, I think his emotion of sadness is actually legitimate. He isn’t trying to act like he’s sad or trying to cry and fake his feelings, but Rob actually feels horrible for Laura. It also opened up his eyes to death in general and how it has a connection to his life and explains why he acts the way he does.

Top Five Movies That Make Me Laugh

1. My Cousin Vinny
2. Superbad
3. Diary of a Mad Black Woman
4. Juno
5. Tommy Boy