Silver Lining Playbook

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Thanks hyperlexian.

it's believable, for a huge age difference between the actor and actress. I had a problem with his mother that was deceiving him. I know she meant well, but if I found out everything was a setup. I would have ran away and be mad with both of them. I also wouldn't know who to trust.

I hope no one gets upset about me posting to an older thread. On some forums it's frown upon.

I saw this film in the theater when it originally came out and enjoyed it immensely. Normally, when a film I really like is released on DVD and Blu-Ray, I will promptly order a copy. I thought I would do things differently this time and get it from Netflix first, watch it again, and then maybe buy. Anyway, I watched it this evening, and I have to say I still really enjoy the film. But what brought me to the forums, and to look if there had been any posts about the movie was a Q & A in the bonus section of the Blu-Ray. In it, the director/writer of the film, David O. Russell, talked about his son, who appears in the movie as the neighbor kid that keeps showing up at the house asking if Pat was having an episode or if he could interview him. His son has Asperger's Syndrome, and he discussed a bit what that was like, and what it was like for him to work with Robert De Niro. I just thought it was interesting.

I like the film, though it makes me a bit depressed because stuff like that, two lost people finding each other, and themselves, is not the kind of thing that happens in my life. And if it did, I would eventually freak out, think the person is mad at me or is just being nice because they don't want to hurt my feelings or I'll do something that makes them angry. The last date I went out on I was suppose to meet the person in front of the theater. I didn't think she would show, because she has a few issues herself. I didn't want to be late, so I got there 20 minutes before the previews started, and I waited 40 minutes after the movie had started. Then I went home. I tried not to let it bother me. I tried not to let it get me down. She must have had her reasons.. It was ok. Then the next time I saw her, she was upset and wanted to know where I was? I told her. She told me she was in the theater. She must have gotten there before I did, got the tickets, left mine at the booth, and then went in. Then she got angry with me because I was not angry, but she was also angry because I stood her up, which I don't understand, because I waited for her. That's how things go, so although part of me really enjoys a romantic film like Silver Lining Playbook, or Love Actually, they can also make me a little depressed. On the other hand, I know life is not scripted. It is what it is, and if I expect something else, then I'm missing what's here.