Alex: Ruby Sparks
There have been some extremely messed up relationships shown in movies. It’s almost as if Hollywood doesn’t want humans to be with other humans. Heck, we already debated whether a human girl was better off with a werewolf or a vampire. Which is really really weird for the record. Now, Warm Bodies gives necrophiliacs everywhere their own movie. However, there’s still one relationship in a movie that is the weirdest for me, and that would be the one in Ruby Sparks.
Like seriously, there is no one that can deny how weird it is that he was dating a girl he could control. It doesn’t matter that he doesn’t control her for most of the movie. The entire time he knew he had the power to make her do whatever he wanted. What the hell! Yeah that’s what every guy claims they would want, but I wouldn’t want that power. How could you possibly live with that thought?
Now those who absolutely loved the movie are probably furiously writing comments about how he sets her free at the end. Hold on a second. Don’t get me wrong. I really did enjoy this movie, but I probably enjoyed it because I’m a pretty weird dude myself. It doesn’t matter that he set her free. He still created her. With his mind. Everything she is came from his head. So he’s basically dating himself. What the hell!
There have been many levels of narcissism in movies, but the character doesn’t usually date themselves. This is wrong on so many levels, but at its most basic, she’s only his dream girl because she literally came from his dreams. Unless you subscribe to some belief that every thought we have is placed in our head somehow, or you’re willing to accept that DiCaprio planted that original dream in his head, it’s safe to say that creating a girl from your thoughts is really messed up.
Also, how did she even come into being? I’m all for the mystical, but no one is genius enough to create an actual living girl. I kept waiting for her to start disappearing. Regardless, messed up beyond belief.
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