Wound up being a lot more adorable than I expected. Although, Walter Matthau was a little less likable than I expected too. This movie is a contradiction. I like it though.
In a very twisted way, it's about soulmates - those karmic soulmates that come into your life to help you level up as a person. The two of them are definitely soulmates. They definitely improved each other, in a very twisted way. And by the end, I was so glad that they had each other.
The only thing I have a problem with is that math House character was a little that Walter Matthau's character was a little too callous and unfeeling for a long time, even up till the end. But it shows that even the worst people can have some good inside them. I think that the sweet character that Elaine May plays helped to access Walter's good part. In this way, the movie is a revelation and a study on The human condition and our capacity to make connection with the most unlikely people. I like to attribute this to fate, how destiny is always charting the course for us, and that we will see it, if we believe in God's will for our life.
Although this relationship is quite problematic when looked at objectively, my favorite thing about it is how effortlessly it worked. Walter Matthau literally had to do nothing but be himself, and Elaine may just accepted him for who he was and loved him. She also was secure in the feeling that he loved her. Even in the sweetest relationships, most of us don't have that much security. Most of us are constantly full of self-doubt. But neither of these people had to doubt how the other felt about them. For the character of henrietta, she just was full of the pure naivety of believing in love, and for the character of Henry's part, because of henrietta's purity, he never had to doubt for a second that she loved him. So, as problematic is this relationship is on some level, it is also one of the most effortless, pure love relationships I've ever seen depicted on the screen.
And the fact that they both had male and female versions of the same name is definitely a soulmate sign! If we pay attention in our own lives, we will find signs like that with people who are our own soulmates. Maybe not exactly that same sign, but look for the signs, they will be there.
I'm not sure that Walter Matthau's character believed in destiny, fate, or God. But he was definitely given a chance at redemption by the end. Amen to that!
In a very twisted way, it's about soulmates - those karmic soulmates that come into your life to help you level up as a person. The two of them are definitely soulmates. They definitely improved each other, in a very twisted way. And by the end, I was so glad that they had each other.
The only thing I have a problem with is that math House character was a little that Walter Matthau's character was a little too callous and unfeeling for a long time, even up till the end. But it shows that even the worst people can have some good inside them. I think that the sweet character that Elaine May plays helped to access Walter's good part. In this way, the movie is a revelation and a study on The human condition and our capacity to make connection with the most unlikely people. I like to attribute this to fate, how destiny is always charting the course for us, and that we will see it, if we believe in God's will for our life.
Although this relationship is quite problematic when looked at objectively, my favorite thing about it is how effortlessly it worked. Walter Matthau literally had to do nothing but be himself, and Elaine may just accepted him for who he was and loved him. She also was secure in the feeling that he loved her. Even in the sweetest relationships, most of us don't have that much security. Most of us are constantly full of self-doubt. But neither of these people had to doubt how the other felt about them. For the character of henrietta, she just was full of the pure naivety of believing in love, and for the character of Henry's part, because of henrietta's purity, he never had to doubt for a second that she loved him. So, as problematic is this relationship is on some level, it is also one of the most effortless, pure love relationships I've ever seen depicted on the screen.
And the fact that they both had male and female versions of the same name is definitely a soulmate sign! If we pay attention in our own lives, we will find signs like that with people who are our own soulmates. Maybe not exactly that same sign, but look for the signs, they will be there.
I'm not sure that Walter Matthau's character believed in destiny, fate, or God. But he was definitely given a chance at redemption by the end. Amen to that!
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