I watched Chasing Amy again tonight and I think it's a definite worth seeing. I remember it being good, but it raises great questions that you have to ask yourself. I love the dilemma of having to leave the baggage of the person you loves past behind them and moving on to making something new. It raises the premise of could you deal with your girlfriend being a former whore, for lack of an elegant word to describe it.
Maybe I'm reading way too deep into it, but there's parts of everyone's past that if you dig deep enough you aren't going to be happy with everything about them. Do you believe that people can change who they were? I like the premise of a "modern day" love story, not your Notebook type cookie-cutter story. Even the story of how "Chasing Amy" got its name with Silent Bob's 4 minute story is excellent. I'll go so far to say it's Kevin Smith's smartest work, certainly not the funniest, but the all-around best it is. The ending is preposterous, but looking past it I think it's a great story. The premise of a former "experimental girl" and lesbian finding true love and trying to commit to a regular relationship with someone who sweeps her off her feet is mind-boggling. Can you love someone for who they are, and forget who they were? So thought provoking for this guy.
Go see Chasing Amy, if you don't like it meet me outside, bottom line.
Whats the matter? Are you afraid of freedom of speech. Is that why delete all my smart, witty, and absolutely correct comments!
ReplyDeleteI delete your comments because I don't give a fuck what you have to say and am usually pissed off reading whatever you write since you get all preachy about me, though you know approximately nothing about me.
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