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After Alex' insulting comment

posted 15 years ago by rizdek
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I’m trying to figure out how they ended up together after what alex said to sophie about how she was exactly like what the guy wrote in the book. This book that made her an emotional wreck and her life a living hell so to speak. The story line seemed to gloss over what would seem to be me to be a tremendous insult with an off-handed apology by alex and some small statement by sophie of how she wasn’t going to live in the past anymore or something like that. Can anyone explain how that happened? I’m certainly willing to just accept that it happened, but what did I miss that made it make sense?

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[–] ashryl2002 15 years ago

I'm guessing that after the big argument, Sophie went away for some soul searching and realized that she really does have some issues with her life. You gotta admit, throughout the film we only hear Sophie's part of the story. We don't really know the full extent of her affair with the professor.

So in the end, when Alex made the whole apology-on-stage scene, Sophie came to realize that the things he said during the argument beat some perspective into her life.

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[–] Captain_Bob 15 years ago

It seemed odd that Alex was able to sing the whole song with the audience quietly listening. I mean here we are at Madison Square Garden with thousands of screeming teenage Cora fans who probably paid a lot for tickets, and on comes this 80s has-been guy with a 2 1/2 minute cheesy ballad. In reality there would probably be a lot of chatter and impatience in the crowd but yeah of course the fairy tale ending required otherwise.

[–] flashpenguin86 15 years ago

Also, when Alex tracks Sophie down at her sister's business, Sophie mentions that she is going to do some growing up in Florida when she opens up the diet centre franchise there. To which Alex replied that no one grows up in Florida---unless their an orange.

And in actuality, Sophie walking out on Alex and then saving his butt were the two things that forced him to re-evalute his life and priorities. They both came into that relationship with a lot of baggage. In the end, they were able to put their differences aside and make it work.

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[–] aemawdsley 15 years ago

oh yes the fairytale

[–] Angela-35 14 years ago

While what he said was harsh, I don't think it was completely unforgivable or without some merit. That she gives up too easily when things don't go exactly like she wants. And then, his apology -the song he wrote her- was more than just offhand. The lyrics say a whole lot. That her criticism of him was also correct. That he wasn't willing to risk anything or stick up for what was good because he was afraid of failure. There's also the fact that he's not a lyricist and after that failed solo album to get up there and sing a song with words he wrote was humbling himself for her. Singing a song where he wrote the melody is easy for him and also when the words are ones by someone who's talented in that area. But, to try and put it into his own words said how sincere he was. And I think she realized that. The song also said that while the book may have gotten her flaws right that there was more to her than that. She was also someone who inspired him and all her pushing, for all that it annoyed him sometimes, was exactly what he needed to counter his flaws.

eta: I forgot that he did give her an offhand apology before he performed the song. But, she didn't accept it or forgive him after that. It was only after the real apology that things got better.

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