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RagingCuddler t1_j6e1nbo wrote

This is one of my favorite films that I have no desire to watch again because of how awkward the interactions are and how exhausting the movie is in general. That being said, I felt it was the perfect vehicle to explore the analogy of love (defined here as what two people have in common) in all the various combinations that they did. The most interesting part to me is the ending because the main couple thought they were linked by myopia (as did the leader of the rebels which is why she sabotaged Rachel), which is why Colin Farrell almost certainly will blind himself, when they were actually linked by the sign language they created to converse when with the rebels. This, in my mind, is the film's best approximation of true love, something emergent and shared rather than something analyzed and assessed like all the other couples. Unfortunately, this went unnoticed by the couple themselves.

Also thought the very beginning was hilarious with the guy that turned himself into a sterile mule in order to permanently escape whoever the scorned woman was that shot him. Guy didn't even want risk that he'd have kids with her during his second chance, animal form lmao

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