Kelly and I just finished watching The Graduate and are having a slight disagreement. So if you’ve seen the movie, I’d like your input.
Do you think that the ending of the movie is happy or sad? I won’t spoil it if you haven’t seen it, but if you have, let me know.
Also, did you know that it totally ripped off Wayne’s World 2?
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It would have been better if Ben was driving a Cobra instead of that wimpy little Alfa Romeo, and of course…
MORE COWBELLS!!!!
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Charley Reply:
December 5th, 2008 at 1:02 am
You also might want to watch “Rumor Has It” with Jennifer Anniston and Kevin Costner, especially if you like those actors’ work. The premise is good and involves “The Graduate”.
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When I was growing up, I would always ask your grandmother how a movie ended and she would claim not to remember. I thought she was lying but now I know it’s just genetic. So if you were the one who didn’t like how the movie ended…just wait a few weeks. It’ll be gone and you can enjoy the fuzzy blank space where the ending used to be.
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I think this website offers some interesting insights into the film… http://dannymiller.typepad.com/blog/2005/05/gold_bless_you_.html
my own personal take on “The Graduate” is that sometimes pple don’t realize that it’s the chase, the pursuit of something unreachable, that consumes us. when/if we reach that goal, all we’re left with is a hollow emptiness.
To me, the ending of the film embodies the question “what now?”
and in this sense, i think the ending ultimately evokes a dismal and rather sad outlook on life’s prospects.
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“Also, did you know that it totally ripped off Wayne’s World 2?”
Um. Not really. Rather, you’ve got it turned around. Wayne’s World 2 (1993). The Graduate (1967).
Learn math. I know. Math is tough. But stick with it.
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Anonymous Reply:
August 21st, 2012 at 2:35 pm
that was obviously a joke! Learn humour. wanker.
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