Not even the wife?
Iām not even supposed to be here today
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Iāve always been a big fan of Melvin Udall responding to being (very reasonably) 86ād by gently informing the manager, āIām not aā¦prick. You are, Iām not judging, Iām a great customer,ā and the manager having to process that quick-fire set of assertions that included a casual direct insult of him.
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We saw this as well last night, I thought it was worth the two-hour investment. I wasnāt expecting much, but was pleasantly surprised.
I was a good halfway through it before realizing I was watching Finn in the lead, that kid has some acting chops.
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Lololol I was a romance editor for many years and found an outlandish delight at this movieās representation of what it can be like for a fan to finally meet their favorite author.
Writes sweet stories does not mean they are a sweet person.
Heās lucky Darla didnāt vamp his ass!
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She kind of got a heads up right before that exchange too. Right in front of her: comes in and asks a big favor of his editor, which the editor reluctantly says sheāll try to accommodate. Then she tries to share her good news that her son got into Brown, and Melvin has not one moment to be polite about it. āUhh, yeah, good, nice, thrilled, excitingā¦you donāt have to wait with me.ā Editor stomps off at how rude he is. Then the woman at reception beelines right for him anyway.
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Lol right I sort of appreciated that Mel Brooks took a shot at both.
Thatās such a good movie. Great Greg Kinnear role. Iād say this role from Cuba Gooding is my favorite over Rod Tidwell.
And some of the lines Melvin says to Helen Hunt omg. Not just the awful stuff but the good stuff lol.
Itās fun to hear him reveal when he began taking āthe pillsā again because she makes him want to be a better man. You can totally track the sudden but subtle shift in him.
Edited to add: if you want an out of industry POV on the movie, Choice Theory by William Glasser examines the movie from the POV of a therapist (and offers clues to which romance author Melvin was based on)
Itās one of my all-time favorites and one of my most-watched. āIād be the luckiest guy alive if that did it for meā is such an awesome moment after what he was at the start.
Once in a while in life, Iām able to locate the perfect moment to crib from Simon and sneer at someone, āwell then get in your jammies and Iāll read you a story.ā Love that whole final sequence between them.
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āIāllā¦tell your waiterā¦!ā
And when he runs to Gregās room screaming hello Iām in pain arenāt you people supposed to take care of pathetic losers like me?!?!!
Itās sort of like Jerry Maguire facing a group of bitter divorcees in order to ask Dorothy to forgive him. Itās not that the thing he had to do as a grand gesture was literally epic, but it feels epic because for that specific character, the action represents them stepping into the most vulnerable situation their character has ever faced.
But they do it because, as Melvin says, the other person makes them strong and brave and motivated.
My local Goodwill thrift shop has once again delivered mana from heaven for $2: a DVD copy with the directorās commentary 
Hereās the guy I thought was a more charming Johnny Depp for a long time.
Tidbit #1: the line in the psychiatristās office when Melvin says āwhat if this is as good as it gets?ā was not the 90s thing where you had to say the title of the movie; the composer Hans Zimmer said after seeing the movie that they should change the title from āOld Friendsā to that line Melvin says in the psych office.
āI need a suit and tie.ā
āAlright, well come on in.ā
āNo.ā
āā¦noā¦ā
Iāll say I donāt think either option is a particularly good title for the movie, but between those two they made the correct choice. Admittedly I donāt have a suggestion for anything better either, but it just never struck me as all that fitting for the movie.
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YES! There are a bunch of movies like that where you see the movie and understand how many people didnāt see the movie because they couldnāt get past the title.
Thereās also sometimes the rare movie that no one sees because the trailers were awful, but the movie itself is amazing.
Whatās the best title for As Good As It Gets? IDK, but I think we could spitball a bunch of better options within seconds.
The airbrusher got overtime pay on that.
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Haha thatās what they want you to think 
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Paul got a nose job some time after 2010 thatās for sure
Surely just from leftover Pym particles
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wat
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Sean Penn goat. Penn Goat @RiskyFlush
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feel dumb for not previously password sharing now that netlfix is charging me $17/month
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