I thought that this movie started off very, very well. How many of us know someone who idolizes celebrities like Paul does in this movie? And the thing is, many of these sports stars who people idolize are scum who don't care about all the average Joes who look up to them. I liked seeing that aspect of the film a lot. I liked how Paul got beat by his hero, it's something I have never seen in a movie before and it was really interesting to see how his character would respond and react. I liked his initial reaction to what happened as well. His crappy life was getting even crappier and even though much of it was his own fault, I really rooted for him.
Then came the ending. It was like a slap in the face to anyone who was taking this movie seriously. It felt like the producers strung the audience along with a serious movie about human emotion, and then at the end said, "this was all a joke." They might have had aliens all of a sudden invade the earth, it would have had the same impact.
Now I'm not saying that I wanted Paul to shoot the Philadelphia fan, or sue QB, or even stop being a Giants fan. There was not any outcome I was necessarily hoping for. But I did want something more than, "I just got beat into a coma by my hero. No biggie, I'll just keep going on with my life as if it never happened."
Then came the ending. It was like a slap in the face to anyone who was taking this movie seriously. It felt like the producers strung the audience along with a serious movie about human emotion, and then at the end said, "this was all a joke." They might have had aliens all of a sudden invade the earth, it would have had the same impact.
Now I'm not saying that I wanted Paul to shoot the Philadelphia fan, or sue QB, or even stop being a Giants fan. There was not any outcome I was necessarily hoping for. But I did want something more than, "I just got beat into a coma by my hero. No biggie, I'll just keep going on with my life as if it never happened."