Why doesn't he get it? Sad but true for most guys

Rating: 9/10 (28 October 2009)

So much has been written about the guy who finally gets to date the girl of his dreams, it is like Notting Hill, where the star-struck bookshop owner gets to date and end up with the movie star. But there is quite a parallel here, if the girl sees her ends are not met and she is threatened in any way, she will JUST LEAVE the guy without any heart at all. Girls who are in a position to know her heart is more important, or her position is more valuable than the poor guy who is madly in love with her. Like Summer, she knows her heart, and her expectations are broken and is prepared to leave Tom. Meanwhile, guys who are so blinded, yes, who literally look through distorted love struck glasses, have known small signs of being brushed off but..CONSCIOUSLY ignore it, and think, "things will be all right, we are together and I wanna enjoy all I can out of this ride". That is why Tom's heart gets terribly smashed and gets so dark and depressed. Still my logical mind argues, why does Tom still spend time having coffee and have a great time on that train with Summer? And why doesn't he just leave her, and stalk off? Maybe it's because, in a man's psychology, being hopeless in love is just that, you get so paralyzed and you just enjoy being in that coma, until the plug gets pulled out, and you wake up from that dream into a nightmare of reality that she is LEAVING you.
All in all, the movie does all the reality and the angst thing right. Kudos to all the actors and the director!
Yes, in this telenovela and romantic comedy crazy part of Southeast Asia, people are flocking to watch this movie and come out shell-shocked and surprisingly delighted and sad at the same time.