Clip from As Good as It Gets

[buzzclick500]

If she hadn't made the crack about the food he ordered killing him(good advertising for the restaurant she works for, eh?)he would've had no reason to respond with a life truth. But...it is, after all, just a movie, and drama must be brought into it somehow.

[buzzclick500]

I am so much like the character he plays...but I wouldn't have gotten looped into the problems of his looney neighbor and the wacked-out "princess" of a waitress. ;])

[buzzclick500]

Yeah, like the people with the most problems run the world; I don't think so.

[buzzclick500]

You can tell a lot about a dog's owner by the dog itself(snicker).

[buzzclick500]

Great. He's got "o.c.d." and she's psychotic--perfect match. I'm wondering why, at first, only beat-up cars had "disabled" hang-tags in the windshield, and now they're all Mercedes-Benzes, B.M.W.s and Porsches. Somebody's SCREWING with us--and charging us for the privilege of doing it.

[zapkvr]

@buzzclick500 She's NOT psychotic. She's not even a sociopath.

[buzzclick500]

@zapkvr : Well, I've expressed my opinion, and you've expressed yours, and I'm still happy. Are you? ;])

[zapkvr]

Respond to this video... That dog is damned expressive you would swaer it was animatronic

[ben9DB]

You crazy Fuck! Lol. Seriously though I have OCD (mild)

[pete1210able]

WOW ! Melvin is such an asshole.

[pete1210able]

That dog is sooooooooooooooooooooooo fucking cute ! But not as cute as my dog.

[spankula123]

Perfect script.

[Peerybinglenoggs]

People that speak in metaphors need to wash my crutch.

[dotShinoda]

I want a yorkshire terrier now.

[jackie9600bieber]

dogggy :)awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww­w

[GottaLoveWebkinzlid]

I laugh everytime I see htis movie, it's so much like me!

DONT HATE ON ME PPL -3- stupid asses....

i actually do have ocd so SHADDUP XD

[will320]

I will, You will and it sure sounds like you're son will. Has to be one of the worst things you could say to anybody but because nicholson says it, it's hilarious

[HUSKY57887]

Love the dog!

[Frenchdayz]

I feel so sorry for Melvin ! great, great movie and fantastic performance

[arrestedeveloper]

Do you understand me, you crazy fuck?

LOL

[jfkjrlover]

You know, though, she's just a waitress. Can she actually decide who gets to eat at that place and who can't?

[Mazgnarly]

No way, she's just a waitress and he is Jack Nicholson.

[will320]

she can with him, the manager wants him barred but she says no and if he said anything about her son again she would have told him that he's barred. thats the way the cookie crumbles

[MrGobbledegook]

He's on a final warning though. For being a nut.

[RivaJane]

Yes she can. If customers are rude to staff, they can chuck them out. I've done it and I'm "just a waitress". Not only that, but my bosses supported my decision. Staff don't deserve to be treated like shit, in any profession.

[SpecterReflector]

@RivaJane Except if your a teacher, where typically you get treated like shit from 30 little brats with a fraction of your IQ, and if you chuck one of them out YOU get the blame from their slack-jawed parents. so basically a waitress has better working conditions than a teacher; glad to see society has the right balance. kids are failing subjects sure, but people need their breakfast.

[RivaJane]

@SpecterReflector Yes, unfortunately the education system is in a very sad state. Totally agree with you. I used to want to be a teacher until I saw how much they are treated like crap. There's no law and order anymore - the status quo of teacher and pupil has changed. Kids now know they can get away with murder because they know that the teacher can't touch them. It's all wrong.

[SpecterReflector]

@RivaJane very true.

[pz3shwk]

I had to watch this in Psychology as well.

I love how many sound bites are used from this movie, and put into those prank calls.

[meserie74]

I've always wondered. What brand of sunglasses does Jack wear when he sits at the table ? They look like RayBan's Wayfarer but I'm not so sure.

[jareds2009]

I guess you're forgetting what he did for her son later on, as well as his gay neighbor.  Seriously, think before giving an opinion.

[jtno2]

I don't know. There's lots of examples of seriously deranged people knowing exactly how people think thus making them easier to target. I'm not saying Melvin's a serial killer but just because he might have trouble socializing with others doesn't mean that he can't be a good observer of human nature. If anything he may be the most honest, most impartial observer and that could be why he sees things others don't. Besides, it's just a movie.

[prophyle]

Thanks for uploading this - I've been looking for that particular diner scene ("Do you understand me?) for ages...

[pasfresh123]

People in youtube etc. keep saying how great it is, and quote lines from it, and write plot outlines, but I would be interested in someone actually explaining WHY it's so great. I'm not saying it's not. I just would like to READ an analysis. Anybody have any link to suggest?

[girl43]

And why is the sky so beautiful ?

Man, beauty is subjective ... but it seems a lot of people love this movie. And that's because it's really good. =) Plus Jack Nicholson does an awesome job in it, he was born to play this guy !

I hope you'll get to appreciate it, it's totally worth it ;-)

[pasfresh123]

you completely missed my point. and you became dictatorial. wow.

[girl43]

Either you can't actually read words, either you're a moron.

Clearly, you don't have any sense of dialogue.

[pasfresh123]

well, there you go again. you're talking about me and my mentality rather than talking about the movie.

[pasfresh123]

I don't consider attacking a person for simply asking the question "WHY do you like it?" (and it could be about any movie, or any thing) shows a good sense of good dialogue. If you had nothing to answer to my original question, then let someone else answer it. It's as if you felt personally concerned. You had a reaction to it. So you ATTACKED. That's what 90% of people do 90% of the time in youtube, well actually in all websites where people are invited to write personal comments.

[pasfresh123]

About your last sentence >> So you feel, by my asking the question "why is it good?" or "what is it about it that is good?", you think I do not like it? So in other words, to like something is to not ask questions? How strange.

As I wrote in my original post, I feel that simply quoting cute (random?) lines from a movie with no additional comment does not say much about the one's feelings towards it. Just their ability to quote.

[pasfresh123]

oops, I meant "about one's"...

About your Nicholson comment: thank you. That's the kind of thing I was looking for.

[ers586]

To me, what makes As Good... such a special movie is its focus on how 3 very lonely but disparate people--a wealthy obsessive-compulsive recluse, a struggling single mother with an ill child, and a gay artist disowned by his own family--help each other transform their lives. Very different people, compelled by circumstances to share a trip together, is as old a device in American literature as Huck and Jim travelling on the Mississippi, and in As Good...it remains powerful narrative.

[pasfresh123]

so you like the plot. ok, thank you.

[tumadoireacht]

you sound most like melvin udall

[digitalcubano]

@ers586 Beautiful summary. Kudos.

[michaelcookdesign]

@ers586 Very good synopsis.

[pasfresh123]

(in my original post) replace the word "analysis" by "going a bit more into detail". And cancel the last sentence.