Jason Biggs, who has made a career out of playing self-absorbed, extremely misogynistic characters, hits his sweet spot here in playing a self-absorbed, extremely misogynistic character.
I think the point of the film is to feel bad for him as he almost experiences some emotions and surprise at the fall-out from his entitlement, in an "it's hard out here for a pimp" kind of way. He vacillates between bafflement and hurt-puppy-pouting (punctuated with begging "Just LISTEN to me, ok?") in his quest to be told that either his actions should not engender guilt, or they were so justified by his personal needs that there should be no consequences. And hey, he maybe learned something (about himself, of course), and he had an honest-to-god echo of a FEELING about it. That's a character arc, right?
There are some people who will really identify with this character, and who will be offended that others don't. Because to them, he is not only normal, he is the standard for American Values, and hey, he's a guy. And it's hard out here for a guy.
I'm not one of them.
Here. Have a tissue.
I think the point of the film is to feel bad for him as he almost experiences some emotions and surprise at the fall-out from his entitlement, in an "it's hard out here for a pimp" kind of way. He vacillates between bafflement and hurt-puppy-pouting (punctuated with begging "Just LISTEN to me, ok?") in his quest to be told that either his actions should not engender guilt, or they were so justified by his personal needs that there should be no consequences. And hey, he maybe learned something (about himself, of course), and he had an honest-to-god echo of a FEELING about it. That's a character arc, right?
There are some people who will really identify with this character, and who will be offended that others don't. Because to them, he is not only normal, he is the standard for American Values, and hey, he's a guy. And it's hard out here for a guy.
I'm not one of them.
Here. Have a tissue.