tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post1431856099887800040..comments2024-03-15T19:42:05.018-07:00Comments on Every 70s Movie: The Goodbye Girl (1977)By Peter Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385971732301020652noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-86917766425953224932021-11-16T18:41:06.658-08:002021-11-16T18:41:06.658-08:00I have to express being a bit flabber-gasted at th...I have to express being a bit flabber-gasted at the other comment posted here ... Mason's character seems like a basically decent, good-hearted person throughout ... Whereas Dreyfuss comes across very ferociously as an all-out terror, roomie from hell type!! ... And roomies from hell were of course Simon's classic theme, but I don't think either of the Odd Couple could live with Dreyfuss even for a split second! ... Or anybody else for that matter ... <br /><br />(And I'm even saying this as a bristly, male-defending, un-PC type -- & don't even find Mason at all attractive personally, for that matter ... But I'm just expressing that I'm a fair bit astonished that anyone could purport to put a different spin on it, since her relative saintliness, and his full-blown a-hole-ism, seem very clear-cut here to me!)poochiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06747791020366880257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-33986496649073487382015-02-24T18:20:38.227-08:002015-02-24T18:20:38.227-08:00I watched this movie again last night, and looked ...I watched this movie again last night, and looked at a couple of reviews today (Roger Ebert's being one of them).<br /><br />Both reviews assert that one of the movie's main flaws is that Marsha Mason's character is unlikable in the first hour of the film.<br /><br />I've seen the movie three or four times over the years. I see their point - why would Elliot be enamored of a bitch? <br /><br />Well, as he points out early on, she is VERY attractive. She's also clearly putting up a front - overcompensating for her relationship wounds. <br /><br />So I did not find her to be a bitch - her defenses betray an attractive vulnerability, and clearly, despite her mistakes in life, she has raised a good kid. Like Elliot, she is, underneath the armor, a decent soul. And did I mention attractive? <br /><br />Very good movie; I could tolerate the endless Simonesque one-liners much better in this film than in other Simon vehicles because the characters are three-dimensional, entertaining and, yes, likable.Tovalishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17729959036604942333noreply@blogger.com