Thursday, January 5, 2012

Film Analysis

CRAZY. STUPID. LOVE.

Ordinary world: Cal is happily married to Emily
Call To Adventure: Emily wants a divorce, which comes as a huge surprise to Cal
Refusal To Call: He goes into denial, jumps out of a car and just does a lot of crazy things when he hears that's what Emily wants because he was never expecting it.
Meeting Mentor: He meets Jacob in a bar after he was openly talking to everyone he saw about how his wife cheated on him.
Crossing The Threshold: Cal agrees to let Jacob help him out. Which is a big step for him because he is nothing like him.
Test: After Cal watches Jacob a lot and learns from him its time for Cal to try to get a girl on his own. He walks up to the girl and he ends up being able to get her to come home with him that night
Approach: Cal and Emily start to talk more and it seems like she misses him and there might be a chance of things being fixed.
Ordeal:Cal and Emily go to their sons parent teacher conference and the teacher is one of the girls Cal slept with so Emily finds out that he has gone crazy and is no longer missing him or anything. Then Cal finds out that Jacob is now dating his daughter and freaks out because he has seen the way he treated girls and didnt want his daughter to be treated that way.
Reward: They all go to their sons graduation, Cal talks about love and make Emily so happy.
Resurrection: Cal decides to let Jacob date his daughter, and him and Emily seem like they are going to work everything out. 

Hero: Cal
Mentor: Jacob
Threshold Guardian: Jacob
Herald: Emily
Shapeshifter: Jacob
Shadow: Jessica
Trickster: Robbie


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