sideways.

saw it saturday night. it had been on my list of movies to see since i read about it, and then it won the oscar for best adapted screenplay, so we figured, what the hell.

it was a good movie, definitely. probably the most mature movie i've seen in a very long time. i think, possibly, the only problem i had with it was that it didn't really explore thomas hayden church's character (jack) fully, and it's left me with a strangely unfulfilled feeling. he's set up as a playboy; he's getting married, but is insistent that he's going to get laid multiple times while on his one last week of bachelor freedom in california's wine country. alright, that's a fairly common occurance, no one is shocked.

then, he meets this woman who he claims he's falling in love with. he goes so far as to postulate that he call his fiancee and "postpone" the wedding. even after she discovers he's getting married, he picks up another chick and goes home with her.

then, suddenly, he breaks down in a very dramatic scene, insisting he can't lose his fiancee because she's all he has and without her, he's nothing. now, you understand this is supposed to be his facade tearing away. but it just seems so...so...out of place. it's not followed up by any indication he's going to be faithful to this woman once he marries her. it's not followed up by practically anything. the main character undergoes some further development, but after that one outburst, jack is just pretty much dropped. it's just very...strange. usually after a character has his walls broken down, some sort of change is usually intimated.

did anyone else see the movie? was there something incredibly subtle that i missed?