Inside An Unfamiliar World

Last week I went and saw I Love You, Man for a second time. Since I had only seen it a month prior, I knew all the punches, turns, etc, so as I watched it I looked at different things. How they set up shots, the structure of the film, and the character arcs.

One thing I was reminded of by the film is how many successful movies give the audience a glimpse into a foreign world. In the film, Paul Rudd is a real estate agent, as well as a huge ‘Rush’ fan, which is a passion he shares with Jason Segel. These details aren’t thrown in for the sake of it, but instead played upon and paid off later while also making the characters stand out.

Whether it’s a foreign ‘world’ to us, or we just learn new and interesting things, it’s always nice to have some details in a movie to give it a unique flare.