So, she leaves Lou for Daniel. Lou being the perfect guy that he is, is completely understanding yet totally heartbroken. He's a great guy, not a bad bone in his body and this is why nice guys finish last. Margot's longing for something new will never be satisfied because nothing stays new. Everything becomes routine. Everything becomes boring. In a montage of her relationship with Daniel, it's all of them having sex and we see their relationship progress through that. The bed is in the middle of where ever they live because sex is what is most important to their relationship. We see them up the ante more and more with all the living space being arranged except the bed in the middle of the room. As we progress we see the two of them get more and more bored with everything, going too far to fill a void that cannot be filled. Speaking of which, Silverman's character falls off the wagon sometime after Margot leaves Lou and Margot is called to help after she goes off on a reckless drive. Silverman shows up, drunk as shit after Lou and Margot spend a friendly afternoon concerned about Silverman and she lays a quote that sums up the movie perfectly, which you see above but I shall repeat, "Life has a gap in it, it just does. You don’t go crazy trying to fill it." Lou makes sure to mention that everything between them is over with they can be friends maybe, but he's done with her. We end the film where Margot sits on the ground in front of the oven, leaning on it while Daniel stares out the window. Margot presses her body up against the oven hoping that the heat will help her feel again. Daniel stares out the window, beyond their crumbling relationship.
The final shot of the scene I am going to have to back track a little bit because I forgot how important and awesome it is. It represents te film just as well as that quote. So in the middle of the movie, when Daniel and Margot are hanging out, she takes him to this cool little carnival thing and this scene happens -
Around the 1:15 mark is when Margot shows you that she has realized she has put herself in an awfully fucked up position. "We can't rewind we've gone too far." This music is absolutely on point with what Sarah Polly is trying to say. The new shit always kicks the old shit's ass.. until the newer shit comes out. It's an endless process and we still get caught up in it. Margot has gotten herself into possibly worst case scenario, but she still follows through because, in the moment she realized she wants Daniel more and there's no going back. "We can't rewind we've gone too far." And then the lights turn on and the music stops and things are back in reality and she's gotta deal with this issue, she can't sneak off with Daniel all the time. She needs it all, even though she's wind up unsatisfied once again.
The final shot of the film is the same thing except Margot is alone and for a brief moment, during those 2 or however minutes the ride lasts, she is exactly where she wants to be. She's doing something amazing for a shot period of time and moving on to something new. Once the ride stops, however, her gigantic smile drops to a huge frown. She'll never be satisfied more than a moment at a time. Credits roll.
Some of them have been half-assed and I'm not proud of them, I don't want anymore like that. I gotta go into the depths of my film and television soaked brain to remember what justified this list and each films placement. Sometimes I gotta rewatch them, which needs to be done with the top 20-25. I'm going nuts with those and will be writing the review while I re-watch. I'll be LIVE REVIEWING.
