When I first saw that in our next assignment we could watch the movie "You've Got Mail," I was excited because I had seen this movie before and I knew that this would be the best option out of the three for me to do. While watching this movie the characters recreated their identities online by getting to know each other and then developing a friendship. They started to give advice to each other about what was going on in their lives, however, they didn't get to personal as to their love lives. They did spend time recommended books to buy and read though. Their friendship eventually turned into them being together by the end of the movie.
The funny thing about their relationship is that, they had already knew and met each other before knowing they had been chatting online for all this time. They hated each other because Joe Fox ran Kathleen Kelly out of business because he was the owner/ competition, right across the street, from her bookstore. She ended up loosing business because of his new store. She was angry and thought that he was a bad guy and he put the bookstore on her street on purpose. They ended up patching their relationship up by randomly bumping into each other and then going on dates to get to know each other more. But on these casual dates they end up talking about the guy that she met online which she at that point didn't know that it was him and he's giving her advice on what she should do. He's playing reverse psychology so that she would forgive him but he's also not telling her the truth to let her know that it's him, that she's been chatting with the whole time online.
The likely hood of this really happening to somebody is one in a million chances but it can happen. Most people do these types of chats and end up meeting but a lot of the time they don't even no each other. A lot of people these days just do blind dating or they have match making sites online to go to that will match you up with somebody that may have similar interest that you may have, you also have myspace and people can view your profile and see your pictures online so they know what you look like. Anything can happen with friendships that you create online it's just a matter of you go forth with meeting that person or just staying friends online.
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I have only seen parts of this movie, but I did think it looked pretty entertaining. Now getting a run down about the movie I might actually sit down and watch it all the way through! I think that movies like this on are funny because when this movie came out facebook and myspace weren't really on the "map" like they are now. And for a movie like this to exist before the big bang of online dating, and chatting is interesting to me. However it does show how people can recreate themselves to change a person's perception or opinion, and this is frightening all at the same time because really you don't know this person so why would you think their advice is so important and worthy?
Another interesting point that you make that I think is interesting is people meeting in person after chatting online. I don't really agree with this type of situation only because of the numerous bad things that could happen and I wouldn't take that risk, but many people do, and many people have found love and happiness that way. But for me personally I like to keep my relationships in person.
Hey Brittney,
I watched You’ve Got Mail for my option this week also because I’ve never seen it and I’m a big Tom Hanks fan. I like your comments about how myspace and facebook have changed how people meet and talk to each other online today. Through E-mail a person has a choice to remain anonymous but with myspace and such it allows people to get to know what kind of person you really are and what you look like. I think that this plays a big factor in making people feel safer about meeting a person that they met online because they know what to expect.
I have an interesting story about this. I have this mate who works in the financial field. He tends to be a bit of a player. But he is horrible at it. I mean, for a stock broker, his game is weak (if he somehow reads this, he will be the first to point out that mine is no better). Except online. Online he types fast, is articulate, understanding and as they say 'good on paper'.
As a player, he visits all sorts of sites, under all sorts of profiles (he also values his reputation, so he hides himself a bit). The result however has come back to haunt him. For the online romances of his past tend to still be online, doing the same thing he has done, and what we chose to reveal in one conversation doesn't always transfer to another.
So he sets a date the other day with a women, quite nice by the sounds of her. And unfortunately for him, someone he had already 'dated' and essentially never called back (so much easier to say, 'its not you, its me' online apparently). Now he is out at a bar stuck trying to figure out how he could not have realized that this was the same women that just a month ago he had chatted up. And she, confessing later, guessed but just wanted to see his face (and throw a well deserved drink in it).
All of this is the long way to say that even being honest and forthright online, doesn't always convey the same person in a different situation.
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