Wedding Blog

Last night Mr. Kiwi and I were moving our stuff from the old apartment to the new apartment. After picking up a pizza as a reward for our hard work, we sat down and turned on the Fox Movie Channel, because “Say Anything” was playing! Man, I love that movie.

As the movie played, I kept saying how much I love Lloyd Dobler, and how I bet every woman wants a Lloyd Dobler of her own. Then I mused that it wasn’t John Cusack’s magnetism that did it. To be honest, he’s quite unremarkable in his own right, but cast him as the loveable romantic character of Lloyd Dobler, and all of a sudden he’s a dream. When the no-smoking sign dinged and the credits rolled, I told Mr. Kiwi that I thought they stayed together for a bit, but separated in college, because they each had to “find themselves” solo, but then they got back together after a few years. When I said that, I kind of shocked myself—I was describing our relationship! Talk about putting yourself into the movie, right?

Well, that got me to thinking, what do people really think happened between Lloyd Dobler and Diane Court after the credits rolled? With this thought in mind, I set off to Google, where I searched, “What really happened to Lloyd Dobler?”

What I found was an article titled, “What Really Happened to Lloyd Dobler?” by Dustin Rowles on Pajiba.com. Apparently, Dustin goes on to write about what he thinks REALLY happened between some of our favorite leading ladies and gentlemen after the credits rolled. Along with Lloyd and Diane, we have Harry and Sally from “When Harry Met Sally”, Westley and Buttercup from “The Princess Bride”, Sam and Annie from “Sleepless in Seattle”, Edward and Vivian from “Pretty Woman” (although that one’s kind of a given, hello—he’s a millionaire and she’s a former prostitute?), Sam and Joon from “Benny and Joon”, Melvin and Carol from “As Good as it Gets”, Loretta and Ronny from “Moonstruck”, Jerry and Dorothy from “Jerry Maguire”, and finally, Andrew and Sam from “Garden State”.

Some of Dustin’s endings I agreed with, some saddened me, some angered me, and well, others I just didn’t care about (perhaps that’s because there were a few movies I didn’t see). Still, quite a few of the comments were intriguing, as it seems it’s been some twenty years after a few of the movies had been made, yet people still are fiercely loyal to their favorite characters.

Honestly, I’d prefer to think the couples in a few of our favorite romantic comedies and love stories end up happy. Maybe that’s the Lloyd Dobler-loving foolish romantic in me, though.

What are your thoughts on what happens post-credits in those fairytale love stories we enjoy so much? Are you more a cynic or romantic?