How realistic is Jacob’s character in Crazy, Stupid, Love?

The key is to target vulnerable women

I’d say it’s pretty realistic for those that hit the genetic jackpot of looks/brains. He does end up feeling pretty lonely living like that. So much so that he settles for that butterface Emma Stone.

He is considered extremely good looking, dresses well, had a trust fund so he never had to worry about work or money, and had been practicing this for a while.

I'd say it's extremely likely he could pull that off IRL if he wanted.

You on the other hand...

I have a friend that use to do that on a regular basis. Never even tried, women would come up and talk to him.

So yeah, it can be realistic.

I wrote the following review on the Arts Board

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Crazy, Stupid, Love: At first glance, one might conclude that this is a movie about divorce and the tremendous pain to individuals, family, and the community at large that it causes. A deeper inspection, however, reveals that the movie is about romantic love: how we lose it, how we find it, how we fight for it.

Romantic comedies are almost always told through the female perspective, but this movie flips the genre on its head, and we see romance from male eyes. It's quite refreshing, for in it, we see that the ways males approach romantic love are just as crazy, just as stupid, just as irrational as females. The journey to that romantic love brings males to the edges of insanity. What we find in the end, is that through our "wildly unhappy" times, we will find what we are looking for in our soulmate, who, one can only conclude, is a reflection of our own soul.

Men are melancholy beings, and in our melancholy, we become lonely, and in our loneliness, we find unsuitable pleasures that distract us from our loneliness, but do little from making us less lonely. The cure for our loneliness? The theme of the movie? Basically, that romantic love is life's ultimate telos and until we capture it, we will remain restless and yearning. Whether you agree with that philosophy is a matter of debate, but this movie, through a technique that borrows from Greek tragedy (the fall of a flawed character), 19th century Russian literature (emphasis on the character rather than the action and looking seriously at the human condition without being afraid to poke fun at it), and 1980's American sitcoms (a connective, universal conclusion), does a fine job of arguing its point.

My biggest criticisms of the movie are the casting of the males. I don't like Steve Carell as an actor. I cannot get his defining career scene: caught up in a bout of glossolalia in a television studio. He's a worthy slap-stick comedian, but it's hard to see him as anything but that, no matter how hard he tries to break that image. Ryan Gosling isn't very impressive either. I don't think he's handsome enough to pull off the playboy image. The women, on the other hand, even in their roles as support, are perfect. Julianne Moore is a fantastic actress who can play almost any character. Emma Stone, who isn't nearly as attractive as some say, gives another outstanding, if sarcastic, performance. I hope she will expand her repertoire because she has much more to offer. 8/10

It's not unbelievable.

First of all, it's a movie. They don't have time to show you the amount of time it takes in a typical encounter with a woman that's showing interest. Also, they're not showing you when he gets rejected. Every man is going to get rejected more than they're going to get laid.

He demonstrates a high level of confidence, he listens to them talk, and makes his intentions known. You talk to enough women and that will work eventually for most men. It's just a numbers game.

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BabyTac, be better than this thread... Be better than this thread.

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I see what you did there.... well played.