One Day on Netflix… bingeworthy

[Anonymous]

I personally didn't think Emma was pretty, but I see how the attraction (and then friendship/love) was built up.

It's funny that there are like 10 pages complaining about how ugly and unbelievable the non-white lead actress is. A previous poster even said Sylvie was funnier. I didn't think Sylvie was pretty, funny, or remotely desirable (disgusting personality to make him put up with the disrespect from her family). I'm sure all of you complaining posters would rather him end up with Sylvie bc she is more "worthy" in your eyes.

My take is that Dex was hot but a loser. His lackluster drive/personality wasn't deserving of a hot, amazing, successful, perfect woman. Emma wasn't that good looking, but she had personality, passion, and success. Neither of them are amazing catches, so it evens out.

[Anonymous]

I think the thread that ties them together is that Emma was so different from him--less privileged and in some ways more free because of the lack of any parental pressure or expectations--and she turns him down on graduation night...which was probably a first for him. By simply not putting out, he was likely intrigued by her and quickly developed an attraction and respect for her over the next day...and then in the ensuing years.

She becomes a shoulder to lean on over the years and a grounding force. I think on some level he wants her to respect him...in many ways he's trying to earn her respect.

Then he goes on with life and lands the kind of girl his family would expect: a pretty girl from an affluent (albeit weird) family. She loves him, but she doesn't respect him...which is why she cheats. She wants a successful alpha male, which he actually isn't...at least not at that moment.

But all the while Emma is there in the background...of his life and his thoughts. It's always been her, but he was too busy going down the road he was expected to travel rather than having the courage to pivot.

And she is strong. I thought Anne Hathaway probably did a better job playing the character in the film but the actress who plays her in the series does a fine job of portraying Emma as strong (stubborn?) as well as insecure, and free as well as a bit stuck. She comes across as judgmental which is precisely what the character had to do: because the push/pull is that Dex desperately wants *her* respect...perhaps since she basically says she doesn't respect him at the beginning of the story (grad night in her bedroom).

A bit of a typical plot, but it's grounded in reality imho.

I mean, as a Gen X gal, it was obvious that you could spark even more interest in you if you weren't easy. Guys like to chase.

[Anonymous]

Emma was funny, sharp, intelligent, compassionate and quirky with beautiful eyes AND and loved him deeply.

[Anonymous]

Sylvie was pretty and from good family but didn't have a personality.

[Anonymous]

It was a heart breaking story where addiction played a huge role, his addiction with booze and her addiction with him.

[Anonymous]

As an older white guy who stumbled on this series but married a bi-racial woman who was one of his best friends for about 6 years before we got married, this show tugged at the heart quite a bit. Fortunately, we have no working bikes in the house any longer, and if Emma had just stayed on an elliptical machine everything would have worked out much better.

[Anonymous]

Can someone who read the book explain why both the movie and the series had Emma swimming? Was it part of the book or just a ploy to put an actress in a swimsuit?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone who read the book explain why both the movie and the series had Emma swimming? Was it part of the book or just a ploy to put an actress in a swimsuit?

Maybe it was a ploy to get her out of the house and riding her bike

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the thread that ties them together is that Emma was so different from him--less privileged and in some ways more free because of the lack of any parental pressure or expectations--and she turns him down on graduation night...which was probably a first for him. By simply not putting out, he was likely intrigued by her and quickly developed an attraction and respect for her over the next day...and then in the ensuing years.

She becomes a shoulder to lean on over the years and a grounding force. I think on some level he wants her to respect him...in many ways he's trying to earn her respect.

Then he goes on with life and lands the kind of girl his family would expect: a pretty girl from an affluent (albeit weird) family. She loves him, but she doesn't respect him...which is why she cheats. She wants a successful alpha male, which he actually isn't...at least not at that moment.

But all the while Emma is there in the background...of his life and his thoughts. It's always been her, but he was too busy going down the road he was expected to travel rather than having the courage to pivot.

And she is strong. I thought Anne Hathaway probably did a better job playing the character in the film but the actress who plays her in the series does a fine job of portraying Emma as strong (stubborn?) as well as insecure, and free as well as a bit stuck. She comes across as judgmental which is precisely what the character had to do: because the push/pull is that Dex desperately wants *her* respect...perhaps since she basically says she doesn't respect him at the beginning of the story (grad night in her bedroom).

A bit of a typical plot, but it's grounded in reality imho.

I mean, as a Gen X gal, it was obvious that you could spark even more interest in you if you weren't easy. Guys like to chase.

Sorry but this is a little too daydreamy. All this background of his life and thoughts. ...you make a good case for why this is a basic romance novel. Overlooked, bright girl pines off to the side, boy eventually sees what was there all along and not only pursues her, but becomes worthy to pursue her. It's the reason P&P tugs at the heart. It's the reason so many people are taken with the story of Taylor snagging the bad boy football player.

I give you this, it satisfies my nerd-who-ended-up-with-a-hot-guy heart, but it was more believable when Anne Hathaway was Emma because of her similar attractiveness to Dex. And the bottom line? This was not a win for Emma, she waited for crumbs and that's what Dex ultimately was, IMO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the thread that ties them together is that Emma was so different from him--less privileged and in some ways more free because of the lack of any parental pressure or expectations--and she turns him down on graduation night...which was probably a first for him. By simply not putting out, he was likely intrigued by her and quickly developed an attraction and respect for her over the next day...and then in the ensuing years.

She becomes a shoulder to lean on over the years and a grounding force. I think on some level he wants her to respect him...in many ways he's trying to earn her respect.

Then he goes on with life and lands the kind of girl his family would expect: a pretty girl from an affluent (albeit weird) family. She loves him, but she doesn't respect him...which is why she cheats. She wants a successful alpha male, which he actually isn't...at least not at that moment.

But all the while Emma is there in the background...of his life and his thoughts. It's always been her, but he was too busy going down the road he was expected to travel rather than having the courage to pivot.

And she is strong. I thought Anne Hathaway probably did a better job playing the character in the film but the actress who plays her in the series does a fine job of portraying Emma as strong (stubborn?) as well as insecure, and free as well as a bit stuck. She comes across as judgmental which is precisely what the character had to do: because the push/pull is that Dex desperately wants *her* respect...perhaps since she basically says she doesn't respect him at the beginning of the story (grad night in her bedroom).

A bit of a typical plot, but it's grounded in reality imho.

I mean, as a Gen X gal, it was obvious that you could spark even more interest in you if you weren't easy. Guys like to chase.

Sorry but this is a little too daydreamy. All this background of his life and thoughts. ...you make a good case for why this is a basic romance novel. Overlooked, bright girl pines off to the side, boy eventually sees what was there all along and not only pursues her, but becomes worthy to pursue her. It's the reason P&P tugs at the heart. It's the reason so many people are taken with the story of Taylor snagging the bad boy football player.

I give you this, it satisfies my nerd-who-ended-up-with-a-hot-guy heart, but it was more believable when Anne Hathaway was Emma because of her similar attractiveness to Dex. And the bottom line? This was not a win for Emma, she waited for crumbs and that's what Dex ultimately was, IMO.

Dex is crumbs?

Oh my. You sound like one of the DCUM women who start threads about how can they spur their husbands to quit jobs they like and make more money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the thread that ties them together is that Emma was so different from him--less privileged and in some ways more free because of the lack of any parental pressure or expectations--and she turns him down on graduation night...which was probably a first for him. By simply not putting out, he was likely intrigued by her and quickly developed an attraction and respect for her over the next day...and then in the ensuing years.

She becomes a shoulder to lean on over the years and a grounding force. I think on some level he wants her to respect him...in many ways he's trying to earn her respect.

Then he goes on with life and lands the kind of girl his family would expect: a pretty girl from an affluent (albeit weird) family. She loves him, but she doesn't respect him...which is why she cheats. She wants a successful alpha male, which he actually isn't...at least not at that moment.

But all the while Emma is there in the background...of his life and his thoughts. It's always been her, but he was too busy going down the road he was expected to travel rather than having the courage to pivot.

And she is strong. I thought Anne Hathaway probably did a better job playing the character in the film but the actress who plays her in the series does a fine job of portraying Emma as strong (stubborn?) as well as insecure, and free as well as a bit stuck. She comes across as judgmental which is precisely what the character had to do: because the push/pull is that Dex desperately wants *her* respect...perhaps since she basically says she doesn't respect him at the beginning of the story (grad night in her bedroom).

A bit of a typical plot, but it's grounded in reality imho.

I mean, as a Gen X gal, it was obvious that you could spark even more interest in you if you weren't easy. Guys like to chase.

Sorry but this is a little too daydreamy. All this background of his life and thoughts. ...you make a good case for why this is a basic romance novel. Overlooked, bright girl pines off to the side, boy eventually sees what was there all along and not only pursues her, but becomes worthy to pursue her. It's the reason P&P tugs at the heart. It's the reason so many people are taken with the story of Taylor snagging the bad boy football player.

I give you this, it satisfies my nerd-who-ended-up-with-a-hot-guy heart, but it was more believable when Anne Hathaway was Emma because of her similar attractiveness to Dex. And the bottom line? This was not a win for Emma, she waited for crumbs and that's what Dex ultimately was, IMO.

That’s a rather superficial view—fixating on looks and what Dex brings to the table.

I don’t think Dex is as hot as everyone else seems to think—in terms of the actors in both the series and the film. (In fact, the film Dex is really wimpy.)

I don’t think Emma in the series is as ugly as everyone else seems to think. Plus, it’s clear their bond goes beyond looks.

Re: she gets crumbs - Dex is actually a better man when they finally connect. He’s clean, a good father, and he wasn’t the one who cheated on his wife. He’s a hard working guy, but he is still the son of a rich father. He definitely isn’t crumbs. It’s not like she’s bringing dramatically more to the table.

Bottom line: the heart wants what it wants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the thread that ties them together is that Emma was so different from him--less privileged and in some ways more free because of the lack of any parental pressure or expectations--and she turns him down on graduation night...which was probably a first for him. By simply not putting out, he was likely intrigued by her and quickly developed an attraction and respect for her over the next day...and then in the ensuing years.

She becomes a shoulder to lean on over the years and a grounding force. I think on some level he wants her to respect him...in many ways he's trying to earn her respect.

Then he goes on with life and lands the kind of girl his family would expect: a pretty girl from an affluent (albeit weird) family. She loves him, but she doesn't respect him...which is why she cheats. She wants a successful alpha male, which he actually isn't...at least not at that moment.

But all the while Emma is there in the background...of his life and his thoughts. It's always been her, but he was too busy going down the road he was expected to travel rather than having the courage to pivot.

And she is strong. I thought Anne Hathaway probably did a better job playing the character in the film but the actress who plays her in the series does a fine job of portraying Emma as strong (stubborn?) as well as insecure, and free as well as a bit stuck. She comes across as judgmental which is precisely what the character had to do: because the push/pull is that Dex desperately wants *her* respect...perhaps since she basically says she doesn't respect him at the beginning of the story (grad night in her bedroom).

A bit of a typical plot, but it's grounded in reality imho.

I mean, as a Gen X gal, it was obvious that you could spark even more interest in you if you weren't easy. Guys like to chase.

Sorry but this is a little too daydreamy. All this background of his life and thoughts. ...you make a good case for why this is a basic romance novel. Overlooked, bright girl pines off to the side, boy eventually sees what was there all along and not only pursues her, but becomes worthy to pursue her. It's the reason P&P tugs at the heart. It's the reason so many people are taken with the story of Taylor snagging the bad boy football player.

I give you this, it satisfies my nerd-who-ended-up-with-a-hot-guy heart, but it was more believable when Anne Hathaway was Emma because of her similar attractiveness to Dex. And the bottom line? This was not a win for Emma, she waited for crumbs and that's what Dex ultimately was, IMO.

That’s a rather superficial view—fixating on looks and what Dex brings to the table.

I don’t think Dex is as hot as everyone else seems to think—in terms of the actors in both the series and the film. (In fact, the film Dex is really wimpy.)

I don’t think Emma in the series is as ugly as everyone else seems to think. Plus, it’s clear their bond goes beyond looks.

Re: she gets crumbs - Dex is actually a better man when they finally connect. He’s clean, a good father, and he wasn’t the one who cheated on his wife. He’s a hard working guy, but he is still the son of a rich father. He definitely isn’t crumbs. It’s not like she’s bringing dramatically more to the table.

Bottom line: the heart wants what it wants.

You missed the part when I say Dex is written as finally being worthy of pursuing her. I say he was crumbs because she spent so much of her life with him living in her head and by the time he has come back around as a changed man, her character isn't granted an arc that shows Emma's a changed woman. No so much. Her returning to the pin she put in her life 20 years earlier is returning to the ceumbs of her girlhood, IMO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the thread that ties them together is that Emma was so different from him--less privileged and in some ways more free because of the lack of any parental pressure or expectations--and she turns him down on graduation night...which was probably a first for him. By simply not putting out, he was likely intrigued by her and quickly developed an attraction and respect for her over the next day...and then in the ensuing years.

She becomes a shoulder to lean on over the years and a grounding force. I think on some level he wants her to respect him...in many ways he's trying to earn her respect.

Then he goes on with life and lands the kind of girl his family would expect: a pretty girl from an affluent (albeit weird) family. She loves him, but she doesn't respect him...which is why she cheats. She wants a successful alpha male, which he actually isn't...at least not at that moment.

But all the while Emma is there in the background...of his life and his thoughts. It's always been her, but he was too busy going down the road he was expected to travel rather than having the courage to pivot.

And she is strong. I thought Anne Hathaway probably did a better job playing the character in the film but the actress who plays her in the series does a fine job of portraying Emma as strong (stubborn?) as well as insecure, and free as well as a bit stuck. She comes across as judgmental which is precisely what the character had to do: because the push/pull is that Dex desperately wants *her* respect...perhaps since she basically says she doesn't respect him at the beginning of the story (grad night in her bedroom).

A bit of a typical plot, but it's grounded in reality imho.

I mean, as a Gen X gal, it was obvious that you could spark even more interest in you if you weren't easy. Guys like to chase.

Sorry but this is a little too daydreamy. All this background of his life and thoughts. ...you make a good case for why this is a basic romance novel. Overlooked, bright girl pines off to the side, boy eventually sees what was there all along and not only pursues her, but becomes worthy to pursue her. It's the reason P&P tugs at the heart. It's the reason so many people are taken with the story of Taylor snagging the bad boy football player.

I give you this, it satisfies my nerd-who-ended-up-with-a-hot-guy heart, but it was more believable when Anne Hathaway was Emma because of her similar attractiveness to Dex. And the bottom line? This was not a win for Emma, she waited for crumbs and that's what Dex ultimately was, IMO.

That’s a rather superficial view—fixating on looks and what Dex brings to the table.

I don’t think Dex is as hot as everyone else seems to think—in terms of the actors in both the series and the film. (In fact, the film Dex is really wimpy.)

I don’t think Emma in the series is as ugly as everyone else seems to think. Plus, it’s clear their bond goes beyond looks.

Re: she gets crumbs - Dex is actually a better man when they finally connect. He’s clean, a good father, and he wasn’t the one who cheated on his wife. He’s a hard working guy, but he is still the son of a rich father. He definitely isn’t crumbs. It’s not like she’s bringing dramatically more to the table.

Bottom line: the heart wants what it wants.

You missed the part when I say Dex is written as finally being worthy of pursuing her. I say he was crumbs because she spent so much of her life with him living in her head and by the time he has come back around as a changed man, her character isn't granted an arc that shows Emma's a changed woman. No so much. Her returning to the pin she put in her life 20 years earlier is returning to the ceumbs of her girlhood, IMO.

I mean, didn’t she have a bad marriage, cheat on her husband with a coworker, and hit her own rock bottom before finding success as a writer, getting a makeover/new hairstyle, and then finally reconnecting with him?

They both kinda sucked for a while before becoming better people.

[Anonymous]

I like that they both experienced downs and ups on their graphs of life, before their paths finally intersected. Sadly the line for Emma was cut short soon thereafter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the thread that ties them together is that Emma was so different from him--less privileged and in some ways more free because of the lack of any parental pressure or expectations--and she turns him down on graduation night...which was probably a first for him. By simply not putting out, he was likely intrigued by her and quickly developed an attraction and respect for her over the next day...and then in the ensuing years.

She becomes a shoulder to lean on over the years and a grounding force. I think on some level he wants her to respect him...in many ways he's trying to earn her respect.

Then he goes on with life and lands the kind of girl his family would expect: a pretty girl from an affluent (albeit weird) family. She loves him, but she doesn't respect him...which is why she cheats. She wants a successful alpha male, which he actually isn't...at least not at that moment.

But all the while Emma is there in the background...of his life and his thoughts. It's always been her, but he was too busy going down the road he was expected to travel rather than having the courage to pivot.

And she is strong. I thought Anne Hathaway probably did a better job playing the character in the film but the actress who plays her in the series does a fine job of portraying Emma as strong (stubborn?) as well as insecure, and free as well as a bit stuck. She comes across as judgmental which is precisely what the character had to do: because the push/pull is that Dex desperately wants *her* respect...perhaps since she basically says she doesn't respect him at the beginning of the story (grad night in her bedroom).

A bit of a typical plot, but it's grounded in reality imho.

I mean, as a Gen X gal, it was obvious that you could spark even more interest in you if you weren't easy. Guys like to chase.

Sorry but this is a little too daydreamy. All this background of his life and thoughts. ...you make a good case for why this is a basic romance novel. Overlooked, bright girl pines off to the side, boy eventually sees what was there all along and not only pursues her, but becomes worthy to pursue her. It's the reason P&P tugs at the heart. It's the reason so many people are taken with the story of Taylor snagging the bad boy football player.

I give you this, it satisfies my nerd-who-ended-up-with-a-hot-guy heart, but it was more believable when Anne Hathaway was Emma because of her similar attractiveness to Dex. And the bottom line? This was not a win for Emma, she waited for crumbs and that's what Dex ultimately was, IMO.

That’s a rather superficial view—fixating on looks and what Dex brings to the table.

I don’t think Dex is as hot as everyone else seems to think—in terms of the actors in both the series and the film. (In fact, the film Dex is really wimpy.)

I don’t think Emma in the series is as ugly as everyone else seems to think. Plus, it’s clear their bond goes beyond looks.

Re: she gets crumbs - Dex is actually a better man when they finally connect. He’s clean, a good father, and he wasn’t the one who cheated on his wife. He’s a hard working guy, but he is still the son of a rich father. He definitely isn’t crumbs. It’s not like she’s bringing dramatically more to the table.

Bottom line: the heart wants what it wants.

You missed the part when I say Dex is written as finally being worthy of pursuing her. I say he was crumbs because she spent so much of her life with him living in her head and by the time he has come back around as a changed man, her character isn't granted an arc that shows Emma's a changed woman. No so much. Her returning to the pin she put in her life 20 years earlier is returning to the ceumbs of her girlhood, IMO.

I mean, didn’t she have a bad marriage, cheat on her husband with a coworker, and hit her own rock bottom before finding success as a writer, getting a makeover/new hairstyle, and then finally reconnecting with him?

They both kinda sucked for a while before becoming better people.

I thought Ian was just a boyfriend, not a husband.