Thank you for posting that! Has anyone seen it? I haven't had a chance to check it out yet.

GreenyJess said:

What is it about him that makes me root for his character to get the girl, even though he's cheating on his wife?! Just like in Waitress… why is that, I wonder.

No idea GreenyJess but I can't really say I wanted Runner to get the girl in this one, I just couldn't warm to her at all. She treats everyone around her like dirt. Her nasty tirade to Runner about him shooting blanks or something was just mean but I found her very mean spirited through the whole movie. I adored Waitress though.

I really sympathised with her son, having been on the receiving end of such treatment myself. I really felt sorry for him being dumped on a person who quite clearly didn't want him. Even when her ex partner was dying all she could think about was herself.

I did LOL at Nathan's drunk scene and the look of total horror when she gave him tampons to stem the bleeding, that was brilliant and dragging him none to gently up the front stairs, still at least she gave him a pillow. That scene with them making out in the truck was pretty hot though but boo hoo her leaving him high and dry again, mean woman.

I agree with that review. Overall, Trucker is not my kinda movie. I didnt find much to like about the characters

GreenyJess said:

I think that Diane did similarly in that last scene with Runner. She finally decides to be a grown-up, and yet I'm pissed at her for it. She holds out the whole time she knows him, then it looks like she's finally gonna give in… and oh, wait… maybe she shouldn't behave like a skank all the time, after all. You picked a helluva time to figure that out, lady!! And I just feel so cheated. Guh, I blame Nathan.

Yer we'll blame him ;) but honestly who in their right mind would turn him down?

Dr Pomatter was just adorable, maybe one day I'll get around to finishing the fic I started for them?

Yer definatley wrong time for Diane to grow up, she could have waited an extra day! Runner comment about her 'pretty tits' made me laugh though, that is such a bloke!

Besides Nathan's bits not something I'll probably watch very often.

ontheriver & neodnut we are in total agreeance on that point.

Still I love the fact that Nathan hasn't let his career become pidgeonholed, he does a range of characters, its terrific.

GreenyJess said:

Jenna/Dr. Pomatter Fic? Yes, please!

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 Your as bad a Sarah! I have two fics in my head.

One is 'sweeter' than the other but I'm not sure if I can do 'sweet' so I'm thinking of the second one which is a bit more angsty. Lulu is brought into an emergency ward, she's been hit by a car (no I'm not going to kill her off) and Jim is the Dr on duty that night. He's divorced his wife, it never was much of a marriage and has moved to a slightly larger town.

At first he doesnt' recognise Lulu as she's older, maybe 5 or 6, and badly hurt from the accident. They ring Jenna who of course races to the hospital and runs into Jim again. I've not really got much further than that!

I'll see how it goes, I've lost all my enthusiasm for my writing at the moment. I just can't be bothered with any of it.

musiclover said:Hey sydneydeb if you have a fanfiction.net account you should post a dr.pommater/jenna fic oh there oh and waitress comes on feb 20th on lifetime

Thanks musiclover but I won't post anything on fanfiction.net, there are far too many minors on that site and a particular trouble maker that I wish to avoid.

I have Waitress on DVD, its one of my all time favourite movies.

Waitress is one of my very favoriite movies. Keep it on my IPod for easy viewing!

However, as much as I too was sad that Jenna ended it the way she did, in the line of the movie's message it was quite appropriate.  She was stuck in a miserable situation, and needed someone to show her (and make her believe it) that she was better than that.  He gave her that. She have him a sort of "peace" with her simplicity that no one else had. They both learned something from the relationship. As did the other women and their situations. I think Adrienne Shelly (who played Dawn) did an awesome job with the screenplay and it's direction. Very sad that she didn't live to see the movies opening and suprising success.

As far as Trucker, I had to watch it twice to figure out what Runner was all about. I think the article at the beginning of this post sums it up well though. He was just a man broken by the war just trying to live day to day. The reason he was so drawn to Diane is that she never wanted or needed him to be more than exactly who he was. They never focused on his wife except when he's passed out on the porch, so it's hard to figure out why he couldn't deal with that anymore.  Maybe it was his own guilt and coming back a different man than one she married that made him push her away.

Anyway, just my mini analyzing of his "cheating hubby" characters.

I really enjoyed Trucker – all the characters were interesting in their imperfectness and Nathan's performance was, of course, top notch. As much as I love seeing him as a playful author (not to mention a shameless spaceship captain..), there was just something about the down-to-earth Runner and his scruffy looks that got me.

Although I've gotta feel sorry for Nathan, he just never gets the girl.  I watched Trucker and Waitress pretty much right after each other and when I was done I just wanted to give him a hug.