Hey guys,
Its hard to know what to do and when to do it in the Game of Pickup, but the clip below shows you pretty much EXACTLY what NOT to do!
It is in fact a clip from "The Notebook", and it really is helpful to show what to do if you absolutely want to mess your chances up with a girl - True AFC.. in fact he's probably worse than AFC.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9qCu69K4Io
Watch from 5:55 -> the end (about 9 mins)
My analysis of it is as follows>>> Afew errors he made:
a) Did not address the group and ignore target in order to gain social proof by target's own group (Mystery's Group Theory)
b) The opener SUCKED... totally out of the blue, etc. (Although, to the guy's credit, he did deliver it pretty decently/confidently.. voice tonality and body language weren't too bad.)
c) He stood there gawking at her on the ferris wheel
d) He then proceeded to come running back to her (Jumping on the ferris wheel)
e) "I would really like to take you out" and "Will you go out with me" is totally AFC and is cliche and quite frankly, we're not 12/13 anymore.. won't work!
f) He was very apologetic (on the street) - did not appear confident in himself by being so.
g) His lines like "I was being drawn to ya", etc. Are cliche, BUT he could've pulled it off if he didnt have that "I'm-so-into-you-please-like-me" attitude and facial expression.
f) He appeared very needy in the street by not looking like he would walk away at any stage.. Instead of making her work for his attention, he was giving her his full attention and more (Cat and string theory in action)
g) "What are you doing tonight?" "Or tomorrow or this weekend" - This guy looks like he has no social life, he's willing to build his whole life around seeing her now - Not Attractive at all! You need to have a life and hobbies and time to see friends and to just be BUSY.. so that you appear to have an attractive lifestyle.
OVERALL, he appeared Very needy, average, clingy, lovestruck, No Value, and just plain old AFC!
BTW I'm sure the movie is appealing to many, i dont mean to take anything away from it. I'm sure its a good movie, but i think this clip will help out many of you out there with what NOT to do. SO enjoy, and i'd love to hear you're analyses/comments on the clip and my points.
- Fr33stylez