As Good As It Gets. Carol's Line, "What is it you want?" I'm enjoying English in the movie, As Good As It Gets. The scene that I love is Carol's crying in front of her mother in the kitchen. Mom: So,

Hanji

As Good As It Gets. Carol's Line, "What is it you want?" I'm enjoying English in the movie, As Good As It Gets. The scene that I love is Carol's crying in front of her mother in the kitchen. Mom: So, what you are saying is that you're frustrated. Carol: Leave me be. Why are you doing this? What is it you want? I hope to get me to think everything is wrong. All that I want to do is not do that has some purpose. ( Unfortunately, I can't catch perfectly the last part of the line.) I wrote their lines watching Youtube. There might be some errors though, I love this scene. Even though there are English that I can't catch, I feel her and tear. I think she wants to say that everyone questions at some point in life what it was not supposed to become like this. It was not any purpose. Here is the link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoK3po2rJUQ

Nov 11, 2019 2:44 PM

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As Good As It Gets. Carol's Line, "What is it you want?"

I'm enjoying English in the movie, As Good As It Gets. The scene that I love is Carol's crying in front of her mother in the kitchen.

The whole scene refers to Carol not having a man in her life and not having intimate relations with Dr. Betts and Carol is both very upset and embarrassed at discussing it with her mother:

She starts off by saying "Who needs these thoughts"?

Mom: So, what you are saying is that you're frustrated.

Mum: So... what are you saying? That you are frustrated?

Carol: Leave me be. Why are you doing this? What is it you want? I hope to get me to think everything is wrong. All that I want to do is not do that has some purpose.

Carol: Leave me be. Why are you doing this? What is it you want? I hope getting me thinking about everything that's wrong when all I want to do is not [to] do that has some purpose

I believe she missed out the word 'to' - that's the only thing I can think of that makes sense! Carole is referring what her mother is trying to do.... eg. "Are you trying to get me to think about everything that's wrong?"

All I want is to NOT do that (ie -- NOT think about everything that is wrong) and that there is some purpose in not thinking about everything that is wrong (ie that NOT thinking about everything that is wrong is just as important as thinking about everything that is wrong)

A little confusing - even for me!

If there is anything else you are unsure of - or want me to listen to and transcribe - just send me a personal message :)

Kind regards

Paul

( Unfortunately, I can't catch perfectly the last part of the line.)

I wrote their lines watching Youtube. There might be some errors though, I love this scene. Even though there are English that I can't catch, I feel her and tear. I think she wants to say that everyone questions at some point in life what it was not supposed to become like this. It was not any purpose.

Here is the link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoK3po2rJUQ

November 11, 2019

As Good As It Gets. Carol's Line, "What is it you want?"

I'm enjoying following the English lines in the movie, "As Good As It Gets." The scene that I love is Carol's crying in front of her mother in the kitchen.*

Mom: So, what you are saying is that you're frustrated.

Carol: Leave me be. Why are you doing this? What is it you want? I hope <s>to</s> getting me <s>to</s> thinking about everything <s>is</s> that's wrong - when all <s>that</s> I want to do is not do that - has some purpose. **

( Unfortunately, I can't catch perfectly the last part of the line.)

I wrote their lines watching Youtube. There might be some errors though, I love this scene. Even though there are English words that I can't catch, I feel her pain and her tears***. I think she wants to say that everyone questions at some point in life what it was not supposed to become like this. It happened <s>was not</s> but it didn't have any purpose.****

Here is the link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoK3po2rJUQ

* I added a few things to help this first sentence be more clear. By putting quotation marks around the movie's title, it makes it easier for the reader to understand that it's the name of the movie you are talking about.

** I listened to the lines on the YouTube video several times, and I think what I wrote is correct.

*** "I feel her and tear" - Do you mean "I feel her pain and it makes me cry"?

**** "It was not any purpose." - I think what you are saying here (based on your comment to Wenwei) is that things don't always have a purpose. Bad things happen for no reason.

November 13, 2019

As Good As It Gets. Carol's Line, "What is it you want?"

I'm enjoying English in the movie As Good As It Gets. The scene that I love is Carol crying in front of her mother in the kitchen.

Mom: "So what you are saying is that you're frustrated."

Carol: "Leave me be. Why are you doing this? What is it you want? I hope getting me thinking about everything that's wrong—when all I want to do is not do that—has some purpose."

(Unfortunately, I can't perfectly catch the last part of the line.)

I wrote their lines watching Youtube. There might be some errors though, I love this scene. Even though there are some words that I can't catch, I feel her and tear up. I think she wants to say that everyone, at some point in life, questions what it was not supposed to become like this. There was no/there wasn't any any purpose.

Here is the link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoK3po2rJUQ

Hi Hanji,

Very good work. I like how you use notebook entries and italki lessons to develop your English skills by sharing your opinions of movie scenes.

I watched the scene you discussed in this notebook entry and wrote down what Carol had said. The only thing that wasn't clear was what you intended to communicate in this phrase, "questions what it was not supposed to become like this." Please clarify, and I can correct this for you.

I wish you luck on your language learning journey.

Best,

Wenwei

Italki Community Tutor

November 11, 2019

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