Sunday, July 14, 2013

Observing Communication Skills and Styles



Observing Communication Skills and Styles

I rarely watch television the extent to which I watch is Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune.  I watched the last 30 minutes of a movie called The Family Man with Nicholas Cage and Tea Leoni.  I don’t have a recorder so I borrowed a movie I had wanted to watch from my daughter-in-law.  I watched the last 30 minutes without sound and when I started watching a lady is lying in the bed and a man is sitting next to her bed in a chair talking to her.  He walks out of the room and takes a dog for a walk.  Then it is back to the bedroom and he is sitting watching her sleep trying to stay awake.  The next scene he wakes up in a different bedroom and in a different bed with someone knocking on the door.  It is a beautiful young lady and he walks past her. He goes to a house from a posh apartment in a very fancy car to a nice but modest neighborhood and knocks on the door.  A man comes to the door and they talk and he leaves. He gets back in the car and he answers the phone.                                                                                                                       

The next scene he is at a board meeting and everyone seems to be looking to him for answers.  He leaves and goes to his car and makes a phone call.  He arrives at another building where someone is moving.  He engages the lady in a conversation and she gives him a box and it is the same lady that he was sitting at her bedside and she dismisses him.  He takes the box that has different items including English Leather cologne, a yo-yo, and a picture.  He seems sad and pensive. He gets back in his car driving very fast and goes to the airport.  He is running through the airport and she is getting ready to board the plane.  He yells to her and she turns around and he keeps taking to her although she continues to board the plane.  He says something and she stops.  Then next scene they are sitting at a table looking out a window and it is snowing they seemed to be very involved with each other and enjoying the conversation.                                                                                                                                                           

It was a little confusing without being able to listen to the conversations, but you get an idea of what is occurring. Having seen It Is a Wonderful Life I got an idea that it was something similar to it.  I believed that he was in love with the lady and she did not trust him. When I listened to the movie my assumptions were true that it was a feel good movie with a happy ending—I love happy endings.  It was similar to It Is a Wonderful Life and Jack was given the opportunity to see his life with Kate if he had made different choices.   Having been given an opportunity to glimpse what was truly important in life he was determined to make this a reality for Kate and himself.  I believe it would have been easier to follow and my assumptions more correct if I had been familiar with the characters and the roles they play.   

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