![]() ![]() ![]() If anything, Rob’s journey through his romantic past reveals how little he’s learned or changed over time. But it doesn’t mean that we, the jury, are going to find him persuasive. As High Fidelity ticks through his “desert island, all-time top-five most memorable breakups”, Rob gets the opportunity to explain himself directly to the camera – an ingenious solution to the confessional first-person style of Hornby’s book. At roughly the same age Lloyd was out there escorting the valedictorian around a patch of grass in the parking lot, Rob was breaking up with his girlfriend for not yielding to his aggressive advances. At no point in his life has Rob possessed Lloyd’s earnestness, openness and emotional generosity. The Lloyd Dobler comparison doesn’t hold up much to scrutiny, however. ![]()
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