As Good As It Gets

This is one of my most favorites movies. He is able, due to his own selfish needs , to meet the needs of the woman whom he will eventually love and need, by desiring something from her to allow him to function in his own self centered obsessive compulsive world. This movie is the ultimate male = female relationship. When we have a relationship, we are able to find out how what is needed is matched by one supplying that need. Here we have a man who selfishly has a need but by trying to meet his need he helps a woman who has a huge priority/need in her life, her son's health(asthma). When his health is under control, she is able to get back to her mundane job, which is something that is important to one particular person. After her son improves she finds herself needing to thank this person who only provided the service because he needed her to be in her servitude role for them and through this need to thank them for such a huge service in her life they become intimate. Not lovers, yet, but intimate, on the verge of that next step. That is why I like this movie. He recognized that in order to fulfill his need he had to make her life better. Make her priorities less demanding. He lessen the burdens in her life. Not because he wanted to make her happy or more comfortable but because he wanted to make sure that she was available to care for his needs without any interruptions. When he actually interacted with her son he was rude and inappropriate. The complexities of life are always difficult. What is the point of this movie. Who knows.