Who is the most sympathetic character *POLL*

[Agnes&Elin Forever!]

Who is most sympathetic?

[fish]

Couldn't vote for Markus because he was a self centred arsehole.

Couldn't vote for Johan because he was a dork who got to sleep with Elin and was going to sleep with Jessica.

My vote goes to Olof for trying to be a good parent to Agnes. That would be a really tough gig and he tied so hard.

[Larsen]

definitely Johan Hult, because Elin treated him so badly and he deserves our sympathy. Besides, han är så söd!

PS: Why was he going to sleep with Jessica? Did I miss something here?

[Ian]

I went for Papa Olof. Clearly loved his daughter, and couldn't see anything unsympathetic about him.

Johan wasn't a bad guy but he was too dim and weak-willed.

Markus was an ass.

[fish]

....PS: Why was he going to sleep with Jessica? Did I miss something here?

When Johan was being consoled by Jessica outside the school near the end of the film it was obviously going to be the start of a new relationship for them both. IMHO.

[snaps]

OK so the ladies have a ''prettiest'' poll while the guys have a ''sympathetic'' poll? Duuur well Papa Olof gets mine for being sympathetic, AND he's also sexiest of the three. So there.

[Agnes&Elin Forever!]

My vote goes to Olof as well

[Larsen]

....PS: Why was he going to sleep with Jessica? Did I miss something here?

When Johan was being consoled by Jessica outside the school near the end of the film it was obviously going to be the start of a new relationship for them both. IMHO.

This is a rather bold theory, imo. To me this looked like a friend consoling another.

My overall impression of Johan was that of a kind, insecure guy. If you think about it, Johan was the only one of the main characters who would never hurt anybody. One of my favorite scenes is the one where Johan is sitting on that bench, deeply depressed, after Elin dismissed him by phone, without Johan having the slightest clue WHY. He was realy in love with Elin, I'm sure that he would have treated her kindly. After all, he is a rather tragic figure, this pure guy.

[Ian]

OK so the ladies have a ''prettiest'' poll while the guys have a ''sympathetic'' poll? Duuur well Papa Olof gets mine for being sympathetic, AND he's also sexiest of the three. So there.

Given the preponderance of heterosexual males on this forum, I suspect a "sexiest man in FA" poll would have, er, one voter - ie you.

[fish]

This is a rather bold theory, imo. To me this looked like a friend consoling another.
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As backup to my theory I need only look as far as the hockey training scene where Jessica says words to the effect of "Johan seems nice. If I wasn't with Markus I'd.......".
Johan is nice, no doubt about it, I just think he wasn't what Elin needed. His personality and goals in life seemed more compatible with Jessica. As you say, in that scene it was one friend consoling another, but I was looking into the future when she dumped Markus and started seeing Johan.

Given the preponderance of heterosexual males on this forum, I suspect a "sexiest man in FA" poll would have, er, one voter - ie you.

Naahh!
I'd have found the courage to vote for Olof too. I've told you before, I have no pride.

[snaps]

I concur with my learned colleague Mr Fish, having watched the film again last night. Jessica quite clearly states her dissatisfaction with Marcus and her warming to Johan. It is partly why she is annoyed by Elin's seeming indifference. In my longer term project about FA ten plus years on Jessica and Johan end up happily married as Mr and Mrs Amal Average Elin ends up in a mutually unhappy relationship with Marcus after Agnes goes off to university in Stockholm, that is until on old flame is rekindled ...

[fish]

I concur with my learned colleague Mr Fish....

What a very nice kind of thing to say. No one has ever agreed with me about anything before.
Tell you what, in the next "prettiest" poll you're going in there, right after Moa.

[Ian]

Elin ends up in a mutually unhappy relationship with Marcus

Sorry, snaps, but I would have to refrain from reading such a piece of fan fiction on the grounds that it would make me want to poke my eyes out with sharp sticks.

[snaps]

Tell you what, in the next "prettiest" poll you're going in there, right after Moa.

I'm playing second billing to a sheep I'm overwhelmed with flattery, thát's the nicest things anyone's said to me in a long while. Normally I'm typecast as the rear end of a pantomime horse.

.... it would make me want to poke my eyes out with sharp sticks.

These things can be arranged

[Agnes&Elin Forever!]

Lukas Moodysson also says on the commentary track on the DVD, that if he were to make a follow up Jessica and Johan would end up together