Didn't you just get the feeling that there was more drama to unfold between Regina and her two brothers, not to mention Leo? But the way this movie ended, it seemed so abrupt, almost like a cliff-hanger!
When the end suddenly came, I felt downright frustrated. I just didn't want the story to end! lol
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Yeah, there should've been a 3-way fight between the Terminator, Rocky Balboa and Chuck Norris. And we all could've wept when the Terminator gets stabbed in the eye by a spear. Wouldn't be boring then, would it?
You can't hold a candle to Gulbenkian.
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Listen up, you fool: this film is character and dialogue-driven. And in that respect it's equisitely nuanced. Waaaay above your level of movie appreciation. The enterainment quotient of this film wasn't predicated on visual hyperbole, such as racing chariots, explosions, macho antics etc. Surprised you were able to extricate yourself away from your Playstation game -- even for a moment -- to go to IMDb and make your (worthless) contribution.
You can't hold a candle to Gulbenkian.
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Listen up, you fool: this film is character and dialogue-driven. And in that respect it's equisitely nuanced. Waaaay above your level of movie appreciation. The enterainment quotient of this film wasn't predicated on visual hyperbole, such as racing chariots, explosions, macho antics etc. Surprised you were able to extricate yourself away from your Playstation game -- even for a moment -- to go to IMDb and make your (worthless) contribution.
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Possibly the most pretentious sequence of words ever written?
That's exactly what I was hoping for. And tits.
shareThe ending left me wanting more. Anybody else feel the same?
by - Eric-1226 on Tue Aug 28 2007 10:06:59
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Didn't you just get the feeling that there was more drama to unfold between Regina and her two brothers, not to mention Leo? But the way this movie ended, it seemed so abrupt, almost like a cliff-hanger!
When the end suddenly came, I felt downright frustrated. I just didn't want the story to end! lol
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I agree completely.
But the brother spelled it out that he was going to blackmail Bette Davis over the husband in a wheelchair being found on the stairs---
my guess would be to get a better percentage of the deal for himself.
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I agree- I think that Regina realises that her life will follow a downwards spiral from there on...if not, we know she will certainly have a rude awakening when she realises that she is losing more than her daughter after the aforementioned blackmail possibility is brought to her notice...
....LOVED IT!!
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I think this movie has one of the most poignant endings ever.
If he tries to blackmail her, she will have him arrested for his part in stealing the bonds. So it is a standoff. Ben will get richer, and Oscar will get richer. And Regina will get very, very rich. But it will mean nothing in the end. She will be a very wealthy, very lonely woman.
When the play was adapted into a film, the ending had to be changed. The Production Code didn't allow evil to triumph and Regina is triumphant at the end of the play. There was no David in the play to rescue Alexandra and in the play you're left with the nasty feeling that Alexandra might become another Birdie.
shareThe ending in the play is really similar....Horace secretly leaves Addie some money, and Alexandra runs (or is going to run) away with her. Regina is still left alone, she doesn't triumph.
Thou met'st with things dying, I with things new born.
Hi Regina Giddens,
She goes to Chicago though.
She goes to Chicago in the movie too...
The play and movie both end in nearly exactly the same way. In the play, Alexandra says, 'are you afraid Mama?' and Regina just walks up the stairs alone.
Thou met'st with things dying, I with things new born.
Hi Regina,
I saw the play a number of years ago, one production with Lee Grant, another with Elizabeth Taylor. After seeing them both, I felt Regina got what she wanted at the end. She became a rich widow who went to Chicago and left her family to fight among themselves. The love and respect of her daughter ppeared secondary to her ambitions, at least to me. While I've always loved the movie more than the play and enjoyed Richard Carlson's acting, I felt that the film softened Regina's character in subtle ways.
Well i've never seen a production of it, i've only read it. I think the ending leaves it open to the director to choose to depict Regina as triumphant but just on the page it looks as though she's defeated.
Regina does not answer. She movies up the stairs and out of sight. Addie, smiling, begins to put out the lamps
Thou met'st with things dying, I with things new born.
Hi Regina Giddens,
I agree - It's up to the director, especially in the theater. To be honest, I enjoyed the film more than both versions of the play but both were great productions.
I want to know more about Zan and David. Will they remain in town or will Zan feel it to be unbearable to live in the same town as her relatives? What about Birdie? I hope if Zan and David remain in town,that Zan is allowed to visit her.
Lorraine
I've just watched it and I was very surprised when it ended it had just got going and there was so much about to happen. Talk about leave you wanting more!
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