I was cheering for the husband as his wife was cheating on him.Anyone else feel same way?
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No. Yes she cheated and that's hurtful. Murder is worse.
shareAll he had to do was to take her and that letter from her boyfriend to court. He could have even tried to steal more letters first. For extra proof, he could have taken some pics of her and her boyfriend when they were "cooking spaghetti" that time.
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Just because people say they wanted him to get away with it, doesn't mean they think killing cheaters are okay.
It's a movie! You can root for the bad guy in a movie without ever rooting for a killer in real life. And you might cheer when a hero kills a bad guy. But that doesn't mean you would cheer if you saw a cop killing a criminal in real life.
What we "allow" people to do in movies are completely different than in real life. But maybe that's just me....
Infidelity bothers me. It usually bothers me in movies and it bothers me in real life. I think it's selfish and cruel. If you don't love the person you're with you should end the relationship before taking up with someone else. At no point during the film did I have any sympathy for the characters played by Grace Kelly and Robert Cummings. My sympathies were with villain Ray Milland. Of course I knew Milland's character would be caught in the end. All of this made the film a rather frustrating viewing experience for me.
"Smash everything! Smash everything! Smash everything!"
I was cheering for the husband as his wife was cheating on him.Anyone else feel same way?
Yes I agree, I rooted for Tony. Margot was a cheat and a liar and led her husband around by the nose. I get that is no reason to kill someone (and it is something I would not condone in real life), but Tony was by far the most likable of the triangle.
shareIt's hard to feel sorry for Tony Wendice when it's spelled out that he married his wife only for the money and it's implied he's quite the narcissist in the relationship (having her cut out old newspaper clippings of his glory days). Not that this makes adultery okay, but it makes Margo more sympathetic and at least understandable-- I don't see her as self-pitying at all, actually. At worst, she's underwritten compared to Tony, who is by far the best character. Tbh, I can understand enjoying Tony's character (he's delightfully evil) but I have no clue why anyone would think Margo is so horrible she deserves to die.
shareI don't think she was so horrible that she deserved to die. I didn't care for her, though. As for the clippings, I found it was she who had the self-involved entitled attitude, not Tony. Instead of being supportive of his career, she whined when he did it, while expecting him to give it up to cater to her. She refers to the career she whined about as boring. That's belittling, demeaning and the put-down is delivered while her lover is right there. Apparently all she does is galavant around. Albert Hall, Plays, Dinner engagements, lunch, yet, begrudged Tony going out for the evening as if she never gets to go anywhere. Additionally, she is playing both men, by protesting that Tony has changed, while stringing Mark along with kisses and Tony with "darling" ad nauseam. Again, none of this justifies murder or the wrongful conviction with an execution looming. It's simply that the betrayal, dishonesty and snooty arrogance made her quite unlikable.
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