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Carrie Grants Character

posted 12 years ago by lamont-hard
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I did not believe for one minute that a guy lets his wife go off with another man and has sex for an entire summer just to let her find her way back to him. She was so fickle it was unbelievable. And down right easy for Robert Mitchum to have his way with her and in the end got her to be his lover with out absolutely no consequences on there affair. She even brings him back to her home where she flaunts her affair in front of her husband by sporting the fur coat the lover brought her in front of the lover and the husband. Even in the end, I was not convinced if the lover returned 6 months later she would find a reason to be unhappy and leave him again.

[–] joegerardi-1 12 years ago

Well, first...
Perhaps you should pay attention to the movie. It wasn't "an entire summer," it was 4 days. Secondly, perhaps you should listen to the movie. Grant's character stated that he married her "for better or worse," and then goes on to state that this is obviously the "worse," and as such, he wouldn't leave her and break his vow. He was true to himself and his vow of marriage, not necessarily to her, though he did protest that he still loved her.

..Joe

[–] lamont-hard 12 years ago

You seem to be another poster who uses these message boards for your sarcastic and belittling people ways, at least on this reply. Perhaps you should think first about showing some tolerance for views/points you may disagree with, and simply state what your disagreement is and not use sarcastic or directed points of your imagination on why or how the poster missed what you saw as wrong. I hope I reached you on your style of witch you replied and not something that could be misconstrued as a slap but from someone who stated something to may be a good thing for you. I hope you think about this before your next reply to any poster.

[–] joegerardi-1 12 years ago

"...on your style of witch"???

As to tolerance, you present a specious argument because you yourself can't be tolerant of Grant's character to accept his wife back, nor can you be tolerant of her being fickle... Tolerance is tolerance: either you have it, or you flout it to simply prove a point.

I myself have little tolerance of people who pay only half attention to a movie, then come to a board to complain about it...

..Joe

[–] lamont-hard 12 years ago

I feel you should re-read my post, It has little to do with my tolerance and since i posted it I should no this. I found his tolerance to be way over the top and her actions were childish and self centered. It just is not something most believable characters would do, little to do with marriage vows or love, but that is what was written and the actors and told the story. It just seemed far fetched, And to some, unrealistic.

[–] Alek_Hidell 12 years ago

Speaking of the title of the post....who is Carrie Grants?

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