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This scene is irritating and should be cut

posted 9 years ago by ilovejuliandfefe
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I know a few people have already commented on this, but the part where the ex wife punches her ex husband in the nose. If men aren't entitled to hit women, what makes the woman think she can haul off and hit the man? First of all, the ex husband was not being threatening or calling her names, he was just irritated and surprised to see his ex wife. It's a bad relationship when people hit, regardless of being married or divorced. That scene always bothered me and then for the rest of the movie, his eye look like it really hurt.

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[–] PopperTheKungFu-Dragon 9 years ago

It was supposed to be funny and cute and in fact Maureen O'Hara's reaction does make it work in a way.

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[–] shadaif 8 years ago

Maureen O'Hara got knocked around quite a bit 10 years earlier in The Quiet Man so this scene is like revenge.

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[–] ktfitz12 8 years ago

It was 1961, not the 2010's. Accept that society was different over fifty years ago. I'm sorry to be harsh, but your cultural expectations do not make sense for the timeframe that this was released. Just enjoy the movie.

[–] Moonlighty 8 years ago

It was 1961, not the 2010's. Accept that society was different over fifty years ago. I'm sorry to be harsh, but your cultural expectations do not make sense for the timeframe that this was released. Just enjoy the movie.

Agreed. I don't think any movie would benefit from editing out things that may not work in modern times. You can't go rewriting the past to suit how you feel right now.

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[–] SceneIt22 8 years ago

Agreed!

[–] scamper67 8 years ago

If you notice the ending scene, he tells her she can slug him anytime she wants. In spite of the sock to the eye (not the nose), the couple did not impress me as the kind who go around constantly beating on each other, and they had their quarrels in private away from the kids.

[–] AmyJolamb 8 years ago

As a kid I thought it was great. It was nice to see a woman act so strong and firm. I was a tomboy and loved the mother in this movie.

As an adult I can see it was wrong. I also noticed she had hit him before. He says something like not again.

[–] miguelangel-23 7 years ago

Domestic Violence was okay back then, as long as is the female the violent one...LOL

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[–] aliholly-62819 7 years ago

Get over it