when i saw this movie, i did really hope that they ended up together, despite everything that happened
i mean, he's an attractive young man, and she's a nice pretty girl, all he ever wanted is just her attention and affection :(
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when I first saw this movie I was a young girl and thought the same thing they could just become a couple but now I cannot even watch this film it is so disturbing
...all he ever wanted is just her attention and affection.That's right! He's just a little misunderstood. share
when i saw this movie, i did really hope that they ended up together, despite everything that happened
i mean, he's an attractive young man, and she's a nice pretty girl, all he ever wanted is just her attention and affection :( - guedhanirama
You obviously didn't understand the characters or the story if you can say "...all he ever wanted is just her attention and affection :("
He didn't want anything she could "give" - he wanted to possess her, like the butterflies, because he didn't see her as a person. She was just another pretty thing. When she turned out to be a living, breathing woman he couldn't relate to that because it didn't fit his needs.
That's the horror of the story - there is no way out for her, any more than the butterflies had at his hands.
The title is the giveaway - he's THE COLLECTOR.
Maggie
Very well said.
However i also shared with this "guilty pleasure", mainly due to the young good-looking Terence Stamp :D
"That's the horror of the story - there is no way out for her, any more than the butterflies had at his hands."
I always wonder if she could have beat him by playing him like a pawn in his own game? It seemed like if she'd been more sweet and friendly to him, and played along, she could have gained his trust. Instead she jumped to the intimate level, which of course fools him right away.
Let me breathe, Let me see if my therapist is on speed dial.
"I always wonder if she could have beat him by playing him like a pawn in his own game? It seemed like if she'd been more sweet and friendly to him, and played along, she could have gained his trust. Instead she jumped to the intimate level, which of course fools him right away."
She did try to be "more sweet and friendly to him" but her attempt to make him think she was interested in him so he would let his guard down didn't work because it disgusted him. He was so sick and twisted that any normal man-woman interaction was beyond his ability to cope.
Maggie
@guedhanirama
Please---the guy was a damn psycho, and a narcissist on top of that---he didn't know jack about how to get anybody's love or affection. BTW, this films on the MOVIES Channel as part of their Halloween scary film week---an interesting choice,since it's not your typical scary film with monsters and ghosts----it's a psychological thriller that's pretty disturbing on some levels. It also reminds me of another film called SOMETHING WILD, which involves a man keeping a women against her will---completely different movie,though.
"He didn't want anything she could "give" - he wanted to possess her, like the butterflies, because he didn't see her as a person. She was just another pretty thing. When she turned out to be a living, breathing woman he couldn't relate to that because it didn't fit his needs.
That's the horror of the story - there is no way out for her, any more than the butterflies had at his hands.
The title is the giveaway - he's THE COLLECTOR."
Good post here. I think you summed it up well. The Stamp character did try to make an attempt to socialize with her, but his psyche is so warped, he would only end up continuing the collector's cycle after dispatching the latest victim. In the end, just like with the butterflies, he prefers the safe distance of dispassionate observation rather than real intimacy.