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2 questions! (spoilers)


First off, I love this movie (and am probably the only one who does lol)
A couple questions:
1. Towards the end, the two both have what looks like makeshift wedding rings. Was there a scene that I missed where they make them? Or is it just implied?

2. I got confused when Sarah asked David if she looked bigger, then got mad and stormed off when he didn't know what she meant. What was that about?

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you are not alone i adore this movie
i don't recall a ring ceremony probably cut
sarah meant bustier

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1. I didn't notice this one.

2. She was pregnant (as we learn later), and she was a bit angry because David didn't notice.

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1. Check out the publicity photo on this movie's page showing David and Sarah in wedding clothes. Yeah, I think this movie's missing a scene. I noticed those rings too, which probably explain why they're not too worried about what people are going to think of Sarah's being pregnant if and when they get back to Western civilization. "No, we weren't living in sin! We're married. We couldn't get any witnesses, you understand, but we made these rings for each other as testimony."

2. This was before Sarah let David knock her up. The reason she got mad is that she was blatantly "stretching" and preening, even fiddling with the lacing and "adjusting" the straps on her bodice while asking David if she looked bigger, but he was never observant enough to realize she was talking about her bust size (and subtly trying to nudge him into asking her to remove her bodice on the grounds that he needed to "examine" her more closely before he could answer the question). Then, to add insult to injury, he asked first whether she meant getting taller, and then whether she meant getting fat! It's bad enough to be so clueless that you'd overlook a girl's attempt to seduce you when she's practically thrusting her physical charms in your face, but to insinuate in addition that she's gained a few pounds elsewhere is to sign your own death warrant.

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