I've thought this was a good movie but I was disappointed that you've never gotten to see Penelope and her snobby friends getting their comeuppance for turning their backs on Winthorpe after he turned to him when his life was falling apart, I always felt they've gotten off way too easily.
I've thought this was a good movie but I was disappointed that you've never gotten to see Penelope and her snobby friends getting their comeuppance for turning their backs on Winthorpe after he turned to him when his life was falling apart, I always felt they've gotten off way too easily.
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The best revenge is living well, and that is what is what Winthorpe and Valentine did in the end. Penelope and her snobby friends can go on living their snobby lives. They are now insignificant to Louis.
They did not actually do anything to Louis, other than talk down to him. Perhaps Louis could buy their little eatery and rename it Winthorpe's.
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The likeliest outcome is that Penelope and her friends would go on living their upper crust lives (unlike the Dukes, they weren't ruined by Winthorpe's and Valentine's scheme), but would not have much to do with Winthorpe after that. This could be out of shame and a guilty conscience, after they found he'd been set up, but more than likely they would still decide that Winthorpe was "damaged goods," since he's taken up with an ex-hooker, and since he sunk to the level of suicidal depression at one point (they would likely not ever acknowledge "there but for the grace of God go I" -- that they could and would have sunk just as low if the Dukes had decided to play God with their lives the way they had with Winthorpe's).
So, my feeling is they would never approve of Winthorpe again, but as rich as he now is, they'd be careful about snubbing him to his face -- since they might want something from him one day. Winthorpe, for his part, would know they are not and never really were his friends, and showed him not an ounce of loyalty or support, even though he was innocent, and he'd never try to rebuild any bridges with them.
Agree with what you said about Penelope and her snooty group.
Winthorpe, for his part, would know they are not and never really were his friends, and showed him not an ounce of loyalty or support, even though he was innocent, and he'd never try to rebuild any bridges with them.
I always saw the "friends" as a way to show the superficial nature of relationships between the rich - how things aren't built on talent or character or merit, but rather who you know and who you are. At the risk of getting political, we see how the children of the political elite are given lucrative jobs directly out of college or are granted outrageous speaking fees for a 15 or 30 minute speech (both sides of the political aisle for what it's worth).
Todd was always trying to put the moves on Penelope, so not much of a best friend in the traditional sense. He was happy to see Louis fall so he could slide in to take his place.
Agree. The "friends" were probably more just sticking to the social hierarchy more than actually being close to Louis as a true friend. To be fair, Louis *was* a snob among a group of snobs who was pretty easy to dislike and easy to envy because of his success at his age. Louis' reaction to bumping into Valentine and automatically thinking he was robbing him despite Valentine's apology and trying to hand the briefcase back shows Louis wasn't any better at that point than Todd and his friends.
Louis is reclaimed later when he finally realizes that being poor isn't always a result of weak character - sometimes it's circumstance.
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Jon nailed it. Winthorpe won with a moral victory.
She didn't conspire to hurt him ala the brothers but she stabbed him in the back and left him to fend for himself when he truly needed her. She didn't really care for him that much when it came down to it, and Louis needed to realize that. She only was with him for the power and privilege, and once he was thrown from the penthouse to the outhouse she couldn't ride him anymore. He cared for her hence his attempts to win her back but that was futile in the end. As a result of his suffering he found the love he was meant for and truly both manned and straightened up.
While he and Billy Ray and Co were having the time of their lives after getting all that $, Penelope was stuck in that vapid and bland life for the rest of her life. Sad but she made her bed and she has to stick in it.
She didn't conspire to hurt him
As a result of his suffering he found the love he was meant for and truly both manned and straightened up.
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Great points, good job!
A major part of his development is his move to emotional honesty and openness with his true friends.
She didn't conspire to hurt him ala the brothers but she stabbed him in the back and left him to fend for himself when he truly needed her. She didn't really care for him that much when it came down to it, and Louis needed to realize that. She only was with him for the power and privilege, and once he was thrown from the penthouse to the outhouse she couldn't ride him anymore. He cared for her hence his attempts to win her back but that was futile in the end. As a result of his suffering he found the love he was meant for and truly both manned and straightened up.
This is like the fourth time you have posted the same comment on this board about Penelope and the rest of the group getting their "comeuppance." 1. What is your twisted obsession with these minor characters? 2. What is with your creepy word-boner over the term "comeuppance"? You have been posting this same comment on this board for YEARS and you have also posted the same thing on other boards for similar situations: wishing "comeuppance" on minor characters who aren't villains and are barely relevant to the film.
What's more bizarre than the fact that you repeatedly post the same silly ass comment for years on end and that you have a "comeuppance" fetish is the fact that you don't get it at all. Why should any of those people have anything bad happen to them because of how they treated Louis? That is EXACTLY how he always treated people before the experiment and he would have behaved the exact same way to any and all of them if the situation were reversed. That's the whole point.
"Your petty vengeance fetish will have to do withOUT Mr. Groin!"
The idea was that they dropped Louis like a hot potato after he was framed by the Dukes. Once Louis realized they were snobs and wanted nothing to do with him, even when he became rich again, he wanted nothing to do with their snobbish behinds.
shareI've thought it was great that Louis and Billy became friends and that Ophelia and Coleman got to join in on their friendship, I'm glad at least the Dukes and Beeks got their comeuppances which they've rightfully deserved, looking back I don't find Penelope and her snobby friends to be as bad compared to the Dukes and Beeks.
sharePossessing as I do a filthy mind I'm certain Ophelia was better in bed!
sharePenelope got mugged, that guy really liked her purse!
shareWould have been funny to see them ejected from the country club after Winthorpe and Billy Ray made it into their ping ping room.
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