He could had framed anybody,or did I miss something. Did he want Fonda dead for some other reason, to stop supporting her? Actually, why did anybody need to be framed? The murder could had just gone unsolved.
shareThat's what happens when a writer doesn't think the story through...
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But what is there to think through..usually there is a motivation behind things. He didn't need to frame anybody,actually,since most murder cases are unsolved. Maybe it because he wanted to stop supporting her; that would be a motivation.
There was no real good motivation, other than to exit the movie the easy way. No build up or anything.... This did a piss poor job doing it..
shareBecause the real murdered was (probably) Fonda's ex-hubby's new girlfriend. He wanted to be in the big leagues with the girlfriend's family...the girlfriend killed a man and an easy target was Fonda--the annoying, alcoholic, has been ex wife.
Dammit Carol Sue, where is the vodka?!
Yes, the new GF was the murderer,which he explains in the film awkwardly(as if he is explaining it to viewers
So, even though wanted to cover for his new GF and be in her social class the murder could had gone unsolved like most do.
Or is it was a case the new GF be a prime suspect if the police found out about her being blackmailed,and he wanted to prevent that. Even so,anybody could had killed that man. The way it played out, it implies that Fonda's ex-husband was seeking revenge,which he wasn't(except for the fact that he was paying her living expenses)
You did miss something
The photographer--the dead guy--had nude pictures of the ugly heiress Raul Julia was with at the end of the movie and was threatening to show them to her father, which I'm guessing would have meant she'd be disinherited - so Raul figured he'd kill 2 birds with 1 stone - no more nude pictures, and no more ex-wife fluttering about running a mok
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she threw a pot at Precious and knocked up her head
I understood the script,and the blackmail scenerio
What do you mean and "no more ex-wife fluttering about running a mok". How was Fonda affecting his life,aside from his promise to support her?
Because we can assume she has many drunken episodes and gets herself into trouble
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she threw a pot at Precious and knocked up her head
Yes, agreed, But why kill her for that?
You mean, he was concerned about what his new ex-laws would think of him as Fonda's ex-husband?
Too bad they didn't include a line like: "Gee, I can't have high society know this woman was once my wife"
You got a point
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she threw a pot at Precious and knocked up her head
Maybe to get back at her for her trip to Hanoi in 1972.
shareMy theory-Raul Julia's new girlfriend killed the guy and he, wanting to be the hero for the new rich girlfriend and her family, decided to frame Fonda. It was easy because she's always passed out. In his mind he was cementing a place within her very rich family.
But no one needed to be framed as you said.
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I thought this was so poorly written. Just a mishmash with Fonda overacting, and some random moments. This certainly wasn't a mystery/thriller because we only met the three leads, and no one else. So figuring out who was behind the murder wasn't tough at all. But yeah, I didn't understand why Jacky felt the need to set his wife Alex up? And then why he tried to drown/kill her at the end. Just a terrible movie. I can usually watch Jeff Bridges in anything but I had such a hard time understanding him. The last scene he just mumbled.
Agreed. That would make Jacky a murderer, but there is no backstory on how he could be so inhumane to kill the woman who put him thru school, just because they assume they need to frame someone. Most murders go unsolved, so there is really no need to make a killer out of Fonda. Unless it was also due to the support payments he was giving her.
With bridges, I find him difficult to watch because he does a certain thing with his mouth/lip; I don't know if it's mumbling, but not closing his mouth between words.
Well, maybe it was Jackie's new gf's idea all along. The last scene reveals that she was clearly in on all of that and maybe he just went along with it. I agree though that the motivation for it all wasn't really apparent.
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