http://www.lipstickalley.com/showthread.php/1167994-Fatal-Attraction-(movie)-Was-anyone-on-HER-side
He was an asshole. His wife goes out of town so he runs and cheats and then ghosts the woman when she obviously has feelings for him? WTF?share
Sister I see you
Dancing on the stage
Of memory
Sister I miss you
I didn't feel sympathetic towards any of them. Dan made it clear to Alex he only wanted one thing while his wife was away, but he still cheated on his wife. Alex on the other hand was clearly not all there falling madly in love with Dan over a weekend and expecting him to be happy about her being pregnant.
shareAll I can say is that my life is pretty plain
I like watchin' the puddles gather rain
I agree with you concerning Alex's prior history, pondered that as well. Surely her mental state didn't just suddenly manifest itself and erupt with that particular relationship but evolved over time; she had to have had some sort of track record, albeit cunningly concealed.
shareAnd all I can do is just pour some tea for two
And speak my point of view but it's not sane
It's not sane
Cape Fear was a successful remake, imo and seems to fit in this genre.
shareI just want someone to say to me, oh
I'll always be there when you wake, yeah
Including Robert Mitchum, cleverly inserted.
shareYou know I'd like to keep my cheeks dry today
So stay with me and I'll have it made
It's hard to feel sympathy for a villain who plays the hero. Even though Dan was a large douchebag for deciding to have the affair, it's really hard to feel sympathy for Alex when she leads him on. She bears as much responsibility for the affair because she was tempting and playing him, asking about his family and talking about being discrete, when she clearly wasn't. Alex is no different from Meredith Johnson in Disclosure, who tempted Douglas and set up the meeting for the purpose of sleeping with him, although Meredith's intentions in Disclosure are a completely different story. You could say Alex set him up to have the affair, much like Meredith set him up in Disclosure for the purpose of falsely accusing him of sexual harassment.
shareI would have divorced dan if I were Beth. He clearly can’t be trusted and the first weekend she is away he jumps into bed with somebody and gets her pregnant. Oh my god!!!
shareBoo hoo hoo, poor Alex! She should be able to seduce and fuck and fall in love with as many married men as she wants! #SMASHTHEPATRIARCY
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