I love this movie, but man, I hate the scene when Loretta comes home with her purchases and wobbles around the living room to cheesy music.
In a movie full of authentic behavior, this was such a fake scene. I'd be willing to bet that no woman in the history of the world ever got ready for a date like that.
Yeah, we might put on the cheesy music, but we don't go prowling around the living room like panthers!
I have always wondered about that too. When I rewatched it tonight though, I came to the conclusion that she was in her bedroom. The music level in the house is like magic. It's the same everywhere.
But Cher just might prowl around like a panther in the living room if any woman would.
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The film ruined Cher's entrance scene, of her arrival at the Opera theatre. We had already seen her getting all dolled up and frocked up, prior. We were then supposed to feel awed by Loretta, as she gets out of the cab, with the music crescendo\cue to impress upon us as well. She would have looked no-more special, than hundreds of other women, that were at the evenings performance.
shareher before/after look was not dramatic enough. The harsh lighting didn't do favors.
shareI love the responses on this thread! Thoughtful ideas and nobody calling anyone an idiot!
Your idea is dead-on! This is one of those cases where somebody on the film thought the getting-dressed scene should be included and there was no brilliant editor like Rascal on the set to say, "You know, if we don't see her getting dressed, the reveal at the opera will be so much more dramatic!"
Right, everybody would have been dressed up, but I always thought the music wasn't just about the audience being impressed, but about Ronnie's reaction when he sees her. And hers when she sees him. He looks beautiful too.
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I agree. It was one of those scenes in which you can 'see' a person acting. It was a weirdly self-conscious scene and did not look natural.
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Cher is such a great actress that, if anyone could have pulled it off, she could have. The fact that she didn't makes me think that she agreed with the rest of us that the scene didn't belong.
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shareI love that scene and the cheesy 80s music. She feels sexy like a woman, and is finally taking the time to get pretty now that she is falling in love.
I've always loved that scene. As a woman, I know the excitement getting ready for a date. I play music too and look at my outfit, etc. It's perfect.
I love that scene too! I thought it was authentic. Maybe guys don't do that sort of thing, but women do! Maybe not all the time, maybe not all women, but generally yes. I love coming home and wearing new clothes I just bought, even if I'm not going anywhere. Sometimes I'll have music playing when I'm getting ready to go out. It's fun, and there's nothing wrong with it!
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I kind of agree with you; I suppose it may look odd only due to it being in a film where what we do in reality doesn't always work on camera. She was preoccupied and just ruminating her night, looking at the clothes she bought. Though, I don't think the music was 80's cheesy
Me too, I used to do that all the time, long before I saw the film.
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Actually I like that scene and the music. Loretta put herself in mothballs when her husband died and she is being reborn as a sexually attractive woman. Getting her hair and nails done, buying evening clothes, and a new makeup job is a special thing for her at this point.
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I think that's exactly right. The point was not the reveal, the point was the transformation. She prepared all of the components but not until the second shoe and the last stroke of lipstick did she remake herself as a woman confident in herself who could fall in love instead of a woman so unsure of herself she would settle for a loveless comfortable marriage.
shareI have a fond recollection of that scene as well. As a matter of fact, I was sad to see that some stations had edited it out (for ad time, I'm sure) in recent showings. : (
shareYou don't know what people do when they're alone. She knew no one was home, or going to be home.
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Every time I watch this movie I wonder did she not take a bath or shower before getting dressed? It appeared like she was changing out of her work clothes into her dress and going out without even taking a bath after having sex.
shareI'm sure she did. She was just trying things on and out before showering, or perhaps had already taken a shower before trying things out. or perhaps taken a shower after having sex at Ronnies.....multiple possibilities....
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I love this movie and watch it any time it comes on TV, but I completely agree with you, OP: this scene just seems wrong, and I think the film would be better if it hadn't made the final cut. Maybe it would have been okay if they'd used some other music in the background -Dean Martin, singing in Italian, maybe? - and if Cher hadn't acted so out of character. As she's having her wine and looking in the mirror she appears quite self-satisfied with her own beauty, where the character, Loretta, seems like a humbler person, less sure of herself, perhaps still feeling that it wasn't right for her to be dating anyone (let alone her fiance's brother!). This scene is the only thing that keeps me from giving the movie a 10 rating. Just my 2 cents.
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