One of my favorite films. However, I thought the film should have ended at the carousel. Everything after that was super flew flue us.
shareI personally liked the ending. At least they died happy.
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I believe that was the whole point. The inevitability of death and the uncertainty of life could not undermine the purity love and happiness that they shared together in that last fleeting moment.
sharei don't mind 'em dying but i would've liked it to end when Tomas and Tereza enter their hotel room for a last night. (the whole car scene seemed unnecessary only spelling out what we realized the scenes before: they were happy)
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Read the book a few times, highlighted my fave parts and watched the film 6 times.
I completely agree with you indykid80 the ending was very important. So glad the producers/directors didn't gloss it over & make it a 'hollywood' ending.
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I wondered if we were supposed to think that they were actually killed by the government - if that was why they didn't show the accident. But I take it that's not hinted at in the book at all, so I guess not.
“I always tell the truth…even when I lie” - Scarface
The ending was important and true to the book, and a positive one in that they managed to achieve genuine happiness and contentment together before the end of their lives.
The story was also about Sabina as well as Tomas and Tereza... how she felt she had to choose to disconnect with her homeland and the people she loved. After leaving Europe for the US, Sabina was almost certain that she would never meet them again, but realising this as fact was different and emotionally significant.
She (and us) were given the consolation that the couple were happy at the point of their passing and that they died instantly without suffering. Given that life is brief enough anyway, I think that's something all of us should hope for.
(My only issue with the scene in the car at the end was that the road didn't look dangerous enough for a fatal accident, as Tomas drove along at a modest speed in light rain!!)
Judging solely the movie as it's own work, I found the event of their death to add nothing to the story. They could have lived happily ever after and the effect would have been the same because the conflicts of their relationship resolved themselves when they found happiness.
shareI've always said it's the best ending of any movie, period.
Perfection.
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