Moments of odd behavior aside, I just feel sorry for him.
I mean, Pedro was...a bum, at the very least, he did not think things through.
Dr. Brown seems to be the embodiment of "nice guys finish last".
Actually, he seems like the early version of Ben Stiller from "Reality Bites" while Pedro is the early version of Ethan Hawke.
Peace out.
I agree! I think the doctor represented sensible love---that which often is built on patience, dedication and respect, as opposed to lust and excitement.
Passion can make us blind and selfish. Tita was so consumed with feeling for the forbidden love of her youth, that she failed to see the truer dedication of the doctor. Such is often "love". The heart can't appreciate the beautiful gems it has, if it is off searching for that idealistic, legendary one.
It's great to see so many wise people on this thread!
I think the doctor represented sensible love---that which often is built on patience, dedication and respect, as opposed to lust and excitement.
I can't agree about that. He seemed very heartbroken to me, after Tita didn't want to marry him. Just look at his facial expressions and his posture during the wedding scene. I felt sorry for him.
shareI have always thought she should have gone with the doctor. He was the one who actually loved her- he loved her enough that he was willing to let her go in order for her to be happy. That's what love is in my opinion, loving someone enough to take delight in their happiness. Pedro wasn't able to that: he wouldn't give Tita up even though he had married her sister.
shareI feel sorry for him too. This whole movie seemed to be centered around tita's poor decision making. He was just another consequence of it. If she would have just told her mother to screw off in the beginning none of the problems would have occurred. And since her mother eventually disowned her anyway she would have been just preventing all the crap in between :)
shareLol. If it were THAT easy to talk back to the mother, she would have done it earlier. She was a WITCH! Even after her death! Smacking her around and talking down to her. Haha.
BUT in one scene in the film, Tita says to Pedro that he should have kidnapped her instead of marrying her sister if he loved her that much. I was screaming at my TV ' YOU SHOULD HAVE KIDNAPPED HER!!!!!!!'. Haha.
I liked the doctor best too, in both the movie and the book. He was a good, honorable man who basically saved Tita's life and sanity, and he actually cared for her more than himself, which is more than could be said of Pedro with his jealous petulance. But he didn't deserve to be married to a woman who thought of him as second-best, so I guess it's as well Tita called the engagement off.
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Sadly, this is another movie that portrays a good, loyal man as less desirable than a womanizing boy. A lot of women seem to love that concept.
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