Should have ended differently...
Oscar shouldn't have shot Mimi, just kill himself and let Mimi go. Mimi should have deserved another man (not Nigel, nor Oscar)
c'mon, that's a Hollywood-ending. They are destined to be together forever...
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Plus, don't u think Mimi would've still been miserable even after he was dead? I don't know how she would've gone on. At 1st, she lived to love him,, later she lived to make his life a living hell. With him dead, she probably would've been lost, lonely, and self destructive anyway.
shareI guess Mimi and Oskar were destined to be together the moment they met in the bus. But unfortunately, Oskar, being a womanizer himself didn't really think the same as Mimi, in my opinion, Mimi must have Oskar no matter how because she believes that fate wants them together. Mimi has proven that she is willing to devote her life to him and not just for sex and his wealth. Just like Oskar himself said, he feel like he has the power over her. I feel sorry for Mimi though, their love could've been wonderful. I agree with the second poster who said they were meant to be together even in death. When Mimi gave him the gun as his 'birthday present', she probably knows he can't live without Mimi anymore since she is the only one who will take care of him. Mimi died in her sleep at least, thats a very peaceful death while Oskar died regretfully and in pain. Mimi knows from the moment he is crippled, his life belongs to her and Mimi used to say she can't live without him and would be her slave forever. But after that, OSKAR CAN'T LIVE without her. I think by killing Mimi, he didn't solve anything but cause himself more misery, and so he have to do himself in anyway. He simply got no choice...he has sealed his fate.
shareIt's been awhile but I understood the ending to mean that it was completely planned. They planned the entire thing - hooking High Grant's character in, turning the tables on him and Mimi having sex with his wife. It was their one big last stand in the twisted stuff that they had fallen into. They knew that the only path for them was to go further and further and further and this was really the furthest they could take it. After that, what is there? I thought she knew he was going to kill her and she agreed to it.
shareHow on earth did they plan for Fiona to suddenly turn lesbian and pounce on Mimi on the dancefloor..?
shareNo other ending was possible given these two characters. They were made for each other, like lock and key.
shareI can't agree. I don't see Mimi that innocent as many others in here seem to.
Mimi can't go or be with another man. Oscar can't go or be with another woman.
Both can cheat, but both need exactly that person whom they have. Nigel is the opposite: composed. Neither Oscar nor Mimi have ever been able to be composed. They both have to take from live whatever they can get. Even if they withdraw, they do it 200 percent. Like Mimi the homemaker. I had to laugh about her 'Kiss the cook'.
Both fit Polanski and his style: until the very end, no hesitation.
Mimi didn't want another man. At least not for longer. Mimi expected the matter to be settled on the ship one way or another. She gave the present. She didn't use it. She knew what her husband might use it for, including on her.
One way or another, I tend to like Polanski movies for the same reason for which I like Buñuel movies: there is no good guy, ever.
Check both Mimi and Oscar: I wouldn't want to have to do with either. Neither comes out as better, more human.
To me the story is about the topic 'love'. What is love, and to what means and ends? Both Mimi and Oscar fit to each other and love each other, also and especially while humiliating each other.
Of course, the unanswerable question is: what is still love and when does madness begin?
Another argument against your proposal: Both Mimi and Oscar take their turn in making the story-telling successful. You'd expect that the frustrated man tells his story; he doesn't. Mimi plays her parts quite well, as dancer in the bar, even bringing Oscar into her bed for Nigel to kiss his hands, arranging the setting on the boat like she arranged everything else for her wheelchair-ridden husband. She's full into it.
I think, she might have been angry had she been left out of the final scene.