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Lol What the hell?

posted 10 years ago by andraniki
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This movie took SUCH a turn for the worst...

I'm not gonna lie, when I first started watching it, I thought it was great, a very interesting movie that gets you thinking about your own morals. It also led to a very interesting conversation with my husband (but that's a whole other story lol)

But, around the time when Diana started falling for Gage?! I mean seriously? It was all downhill from there. Not many women (according to everyone on this damn board) would actually sleep with him in the fist place, despite the million, but fall in love? Definitely not. Especially since he wasn't really like, this AMAZING guy! Her husband was nicer and hotter than him! AND they had this adorable history! Besides money, there seemed to be NO problems with Diana and David. Yeah Gage was rich, not too bad looking for an old guy, and charmed her, but worth throwing every bit of virtue she had out the window by actually falling for him? HELL NO.

It's like the writers REALLY *beep* up, then tried to fix the movie with the most unrealistic 'love story' cliche ending. She LET HIM sign the divorce papers, then she comes back and David's just gonna be like, "Oh yay, lets just start over!"

The first half was okay, but the rest: garbage. Stupid. SO disappointing.

[–] Hanz-Willhelm 10 years ago

I'm sorry but none of that interests me. What I am interested in is what conversation this plot inspired with your husband do tell?

[–] daughterofolaf 10 years ago

"I'd like to confuse bok choy with cabbage, sir."

[–] spookyrat1 10 years ago

I'm sorry but none of that interests me. What I am interested in is what conversation this plot inspired with your husband do tell?

Exactly, because that's the reason for the film's commercial appeal...the watercooler factor.

I'm not sure what the OP expected to see in the second half of the film. Perhaps she was looking forward to seeing David and Diana playing happy families and completing their dream house.

[–] daughterofolaf 10 years ago

I never thought she actually fell in love with him at all...which was the whole point in the end when he told her to go back, more or less.

"I'd like to confuse bok choy with cabbage, sir."

[–] viva_la_verve 10 years ago

What's worse is that, in the end, she didn't even chose her ex over Gage, Gage pretty much made her go back with him! In the end, I just wasn't convinced anymore that she actually loved him all that much.

[–] cronoashtear 10 years ago

No, Gage suspected they where still deeply in love, and confirmed it during the rain scene.

After that in the limo, she wanted to speak him (clearly about going back to David), you can see clearly he was waiting for that, the million dollar club was only his noble friendly way to easy up the split.

[–] Emil308 9 years ago

Lol you missed it then....she did choose her ex over Gage, in the limo, before the "million dollar club" story from Gage, she tells him "we need to talk", meaning she was about to break up with him. And Gage didn't MAKE her do anything, she went back to Woody because she wanted to...Gage didn't force her against her will to go back to her ex, that was all her. And the end scene on the pier confirms that.

[–] cronoashtear 10 years ago

No offense but i really think you missed the point.

The Gage-Diana crush had almost nothing to do with the proposal, because she was positive the 10 millions were nothing to this guy, but when they first met there was a lot of chemistry, and when he told her the story about the girl in the train station, thats when she finally turned down the guard (the story was very meningful).

And why not?, after all David was the one that should have stopped the proposal inmediatly in the pool table, and *beep* the *beep* out of Diana at the first sign of doubt in her.

The divorce papers, and the previous hippo purchase where all his leap of fate, his way to say: I totally *beep* up everything, this is me, trully loving you, nothing really means something to me but you!!...it was a very touching scene, he didnt expect anything...he only showed her his true love.

[–] msring 9 years ago

Money is power. Even if you're ugly or old , with money you can have any woman you want. It shows in this film too. If Redford wasn't a billionaire I'm sure Demi's character wouldn't have given him the time of day. So money makes him more alluring.

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[–] fiatlux-1 9 years ago

Gage won that game. He always wins in life. At everything. Did you not notice the man is super rich? He wins in his career. He wins the affection of beautiful women. And he won her heart also. Its a hobby of Gage's.

No, this is not a love story. Its a story about the game of manipulation by the rich and powerful.

Actually, Gage did not win. He lost. He thought he won by getting Diana to come live with him. She did clearly care for Gage.
But she never loved him, not like she loved David.

Gage saw this clearly at the auction, during the rain scene.
He knew that for all his money & charm, he could never *buy* Diana.
He lost.

I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus.
Didn't he discover America?
Penfold, shush.

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[–] fiatlux-1 9 years ago

You make some good points.
But the one I would disagree with is that Gage WOULD worry himself over it afterwards, at least for a good while.
I think he surprised himself by falling in love with Diana. That was never his intention, he wanted to win the contest yes but he didn't seem to plan on truly caring for her.

So in that context, he did lose. Even with all his money he couldn't keep Diana, couldn't make him her true love.
She loved David.

I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus.
Didn't he discover America?
Penfold, shush.

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[–] triplea (3577) 2 years ago

Yes, except he fucked her so.... He didn't really lose overall.

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[–] marematey86 7 years ago

Do you forgot that she kissed Cage romantically and emotional for the goodbye in limo? She sucks!

[–] Dan_Garten 7 years ago

Oh.