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Vulgar Fools

posted 18 years ago by Devans00
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It's fifteen minutes into the movie and I already hate the leading man and woman. It got through the part where the neighbor snuck in during the night, petted the dog and peeked at the wedding pictures.

First, Mary and John break and enter into a random house they see driving by. If this wasn't a movie, no one would think it's cute. They have the nerve to snoop around until they are on the 2nd level where they find an old bed in the master bedroom. So of course they do the logical thing of starting to make out. If Dr. Myron Hatch hadn't walked in on them, looked like they were going all the way. What the hell is wrong with those people? Don't they have a teensy bit of self control?

Second, after seeing how easy it is to get into the house, they didn't bother to change the locks. You'd think the fact that both they and their neighbor got in so easily would have encouraged them to do something about locks between the time they bid on the house and when they unloaded all their junk.

Wonder what other stupid head stuff the couple plans to do next. That Dr. Myron Hatch dude is plenty creepy. I hope the bad guy/s get them by the end.

Gawd they are annoying....

Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.

[–] brjess38 15 years ago

and she goes through the creepy guys window of his house, suspecting him at this point but still goes in..jeez its like they ask for it.

[–] targa9 12 years ago

First of all, Mary and John didn't break into a "random house". The house was for sale, with a big FOR SALE sign and they decided to look. It was unlocked and appeared abandoned, so they just walked in; big deal. What are they supposed to do? Call first, and come back later to see it? Saves them the trip to step inside. It's not like anyone was living there and they could have stolen jewelry.

As for making out, I didn't see them stripping clothes off; they were just passionately kissing. It's romantic to buy a house together; I guess you never had that experience? Don't be such a prude! They didn't expect anyone to come in, anyway.

Why should they bother to change the locks if they did not suspect their neighbor of sneaking in? Of course you're right that this would have prevented Hatch from doing his evil deeds, but they had no knowledge that he was such a creep. That's the point of the whole movie. They trusted him; he seemed like a nice old neighbor.

Too bad you didn't like the movie. The ultrasound scene with the needle going in was truly original; I've never seen that in a movie and it was tremendously creepy. The only thing that annoyed me was the mullet-headed husband, who simply dismisses his wife's concerns, keeps secrets from her, and yet confides to Hatch.
In the end, only the wife had sense enough to realize how dangerous Hatch was.
Pretty entertaining TV movie from the 90's and one of the late great Steiger's later roles.

[–] Devans00 12 years ago

Please, god. Don't every let targa9 see anything of mine they want.

targa9 hasn't the first clue about boundaries or what is inappropriate behavior for people who aren't raging narcissists with self control issues.

No two persons ever watch the same movie.

[–] targa9 12 years ago

I just don't agree with your assessment. And I gave my reasons, and you did not rebut them. All you do is make assertions and exaggerate. You make it sound as if they were having sex and they were just kissing. Maybe you should watch the scene again. And maybe you should learn some grammar.