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It is all about the looks:

posted 17 years ago by fireandloosechange
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Elizabeth was young and a bit naive when it came to love, however, you could tell that she was falling in love with Chase(by all of the looks)and did not know how to deal with it. Chase knew it, as well. Chase felt the connection and Elizabeth denied it. Chase was at a point to change her life, but it was too much for the younger one to handle. Sad, sad story. The ending was heart-wrenching. I so wish there could be a sequel. Great film, great acting, and disappointing ending.

[–] emmanuelle_f 17 years ago

Well, it's a real life story, not a hollywood-mass-production-happy-end and this sort of ending was well expected. Her words 'only in my dreams' made me burst into tears

[–] fireandloosechange 17 years ago

I know, but I am a hopeless romantic. Now and again I like happy endings. What the he!! is wrong with that? There is enough crap going on in the world that a little fantasy of happiness wouldn't hurt anyone.

[–] Star-cjh 13 years ago

I'm glad she left you know who at the end!

[–] jaytosh522 12 years ago

I thought that Elizabeth just admired Chase for the person she was, not as a lover. That look she gave Chase when playing crochet or when she was flying the kite was more of admiration and awe than love.

[–] lamont-hard 12 years ago

It could have been love but they left it open, I felt through most of the movie it was as if she did not feel love but seeing her as a mother figure, or a women she admired, remember the outburst in the garden. It then became confusing for her after the kiss. I wondered did the husband make/ask her to leave or she left on her own. The ending to me was satisfactory as she became herself and a good mother and got her life back and that's what put the love/admiration story over the top for me. It was good to see Richard not spending his life taking care of her and finding his groove as well, I noticed he remarried or at least had a girl fiend in the car. So all would end up better off as I feel Elizabeth got over what happened to her mom.

[–] MyMovieTVRomance 7 years ago

I felt through most of the movie it was as if she did not feel love but seeing her as a mother figure, or a women she admired, remember the outburst in the garden. It then became confusing for her after the kiss.

That's a good point. If she did indeed see Chase as a mother, that would explain why after the kiss, she said that she couldn't go through with it, and Chase understood. Perhaps what she meant when she said "I can't" is that she couldn't have a relationship with someone she felt a maternal relationship with.

That being said, I think it's possible to fill both ways. I think that Elizabeth probably did like the kids, but it took her by surprise because she's not ready for such a thing. But at the catchy given the chance, she might've seen Chase maternally sometimes, but it's no different than a woman seeing a man as her protector father figure but still being in love with him. I think that was a very big possibility between Chase and Elizabeth.

Please excuse typos/funny wording; I use speech-recognition that doesn't always recognize!