I don't understand why so many people like the "It's too late" scene so much. I really don't imagine why the script writer felt the need to make it longer. It seems pointless. In the book it's a very powerful scene and it looks more real, more true to the characters. In the movie, the whole scene seems to be dragging for about 5 minutes and i was thinking "Why would the script writer choose to do this?" I can understand him being wrong, but then why didn't the director do something about it or the editor. They didn't help the actors very much. Justine just keeps looking up (I counted at least 3 times; I understand you want to show she's thinking about Alec not coming down the stairs or something, but once is enough, really), moving her head as if in denial of something and looking at him without explaining why it is too late. There are too many shots of her in these 3 stances. The scene is too long. Only in the last minute or so it becomes as powerful as it should be, when she says "I hate him now". I know that probably every user on this board will jump at my throat for what I've said, but I would like to hear the reason you think this scene is so great (and in more than one sentence, if possible).
Now regarding my favourite scene(s)... First, i would like to say that I think Justine's acting feels more at home in the less intense scenes (by intense I mean when she doesn't have to argue or shout); for example at the may dance, when Prince dies or in the end, when she says "Have they come for me?" and so on.
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