Why would Costner's character even waste time on her? All she did was throw drama fits, and try to drag down his career. He bent over backwards in scene after scene to help her out and support her, so I just don't get the appeal.
All he wanted to do was work at his chosen career, and have a relationship with her, and she was just making life difficult every step of the way. He should have kicked her to the curb straight away.
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Ahhhh.. the best women are always high maintenance and annoy you or else life gets boring!!!!
shareAnd this is one reason America's divorce rate is so high. People pick the "interesting" partners who are always in trouble, or causing trouble, or just being trouble, because nice, grown-up, and responsible behavior is too "boring".
Jane IS an annoying character. And frankly, Kelly Preston is not a very good actor. She's always "acting", and is rarely believable in this. She makes Costner look like a good actor!
Not even close, exactly the opposite, as a matter of fact. MAYBE for a short term fling, but in a long term relationship high maintenance gets VERY old and VERY frustrating, VERY quickly. High maintenance usually means insecure and games. Look how Jane lied to him about the "rules" of their relationship and hid her kid, yet expected him to have known she was lying and pulled him into a relationship without revealing herself honestly. Games of that kind are not fun to play.
You don't have to be high maintenance to be interesting. I know this, as well as the other side of the coin, from personal experience.
This will be the high point of my day; it's all downhill from here.
She was horrible... She would overact in every scene. Billy shoulda just did the 'ole hump 'n dump and be done with her!
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*Annoying* was exactly what I was thinking about 'Jane' throughout the movie.
Also: selfish.
She should have tried more to understand the 'game' and what it meant to 'Billy', if SHE really cared about HIM.
Women give birth to babies; men give birth to careers.
Of course, that doesn't mean that women can't or don't have careers that they are very dedicated to. I am one of those women.
But, why diss a man regarding his love and commitment for his life's goals & career? That’s just not fair.
Billy obviously loves Jane.
But that’s not enough for Jane. She wants and wants.
How would she feel if Billy wanted her to love him more than she loves her daughter?
Of if he wanted to leave her because of her dedication to *her* career?
Those would be silly requests, and it is equally silly (and selfish) for her to want him to do the same regarding his career in / love for baseball, and how it defines him.
And, regarding her daughter: Way to go Mom (NOT). Your daughter doesn't have a father, for all intents and purposes, you bring Billy into her life to whom she seems to get attached and whom she really likes, and then you wrench that away from her because the relationship just isn’t perfect enough for you.
Was Billy jealous of her love for her daughter? No.
Was Billy jealous of her career? No.
Way to role model commitment toward a partner and emotional security for your daughter (sarcasm here).
So, I didn’t like Jane. She acted like a selfish bratty girl, not as a mature, caring woman and partner.
Billy should've kicked her to the curb.
11/16/12: The day the Twinkie died :(
I think Jane was so annoying because of kelly Preston.She's an aweful actress. I don't know how she gets any work.
shareI think Jane was so annoying because of kelly Preston.She's an aweful actress.
I don't know how she gets any work.
Probably coz she is John Travolta's wife. Other than that, I can't think of any reason why anyone would cast her, coz she sure can't act