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I loooooooove this flick. But Luo acts like a complete idiot in the end.

posted 14 years ago by Mandy_Whitsands
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I loved this film so much, it hurts. And when the ending drew close, I was jumping up and down on my seat, throwing fists in the air, screaming in complete madness ... WTF?!????? OK, I mean the viewer knows that it's probably due to the abortion, but the Little Seamstress (LS) really tries to leave secretly without saying a word. That's so mean of her and totally out of character.

And then Luo .... he chases her like crazy, and once he had caught up with her, he only asks - despite the obvious - "ya really wanna go?" and then leaves her without further ado ?? C'mon, how idiotic must one be, serious! But no, the way better alternative is not to ask right away what happened or why she leaves, no, it's preferable to wait 20 years and then, at then try to find a person somewhere in the tiny little country called ... China ... ah and yes, and I forgot ... he doesn't even know her name by the way... So yes, that's really a good plan.

I'm normally very anti-violence guy and Ghandi wanna-be, but I really felt like slapping both of them to consciousness. AAAAAAAAAAARGH !!!!

That was so much torture for me, how could they ever do that. Wheeew .... please, someone help me.

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[–] KayDrama 9 years ago

The part of me that likes things wrapped up neatly doesn't get her behavior either but i guess that's the whole point of the movie - how literature and free thinking can change people.

Personally, i thought Ma's reading Madame Bovery to The Little Seamstress during Luo's absence was an attempt at seduction but i could be wrong.

I'm also not sure that, as you stated, the abortion is the reason for TLS's decision to leave. It didn't seem like it to me. It did seem as if she were callous to Luo and I wish the film had revealed to us where her thoughts were concerning him. Did her quote regarding "a woman's beauty is a priceless treasure"mean that she felt Luo didn't value her beauty? Or did it mean she wanted to use her beauty out in the world?

As to Luo waiting 20 years to search for her, I don't think that's correct. Ma went looking 20 years later when he heard about the dam and flooding scheduled to happen.

But Luo said he went back in 1982 (which since I don't know when the boys were released could have been anywhere from 1 to 9 years later). So I'm guessing that is before he married and moved on with his life. Since I don't understand how the "re-education" works as far as how much freedom were the boys allowed once they were allowed back into the cities? Would Luo have been able to search for TLS before 1982?

So far my Googling what it was like hasn't given me any simple answers. If anybody can enlighten me without me having to do a major research project, please help.

Like, are we supposed to know when the boys returned to their lives based upon regime/government changes?

[–] tsromdal 8 years ago

"Did her quote regarding "a woman's beauty is a priceless treasure"mean that she felt Luo didn't value her beauty? "

Substitute "beauty" with "youth" - as we often do the other way around.
In my understanding, what she was trying to say was that she was too young to marry. The chance to see more of the world was her treasure that she guarded.

"I am like Cryptonite to men. Cryptonite dipped in cellulite!"