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What does this say about today's society?

posted 16 years ago by biochemvig
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Many people here consider this movie to be an honest romance. What does it say about us and our society today? Come on, it is about a man and a woman trying to rekindle a passion, which they both have lived through and know won't sustain a relation. This aspect to me feels like a monkey playing with its wounds.

Also, blatant infidelity is just accepted by the viewers here. Why isn't anybody seeing the story from Jeff's side? Also, Aaron says something like she wasn't reliable when they were married and she replies by saying she now is so many things she never thought she would be. This probably implies previous encounters of infidelity. Now is this what we all think is romance?

[–] geoh777 16 years ago

Infidelity has now become a matter of course and is the norm, according to this and other movies. Some movies try to redeem the situation by showing some disaster happening to one or both partners (like, they get caught), but none of us think that anything like that would happen to us, would we????

[–] mimbresgirl 16 years ago

I agree. You either make a decision or not. Same as if you were standing on top of a skyscraper near the edge and you decide to either jump or not, the fall is always a decision.

[–] moviecritic315-1 16 years ago

The whole line before the elevator scene is great, "if we do this, we're committing to a course of action..." and they do. there's always a choice in the matter.

[–] Superunknovvn 15 years ago

it's tbe most sincere form of romance, because the characters obviously love each other so much, but a whole life stands between them. it's real, it's bitter. if you don't understand the infidelity in this, then you are very strict when it comes to judging humans for their mistakes.

"We learned more from a three minute record than we ever learned in school"

[–] blooop 13 years ago

I don't feel that the infidelity was just accepted. A good portion of the dialogue was devoted to the urge to resist their mutual attraction and to the consequences that would follow for their liaison in the hotel.

Marriage or a relationship doesn't stop one's attraction to other people and definitely doesn't render a life shared with a former partner obsolete.

Exploring that emotional conflict within oneself is tough territory to navigate because there are not clear cut lines of what is wrong or right. Life is grey, not black or white.