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didn't you just love it...

posted 17 years ago by drazen-n
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*spoilers*

I am very touched by the movie, I just saw it with my mom and dad. In fact, I read months ago (when the case of natasha kampusch was on) the case on which the story for the movie was inspired, it was so shocking.

the saddest part to me is the fact that marian lost 15 years of her life, being afraid, every day doing same things... those short cuts from the past just show the contrast, who she was before the tragedy... she was happy, optimistic, cheerful, but above everything - free. she actually pushed chris to travel the world, but he couldn't at that time... imagine how different his life would have been if they ran away. and in the end, he PUSHES her to leave the house... so ironic.

but only thing I despise on chris, is how he couldn't understand marian after she called him to pick her up. it was obvious that her story of "network" and everything was forced to her, it was clearly obvious that she needed help, but he just said that she isn't the same person... and she told her to get away from his family... :( I don't know.. maybe he was hurt since he really loved her, and all this time he thought she ran away from him. but I think that he should have saved her and tried to help her with her life.

sigh... I could go on like this forever :)

an amazing movie... it gave me a really great lesson... I also had few cases like olivia, with unknown persons... like trying to live a double life. those things can always take a toll on you.

[–] kdevore-1 11 years ago

I think that where we as the viewers had all the information (at least with regard to Marian's captivity), Chris did not. All he had was that she disappeared, "reappeared" but denied that she was Marian, called him to help her leave, but then without explaining, refused to leave. She knew about the "network", but Chris did not. While I understand that Marian told him she had been kidnapped, the fact that she had been out to the stores by herself and never thought to run away is a hard concept for some people to grasp despite the illogic of it.

Not many people can fully recognize and/or comprehend the Stockholm Syndrome. I had a client who had a similar situation; locked in the house with her husband for two or three days before she gained the nerve to venture out and call the police. She'd also been physically abused by him on several occasions. She always returned to him as well.

I agree that Chris was hurt deeply. His own pain masked his ability to comprehend her pain, but I also believe that if Chris had tried to force her to leave, there would ensue a huge fight resulting in the police being called. If he had gone to the police, I think Marian would have denied ever having been kidnapped.

Ultimately, I think that his pain of her in and out and in and out of his life was too much like salt in the wound and he couldn't think straight.

[–] Lorelaisimpson 8 years ago

About Chris,

I think that he represents society in general.
He is an average guy, who had a normal life, associating with normal people.
He acted selfish when he accussed Marian but at the time he couldn't have guessed what she was going through.
It has been a while since I watched the film but I think that only in the end he discovers what was really going on.
What Marian did, approaching Chris and asking for help, was very brave but all Chris could see was a deranged woman, mentally unstable. As far as he could tell, she might have been involved with drugs, cults or anything that seriously affected her.
Yes, it was obvious that the network was not real but nonetheless she dreaded its existence, yes it was obvious that she was brainwashed and she was reaching to him for help, but the extent of her abuse was not known to him at the time.