A a friend and I were discussing the ending of Elegy..we saw it differently
At the end when Cruz's character says I will miss you....does that mean she will die..or that she knows Kingsley's character won't be around through her illness..and what does Kingsley say...I''m here....or I'm here now? Does he mean
I can't promise if I'll be here later?
Going crazy thinking of which it is.
Terry
Good question ... I don't know, and I don't have any bloody idea.
I thought it was a bad line because I do not know how to interpret it,
and that made the ending of the movie kind of weird.
I was thinking she was thinking she was going to die, but then again,
she probably thinks or knows she cannot depend on David to be there,
or can she. How can she miss him if he is dead. Then again she is
Catholic I guess. I thought that was kind of cheap, but the whole
rest of the movie is so good that something kind of has to smack
you to knock you out of it to end the movie.
The ending is a bit open, but that's cos they book is like that.
SPOILER
The title of the movie, Elegy = poem for a dead person, kinda points to Consuela dying...
the word could also refer to the mourning over an ended relationship. i'm hoping there's a thread about the book's denouement.
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I think it signified the change in Kingsley's character.
She says "I'll miss you."
He says "I'm here."
I interpreted that as meaning she thinks he'll flake on her like before; but I think he truly means "I'm here" as in, in all his life he loved one girl and it was her, and he's there for her for better or worse.
I may be wrong but that made sense to me.
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Well, she did say "I've missed you" at his apartment on New Year's eve..
The truly ironic part of the title AND the script is that, after the May-December relationship has blossomed, withered and both have moved on, the truth is that the whole age thing is immaterial! Three and a half decades younger, she may be the first to die. And, in the end, they realize the meaningless of age barriers and that they both truly love one another...
shareHi,
You are the only one on this board that sees in this way..in addition to me. That's exactly how I saw it.
Filmmakers often use open-ended endings allowing the viewers to draw their own conclusions. Rather than go crazy, I would suggest you pick the enterpretation that makes the movie more satisfying to you. Every movie does not require an absolute resolution - tied in a neat little bow - to be of merit. Don't be a geek...
shareYOu are so right!
Thanks...a geek I'm not.
i think she's pointing to the fact that he will find a way to sabotage the relationship again.
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