I wish Benjamin Bratt had more of a role, maybe we would have learned something.
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I was wondering the same thing during the movie
why was she so pissed?When there's no more room in hell, The dead will walk the earth...
I agree. The only time I felt anything (or anyone) during this film was when he was talking to his son in the hospital at the end.
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As the son said, maybe she was more afraid than angry. She played tough because she was afraid to rely on people. We don't have to everything explained to us in detail anyways.
I know we don't need to have everything explained, I actually don't like that in a movie, but it would have been nice to have somewhat of a window into her to allow us to relate more deeply.
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I'm not sure what sort of "window" we needed here. We know various things about her life and past (with the dad, giving up the child and such) that help us understand her. I believe at one point she notes that certain people are different than others without some deep reason why -- that's just who they are. That's part of it too. We don't get much of a window when some guy is in her basic situation a lot of time.
Jo March in Little Women is an independent sort and all. Why? It's in part just her personality. I don't think we get a "window" into why she is different from her sisters. Anyways, such is my .02.
"I know we don't need to have everything explained, I actually don't like that in a movie, but it would have been nice to have somewhat of a window into her to allow us to relate more deeply."
maybe this movie wasnt made for people like "us" (read: you) to relate to.
maybe it was meant for other (gasp) types of people to relate to. people that had a hard time dealing with family, people that didnt grow up like "leave it to beaver", people that feel similar to her.
if people say they didnt get the movie or why she was mad, its because they cant relate to it. thats fair. another viewing of it won't help. you still wont relate.
i'm not going to speak for anyone but myself when i say that the anger and isolation she kept herself surrounded with are things that i can relate to. i thought the film was not "boring" or "shallow", i thought it was poignant and sad and emotional and beautiful.
im very glad this film was made, and look forward to seeing the director's next work. But most of all it was the actors who made this movie such a success.
I think a good movie should be relatable by everyone who appreciates good movies. And that doesn't mean the viewer should be able to drum up identical (or even similar) emotions as the character's. Oh and sorry I used the word "us".
shareSince everyone has their own opinion about what constitutes a 'good movie', I don't quite understand the statement 'a good movie should be relatable by everyone who appreciates good movies'.
shareI completely agree with you, noveltylibrary.
The last movie I saw before "Trucker" was the movie "Downfall." After we finished Trucker, I commented to my wife that I had an easier time relating to Adolf Hitler in Downfall than I did to the main character in Trucker.
She was angry that she was in such an awful mess of a movie. And how dare you compare her tired cliche character to Jo March. Jo March was independent and strong beacuse back when Little Women was written women were supposed to be subservient and meek to their male counterparts. Alcott did not buy into that social consensus as she herself was strong and independent. Diane Ford was just an ignorant, selfish whore who should have left her kid with social services. He would have better off.
shareI think we got enough about her background with what we did see.
1-She met Bratt in a truck stop/diner/whatever when she was 18 yr old. Obviously she didn't come from such a close knit family.
2-She walked away from her husband and baby. She told her son at one point that some people just aren't meant to stay around or something like that. And she said to her ex that (in paraphrase) she wasn't cut out for the domestic life he wanted.
3-She like the Nathan Fillion character and he liked her. I doubt it that he was married was keeping her from him.
All in all, I doubt her issue was about anger and was more about fear. She had serious commitment issues. I don't think we really need to know what in her childhood caused them.
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She's a feminist. That's all you need to know.
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Seems she grew up a $5 BJ queen in truck stops until Bratt's character rescued her so to speak. I don't know, maybe you should try giving BJ's to make a living and see if it pisses you off. You may think I'm joking, but there are subtle, but yet fairly obvious hints in the film that she was a young hooker at one point in her life. She also has no parents to speak of, so it is quite apparent that she grew up very rough, and mostly alone. She didn't trust people, she was afraid to get close to people, she was afraid of love. I don't think it's really unexplained in the film as you've said, it's there, but it's somewhat subtle for sure.
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