Smoovasbutter, you sound very compassionate and thoughtful. You are right Becky is very flawed and yes that makes her human. In the end she does get it right, she turns down the job that would be all about promoting lavish shopping and encouraging other girls to get into the same kind of mess that she did. She sold off all her stuff. Very few people would part with all their beloved stuff, they would maybe just scrimp and work another job to pay it off and still keep it so that shows real growth in terms of material greed. She gets the dress back for Suze's wedding and in the end she lives a much more fulfilling life, learns a new language instead off shopping her way through life and even the dress she wears to the party at the end is borrowed when she surely could afford to buy a brand new one with cash (NOT credit). So she does do tremendous growth, growth that I have yet to see ANY woman who likes to shop do. I've never seen anyone overcome an addictive behaviour so triumphantly so she certainly learnt her lesson.
celebritardtours - you said it very well here and should be the main point of the movie. Becky did learn something and learnt her lesson at the end. It's not like she stayed shopaholic throughout the movie or till the end of the movie (though in the books, she just can't resist and stop shopping even through the 5th book, lol). She turned her life around in the end and even got Luke and scarf back. So, I don't think it's a bad message when you learn from your mistakes and did something to turn your life around...and Isla/Becky was not an unlikable character, at least not in my viewing and opinion. I thought she was funny and she had some moments where she felt bad (and sad) for what she did...mostly she lied because she had a shopping addiction (and a lot of people can relate to that), but that doesn't mean Rebecca wasn't a good person. Besides this movie was for fun and for entertainment (mostly)...and not too be taken to seriously. Yet, her shopping addiction still relates to those who are one, which made this movie even more funny esp. when she tries to pay with different cards when she was trying to buy the green scarf, lol. There are actually people I know who does that when they shop and gets their card decline ...and they always reminded me of Rebecca in the green scarf scene.
Btw, I thought the scarf thing was a very good twist/surprise at the end...I didn't know Luke was both the bidder (which was a good surprise for me)...I didn't read the books prior to the movie (that's why), but after it...I did and loved both versions...books and this movie...so no nitpicking and complaints from me...I loved and enjoyed both separately.
Check out my P&P (2005) forum:
http://pridenprejudice.proboards101.com/
reply
share