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I felt so terrible for Gordon

posted 11 years ago by icomefromlondon
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He was clearly a good person in the film, he obviously cared a lot about Kate and the kids, even though they weren't his own. Then he dies in a horrific, painful way, and Kate barely sheds tears for him before she's sharing kisses with her estranged husband. Perhaps Kate never truly loved Gordon like she did Jackson, but even so, Gordon deserved a lot better. Especially considering that the family survived because he was the one who flew them away from the danger zones, or they'd all have perished. They really owed their lives to him.

[–] jamjohnx3 11 years ago

Gordon and Tamara should have ended up together.

Kate was useless. I would not have been upset if she was the one that got trapped and drowned in that room that defied physics.

[–] Etherdave 11 years ago

He was murdered by the filmmakers to maintain the pace of the storyline.

[–] StoneGriffin 10 years ago

Though I agree, he was the third part of the love triangle and the typical Hollywood story needs symmetry. Though he certainly did not deserve to die, it didn't bother me as much in that the movie clearly showed that LOTS of good people who did not deserve to die, were getting killed left and right by this catastrophe. So the message of fate being cruel to 'good people' was still being maintained. Sadly enough.

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[–] zaragozana 9 years ago

Agree, Gordon did not deserve that end. Kate's non reaction made her completely null and void as a character from that point.

[–] Crazygreen1127 9 years ago

Nobody actually deserves to die. It just happens. Kate wasn't null and void. There was just too much happening to actually stop and focus on it.

[–] jingizu_z 8 years ago

Well, I just thought that Gordon dying and Kate and Jackson getting back together was very trite and stupid.

[–] Abby_Normal-888 8 years ago

That part messed me up. What an awful way to die! Came on here to see if anyone else felt the same.

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[–] DaytonaBob 8 years ago

I thought the writers should have been beaten to a pulp for killing Gordon without whom they would have all died.
THEN killing the Russian girl and the pilot.

I would have had them all survive except the rich old jerk although he did the right thing at the end by throwing his kid up to be caught knowing he wasn't going to survive.

BUT the pilot and Russian girl should have ended up together on the ship.

Gordon and Kate realize she still has feelings for Jackson BUT along the way they had picked up a couple of gorgeous showgirls in Vegas and Gordon ends up with them both.

AND they should have picked up the Indian couple.

That disappointed me badly and ruined the movie. Well that along with ALL seven ships should have made it.

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[–] JourneymanJay 8 years ago

Yeah, I agree about Tamara (the Russian girl) and Sasha the pilot. They could have kept them both alive and they could've lived happily ever after on the ark. Tamara's death? I mean, hell, there was only like 8 minutes left in the movie. Did they really have to kill her off?

[–] JourneymanJay 8 years ago

I agree, and what made it even worse was that no one gave a shit after Gordon died. It was like:

"Where's Gordon?"

"He's dead, Kate."

"Oh... I love you, Jackson."

[–] ActionJunkie007 8 years ago

agree, and what made it even worse was that no one gave a *beep* after Gordon died.

There were far too many scenes that illustrated Kate's undying love for her husband that I don't get why she(or us) SHOULD feel bad for Gordon. The most telling scene is when Jackson asks her if she loves Gordon, and she says "I love him enough".

The whole film really delves into what we do in our ordinary lives and what we might do when we are literally faced with the "end of the world". Jackson and Kate belonged together, and still really loved one another, this was shown and talked about the entire film. So you tell me, whether you were married or not(to someone else), if it's the end of days and you have potentially only a few moments left of living, would you care about your marriage to someone you "loved enough" above all else or would you care and fight more for the "love of your life"?(whoever that might be)

Gordon was a nice guy and it's a shame he died, but he even knew their love and family was not as strong as it was with Jackson/Curtis. SO many people out there today are living lives like this, with people they barely even want to be with, just because it's routine.(Our Saturday routine, not like he would remember)But when a major catastrophe happens, we really find out what we're made of, and what we want. And that's the power of the film IMO.

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