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Wonderful film but weird final image. (minor spoiler alert)

posted 15 years ago by Lily-32
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I loved this movie. I missed it last winter (amazingly enough) and almost passed it by this time around but I saw a trailer on another DVD and was very intrigued. Rented from Netflix and fell in love on first viewing. However I felt the final shot was a little odd. Tilly is leaning back into the carriage after she and Gad have declared their love one last time. The image is in slow motion and the look on her face is sad. Not a sad smile "I'll miss him until I return" but just a sad look, almost foreboding but then the credits roll. For a happy ending of a film that was an odd image to leave in the viewers mind. Oh well. Loved the movie all the same. Can't wait to show my sister.

[–] serpent-9 13 years ago

I just watched this movie on the TV.

I think Matilda answered your question by saying to her mother when departing: 'I was happy' - meaning she's had a nice childhood in the farm and in the same time realising it is all over now - she is going away with her grandmother and won't be back for years; no longer a child but a young woman.

[–] YankeeDood 12 years ago

Same for me, I still have the Netflix rental, I was very impressed with this movie. Unlike other Hallmark films, it's realistic and I loved the scenery and the music score.
Yes, I had the same thought about how weird the ending was. The slow-motion effect with Tilly just didn't fit in. But I did like the music that played during the end credits, very Thanksgiving.

[–] CarmenSandiegoIII 10 years ago

She was probably worried that her sister would take her man while she was away.

[–] dcandtc2 9 years ago

I have just watched this film on channel 5 isaw a different ending .it ensed with the whole family round the table with Tilly saying grace and saying how thankful she was for meeting all her family and for gads love and how grateful her grandmother found sean once agaon the final shot was of the cottage on the snow

[–] jandibow 7 years ago

You were watching the sequel 'An Old Fashioned Christmas,' where Isabella takes Tilly to Ireland to meet an old friend, the Earl of Shannon, who she hopes can help Tilly get her writing published. She reconnects with Sean, Tilly's paternal grandfather, with whom she has been feuding since their children wed, and they eventually reconcile.