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leaving her on the island (!?)

posted 13 years ago by nubbytubbybiatchesgalore
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i know he was drunk and all, but why would he leave her on the island? he knew deep down she wasn't really a selkie (though her wish did come true, and that might have played on his drunken mind), and so he would be leaving here there to either die or drown trying to leave. i thought that maybe he was taking her to the island to hide her from the guy chasing her, but she still was being left to die.

and when he returns to find her, she should have been way more upset with him, like asking wtf are doing leaving me to die on that island!

[–] ShroudOfFrost 13 years ago

What makes you think he didn't believe she was a selkie?

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[–] xoxorjp 13 years ago

he really believed she was a selkie. it wasn't until he heard "her" song on tv that he realizes it is a 'real' song, meaning she is human. he had trouble believing she was real, that she even exists, to begin with.

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[–] lostintwilight 13 years ago

She wasn't the least bit upset with him. This part was absolutely unbeleivable for me.

[–] bootblack987 11 years ago

Well, the guy she was previously with used her as a drug mule and as she said, "a prisoner". I wondered if he might have been her pimp as well? In comparison, Farrell's character saved her, then protected her, fed/clothed/housed her and was respectful of her situation and her privacy for quite a while until one drunken night he did something stupid. I'm guessing she had enough time on the island to get over her anger (plus she might have been too cold, etc. to be angry). He seemed genuinely sorry for what he did and I think she graciously accepted that.

That said, he owes her big-time for doing that!! :-D

[–] przgzr 9 years ago

Leaving her alone on a desert island or leaving her close to Romanian drug dealer looking for her and most likely looking for a revenge... If I had to make a choice a desert island would look not as a sanctuary but as a Garden of Eden for me!

[–] stills-6 11 years ago

Everyone's leaving out the fact that his ex-wife implied that he could have full custody of their daughter if he got rid of his "water baby".

The instrument has yet to be invented that can measure my indifference to that remark.

[–] przgzr 9 years ago

But as much as I remember it wasn't supposed to be a permanent custody, just a few weeks that his ex-wife needed to recover from injuries.

[–] nastylev 8 years ago

Look. The scenes worked, they added drama and intense emotion to a movie that really needed it. And to top it off, the whole leaving her on the island scene is far too ambiguous to presume she was in any kind of danger. It could have been a frequented island, given the lighthouse's presence.

All we can really nitpick on is her reaction at his return. But then again, just because it wasn't what we expected doesn't mean it was wrong or unrealistic now does it?

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[–] lost_dream 7 years ago

yes that was really bad scene in a very beautiful movie .