Yes, it was strange. I really loved the music.
I wondered why she stayed, too. I think she relaly thought they would get back together and also she didn't want to be run outta town. I mean the bitch took her husband and now they are telling her where to live?
I can see her turning into a riot girl a choice for her as she was alone and wanting to fit in.
I love it, too! The music was awesome. The still shots of them looking into the camera was hilarious. I've watched it like three times on Netflix.
Excuse me--ya'll lookin' for a dead body??
Well, don't forget that she had no money. She couldn't have left even if she wanted to. Not right away anyway.
shareI don't think she was concerned too much with trying to fit in somewhere, I think she became a "riot girl" because she was pissed off.
shareI really wanted to like this film and it could have been so much better had they been more subtle with the cinematography. The way the editing jumped around seemed like the producers had about three conflicting ideas about how it was supposed to go down, but put it all in anyway. While some of the dialogue was pretty good, most of it was like it was written by a 12 year old (the way the adults 'insult' each other and the choice terminology used). The camerawork was actually the most painful part of the film, I was cringing at the awkward movements and the daytime-TV style film quality.
If the director's aim was to give us an insight into emotionally undeveloped adults, then it was a resounding success. Ok, I concede, it isn't the worst film ever, but I can't grasp why people are lauding over it like it is the best piece of independent cinema to have emerged this decade.
I'll say this much, it did get me thinking, scene-for-scene, how they could have approached it differently for more impact. It was interesting in that respect and had potential, under the many layers of cinematic failing.
f the director's aim was to give us an insight into emotionally undeveloped adults, then it was a resounding success.
The way the editing jumped around seemed like the producers had about three conflicting ideas about how it was supposed to go down, but put it all in anyway.
I think the specific reason she didn't leave town was because she didn't want to be defeated. I also think she wanted to shame the husband and his friends by creating awkward and uncomfortable conditions for them, in a vengeful manner. She wanted to be inconvenient to them.
shareI thought this film was excellent.
It seemed to me the point of the film was her finding her self, and at the same time getting rid of "me". To your question: what did she have to go back for? It seems she was always following. Her transformational moment came in the shocking grocery store scene. Everything up to that point (including Anaheim and Riot Girl) had been following and fitting in.
The film was a great--if awkward and demanding--look at one person finding their place in the world.