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Traditional vs whore marriage ?

posted 11 years ago by AxeMan
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What ever happened to traditional marriage? Just like real life it rips your heart on and then *beep* on your corpse. This film was a real downer. Watch it if you want to rune your night and reassure a feeling of never getting close to anyone in fear they may turn out like this guys wife! What ever happened to traditional marriage, to Death do us part, to any if the vows in that matter. There is a lot going on in this film that grabs a nerve and twists until a heart breaking end, hats off to that Canadian whore who directed it.

[–] NHNeil 11 years ago

At least he has his testicles.

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[–] emncaity 10 years ago

The irony is that the OP's reaction is more or less what Polley was going after, IMHO. I think the whole point was that there might be something to the notion of knowing what you're getting into when you get married -- that it's not just a more formal way of "going together," or whatever -- and that betraying that marriage and your wife or husband is absolutely devastating across a wide swath of people in ways you can't even anticipate. People get hurt, deeply and forever. I don't think there's any doubt that was a central theme of this film. Anybody who thinks Polley was trying to make some statement about what a lark adultery is, and how people like Margot don't need to worry about what's right or what's wrong, or what hurts people...I just don't think there's any way that was the intent.

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[–] emncaity 10 years ago

Holy frickin' cow. Well, yeah. You've cracked the code, it seems certain.

I had that film on a long list of films I was going to get to, actually. I think I'll move it way up the list. Thanks...

[–] IL_Maestro 10 years ago

what happened is that ppl don't pay attention to maturity, they think it comes with aging as a fact
ppl like Margot could spend their entire lives acting like kids as she did
she shouldn't have gotten married b4 she is mature enuff to understand what she was going to go through after 5 years of marriage and how not to fall as she fell for the new thing
he also needed to know what kind of person she is, whether or not she is gonna fall like that
coz it is ugly to get married and just keep paying attention to the other person when they r gonna fall for something new and want out, u sleep in same bed and sometimes u give her ur back and go to sleep, u need to feel safe with her right?

"It is never about what happened, it is only how you look at it!"

[–] DCI77 7 years ago

I didn't read any of the responses to you but I bet you got some TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE IS SO STUPID AND OLD types.

At least in my experience most of the happy couple are in traditional marriages w/ kids or planning to have kids on the way. These are college educated types as well.

The miserable types or those who tend to hold on to more "progressive" ideas on sex and marriage. Not nearly as happy and they may have one kid; two the most. They've been in multiple intimate relationships as well.

Also, the whole sleeping around "progressive" talk that's been the rage since the 1960s and with modernity is proving to be a disaster - just look at all the responses that love the "grey" area. They are the fruits and ironically they barely produce, both hypothetically and literally.