I see most people didn't so thought I would chime in and say I did. I think it helps if you are a single person living in LA. It would otherwise be hard to relate or enjoy. The darker, lonely side of LA life is an animal of its own. You kinda have to live it to understand and know the city or certain details will go over your head. Even without the shock ending I would have enjoyed her day to day subtle little life. Just my two cents.
"You have no power over me."
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I enjoyed it also, I just wrote a long post in another thread on this board,
if you want to read it, but I don't think you have to live in LA t relate.
I have 2 younger sisters that are close to her age, so I can relate to
not wanted them harmed.
I really don't think it was much of a shock. I didn't know exactly what
was going to happen, but the basic synopsis on Netflix gives away her
dog being taken, and that she get stopped from leaving L.A. in some way.
So when the runtime began to climb up, I knew something bad and quick was
going to happen, and I knew it was a stalker. The shock to me was that it
wasnt one of the guys at the party, which is what the movie was building to,
with the uneasy tension between her and the one guy. it turned out it was a
total stranger, and I believe it was the guy on the street that was trying
to talk to her. but I had ear buds in while watching it, and I think it
might have been different, another post on this board seems to agree that
playing on a regular house system, you don't pick up all the constant noises
at night when she is sleeping, and when she is there. You can tell that the
stalking was taking a subconscious toll on her, wearing her down, and getting
depressed.
Great movie.
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Hi, MovieMutt. Forgive me, but I was just introduced to this movie. I can also understand that some people wouldn't like Entrance, but I loved it. I have been a single woman living alone, no husband, no children, only a dog. I was struck by the themes of loneliness and isolation in this film. The sheer repetition of Suzy's days very much mirrored my own. Ironically, my coworkers envied my freedom -- they thought my life was like Sex in the City. HA! I was just like this woman, only not as attractive and more outgoing at times. I think the movie reflected the darker, lonely side of living alone. In my exerience the first person I would speak to most mornings was my coworker. Frequently he was also the last person I spoke to in a typical day as well. I got to the point where I absolutely hated Fridays. I would linger at work as long as I could, since I usually had no plans for the weekend. No matter the population of your city, we as Americans have become increasingly isolated. And for a woman, that can drive you insane. I was also alarmed (?) by Suzy's acquiesce to the killer. She put her head on his shoulder! Wow.
shareI think you totally pegged the themes of this film: loneliness, isolation and the anonymity of a big city. In the Q&A bonus feature on the DVD, the directors mention that the killer appears in several scenes early on but she doesn't notice him (nor do we, I suppose). It makes an interesting statement about passive paranoia. You can tell she's a bit paranoid & fearful, but not enough to take it seriously. It's almost making the statement that paranoia has become such a common way of life that we wouldn't recognize a real threat if it came up & bit us.
About the ending SPOILERS FOR ANYONE STILL READING... I don't think she consciously put her head on his shoulder. He sort of pushed her head there, and perhaps she was just too exhausted/devastated/petrified to resist anymore. After all, she was still whimpering uncontrollably. But I think that final image was absolutely poetic, if not darkly comedic. It was the stereotypical "couple lives happily ever after gazing into the future" scene we see in so many Hollywood endings, only in this case the woman is bound, gagged, bloody & crying. Absolutely perfect ending for anyone who appreciates irony. I was very impressed with this film, definitely not your run of the mill, forgettable type of flick.