Am i the only one that didn't care for her? Everything was about her and her timing. The audacity to on go to the bosses office and Demand to call Bernie back, despite the fact he was doing his job was appalling.
Who the heck wears high heels in a storm? Where were her boots?
It's all for movie drama. Nothing like that happened during the real event. It didn't really bother me but I can see why some people might not care for it. On the other hand, there's always people who like to see somebody buck the established system no matter the consequences.
shareCorrect on the movie drama - she was in fact home sick with the flu for two days - and - she & Bernie were already married.
And from the book: Bernie and two mates were going to Provincetown (30+ miles from Chatham) for date with 3 local girls..his car broke down in Orleans (about halfway there)...he found pay phone to call date & had car towed home...Miriam called the Chatham Station looking for a guy named Webb...they talked then and few times more...she was a mystery woman until she told him she was a telephone operator in Wellfleet who'd patched Bernie's call through to his failed date in P-town.
I did not care for her either. Granger did a good job, I just did not like the character. I am glad to know that was all added for drama, although I don't know why they felt they needed to make details up. The reality was pretty harrowing.
Who the heck wears high heels in a storm? Where were her boots?
I didn't mind her, but did mind that they changed things (her and Bernie were already married) to make it more "hollywood."
shareAgree! But without those story "adjustments", based on book/reality, i don't think there would have really been any female characters in movie and Hollywood wants that to market it so they had to improvise, I guess.
shareI agree 100% with the op. Totally unlikeable and unnecessary character, and the big drawback of the movie for me. It seems like they wanted to force a "strong" female character in there just becuase they felt like they had to, but what made it to the movie was an annoying and selfish girl, to the point of hysteria – and why she had to crash her car I have no idea. She wanted no part in trying to save those peoples lives, and she had waay too many scenes. In the end of the film I just feld Bernie could do better. Trying to add weight to things because of their relationship just felt like a mistake.
It was just strange. Apparently, Bernies wife in real life was at home with the flu all night. If you have to make up stuff for a female character to do just because there are no other big female roles in the story, try to make it less stupid and forced. Felt sort of like a big feminism fail to me.
I didn't mind that. It was just a movie but I would probably do as she had if I was in a similar situation.
The CO wasn't from around there, it seemed like a relatively small town, it was back in the day, etc.
The Coast Guard often risks their lives but even they aren't forced to basically commit suicide. The others believed it was a suicide mission. She was a worried significant other.
It's a movie based on actual events and people and the real Miriam was nothing like that. She wasn't even there and she & Bernie were already married.
They could have taken all her crap scenes and added more about the men on the boat, and more about Bernie's previous failed rescue mission (other than mentioning it like an afterthought). Tiny was made to seem like the others were kind of irritated by him, while in the book everyone loved him and his death hit them all really hard and stuck with them. They could have conveyed his love for her in other ways without showing her running all over town in heels (!!!) during a storm like an idiot. I'm surprised they didn't have her stealing a boat and going out after him!
The real story is dramatic enough, they didn't need to Disney-fy it.
Dramatic license is often used. They just loosely base it on something and then write a film around the concept. They could change all the names but then some posters would be complaining that they stole the idea because it was close to an actual event.
They wanted something for everyone. A strong woman and love story work well today. Women often wore heels then, and now. It was better to keep them on than run around barefoot. When one is used to wearing heels then they become an extension of the leg. I can easily run in heels. I've only fallen in flats and stocking feet.
This was a cinema movie and not a History channel documentary/docudrama. Today's general audience want to see modern types of women and not the submissive ones.
The real life story is a good one but so is this film. I had more issue with Finding Neverland. I took the movie for what it was but would also like to see a more accurate version done based on J. M. Barrie's life.