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That ending was horrible.


I don't think i've ever been this pissed at a movie, or the writer to be to more precise.

I literally had to stop the movie for half an hour to calm the *beep* down before i could finish watching it.

How the *beep* can he just walk out all happy and *beep* after leaving her in that place? Then go for a walk on the *beep* beach like nothing happened? Does he even know what's gonna happen to her in there, does the *beep* writer know that he wrote a *beep* horror movie scene, or do both the character and the writer actually believe that was something good? He literally left her in hell and went on to live happily ever after, jesus *beep* christ.

I never thought i'd be saying this unironically but, holy *beep*, trigger warning.

That scene and its underlying implication along with the character's ignorance / lack of care for it is without a doubt one of the sickest, most vile things i've ever seen in a movie.

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I agree mate.

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this was not a love story lol he knew that despicable women for what? maybe a week? whats he spose to do with a girl that just used him and tried to kill herself? this is a young boy who just had an adventure of a lifetime and cleared things up with his dad and made a best friend. his reaction was 100% realistic

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with a girl that just used him and tried to kill herself?


Didn't get that impression at all, to me it seemed like she just wanted out of that clinic at the beginning of the movie, not to kill herself, and she already had the keys to the car so she didn't really need the main guy for anything, she basically started the whole adventure, brought him along for the ride, and he stabbed her in the back at the end.

Even if she did though his response is disproportionate as hell, like i'd be completely fine with him figuring out he's being used and leaving her by the road or something to fend for herself, but the situation in which he left her in at the end is completely fvcked, like i wouldn't do that to someone i hated, let alone someone i suspect of maybe being dishonest.

his reaction was 100% realistic


That's worrying on so many levels if seemingly normal people would do something like that.

I guess the moral of this story is that people are selfish fvcks and you shouldn't trust them?

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She was dead on the beach. They got her medical attention. What do you suppose he should have done instead?

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Yeah, that ending was messed up. They didn't close her story at all and the fact that we didn't see what Vincent little paper said, didn't help the ending either.


Mind you, Marie was a total user for attention but I didn't even see her try to do anything good for herself except nibble on a sandwich.

Perhaps Vicent was over Marie's BS but the way he left her was a harsh reality check despite it being unfair.

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+1. Looked like an ending from a totally different movie. Lazy writing.

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Ending kicked ass what are you talking about son?

And ALSO I'm sure she was well taken care of by the doctors PLUS they didn't even know eachother that long

He literally left her in hell and went on to live happily ever after,


Happily ever after one friday afternoon on the beach? Are you not allowed to be happy if a girl you slept with almost dies but recovers? and everything else positive that was going on in his life? Is he allowed to smile for once in his life, jeez christ

Also have you heard of something called visiting hours?

And I didn't know hospital was hell






FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS!!!

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I'm sure she was well taken care of by the doctors


Well now that's quite a subjective view on things isn't it?

I didn't know hospital was hell


Sounds like you don't know a lot of things.

But ignorance is bliss i guess so i won't ruin it for you.

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nonameIXV:

He was referring to your phrasing "he literally left her in hell" because it's not literal, but figurative. "Literally" should only be used when a figurative form of speech is actually literal in the context.

"He was totally blown away by their artwork" is figurative. "He was literally blown away by their bomb" is literal.

 You're not alone. In the last couple of years, people are incorrectly using the word "literally" more than usual. I think the Kardashians started the trend of incorrect overuse; even a drinking game was introduced over their "literally" usage on their reality show. They say things like, "It literally broke my heart", when clearly they did not have a heart attack or some other physiological malfunction of the heart that would render it literally broken. It's a figurative expression about emotional pain or mental anguish.


All that said, I did NOT care for the ending because it was too abrupt!! 



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Since he said the first thing they were going to do in the morning was visit her, I don't see your issue.

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The issue is that the main character, and the writer apparently, don't know how anorexia works and what 'treating' anorexia implies.

Its cruel and sadistic and i'm pretty sure she wouldn't be thrilled to see them when they come visit the next day.

Do some research, maybe watch a documentary, doctors tend to be sick fvcks, especially in that field, usually you can keep telling them what they want to hear and be out in a week but you can't really do that with anorexia, you're stuck there being tortured every day by people who genuinely believe they're helping you until they decide you can leave and live in fear for years of what's gonna happen again if one of your self-righteous 'friends' decide you need some more 'help'.

I had a good friend with anorexia who offed himself in a hospital a few years ago because of how he was being treated, a few of us tried breaking him out of there when he told us but we were fvcking kids then and couldn't get a gun so it failed and the fvckers took it out on him until he finally had enough.

I honestly thought i wouldn't have to explain this when i started the thread, but i guess people still think its ok to force 'help' on others just so they can feel better about themselves and think they're actually doing good for someone else, from what i've seen these are the worst kinds of people, and portraying a character like that in good light as if he did something good for her is sick and a dangerous social precedent to reinforce in this way.

Hope that makes sense?

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So what were they supposed to do? Let her die? How would you treat anorexia?

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They said they would visit her first thing in the morning. What are you proposing OP? That they let her die in the sand and not call 911? Or is your main gripe that they didn't sit in the waiting room long enough? They are not her parents or legal guardians. Considering she stole a car, maybe she should be happy to be in a regular and not in a prison hospital and/or dead? Pretty sure she needs the IV, that the hospital, you know, provides, and she will be glad to see them in the morning.

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What was Vincent supposed to do? Keep enabling her? Vincent knew he couldn't take care of her because of his own issues so the best thing to do is to let medical professionals and her family look after her. They didn't abandon her. They stuck around.They went to see her the next day.

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why did she say vincent you love me instead of vincent I love you

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Oh come on, she may have a disease (like they all do) but she was being a selfish little tw*t from the very beginning. Getting Vincent to steal a car with her when she didn't have any money, getting Vincent to fall in love with her and then pushing him away. Leading him off for sex right in front of Alex, running away with other people when she knew she was that ill and might leave them with a traumatic memory once she gets carted off to hospital, and all the while being aloof, sulky and pouty and acting too cool for school.

I think Vincent did exactly the right thing, just a shame he didn't see it sooner and let himself be seduced by her.

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I once had a friend who was anorexic. I’ve lost touch with her now, as we both moved to different parts of England and through the years our letters and phone calls got shorter and shorter, until they stopped. Her eating disorder started when something horrific happened in her life when I started to talk to her about it, she would say everything was fine when obviously it was not. She became a person I was no longer able to recognise and was unable to communicate with. It was heartbreaking and she would not admit she had a problem. I’ll also need to say because of how I would try and emphasise with her, she used this to her advantage and I now realised she was using me.

So maybe Marie was using Vincent to get what she wanted. Marie knew she would not be able to make the journey by herself, so she needed Vincent.


Look upward... and share the wonders I have seen, John Crichton, Farscape

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Generally, anorexics feel they don't control their own life, often because of a tragic or traumatic experience, and that restricting their eating gives them back some of that control. My ex-wife was anorexic long before I met her, which morphed into bulemia. When I met her she claimed to be cured, but while she did eat fairly normal amounts, she was still fanatical about what she put in her mouth, always on some kind of diet, and was working out twice a day. She just exchanged one body dismorphic obsession with another (exercise).

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my question is why didnt she say vincent I love you instead of vincent you love me. she did so much for him that showed she cared about him why didnt she love him?

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