When she was willing to go in the car with four men she didn't know, that seemed like an incredibly stupid, dispose-an-actress action in a badly written horror movie. It was dramatically convenient, but made her into a moron, and I had no interest in spending any more time watching the film, no matter how good her acting might be.
shareAlthough i finished watching the movie, i fully agree with you.
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shareI think that's just the type of girl she was and the state of mind she was in. It was a consistent personality trait from the very beginning where she was dancing at the club by herself. She was obviously not very happy with her own mundane life and wanted something more daring, and that showed from the very first scene.
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I think you missed a big part of what this movie was about. The key to Victoria's actions and her character in general is the piano scene. That one scene shows us everything we need to know about her. Victoria has lived the life of an aspiring musician, which is a very isolated and demanding life. She never met people or socialized and she never knew what it was like to belong to any group. Her musical career failed and now she's left with a life she feels was wasted on getting somewhere she can't go. The group of guys she meets represents everything she missed out on in life: companionship, love, fun and something to belong too.
shareWell put The_Fiction, I couldn't have said it better myself!
"Ain't life grand!"
Great take and explanation. Too many viewers get caught up in the "I would never do what she did!" "She's an idiot for falling into it with those guys!" Etc etc, I've read similar things all over the place. Instead of focusing on what WE'D do, the focus should be on the person who has their name in the title. She was lonely and unhappy about certain things she felt she did wrong in her life.
shareI was not thinking "I would never do what she did!" but I was thinking about morals, She was lonely and unhappy about certain things she felt she did wrong in her life" so do most people but using a baby to escape a situation like that is wrong, now I'm not usually a person to moralize on film/art but I did in this case, she just didn't seem to have any empathy for others, I didn't believe her character, great acting and filming though.
When people are suffering from depression they are far more likely to do the sort of reckless things they would not ordinarily do. This is doubly true of Women.
shareShe did what she had to do to survive well.
Better to survive well out of prison than in prison.
Thus she took the baby. Logical.
I think you missed a big part of what this movie was about. The key to Victoria's actions and her character in general is the piano scene. That one scene shows us everything we need to know about her. Victoria has lived the life of an aspiring musician, which is a very isolated and demanding life. She never met people or socialized and she never knew what it was like to belong to any group. Her musical career failed and now she's left with a life she feels was wasted on getting somewhere she can't go. The group of guys she meets represents everything she missed out on in life: companionship, love, fun and something to belong too.^Exactly. And she was EVERYTHING but an "idiot". Also, not all women are terrified of all men; including stranger men. share
That was kind of the point. There are some movies where the stupidity is because the people making/writing it are idiots, or it's convenient but makes no sense. At no point did I get that vibe with this movie. I was shaking my head at how stupid all of them were, but it made sense within their personalities.
Some people truly are that naive and trusting, and Victoria doesn't seem to have any friends, plus I assume she's been drinking a fair amount. As for the rest of it, well, she made connections with them, felt invested in their lives, more and more as it went on. Offering to drive them somewhere didn't seem like a big deal until she realised what it was, and then she was in too deep. Surprisingly, a lot of people are like this; little things can get way out of hand simply because they've gone so far that they can't really go back. So it's stupid, but not unrealistic.
The worst thing was after they robbed the bank. Going to the same club you weren't allowed into, a 30 second walk away from where the car is parked, waving around a freaking bag full of money and acting suspicious, is all moronic beyond words. That said, they were all high on whatever the guy gave them, and probably the thrill of a successful bank robbery. People have done stupid things like that.
These things happen on every Friday night. Just go to any club or around it, people are making connections and suddenly going together with others - at least around the area I live in. Of course it isn't always safe and smart, but that's how these kind of places work - some people love the challenge when they can't do anything like that in everyday lives. Alcohol and drugs also affect some more than the others.
Loved this film, the first 30 minutes or so were so authentic, I felt like it was a hidden camera filming everything rather than a script with actors. The conversations and acting were on point, the feeling and interactions between them surprisingly just like from my experiences in real life.
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I've watched this movie till the end and I agree with the OP. The main character is unbelievably stupid, but in the end, she is unbelievably lucky. It was unfair.
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