The meta messages of most movies are, near as I can tell. I was about to go ballistic after Jack bought it and she was doing the obligatory "important things in life" spiel. Then she had to be *talked* *into* not dumping the nomination. I would have been much happier had she been questioning her judgment given what she'd just come out of (where she did make what turned out to be some poor decisions, but I can't swear I wouldn't make some of the same ones). That would have been a more logical reason for her to be doubting her suitability.
I think the thing that annoys me most about the movie wasn't on the screen. The writer/director said in an interview that one of the things he wanted to do was show an older woman as a person who could be attractive and alive and all that. Um. Bud? That's not what you did. You showed us that an older woman could be lured into a disasterous relationship with a psycho simply because he was very pretty, paid her some attention and flattered her with it.
And why in the world would she ever trust William B. Davis? Did she NEVER see X-Files? :-)
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Date: 2007-04-10 06:00 pm (UTC)I think the thing that annoys me most about the movie wasn't on the screen. The writer/director said in an interview that one of the things he wanted to do was show an older woman as a person who could be attractive and alive and all that. Um. Bud? That's not what you did. You showed us that an older woman could be lured into a disasterous relationship with a psycho simply because he was very pretty, paid her some attention and flattered her with it.
And why in the world would she ever trust William B. Davis? Did she NEVER see X-Files? :-)