AnnieDreams wrote:She was planning to leave him right from the start, but we saw how that turned out. She even packed her bags and went to the bus-stop, but it didn't work out.
I don't need the characters to be perfect for a movie to be enjoyable. Yes, it could have been about a strong woman overcoming dismal circumstances all on her own. But it wasn't. It could have been a heartwarming sappy movie with clear cut morals and characters who all had their heads on straight and their compasses perfectly aligned to make the best decisions possible. But it wasn't. That's not the story Shelley wanted to tell.
The point wasn't to be a perfect little heartwarming story.
You say the cheating storyline was unnecessary, but the way I saw it, it was pretty much the main forward motion of the plot. Taking it out wouldn't fix the movie or alter the movie - it would be making an entirely different movie.
I like your argument.
It takes me back to a class in undergrad several years ago, when a very feminist student was arguing that Jack Kerouac's
On The Road was worthless trash because of the way it represented women (basically cardboard-cutouts with no personality, or even character). I had to set her straight and say that it's not a feminist text because it's about men. That's the story Kerouac wanted to tell. He didn't set out to develop female characters, he wanted to tell the story of a group of men. Why impose feminist theory on it and declare it worthless, when it's clearly not a feminist text?
Laurel, I also see your point. We all find things enjoyable or not enjoyable for different reasons. I guess I just identify more with this argument
But I'll have to reserve my own judgment for when I actually get around to seeing it. *adds it to her Blockbuster queue*