Hang on a second. Judy just kisses her boyfriend Buzz and 60 seconds later he dies. She rides home with Jim and an hour later she's kissing him and in love with him. Since Jim is the good guy, we are supposed to overlook this and think that she is good too. Any thoughts?
For who would bear the whips and scorns of Hollywood... (;-p)
I look it as her heart was never with Buzz. It was his own stupidity which got him killed in the first place.
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Movies all the time, especially older movies, would cram everything together so it happened in a matter of days whereas in real life it would take weeks or months, very often people quickly moved on from somebody dying. Also consider that the whole idea was to tell the whole story within a 24 hour period, that didn't leave a whole lot of time for her to mourn. Also consider when she tells Jim that she's been looking for love all of her life and it wasn't until she met him that she found it.
shareAs much as I love this movie, I've always really hated Judy. Even if she's not in love with Buzz, she did nothing to show she cared that he died, and just took it as an excuse to hook up with Jim within a matter of minutes. But good for Natalie Wood for making the witch seem likable.
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Judy was already flirting with Jim when she handed him the dirt for his sweaty hands just before the race started. girls like Judy are heart breakers, nothing but trouble. the kind of woman who is attracted to alpha males and their best friends. we all know the type.
it's never really brought out in the film but i'm guessing that she IS 'a dirty tramp' just like her daddy says or at least she's just acting like one for attention.
Judy and Buzz were the leaders of the pack, albeit a pack of pretenders. punk wannabes who carry switchblades but don't really use them. it's all an act. acting cool in school but never crossing the line until the tragic 'chickie' accident. i'm also suggesting that she'e not really in love with Jim either just playing him. it's all an act for attention from Jim.
"We deal in lead, friend."
I agree with your assessment and honestly Judy seems to just be Natalie Wood's real character.
shareThe film had to move on for entertainment reasons, so, emotions and events came and went pretty fast to keep the story moving and interesting. Usually this time compression works at least while the audience is caught up in the story. So, don't consider Judy's apparent lack of mourning necessarily reflects on her character. .
In Rebel, this technique of accelerating events probably worked and it is only later or on repeated viewings that one may mistakenly think that something like Judy's lack of extended mourning reflected something about the character.
I guess you're right. Along the same lines, when Plato dies at the end of the movie, everyone's sad for a minute or two, then it's "mom and dad, this is Judy" and it's all hugs and smiles and let's get on with our lives. But maybe the idea is that Plato's some kind of Christ-like character (his father had forsaken him) who died for man's sins so that others could live.
shareI think that is the best explanation, that it's just they want to "move on", since the film isn't about mourning, but about rebellion. I think you're reading to much into Plato though; don't think the Christ concept entered consciously into it.
For who would bear the whips and scorns of Hollywood... (;-p)
Yeah, it was the strangest thing I've seen in a movie.
shareShe said her dad called her a tramp and he was right.
Jim deserved better.