I feel like Jenny's death was rushed. I mean, almost all of the movie is this sweet love story, then she's dying, then ten minute later, BAM, Jenny's dead. I was expecting at least their final goodbyes, then she leans over and croaks, but the last shot of Jenny is when she tells Oliver to hold her. Then she's just dead. Anyone else feel unsatisfied?
shareI know I'm responding late, but I agree. Oliver is like "She's dead" and I'm watching the t.v. screen in amazement because she just had the disease 10 minutes ago!
I wake up from dreams and go "Wow, put this down on paper."
I agree. A few yrs ago, back in college, my mom called me up and told me to watch it. She said it was a great movie, but like you guys, I felt her death happened so quick. I didn't want anything long or drawn out, but it really didn't take much time.
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Love Story
not.. Death Story
They show more material of them interacting with each other normaly...because it's harder to love something not dying.
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The sudden death makes a story sadder. Thats why it was done that way. It makes for a greater impact IMO.
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Jennifer's death wasn't rushed. She had leukemia. At the time it-and other blood cancers-took people away FAST. There weren't many effective treatments. A quick death also suited the plot;the viewer is meant to feel blindsided the way the couple did.
Send lawyers,guns and money/The *beep* has hit the fan
Her fast death suited the plot.
shareWhat were your opinions on the treatment of Jenny's death? Do you think that there was a lot of emphasis on Oliver throughout the film due to the fact that he was the one left behind after Jenny died?
shareNot much treatment was available for blood cancers back then, and it was a very quick death when left untreated.
My Grandmother had collapsed one day and bam she had leukemia, and she was admitted into the hospital, it was too late to save her, within a few days she grew worse, whole family came in to say goodbye and she went into a coma and died the same night. So the movie is not too far off when it comes to portraying this type of disease.
What ever you do, DON'T FALL ASLEEP.-Nancy Thompson RIP
that was the only good thing about this movie
so many movies, so little time
Late reply, but I'm surprised the movie has a 6.9 rating. I always thought it was a poor movie that got popular on the strength of the Book and the looks of the Stars. So if the death is handled poorly, what d'ya expect?
shareIt's not that the death was rushed. It was played out in a very shallow way. There was very little buildup to her diagnosis, and not a lot of information about what she actually had or how much time she had left.
shareI see you're point. The movie sort of speeded up towards the end. I got the impression that they were married about two years.
shareYes, it didn't quite make sense. Oliver goes to Boston to get $5000 from his father to bring to the hospital?! WTF even though this was 1969 it wasn't cash on demand. And his father makes a good point, "don't they pay you at that law firm". Even back then NYC attorney salaries were quite lucrative. And then she drops dead anyway. But in spite of the obvious flaws I thought it was still a great film. And not just because it was the first full length film I saw; at a 1970 drive in as a kid.
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