And maybe this is why after the notorious incident involving sexual violation including towards the end, she doesn't end up hating him or wanting revenge for what he did to her and even feels somewhat sad when he gets killed by David?
shareI can't believe this isn't touched upon more, to me she clearly had the hots for Charlie throughout the entire film. He was her first boyfriend and probably her first time, that means a lot to a girl, and that man has a power over them for the rest of their life no matter how much they want to move on and forget about them.
She was besotted by him and used to 'beg him for it', he treater her badly so she moved on with her life and found a nice steady eddy man who will be dependable and she probably does genuinely find him interesting and is attracted to him to a certain extent, but not in the same league as she did for Charlie.
They could have moved anywhere in the world but she chose her old village where she knew full well her ex lover was, and is parading her new husband around in front of him to get him jealous.
There is then a whole sexplay thing going on between them leading up to the scene but from what i saw after hearing about this scene for years and how 'ambiguous' it was for wasn't at all, she lets him straight in and offers him a drink and is playing kitten with him. The only rape part was the friend who came in afterwards but Charlie was 100 percent consensual.
Another signal was near the end of the film when Rapist goes for her again and in the split moment rather than call out her useless husband calls for Charlie
Fair enough but...
Would you say it was Stockholm Syndrome? Or maybe a related term in sexual ways?
Plus, well, I doubt many would think what Charlie did was consensual, he did HIT her first and then forced himself on her.
But besides that reaction of hers at his act during that scene (but maybe it was like forced orgasm, and sorry for the disturbing terms), she later doesn't end up hating him or wishing him harm and even feels sad at the end when David kills him.
But at the same time, doesn't want to defend Nyles, is mad at Scutt, is OK with killing one of the other intruders etc.
It was almost as if Charlie had metaphorically injected a psychological and psychotronic drug into Amy that also mentally prevented her from being too against him. Or even hypnosis for that matter.
I wouldn't say it was Stockholm syndrome, i think an uncomfortable truth that isn't really played out in Films because people go nuts if an immoral character is shown in a positive light( Rightly so to an extent) but the reality is in real life women have always been attracted to these kinds of men.
In most films the Charlies are portayed as assholes and in the end the sweet natured good guy types get the girl, but this isn't the truth.
In real life the Charlies get the girl, and that pisses a lot of men off because they think by doing things by the book and doing things the proper way and being nice and respectful ect that they should be the ones who deserve the girl whearas the barely literate cavemen types whom they look down on are getting what they don't deserve.
I remember that Sean Connory interview years ago when they tried to embarrass him by bring up that he said it was ok to hit a woman, but while everyone gets outraged and demands he be punished and what not the truth is he is the Quintessential desiarable man whether it's justified or not
Also too add him hitting her reminded me of that film Unfaithfull where because she was so guilty at what she was about to do the stud suggest she hit him to make it easier
shareI wonder when Sean Connery ever said that and also, did he really mean it or was he kidding or maybe he meant like on rare occasions or in self defence etc?
shareThere's a video of the interview on youtube it's with Barbera Walters.
Yes basically he said in certain situations when the woman won't just let it go and are hammering you, even after you have tried to take the pacifist options if they still persist then i little slap is accaptable, words to that effect.
It's a very funny interview because Walters has clearly gone in with an agenda and wants to stitch him up and shame him but 007 Doubles down and towards the end you can even see Barbera blushing and giggling. He completely flipped it
"but while everyone gets outraged and demands he be punished and what not"
But then, hitting people including, if not especially women, is bad in general because it causes pain, it hurts and may cause an injury, so are people not right then to be concerned, outraged and disagree and as for punished, well, maybe they may want him to take responsibility for his words more?
As DMX once had a song - "Why do good girls like bad boys"?
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