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Who else was wierded out by that sex scene?

posted 19 years ago by forever_swirl
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When she took Hubbel home to her apartment and I realized he was just about to pass out drunk, I thought she'd just let him pass out in her bed and see him in the morning. Maybe they could have breakfast together, etc. Instead, she gets into bed with him and...OMG what the hell was she thinking?

Ok, she's known the guy for - what - five minutes? Sure, they had a couple of conversations and a dance in college, but then she didn't see him for ages. Suddenly, she's all ready to jump his bones. I just can't believe she crawled into bed with him and she let him screw her. I mean, she was all for it, but I just felt like she was slightly stalking him with that move. Nevermind the fact that he was never going to remember it all in the morning. (P.S. Am surprised that he even got it up since he was beyond smashed).

I guess I missed the bit where she didnt' like him in college to where she was ready to practically rip his clothes off. Couldn't she have at LEAST waited till he was sober to sleep with him? It just seemed uber creepy and pathetic to me - not the romantic way I'm sure it was supposed to be.

Any thoughts?

[–] Mitiori 14 years ago

Did you see what he looked like? How could she resist what might be her one and only shot?

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[–] gigicarl 14 years ago

Besides, he had just thrown up. At least they didn't kiss (yuck!)

[–] Echo_in_big_sky 14 years ago

That's kind of how one night stands work.
He didn't remember any of it in the morning anyway, so no harm no foul. She tried to pull it off, not the other way around. Hubbell only wanted a place to crash.

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[–] ethereal_tb 14 years ago

It creeped me out only b/c she's throwing herself at a guy not interested in her.

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[–] Ironman54 13 years ago

Not to mention he was just in the john barfing his brains out. I wondered if we would hear water running as a sign that he at the very least rinsed his mouth.
As drunk as he was, I doubt he thought to do this ... yuck ! I wonder how many ladies would have cared about this little detail being that he is Robert Redford and all .... :-) Fess up ladies, would you have ignored it ??

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[–] caroline-189 13 years ago

I think this whole scene spells out the tragic doomed nature for the romance right from the very start. She knows its was wrong, daring and naughty but couldnt resist hubble and I think it shows whan she cries. Loving and gentle, yet sad and annonymous..

[–] OutForAWalkB-tch 12 years ago

Yeah, that was truly weird and painted Katie as a psycho stalker. I said, out loud, "Dude needs to get a restraining order pronto". Throughout the entire movie she was SO desperate and obsessive about him....I just didn't see the chemistry or the romance at all. Just a crazy lady with an eye for a hotter guy.

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[–] harland-ncl 12 years ago

no foreplay or "safe sex" then.

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[–] jkling7440 12 years ago

I have not read all 8 pages of responses, so I do not know if it is already mentioned, BUT from reading the novel - Arthur Laurents (WEST SIDE STORY & GYPSY) wrote the novel and movie for Babs - during the prom flashback, after the prom, Katie and Frankie are out behind a building having sex and at the wrong time she says "Hubbell." So there was always something there. Also not brought out in the film, the one who named Katie during the McCarthy trials was Frankie, getting back at her for saying the wrong name at the wrong time. As far as possible pregnancy, the book brings out that she did use an IUD.

[–] sun_scryer 11 years ago

So basically Streisand raped Redford. Then why did the movie make it characterized as Redford screwing Streisand? If the genders were switched in this movie.. but that's a topic for another day.

[–] first-things-first 11 years ago

Hubbell was on auto-pilot when having sex with her. It's a grey area, because I'm not sure he would have have sex with her at this point. He saw her as a friend. He didn't resist, but there was no permission granted. In today's world, it would be rape. In that time it was called seduction. The second time there was consent we could believe. That's really the question I ask. Did I believe that consent was given by both. Could a drunk Hubbell say no? No he couldn't, and that explain his look as leaving. Did he think he took advantage of her.
If the genders were reversed, it's the same. Without knowing you give consent, it's rape.

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