I'm clearly missing something here. Perhaps some seduction scene from the book that never made it to film...? So, this dorky Marsh Warden swaggers into town, and the hot 18-year-old milkmaid is immediately smitten to the point where she's capable of shotgunning a man to protect him? Someone help me. Please.
Campy fun movie nonetheless. Eye patch!! Yeah!
Teenage folley perhaps? Perhaps Liam is just *that* charming. As has been said elsewhere in these threads -- the relationship in the film suffers from a sense of being rushed, whereas in the book it has time to gel and feel more plausible.
I tack it up to movie magic and well... people sometimes fall in love in the most extraordinary of circumstances. It happens in real life, so it can happen in movies.
Perhaps Molly found Devlin exciting, because he represented something new in her quiet, country life. The other local who warned Devlin off Molly - the stereotypical "you're not from round these parts, you'd better watch your step" character perhaps represented the future path of marriage and career she otherwise she might have been expected to follow and Devlin offered a choice at rejecting the same?
What do I know, and hell, it's only a film anyway! ;o)
Yes, Schmidt - remember how strongly she reacts to Devlin asking if she's the other guy's property? BLIND FURY! Clearly this was how her life wsa going in this small village - she's not in any college, she's dated by a hateful lunkhead without prospects, the men are presumably away and in uniform. Finally, Devlin is simply someone who wasn't "either too young or too old" to use the song title during that War.
I also think of her attraction to him buttressed by the priest's reaction - he's apparently thrilled to get to know Devlin and explains it by saying repeatedly (it amused me to hear it said again and again) that Devlin would "liven things up", "bring a bit of excitement" -- things are awfully DULL there.
Yeah i kinda think the relationship between agutter and sutherland was unneeded and should have been cut. There just didnt seem to be any point.
shareI agree completely. What, he's in town for a couple of days, a week maybe, and she's ready to kill for the guy? That's ridiculous. I couldn't buy this part of the movie at all.
I asked the doctor to take your picture so I can look at you from inside as well.
Nor could I. Not plausible in the least.
shareNot only a killer but a traitor too. Definitely the worst role of Jenny's film career.
shareI have just re-watched it and have some thoughts on this matter. As mentioned in a previous post, most of the men from this village would be in the war, or training for war or working in a factory of some sort in support of the war. This would leave pretty much old men and little boys as the only males in the village, except for a male with maybe mental issues kind of like Arthur.
Since no one knew how long the war would go on or who would actually win it at the time, I would imagine this young woman was VERY lonely and VERY desperate. Devlin was just a whole lot saner and fun to be around than big stupid Arthur, and so he just swept her away. Granted you didn't really have to be all that charming and suave to beat the likes of Arthur. Arthur did treat her like she was his property, like a cow that belonged to him, and he could get violent with her.
This reminds me of a chef who was asked what was the greatest meal he ever had. He said that even though he had eaten in the finest resturants in the world, the best meal he ever had was a ham and cheese sandwich that someone gave him after he had gotten lost in the woods for three days.
She was starving for a decent guy, and when he came, he was the greatest guy she had ever met. At least it would probably seem that way to her.
I agree that it does not stand up to scrutiny but the reasoning would have been much easier to understand had the film followed the book more closely - though then there is no way a redhot Jenny Agutter could have been cast as Molly. You'll need to read the book to see why.
shareUnfortunately, I haven't read the book (yet). Seems like you're hinting at her character beeing less attractive in the book.
Jenny Agutter doesn't strike me as "red-hot" (but then again I'm not interested in women, but she's clearly not ugly) but In my opinion Donald Sutherland was very sexy back then.
Basically Sutherland was supposed to be "Hot" in that weird 70s way. So every woman was madly attracted to his voice and 70s unkempt look and he had to fend them off.
sharealmost all movies have to have a love story,as usual,this love story is just an excuse for an older actor to make out with a young actress legitimately..
just watch sin citys bruce willis/jessica alba ... there is maaaaaaany more examples.
You missed the obvious ... he did that whistling thing on her ... just like he did to the dogs! It works for all animals ... especially a sexually frustrated, smokin hot, 19 year old milk maiden who's got no options at all. Oh to be Donald Sutherland in 1975!!!
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