I have always assumed this was the first time he had cheated on his wife but it sure didn't seem to take much for him to do it so now I wonder if he'd done it before...when Alex is asking if it's going to happen he says it is definitely up to her. Just seems odd that he would go in for that so easily if he'd never done it before.
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"It was my serial shirtlessness..."
It seemed like a relatively new experience to him (maybe it had something to do with Alex being a bunny-boiling psychopath), I'd say it's fair to assume she was his first.
I don't mean to impose, but I am the Ocean.
It's Michael Douglas, so yeah, I'm sure it's happened before. ;-)
shareI agree that he was definitely a serial cheater...it was so very easy for him.
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'I agree that he was definitely a serial cheater...it was so very easy for him'.
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How does that make is a definite, I mean, aside for you being a female who is expressing the answer?
I don't remember him saying that. I'll have to listen for that next time.
"It's Minnie Pearl's murder weapon."
People, get real: it's OBVIOUS he's a serial cheater!!
- He didn't hesitate nor gave it much thought the second an opportunity opened.
- He sure knows the "rules" about flings (he tries to get Alex to back off claiming she KNOWS these rules too) quite well for a first timer.
- Him saying it's his first time, well why would we or anyone believe him? He's cheating on his wife. Plus Alex lied to him also on their date (her dad being alive). It's obvious cheaters lie all the time, especially to their advantage.
- Being played by Douglas it's obvious we're supposed to take into account Douglas' reputation. He's not playing against type as in Disclosure.
- Guys in their mid 40's and with kids don't start cheating out of the blue for trivial reasons (him not getting enough sex due to frequent interruptions). It would take some serious marital trouble for a non cheater to go down that road at such stage into the marriage.
'He didn't hesitate nor gave it much thought the second an opportunity opened.'
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We were not in his mind to read his thoughts. They don't always have footage of the actor thinking to himself "what should I do, should I do it"? "oh, look at her, I like her"
I'm not saying he has/hasn't cheated before, but the film does not indicate
The impression I had was that he had never cheated before.
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No, I'm pretty sure he never cheated. Part of the reason is the way he reacted IMMEDIATELY after going back to his family apartment after the weekend, his amateurish way of messing up the bed trying to make the apartment look lived in for the weekend. I think there are a combination of reasons why Dan gave into Alex:
(1) She showed interest in him. Seemed like this was really the first time another woman showed THIS much interest in him.
(2) She was very desirable. Glenn Close may not be that hot in real life, but in THIS movie, she was extremely sexy.
(3) Boredom with his family life.
We don't know for sure, but yeah, my instinct was that he's done this before.
Think about it, his wife leaves in the morning. In the afternoon he has a meeting. Good so far. Thanks to a downpour of rain he and Alex duck into a restaurant to have a drink. Alright, still good, nothing happened, nothing implied, just two business associates. Then the conversation starts. Dan doesn't de-escalate the conversation, casually saying "I think it's going to be up to you." In other words, he's game for it if she is. I'm not sure that sounds like a guy who is a rookie. There was NO hesitation with him at all. None.
I agree. I used to think it was his first time when I was younger but watching it recently, I noticed that restaurant conversation, a happy marriage and there was no hesitation in his part whatsoever. I too believe he was a serial cheater.
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Clearly.
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