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Forget the Wife...

posted 20 years ago by tellafriend
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keep the new girlfriend!

I'm sorry but could they have made the wife any less attractive? I mean, I know they were in love and devoted to eachother but YUCK!

"And where did she get that dress? Its aweful . . . and those shoes, and that coat, geeeeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzz." (Airplane, 1980)

I think he was falling for the new girl at one point but anyway, I think those middle eastern guys looked like nice enough guys - she would have done very well with them.

Just my 17 cents worth.

[–] T-MACK 20 years ago

hey man, i just watched it and couldn't agree with you more.

"I'm hungry. Let's get a taco."

[–] BigFatPileOfCheeseCake 20 years ago

I must admit, I agree.

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[–] minalex 19 years ago

So all of you would forget your mysteriously vanished wife and mother of your children, just like that!

[–] borislav_mitev 17 years ago

It wasn't that - Walker and the girl are getting alone well considering the circumstances. His wife was annoying I was surprised to learn later on, after watching the scenes in the hotel room, that they were actually married and even had kids.

[–] Devans00 17 years ago

Even though the wife was annoying and less attractive, she did have history with Dr. Richard Walker. They've been through a lot of good and bad together. I appreciate how it counts for something in this movie.

So many movies and TV shows have people throw over their mate at the slightest drop of the hat. No matter how much the partner may have suffered and supported the other person. It's like a good looking face and body could cancel out everything.

No two persons ever watch the same movie.

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[–] princeofnewyork 16 years ago

Wow, different opinions I admit but Michelle in that biker hat, regular jeans and shirt was pretty hot. She started blazing with that leather skirt and red dress. Betty is talented but if you're stuck with someone French and hot as Michelle than I can't blame you if something goes down.

[–] comptonabbas 15 years ago

Yep

[–] jamesmurphybb 16 years ago

I actually liked the wife, think she was hot in her own way.

[–] Andreasfmpro 20 years ago

I agree, not so much because the wife is less attractive, but because the "girlfriend" is so gorgeous!

Emmanuelle Seigner (Michelle) is the type of woman you fall in love at first sight. She is as seductively beautiful today as she was back in 1988.

http://emmanuelle.seigner.free.fr/index2.htm

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[–] groovergreen 19 years ago

I agree, Seigner is ravishing, but part of what makes this such an awesome film is that Ford's character is so terrified and so obsessed with finding his wife that what might have been his normal response to such a gorgeous girl is completely shut down. His hormones are feeding his urgency, not his libido. What could have been a torrid affair is confined by the situation to being a reluctant camaraderie. The two actors handle this relationship brilliantly, as does Polanski. Magnifique!

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[–] ElectricEye 19 years ago

Spoilers ahead

I certainly believe this is a Dr. Walker conflict at some point in the movie... At the A Touch of Class bar. But Walker finds the youung Michelle to be too wild for him; that's why he can't approach to her.

He goes to meet with the terrorists alone; he does not take Michelle with him in an attemp to protect her.

Remember there is also symbolism when both women walk toward each other at the riverside... both in red dress, they look at each other in the eye.

Finally, I strongly believe THIS is the reason why Michelle dies in the end.

Protective, Detective, Electric Eye

[–] princeofnewyork 16 years ago

Never had a thing for French women but Michelle was hot as hell! Heck, even when she wasn't in those dresses she just gorgeous! Roman is a lucky SOB!

[–] surte 16 years ago

Oh, Michelle, Michelle...

You know, folks, that scene where she's driving and rubbing some drugs into her mouth? I'd be uterlly disgusted if that was portrayed by any other actress than Emanuelle Seigner. On the contrary, that one scene even almost made me to want to start on doing drugs :)

[–] princeofnewyork 16 years ago

That whole airport scene was hilarious! I liked that one woman was practically calling Dr. Walker(Ford) a cheater and was eyeing Michelle something fierce. Loved how Michelle told her off. Seems Dr. Walker associates(the guy in the airport and at the nightclub) were applauding him having a babe on his arm.

[–] the_darkness_of_poetic_humor 16 years ago

Oh yes, definitely Emanuelle made me want to snort ten pounds of cocaine by watching her doing it in the movie(rolling eyes). I agree with one of the posters that said that the red dress had a symbolism of some kind. I think Richard Walkers taste in women with red dresses was obvious. I do think it is or was going to take a long time for Ford to get the woman out of his mind and return back into a normal state of mind.

Also if you read one of the other comments, not in the threads but in the comments part you'll read something like this

Has anyone noticed the regret in Harrison Ford's eyes, just before the movie's end? He hugs his dutifully rescued bland wife, and fighting back his tears he whispers "I love you baby". Alas, not to her: to the soul of the fragile, exciting, dangerous, scandalous little drifter who died in his arms; and to the brief dash of "walking on the wild side" that, for a few precious days, brought excitement - and guilt feelings, given the circumstances - in an otherwise very respectable and utterly boring life.

Oh by the way if you think Betty Buckley is rather "unattractive", you should check out a movie named Carrie. I remember seeing her in that movie with longer hair, much, much younger and jacking off to her on a daily basis.....I'm kidding of course, but you're not going to believe that either lol.

[–] princeofnewyork 16 years ago

Walker may had been shot at, his wife kidnap, and poor Michelle was killed but after its all over he going to have some good memories. Heck he could write a book which could be the basis to a sequel.

[–] Finnish-man 15 years ago

Roman is a lucky SOB!

Haha - he might be a lucky man in that area, but overall you can't say he has had very much luck in his life.

[–] IceboxMovies 14 years ago

Remember there is also symbolism when both women walk toward each other at the riverside... both in red dress, they look at each other in the eye.

Finally, I strongly believe THIS is the reason why Michelle dies in the end.

Holy cow. Great observation there... I never thought of that. You've helped me appreciate this film a whole lot more.

"What I don't understand is how we're going to stay alive this winter."

[–] AnotherSchmoe 15 years ago

I think those middle eastern guys looked like nice enough guys - she would have done very well with them.

ROFL!! Too funny. =D

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[–] nevaxa 11 years ago

I don't know if it was Betty Buckley or the way the role was written but the wife was DULL and annoying and the young French hottie aside, she didn't seem to have much going for her.