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Anne Archer

posted 15 years ago by Skylab23
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Did you notice that the Anne Archer character, who was dissapointed with her husband for leaving the girl's body in the water and seemed so affected to the point where she went to the girl's funeral, says in the final scene when the news reporter mentions that one person died during the earthquake: "that's really not bad, one person".

Also in the hospital when Jack Lemmon shows her the trick he wants to show to his grandson she reacts very coldly saying that it's not a trick for kids.

I think that this character wanted to think of herself as a sensitive person and reproached her husband for his attitude (remember the scene where she shows him the newspaper and says to him that the girl who died had a name)but in the end she didn't really care, she just didn't want her husband to be an uncaring person. Then she sees on TV that some unknown woman died and she acts like it's nothing. She herself was an uncaring person.

That's the way it crumbles... cookie-wise.

[–] franzkabuki 15 years ago

She appeared genuinely disturbed by her hubby´s story. And, for an earthquake, a death toll of 1 IS "not bad".

"facts are stupid things" - Ronald Reagan

[–] GirlwonderReturns 15 years ago

If my husband came back from a fishing trip and told me he and his friends had a grand old time fishing, drinking, and joking around while there was a murdered girl floating in the water the whole time, I think I'd be pissed and horrified too.

Let us take the risks of peace upon our lives, not impose the risks of war upon the world.

[–] brianwdunphy-1 15 years ago

Ive seen this movie a few times and have always taken that line to be a sarcastic jab at her husband. She's pointing out what she sees as a very cold and heartless mistake on her husband's part. I dont really know if the other couple got it, just like when Julianne's character asks her husband if he's cheating, and he replies (not word for word of course) "No Marion I'm not a cheater you're the one who cheats". I dont really know if Anne Archer's and Fred Ward's characters knew exactly what he was talking about. I mean it wouldnt take a genius to infer infidelity, but that would've been an assumption on their part and might not have necessarily been the case in all situations.

Couples who've been together a long time know each other so well they can make pointed (sometimes cruel) and/or sarcastic remarks towards their partners without even realizing how it affects them. It doesnt matter who's right or wrong. It happens.

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