i like the whole movie, but especially the opening ten minutes before don shows up. the life they are living down there, enjoying each other in peace, happy, cookout dinners by the pool and nights out at the restaurant, they seem so unburdened and blissful, so serene and calm. their life is SUBLIME; they have found panacea.
then here comes don to mess it all up.
then the rest of it plays out as a big obstacle course, gal dodging various pitfalls on his way to the ending (which you mentioned, the conclusion of don under the pool, past buried)
so i agree when you say [sexy beast = a normal life] .....they begin 'normal' then dip into a dark valley through the middle of the film then return to 'normal' at the end.
i love what you mentioned about the pool boy. i hadn't thought of that until you said it, but i agree. i like the maternal urges brought out of the two hot MILFs toward him. now that you mention it yes i see what you mean that they were all trying to recreate a "surrogate nuclear family" environment for themselves 'on the lam' and the pool boy was part of that. nice point, mate.
a bit more.......
love the film, overall, everything about it, but to me the real appeal is the LIFESTYLE they are living at the beginning. i just love that. it must be like a dream to be there living a life such as that. and somewhere today someone is out there living that kind of life FOR REAL. it's a truly sublime vibe i catch from those opening scenes (pool & sun, cookouts by the pool at night, regular double dates at that restaurant) so much that i almost hate to see done show up and wreck it all.
and did you notice how well they all got along? the dialogue between them all showed how close they are, like family. and as you pointed out the pool boy was a part of it too.
so the whole movie was good, and a nail biter for first time viewers. but for me it's really about that idyllic panacea they found, and their desperation to find a way to get back there once it's spoiled by the invasion of their past.
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shukti
8 years ago
Thanks LTUM.
Great post! I'm rematching it today, eating junk food and enjoying my last free day of the holiday season before I go back. You know, the first time I watched it, and the beginning I thought that the pool boy was their son, with dark hair like DeeDee. We have snow on the ground, I have a mundane but good job that I'm grateful to have but it's still work and not pool, and right now the idea of sitting by the pool with my surrogate family and enjoying my life sounds so irresistible.
then here comes don to mess it all up.
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