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Beautiful condo, cheap floorboards

posted 16 years ago by WarpedRecord
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I was taken by surprise when the model broke through the floor while walking in the condo for the first time. Granted, she had her shoes on, which probably doubled her weight, but I doubt she was that heavy. The scene seems like a bit of a reach to me.

And when the dog disappear under the floor, they rip all that wood to find him. Granted, they probably liked that yapper more than I did, but it seemed like an affluent couple like that wouldn't be so quick to destroy property. Or maybe they didn't mind doing it because they were so affluent. Hopefully they'll be investing in a good exterminator in the near future.

This was an excellent film overall, but the cheap floor just seemed like a plot device.

[–] bj_e 15 years ago

but it seemed like an affluent couple like that wouldn't be so quick to destroy property

Are you kidding? If my dog got trapped under the floorboards i would've ripped that *beep* open in a heartbeat. Its not like a few pieces of parquet will set you back too much.

[–] WarpedRecord 15 years ago

Well, you're right. I must have written that when I was in an especially cynical mood. I would certainly rip open my floor to save a dog.

This actually happened to me when I had a cat. The landlord had the bathroom floor ripped when he was working on the plumbing, and I asked him to close the door when he was done so the cat wouldn't climb down there. Sure enough, he left the door open, and sure enough, kitty crawled in the floor boards. I could hear her meowing for days in the maze, and I left food near the opening and called for her frequently. Finally, a couple days later, she resurfaced.

But I still think the floor boards in this film were pretty cheap if they couldn't even hold a skinny actress.

[–] bj_e 15 years ago

But I still think the floor boards in this film were pretty cheap if they couldn't even hold a skinny actress.

Ya, i doubt my parquet would just crumble under some skinny lady in high heels.

But you know, they had rats and whatnot under their floorboards. Who knows what kind of renovation-disaster could have been lying in wait.

[–] WarpedRecord 15 years ago

Indeed. That place has the makings of "The Money Pit." Guess rich people don't bother with inspections before they plow money into their homes -- at least not in this film. Oh well, by the end of the movie, they had other priorities.

[–] TemporaryOne-1 14 years ago

Beautiful Condo = Superficial Exterior; outside appearances; looks good on outsideCheap Floorboards = Superficial Interior; inside shallow and weak; fake on insideThe humans had to rip apart their ribbed floorboards to rediscover their beating hearts, to relearn the meaning of love and affection and companionship and responsibility.

[–] WarpedRecord 14 years ago

Interesting take on the fleeting nature of real estate.

[–] cash3 13 years ago

My thoughts exactly. The condo was a metaphor for their relationship: beautiful, but no firm foundation.

[–] lucifaj 13 years ago

How come nobody noticed, that the floor and the cost of reairing it were crutial in the mix.
First when Valeria fall through it, she asks Daniel, what is the whole doing here? Thats uggests floor was faulty a bit already she just exposed it. Daniel replies something like I had the money just for the apartment, but no more left for repairs.
Some time later Valeria asks him to rip the floor to save the dog but he refuses, cos he says there is no monez to repair it later. Plus that the rats might crawl out.
So really if Daniel agreed to rip it out sooner, he could have saved the dogs sooner, Valeria would be happier, not even more distresses cos of the dog and would rest more and maybe not lose her leg in the effect. That why Daniel ripped the floor out with such anger I think, cos he was blaming himself.
Also cos he supposed for too long she was just angry and locked in the room rather then unconcious.

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[–] franzkabuki 13 years ago

Quick to destroy property? The dog had been under the floor, very audibly, for several days before that sociopath finally decided to actually do something about it. That´s borderline animal abuse.

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