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The TERRIBLE "Declaration of love" scene

posted 10 years ago by bijinius
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...Almost always painfully so. I'm thinking of the scene in which Jayne proclaims her love for Lucious. It's quite likely the worst declaration of love in cinema history:

Good afternoon, Lucius. I wanted to... tell you something. [long pause] I love you, Lucius. I love you... like the day is long! I love you more than the sun and the moon together! And if you feel the same way... then we should not hide it any longer. It's a gift, love is! We should be thankful! We should bellow it out with all the breath in our lungs! Thank you! Thank you! [More awkward, pregnant silence] THANK YOU!!

Her delivery is so theatrical and so over the top that you really have to wonder what everyone was thinking here.

[–] roflwaffle357 10 years ago

yeah it's definitely a low point in the movie. she's overacting and i could have written better dialogue for that scene. hell, just better dialogue would have made a world of difference. for me though, the worst line of dialogue in the movie is toward the end when Ivy goes into the woods and says "we have the magic rocks." again, I could have come up with a better term than magic rocks. ugh. other than that i thought the movie was decent.

Well Tony, nobody wants a war. If we can't do business why we'll just shake hands and that'll be it!

[–] ThreeSadTigers 10 years ago

It's intended as comic relief.

She's over the top; he's staring at her in deadpan disbelief. She pours her heart out in the most theatrical way imaginable, almost as if she's been rehearsing it for weeks. We're anticipating Lucius's reply, but the film cuts straight from her enthusiastic beaming face to her huddled on the bed, crying hysterically in her sisters arms because she's obviously been rejected.

It's a great bit of "cut-to" humour. Sitcoms do it all the time.

[–] Lester_Burnham_Risen 10 years ago

It's intended as comic relief.

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I do formatting of books to Kindle and one client pours out Pride & Prejudice books one after the other, so I am constantly reminded of such dialogue as I process each book.

Point is people LOVE it and unlike most Kindle authors he makes good money.

I am thinking Night was doing the same thing here, or maybe taking off Barbara Cartland?

But point was the kids had been deprived of the normal upbringing where they "broke their hearts" many times before reaching 15, so once again Night is showing the perils OF the 9/11 Fortress America problem where an already parochial nation just gets more parochial.

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[–] poettesse 10 years ago

It's not a terrible declaration. It's sweet and heart-felt and full of joy. It's INNOCENT.
That's a key word, if y'all may remember.

[–] AngelCake56FJS 10 years ago

I thought the overacting was on purpose, part of her character's personality, that's what made the rejection so hilarious,he was probably thinking, "Man, what the fck, this b.itch, aww hell no!"

[–] JavierBoredom 10 years ago

It was supposed to be funny. As was her hysterical reaction. As was her immediately falling in love with someone else. She was young and dramatic. Guess all of that went over your head.

[–] romadiva 9 years ago

Her name was Kitty, not Jayne. I loved it, Judy Greer played it to perfection. It was funny, which made the cut to her crying really funny. I saw it as innocent and sweet because it was so awkward.

[–] nancy-mitrione 9 years ago

I found the scene to be funny too.

[–] northernlad 9 years ago

Agreed. It's a terrible scene. If it was meant as comic relief it failed miserably.

THAT SUPER-DUPER! NATURALLY BIG THING! OUTRAGEOUSLY...large.

[–] ericachristine 9 years ago

Agreed. I actually think she was the wrong choice for this movie, she has too much of a 'valley girl' accent to be in this movie. Highly doubtful anyone raised there would sound like a high school our college girl with that annoying fake dialect.

[–] RbDeraj 9 years ago

I thought it was intended to be like that. It showed how awkward or innocent (as someone put it) she was. Its a brainwashed different society that knows nothing of ours. And plus it made the rejection that much more hilarious as it cuts straight to her bawling her eyes out. I thought it was put in for the comedic reaction.

[–] Redart27 9 years ago

^ Yeah this guy got it. She grew up in the woods, in an experimental community designed to preserve innocence. She was supposed to be an example of a naive, overprotected, brain washed village girl.

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