Would you marry 14 year old Mattie? Kind of how Labeef wanted to steal a kiss from her while she slept.
I didn't like how Hailee Steinfeld looked in the movie. But she looked nice in the bonus clips.
Old Japanese Proverb: When three women get together, it is noisy.
In the late 1800's, if any male was attracted to her, no matter what his age was, it was quite alright. She was ripe and ready to have babies, or at least close to it. By the time a woman was 30, she was washed up. Mattie was too mean to ever have a man and was incapable of giving or receiving love in a tender way.
shareThis thread is sick. 14 is 14, even in the wild west. Despite all the pedophilic fantasists wishing otherwise, girls of 14 did not typically marry. Gross.
shareI guess you've never been in frontier land.
shareReferring to attraction to a physically mature (fertile) woman as "pedophilic" is naive. Squeamishness about such a marriage is cultural. I would not want to have a relationship with a fourteen-year-old because in this place, at this time in history, most of them are girls, not women. They are emotionally and intellectually juvenile. In other cultures and in this culture at other times, they were more mature, and were considered women. "14 is 14" is simply an uninformed statement.
share "14 is 14" is simply an uninformed statement.
Indeed.
There are many documented cases that contradict your statement. I don't say that I would marry a 14 years old. All I'm saying is that it was indeed the norm back in a certain time.
shareLeboeuf is too old for her. I don't know what was up with the "stealing a kiss" line.
But in general, Hailee Steinfeld is attractive for her age. Better than Kim Darby.
YES...IM A FILTHY STINK MACHINE THAT LIVES IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE...BRING ON ANY WOMAN YOU GOT.
shareIf I lived in a society and time where it was commonplace and acceptable to marry a 14 year old, and there was a willing 14 year old girl that I got along with, I would be willing to marry her.
shareHailee looked too attractive actually.
If they wanted to be more authentic in terms of looks they should have cast a young actress who resembles someone like the late Linda Manz