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A few things I noticed spoilers

posted 13 years ago by icromaholic
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1. I'm not 100% sure but I don't think Jacob and Anna were ever shown during sex. Obviously it was implied that they had sex, but it was more focused on the before and after and the emotional connection they shared. On the other hand, fairly intense (for a PG 13 movie) scenes showed Anna and Simon and Jacob and Samantha having sex, at the same time. I thought that was very powerful, especially when Anna's bracelet was broken and she was terrified. Kind of obvious symbolism, but I thought it was pretty powerful nonetheless. Simon breaks her bracelet and replaces her chair. Anna couldn't get over the fact that the chair was gone, even though it looked so uncomfortable to Simon.

2. Speaking of Simon, did anyone else feel like he was portrayed as controlling and sort of a jerk? I said this in another topic, too, but the way he was changing her diet and saying he was keeping an eye on her drinking was a bit ridiculous. She was obviously never unhealthy, he just seemed to feel the need to control her and change her. You can see the sadness and surprise in her mother's eyes as Simon goes on and on about it and the disappointed in her father when it's revealed she doesn't drink anymore, something they always cherished. And then the parents were clearly horrified to witness Simon proposing, which I thought was incredibly awkward for him to do that in front of her parents. It's like cornering her and guilting her into accepting so he doesn't look like a fool in front of other people. Sort of like when men propose out in public, how many times do you think women accept just to make it less embarrassing in front of other people?

3. Near the end when Anna and Jacob share a glass of whiskey, the scene is a direct parallel to one of the first scenes they shared together in the beginning of the film, except reversed. Jacob reacted to the strength of the whiskey because he hadn't been a big drinker, but he grew to love it. Anna, by the end, had stopped drinking altogether and she very noticeably winces after sipping the whiskey with Jacob, and he doesn't react at all.

There's probably a bunch more but those aspects all stuck out to me. What do you guys think?

[–] MuchToBeGratefulFor 13 years ago

Regarding the scene with Simon, Anna and her parents, there were a lot of things going on. There was a lot unspoken, but you knew that her parents were thinking the things that you cite. It was clear they had not warmed to him the way they had to Jacob. Also, when Simon says "life is like a jigsaw puzzle" before he goes into his marriage proposal, Anna says, "he's going to give a speech" in a tone that this aspect of his personality annoys her. She doesn't love him without reservation, the way she does with Jacob.

You must be the change you seek in the world. -- Gandhi

[–] QueenJackieB 12 years ago

I would rather have a Simon caring about my health than a child-man like Jacob who couldn't move or change a bit about his life to be with someone he supposedly loves so much. Anna even had to be the one to ask to marry him. He moved on before her. He ignored her. I think it was a mere plot device that his parents warmed to Jacob more because that wouldn't be realistic.

[–] Robyn536 12 years ago

Just wanted to point out that she hadn't stopped drinking altogether. She said that she hadn't had a drink for a long time, then goes on to say "Well, this." meaning that she hadn't had whiskey. She was still drinking wine and champagne with her parents and Simon, just not hard liquor. She also could have been wincing because of which whiskey it was, a cheaper brand than the one that they talked about with her parents at the dinner.

That really doesn't have much to do with anything, just thought I'd point it out tho.

[–] brydels 12 years ago

great observations!

may i add one?

the shower scene at the end was probably meant to contrast with the bubble-bath scene earlier in the movie.

in the bubble bath, they were starry-eyed young lovers, playful and romantic.

at the end of the movie, in the shower (which is less intimate from the start, as compared to a bath), they are hardened and distant.

the two scenes provide a stark contrast.

"you only fall in love for the first time once" ... from "welcome home, roxy carmichael"