Frank was looking for love, and he found fulfillment in a 16 year old spree killer teenager. While they never consumated their love physically, they died together ala Bonnie and Clyde style. Roxy more than hinted that she was infatuated with Frank because he gave her something other than a meaningless boring home life, and Frank finally admitted he loved her when he told her she was pretty.
Its just a love story...with a body count.
It's actually a political propaganda movie with some crappy story thrown over it so you accept all the BS in it without being aware. In your case, it did work.
Ok, I think you're the one who missed the point. Frank was NOT in love with her. That is just something you threw together. His statement was not any expression of love. In fact, he did everything in his power to avoid those feelings. You don't have to try to make a love story out of everything. Believe it or not, love doesn't have to be the almighty theme in every movie.
shareI think he did love her, just not in the romantic way OP stated.
When he called her pretty, it was kind of his way of saying he loves her, but as a companion and friend. Like he was glad she followed him, glad that they got to go on that journey together, and glad that they were going out together.
But yeah, you're right, definitely not *in love* with her.
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while i do think there is room to interpret the love angle, i dont think it was the point of the movie. the movie was clearly a satire of society/entertainment and the values both derive from one another.
but while i dont personally feel Frank loved Roxy in a romantic way, i do feel there is a discussion to be had there. i can definitely see how the film could be interpreted that way. there is some obvious symbolism. you pointed out the big one, Bonnie and Clyde whom they dressed like. the pedophile at the diner thought Frank was having sex with her. he even recognized Roxy wasnt Frank's daughter. Roxy clearly had feelings for Frank. this is made more obvious by the fact he father wasnt actually raping her because she was asking for a sexual compliment from Frank. you could interpret Frank telling Roxy she was pretty at the end as him admitting his love and the violence as the manifestation of their love (as opposed to sex). personally i took this as his way of telling her they were going to die. he said it in a somber manner. he was afraid to even tell a 16 year old girl she was pretty because that may carry sexual implications (even if he didnt feel have sexual feelings for her). this is another symptom of modern society. a person can be pretty without wanting sex from that person. he even mentioned he thought she was immature for her age (which is why i think she was a daughter surrogate rather than a romantic one). it was only when they were about to die that he felt comfortable enough to break to the social norm and tell her he thought she was pretty. at that point there was no real way for her to misinterpret it. though i suppose you could interpet the fact he handed her his gun at that point to argue your standpoint.
WOOAAH! Spoiler alert! Not cool.
They die? Way to ruin it. Why don't you tell me the ending to The Sopranos as well.
(Then again, I don't know why I surf imdb while watching the dvd... Still, not cool, dude.)
You're right: Everyone missed the point. Frank was looking for love but not romantic love. Remember that he spent a lot of the movie trying to see his daughter but she no longer loved him anymore. He repeatedly rebuffed Roxy's advances because he was still a father and the thought of romance with a child (albeit older teen) was disgusting to him.
This is just a small part of this very very deep movie. I'd liken this to Falling Down with Michael Douglass. Another anti-hero waging war against society(1980's) while trying to maintain some semblance of family life. I'd highly suggest that one and this one.