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Amy is a dick to her parents

posted 8 years ago by jeebs6
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While she is missing she shows no sign of remorse or recognition of the hardship she put her parents through, what a brat. Then when she returns she is NEVER seen with them or visits them or even speaks with them?????? What?

[–] JaneThree 8 years ago

Her parents get on my nerves. They're immature.

[–] CharlotteGoldenblatt 8 years ago

You expect a psychopath to think about how their actions impact others people's feelings?

[–] justanicknamed 8 years ago

Then when she returns she is NEVER seen with them or visits them or even speaks with them?????? What?

All we saw was her showing up at the house, then being treated at the hospital, then going back to their house. Her parents live in NY and it would have taken several hours to get to Amy's house even if they could have gotten a flight right away.

We don't know when the final scene of her sitting at his feet takes place. It could have been days or weeks later.

While she is missing she shows no sign of remorse or recognition of the hardship she put her parents through, what a brat

I don't disagree, but they also helped create that brat. Everything about her life was what they wrote about in the Amazing Amy books. Nothing of her childhood was left to be hers; they shared it all with the world. Plus, they changed some things just because it was better for selling books.

Again, this does not excuse what she did. I'm simply saying that it's one thing for your family to say, "I remember when you were 4 and got sick and threw up all over the dog." but it's another thing when complete strangers can recite to you all of your embarrassing childhood stories.

[–] jeebs6 8 years ago

All we saw was her showing up at the house, then being treated at the hospital, then going back to their house.

The film showed Amy's parents at the hospital when she returned, but Amy and her parents were never seen together after that.... that is too weird fro me, you only daughter has been missing and when she return we don't get a visit or a phone for that matter???

[–] justanicknamed 8 years ago

The film showed Amy's parents at the hospital when she returned, but Amy and her parents were never seen together after that

It's been a while since I've seen the movie, so I'll take your word for it.

Even if that is the case, again, all we see after that is her and husband returning home and getting in the shower. I don't see what is so wrong with that. She's been missing a while and everyone suspected the husband. At that point, should they really intrude on the couples first time alone together?

And, we don't know how much time has passed between that and when we see her sitting at his feet.

[–] TheRedViper 8 years ago

In the book it's explained that she hates them because of how they exploited her childhood for their own books.

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[–] JaneThree 8 years ago

I think her parents come across as "nice" people but not good people. The way they ruined themselves financially is pretty epic. It just seems they live in a little bubble of having a happy marriage, each of them willfully oblivious, it's their own little world, and they never learn much about their actual daughter, Amy. "Amazing Amy" is the sort of little girl people who don't have kids write about.

[–] spookyrat1 8 years ago

... and they never learn much about their actual daughter, Amy.

I love this film, but it is interesting, considering their fairly prominent role in proceedings, that they virtually disappear from sight after Amy's return. It may have made stimulating viewing exploring the Elliot family dynamics, even just briefly, especially after the way they were prepared to write Nick off.🐭

[–] witchaphrodite 8 years ago

This was shown in the movie too. During the flashbacks at the book party where Amy and Nick get engaged. Amy is telling Nick all about how whenever she failed, Amazing Amy is shown succeeding at the same activity. It was clear she did not like her parents much.

[–] Geijutsu12 8 years ago

The woman is a psychopath. Don't expect her to feel remorse towards anyone she mistreated. In the book, she actually addresses that part as well, she thinks that they deserve to think that she died. The book gives a lot of insight on what was going through Amy's mind than the movie does. Pike's Amy terrified me, mainly because I couldn't tell what was going in her mind, but the Amy in the book, I could actually understand where she's coming from. She's still evil, but I actually catch myself empathizing with her on few occasions.