MovieChat Forums > Me Before You (2016) Discussion > Did Khaleesi just con a paraplegic for $

Did Khaleesi just con a paraplegic for $


Because by the end...That's what it felt like.

reply

well, she has an army to feed.

Jake, My Jake!

reply

reply

Ha! Well maybe...

reply

Subconsciously perhaps, but yes. The money thing tainted the movie for me, but for female viewers I'd imagine the "payoff" was the only thing that made them not angry at the ending.

reply

I think the thing is he didn't make her forgot rich he just loved her and wanted her to be able to go fashion school if that's what she still wanted instead of taking any job she could get her hands on to support her family he just wanted her to live as he explains in his letter it's not enough money for her to sit around and do nothing with

reply

I think men just like suspecting women are using them for money regardless of whether that suspicion has merit.


reply

The thought didn't even cross my mind. She genuinely didn't want to go through with it, told Will's mother they didn't have to pay her. That he wanted to leave her an inheritance was his own choice - but she'd much rather have him alive than the money.


reply