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Ending

posted 6 years ago by tommy11 (52)
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Even though it might have been to long, the exact ending made sense. Abigail should have just been happy w/that nice room, but Noooo.

[–] leader (1962) 6 years ago

Really? I do not get what us looking at her face for 30 seconds straight was supposed to mean

[–] tommy11 (52) 6 years ago

I think showing her happiness w/own room (and other things) and then at the end w/her pushing bunny down shows that she progressed into a person who changed into not a nice woman. Then the ''wish it was'' 30sec. ending, she was in the same place in life she was before she got to the palace.

[–] Otter (24464) 6 years ago

Oh honey, she was NEVER a nice woman! She was never anything but an amoral gutter rat, one who was willing to do anything to get away from the hellish circumstances she'd found herself in. She was willing to tell any lie, fuck anyone, beg, play on people's sympathy, mistreat the man who was fool enough to marry her, and even pretend to be nice. Of course I'm willing to spare a bit of sympathy for anyone who's trying to escape hellish circumstances, but that's a different thing from thinking they're actually nice.

She didn't become a person who was nice at the end, she became a person who was so drunk with power that she was starting to make mistakes. Which made her someone who was vicious and amoral... and stupid.

[–] leader (1962) 6 years ago

But what was the ending about with the queen holding her head for an unnecessarily long time?

[–] Otter (24464) 6 years ago

It was partly because Anne had had a stroke and was weak on one side of her body, and she needed to hold onto something to keep standing, and party a dominance behavior. She was quite literally putting Abigail into her place, shoving her into a kneeling and submissive position.

And one of the odd things about the movie is that Olivia Colman perfectly mimicked the appearance of having had a stroke that left her with a facial droop, slurred speech, a paralyzed arm, and weakness in one leg... and I'm the only one who noticed! Give that woman an Oscar, because an actor who can pull a stunt like that and call no attention to it is a true master of her craft.

[–] Filmtenk2 (4045) 6 years ago

I'm thinking she'll get that Oscar.