Brilliant and insightful analysis -- more than I could do after seeing three films and having a dog/skunk encounter at the end.
One other thought for the scene at the end.
During the hot cheerleader scene, and after, Tom talks about knowing that she loved him by the look in her eyes, and still seeing that look. She says "I still love you." At the end, she sits, eyes down, and then looks up. And Entwife and I debated the ambiguity of the look on his face at the end of the film--is he seeing that she does not love him any more? Or that she does? Or what? It's a brilliant moment, and then bringing the black screen down on it is amazing.
I didn't expect to like the film, and I don't think I like it in a fannish sense, but I sure as hell appreciated it more than I thought, just for the brilliant stuff you point out above.
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Date: 2005-10-02 04:21 am (UTC)One other thought for the scene at the end.
During the hot cheerleader scene, and after, Tom talks about knowing that she loved him by the look in her eyes, and still seeing that look. She says "I still love you." At the end, she sits, eyes down, and then looks up. And Entwife and I debated the ambiguity of the look on his face at the end of the film--is he seeing that she does not love him any more? Or that she does? Or what? It's a brilliant moment, and then bringing the black screen down on it is amazing.
I didn't expect to like the film, and I don't think I like it in a fannish sense, but I sure as hell appreciated it more than I thought, just for the brilliant stuff you point out above.