Why was Diane so upset?
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shiftydave77 — 15 years ago(June 07, 2010 02:55 PM)
When she showed up to the party and found Thornton in the hot tub, why was she so miffed? They weren't dating, and Thornton wasn't exactly banging any of the coeds, so what right did she have to hold snorkeling against him?
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Darcsyde01 — 10 years ago(September 13, 2015 02:26 PM)
Exactly right Rocky, my friend!
At times like this, I am often reminded of a line from "Camelot" King Arthur says, "Merlin once told me, 'Never be too terribly disturbed if you don't understand what a woman is thinking..they don't do it very often.' But what do you do while they're doing it?"
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lmdave — 15 years ago(March 14, 2011 06:36 AM)
The one time I actually felt bad for Philip.
He had a date scheduled, his date shows up and walks by him and completely ignores him. He asks says in disbelief, "We were suppose to have dinner."
"I just had dinner"
"I don't believe this"
"maybe it's a dream."
And to top it off, she blew him off for his nemisis.
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sephmerritt — 15 years ago(March 25, 2011 06:06 PM)
YES! I came here to post this exact thing! There is NO reason for her to do that to Philip! Definitely wasn't cool with the fact that the movie advocated that kind of thing.
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canuckteach — 14 years ago(November 30, 2011 07:57 AM)
lol again - don't feel sorry for Philip: he was a pompous jack-ass.. the actor who played him always specialized in a character of that sort..
Dr Turner is a satirical mock-up of an 80's 'liberated' woman - she got over the fuss at the party, and continued helping Melon - later, we see her tutoring Melon while they cuddle..
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Pankra001 — 14 years ago(January 07, 2012 02:25 PM)
Previous to the party she had only been with Thornton in the classroom and maybe the night they came back from dinner. Remember when they were at the Italian restaurant he opened up about how much he loved his first wife. That was a serious discussion, and Diane probably never saw him as a womanizer, rather just being incredibly immature. I think when she walked into that party she expected to see him at least dressed and greeting his guests with a martini in his hand.
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nagmashdriver — 14 years ago(January 23, 2012 04:39 AM)
Diane was so upset at the hot tub scene because she thought that through poetry, she could actually tame the inner child within Thornton. Silly women, always thinking they can change the men in their lives!
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Babushka_Mama — 13 years ago(June 11, 2012 07:52 PM)
Obviously she had feelings for Rodney but hadn't expressed it yet. After all, why else would she go to a young kids' party like that?
She was falling for him and felt a bit betrayed when she saw him in the midst of all those women. She wasn't right to be mad, but then, isn't that rather typical of women?
Also, by how Rodney had been acting and how he was courting her (in a gentlemanly fashion), she thought he was more of a person than that. Seeing him in the hot tub with a bunch of bikini girls made him look like the typical guy who only cares about boobies and buns.
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snelling — 12 years ago(May 28, 2013 06:19 PM)
I am looking in rochelle's direction. I think every person, both male and female have two sides to them. They have a fun, reckless side and a serious, professional side. Rodney can be a good guy and a fun guy. Phillip had almost all stodgy, nose-in-the-air perfectionism. Diane wanted both from the same man.
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faithish — 12 years ago(November 15, 2013 01:00 PM)
I thought the same thing. It was awfully hypocritical of her to be upset with Thornton for fooling around with coeds when she was openly dating Professor Frigid at the same time. The biggest reason she liked Thornton was because he was a fun-loving free spirit, which is what she seemed to be upset about.
As much of a pompous ass as Philip was, I kind of felt bad for him in this film. He's justifiably upset that a guy like Thornton is able to skirt admission requirements and skate his way through college using charm and bribery. Then Thornton acts like a know-it-all in Philip's class, undermining his authority as a professor, and to top it all off, Thornton steals his girlfriend right out from under his nose. I can't blame him for being pissed off about that. I certainly would be, in his position.