The real victim…
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daughterofolaf — 10 years ago(August 27, 2015 08:09 PM)
What is with this trend lately where people are trying to re-define villains and turn bad guys into good guys? Annie was really the victim, Steff was the good guy and Blaine was the jerk, Daniel was the bully and Johnny was the victim. Stop with this silliness.
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InherentlyYours — 10 years ago(September 02, 2015 10:15 PM)
No, the real victim was the man she abused and tortured. I knew this thread was coming.
If the roles were reversed would this question be asked, if he didn't get the medication/ treatment he needed? And her being a "strong" woman and a nurse, to boot. -
rascal67 — 10 years ago(September 03, 2015 12:06 AM)
Anyone else think Annie Wilkes may be the victim here? The woman clearly needed some medical attention as well..
Why do you have this inane slant on her character being a victim? Yes, she was mentally unstable but not that mentally ill, as to be unable to function and take care of her home and herself. She was good a hiding behind what ever disorder would be attributed to her and I can't recall from the novel; but why was she even allowed to have her independence, due to her history? She was a dangerous woman and she held someone hostage against his will and manipulated, tortured and maimed him. If there is to be any empathy given for Annie, it's because she wasn't right in the head, not because of her actions. If she knew what she was doing, yet couldn't help herself, then she may have been classed psychopathic\schizophrenic; but since this is moviedom, who knows.
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bastasch8647 — 9 years ago(April 27, 2016 01:11 AM)
Annie is a victim of mental illness. Paul is the victim of Annie's mental illness.
To say that Annie is dangerously insane is not to exonerate her from all responsibility and blame "God and Nature" for her depredations. She's fully aware of what's wrong with her mind, even to the point of leaving Paul alone while she drives away to sort of "cool off". To the extent that Annie does not resist her murderous and possessive urges, she is a villain who capitulates to her worst impulses. Yes, she has an excuse that "real" cold blooded psychopathic murderers don't havebut that excuse can't excuse
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GoodRed — 9 years ago(October 15, 2016 11:51 PM)
Annie had a history of being violent. She killed babies, people, and animals when she was clearly lucid enough to know right from wrong. Mental illness or no, the only cures for that are a straitjacket for life or a bullet to the head. Period.