Cuz that's how life is
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ruffian82 — 12 years ago(November 15, 2013 05:56 PM)
Maybe I missed an important part of the movie, but then I have yet to see the rest of this board; I think years ago, I posted on here about the then Robinsons-May and how many cameras Loss Prevention had up.
I never got how someone as ambitious as Ray would not "check the tapes."
I may post this again somewhere else if I get the answer I'm looking for.
The only thing I can think of is that they are supremely lucky/take the chance of lucknotice how he stays to one part of the ladies department? Keeps his head down?
Did they count on LE not watching the video after Jackie and Melanie are gone?
Cause that could have blown everything.
That was right before a lot of businesses went high techthey were just watching for someone to go into a dressing room and come out wearing more layerson the spot Loss Prevention Stuff. So the cameras were for immediate reaction or some evidence, but not the zoom in and out we have now.
My point is that if Max loves Jackie, he HAS to stay put.
He knows sooner or later, his spending habits, his habits in general, may come into play.
It's a small point. O's Mexican Connection won't want an investigation, right?
But the cops might wonder why Jackie went and how she's making it
I think she's smart enough that she'll still be working a small Spanish airline for a while, since she obviously speaks the languageshe just has security to build up on for the first time.
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danavenell — 10 years ago(May 25, 2015 07:14 AM)
The movie is open ended. The last we see is Max in a quandry, not smiling that he made the right decision. Maybe Jackie sends him a postcard, maybe he joins her it's all possible, make your own mind up what happened in the next month or so.
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bonsai-superstar — 12 years ago(March 07, 2014 09:01 PM)
I think it's a combination of what many have already posted here:
Elmore Leonard wrote the book, and he is not a "Hollywood happy ending" type of guy. A gritty, realistic portrayal of struggle and street life is his style, and a typical ending where the couple run off together would not be true to his work.
The dialogue between Jackie Brown and the cop (played by Michael Keaton) is revealing: Jackie is comfortable stealing - although it is stealing from a criminal, it is still stealing - and the cop is not. Max is a bail bondsman and so is also not so comfortable breaking the law. He admires Jackie's street cleverness, toughness, and beauty, but ultimately they would not last as a couple as they are just too different. Her job is to transport free people back and forth and his job is to transport criminals to prison. She breaks the law by bringing money to criminals and he upholds the law by bringing money to the justice system.
Any female viewer knows that Max likes Jackie more than Jackie likes Max. She only invites him to Spain
after
he refuses the money
a second time
. If she was truly serious about their relationship, she would have mentioned going away together much earlier. Instead, she was all business and cunningly used Max to help her plan and execute her theft. She respects Max and appreciates his help, but she is not in love with him. -
RobSac — 11 years ago(August 01, 2014 01:12 PM)
Jackie wasn't really inviting him to Spain. That was just her style. She's flirtatious and friendly. If she really wanted him to go to Spain with her she would have brought it up beforehand. She just dropped it on him at the last second, knowing he'd say no. It was just a romantic way of saying goodbye, and Max is smart enough to know that.
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frankzappayay — 10 years ago(June 06, 2015 06:02 PM)
He was married to someone he no longer feels passion for. That's my theory. He stays for the kids or maybe she is ill or something. He wanted to go with Jackie but couldn't. His compromise was to help her, and he got 50k for himself as a bonus too.
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stevekaczynski — 9 years ago(November 22, 2016 04:40 AM)
I thought there were three reasons.
- He is a little afraid of her in addition to being a little in love with her.
- He is too methodical and deliberate to throw away his job just like that, even though he is disillusioned with it. He does not act on impulse.
- Prudence may come into it. If he goes off with Jackie, the authorities may notice the connection between them and start to put two and two together about what really happened on the mall.
"Chicken soup - with a beep straw."
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bubblegum_jenocide — 9 years ago(January 30, 2017 07:38 PM)
I don't know. Because he decided to quit the business the second he laid eyes on Jackie.
Ultimately, I think that he realized Jackie was not the woman he thought she was. She lived dangerously and adventurously. Was Max willing to help the hot Black woman during his midlife crisis? For sure. But grow old with a woman who was, let's face it, a criminal? Despite how he felt about her, that's just not Max's style.
Either that or I'm reading too much into it, and it's because Tarantino didn't want such a cliche happy-Hollywood ending.Pidder Padder? Make my Heart go Boom Bap and Then We'll Talk!