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conchoreb-4 — 10 years ago(December 19, 2015 03:28 PM)
To the ancient Hebrews and maybe the modern Orthodox Jews a father and son (or a brotherunless the brother was continuing his brother's blood line)having sex with the same woman was a serious sin and was considered close to having sex with you father or son.
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LilyDaleLady — 10 years ago(January 22, 2016 03:18 AM)
The poster who said that that "some cultures let a father have sex with his son's intended bride" was a troll, and trying to be sensationalistic. I've NEVER heard of that, ever. Not even in cultures with royal incest (Ancient Egypt).
There IS a very old Jewish law in the Old Testament that says if a man dies, his wife can marry his brother but this dates from the Abrahamic era of polygamy. I've never heard of anyone doing in the recent historical past. But even so, brothers similar age siblings is not "your father having sex with your future wife".
The story here just skips over the very obvious problems that would arise in this family the aging wife would be jealous and hurt.the father (Harrison Ford) is clearly still in love with Adaline..the son would probably start thinking "hmm, wonder what she was like when she was boinking my DAD?"..not only "awkward family dinners" but an awkward emotional situation for the next several decades and beyond.
I think it is one of the deep flaws in a story (that had great potential to be intriguing). I think the Harrison Ford character should have been the male protagonist's BOSS or mentor or next door neighbor. NOT HIS DAD. It makes the whole thing overly complicated when it could have been simple and direct. -
TxMike — 10 years ago(January 22, 2016 08:00 AM)
Ha-ha, you reference my old comment from Oct 3rd. Yes, I admit that comment was not a serious one, I made it up simply in response to the absurd subject of the OP. Idiot viewers who come up with stuff like that deserve a nonsensical response and I gave one. Glad you noticed!!
.... TxMike ....
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LeofricsBeloved — 9 years ago(June 15, 2016 05:54 AM)
Ugh one of the most celebrated films of all time The Graduate had the Dustin Hoffman character sleep with both mother and daughter. Does this stuff happen often? I don't know. I guess people don't talk about it much. The Age of Adaline is saccharine Hollywood rom-com crap.
I guess now that Adaline is finally aging, she will age 80 years in one year, and then Ellis will dump her. If they have the guts to follow this storyline, then maybe I can respect this movie. I thought it was going to be like Benjamin Button but I was wrong.
