she didn't get it from me ! my interpretation
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allush-29143 — 10 years ago(July 15, 2015 09:02 AM)
the scene when the mom wore her daughter's cloth and she touched that guy then , when she went to the police officer and kissed him , when she went to her husband and forced him to have sex with her
didn't that lead that she was a whore ?!
and where dis this girl go in the end ?!
i think she is being beep now ! -
jupnose25 — 10 years ago(July 15, 2015 04:02 PM)
How insightful and eloquently phrased..
The quote "She didn't get it from me", is not open to interpretation. He meant his wife has always been interested in sex, you may see that as her being a "whore", like he did, this speaks volumes as to your character.
He was sexually repressed in the extreme, he saw it as something shameful and embarrassing. Perhaps he was shameful of the feelings his daughter elicited in himself and consciously shut that side of his life down? Perhaps he'd always had issues with sex but when he realised his daughter was growing up to be free spirited and sexual, it pushed him over the edge.
His wife's behavior was not shameful or whorish (horrible word). She was absolutely grief stricken and in a state of mental breakdown. She needed affection and touch and just to feel something and she wasn't going to get that from her husband. -
Thought_Criminal_J62377 — 10 years ago(March 21, 2016 01:56 AM)
How rare to see a apology in this space.
An unwarranted apology. allush-29143 said nothing wrong. The daughter was a slut. I get it that today people don't want to hear that, because they want to be able to rub their genitals against anything, at any time, without shame, but that is simply a denial of the truth. The mother and daughter both had mental issues and were trashy whores.
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greg-goremykin — 10 years ago(July 21, 2015 03:19 AM)
You may not be a simpleton, but you are extremely self-deluded, and if anyone is lacking a basic understanding of what is and what isn't appropriate sexual contact, well, take a look in the bloody mirror! Someone that makes excuses up for someone guilty of sexual assault, I consider them at least as sick as the perp, if not even more sick, whether it's portrayed in fiction like a novel or film or not.
Her behaviour absolutely was shameful, and beyond that, it was criminal. She was a predator, plain and simple. Most depressingly, you are accusing someone of being a misogynist with absolutely zero evidence to support that, while your gender-bias is almost screaming off the bloody page! You really should seek some professional help yourself.
Your giving of the mother's character a complete pass on her out-and-out predatory behavior shows that you're the one with the issues, not the poster that you so bizarrely attacked; or maybe I may just be a moron, or perhaps I watched a completely different film, but I didn't exactly see her have a lot of concern with the whole concept of consent! She sexually assaulted two characters, if not also her husband; are you so complete daft with your gender-blinders so firmly attached that you cannot see that simple and obvious fact?
Put the father in each of those scenes; now switch the men out for women, and honestly, ask yourself if you'd be making up the same bull$hit excuse for the father, that, poor little lamb, he's just sexually repressed! His wife doesn't love him or give him enough attention! Complete and utter balderdash; the double-standard on clear display in your comments is so vilely disgusting, it, without a bit of exaggeration, makes me so nauseating that I feel like I could have vomited after reading your near-psychotically deluded comments.
You truly, truly, have some serious issues yourself, not the poster whose character you so disgustingly attacked with no valid cause. Wake up. Seriously. Wake the f up. You sound as demented as Nicole Kidman's character was, if not even moreso. -
boeush — 10 years ago(July 26, 2015 08:25 PM)
I'd say, Greg, that this film just went totally
whoosh
right over your head, as well as the heads of most reviewers/critics/posters here. Ah well, that's what happens when artists overestimate the maturity and intelligence of their audience -
psychotico — 10 years ago(February 15, 2016 02:25 PM)
You lost me when you resorted to personal attacks because someone didint agree with your opinion.
I see the woman had past experiences sleeping around which her husband was aware of and clearly stated his daughter got it from her mother. Your preconceived notions and biases are clear as you deep seatedly went on the offensive when someone said she was a whore. You cannot make excuses and falsely psychoanaylze a characters actions because you want them to be the way you want to see them as. The woman was a whore and was rejected because they didn't want to take part in her infertility. -
greg-goremykin — 10 years ago(July 21, 2015 03:05 AM)
I disagree, that was not sexual repression, she was an out-and-out sexual predator. We tend not to see what's right in front of us when it comes to women because we're kind of taught by society not to consider women in that light. Think of the utter shock when a female teacher or a mother of a teenage boy is exposed as being a predator with underage male or female students, or underage friends of their children.
Because we don't like to think of women as having the potential to molest someone, let alone their own children, we have a knee-jerk reaction to give them a pass on predatory behavior, and chalk it up to sexual repression. We also have a tendency to finger the father as the source of the problem, even when all the clues are pointing to the woman, as they are in this film. In fact, I think the director was trying to point this very phenomenon out through the film.
Imagine all the deviant behavior that the wife exhibited, all those scenes and encounters, and now imagine them with the father in her place, and with women instead of men being on the receiving end; would you chalk his behavior up to sexual repression? Of course not, you would recognize it as compulsive and predatory behavior immediately. I think the director was attempting to shine a light on this societal phenomenon.
When the husband confronted the wife, I really don't think he was referring to her sexual past, but confronting her about what she had done with and to her own daughter.
It's always shocking so shocking when a women is exposed as a statutory rapist. When a man does it, it's almost like there is an expectation/understanding that there are many men out there that are sexual predators. There are women out there that are as well. Trust me, I was molested as a child by a female babysitter in her late teens it happens. -
greg-goremykin — 10 years ago(July 21, 2015 03:26 AM)
So let me sum up for you; when a man does it, he's a sexual predator. When a woman does it, she's suffering from an uncontrollable sexual reprehension, and her husband should be castigated for not providing her with affection. My Lord, you are one sick and transparent person.
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greg-goremykin — 10 years ago(July 21, 2015 03:27 AM)
So let me sum up for you; when a man does it, he's a sexual predator. When a woman does it, she's suffering from an uncontrollable sexual repression and not responsible for her actions, and her husband should be castigated for not providing her with the proper affection that forced her to sexually assault two men, one of them if not underage, then pretty darn close to it. My Lord, you are one sick and transparent person.
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jupnose25 — 10 years ago(July 22, 2015 02:13 PM)
What the fvck dude.. Seriously?? If you'd made one post I may have read it. As the situation stands, I will respond to this last one..
So let me sum up for you; when a man does it, he's a sexual predator. When a woman does it, she's suffering from an uncontrollable sexual repression and not responsible for her actions
What are you talking about? WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!!! When a man does what? Nothing here relates to anything in my original post.
forced her to sexually assault two men, one of them if not underage, then pretty darn close to it.
XD You're a moron. The sheriff instigated contact, remember the scene in his car? He was treading a very very fine line and he knew it hence his ultimate decision not to follow through.. The idea that she assaulted him is hilarious.
Regarding the aboriginal kid was not a kid.. He was mid twenties at the VERY LEAST, more likely early thirties.. YOU REALISE THAT RIGHT?!?!? That's why it was a problem that he porked Lily. YOU SEE THIS RIGHT??? The partner of the sheriff was his sister, not his mum, YOU KNOW THAT RIGHT???!?! beep why am I even bothering? Enough.. -
!!!deleted!!! (58906484) — 10 years ago(July 22, 2015 02:44 PM)
I think the sheriff tells Bridie about being 18 and that there are laws regarding sex with minors. Bridie does not get the point. There is also a point made that birdie did not really understand sex because early the movie the sheriff tells Bridie to keep his little brother out while he was sex Bridie's sister. Bridie did not seem to get that reference either. At very least Bridie can not give consent which is an important of sex or rape. I suppose we can ignore that and give Mrs. Parker a big pass on consent.
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!!!deleted!!! (58906484) — 10 years ago(October 19, 2015 05:16 AM)
Younger people are not generally mentally developed enough to give consent. Once they turn 18 then they are fair game. However, some individuals may never be able to give consent. Someone with the IQ of a young child maybe such an example. Another is a vegetable. Lets not forget the ruffie cocktail victims.