Did part of her still love him?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The War of the Roses
jcloud28 — 17 years ago(December 23, 2008 12:58 AM)
I just finished watching "The War of the Roses", and when Barbara and Oliver are on the chandelier, he asks her if this whole time she still loved him and she slightly nodded. Do you think that after everything, there was a tiny part of her that still loved him even after pushing his hand away in the end. How can you be married and have children with someone for that long and not have at least a little feeling still left inside.what do you think?
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nkamber28 — 17 years ago(December 23, 2008 04:52 PM)
Absolutely not! She was completely disgusted by him! He made her skin crawl!! She definitely, and without a doubt had no feelings for him what so ever! She wanted him out of her life! The last thing she did was push his hand away from her! She was dying, and probably in a lot of pain, and yet, she managed just about enough strength to move his hand away because he just sickened her to her very core!
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FuzzyWzhe — 17 years ago(January 26, 2009 03:57 AM)
pity bout the kids!
I dunno, if those were my parents, I honestly think I'd rather be an orphan. Uncommunicative crazy woman who is so inept at discourse that it takes he 20 years to verbalize she's unhappy. The husband isn't much better, oblivious self centered idiot. totally unlikeable characters that only lunatics would be able to relate to.
And that is why I think this film has such a low rating. It's not funny, it's just depressing. -
linda_lee110282 — 14 years ago(May 28, 2011 12:47 PM)
She wasn't a sociopath, She loved him once, but he never valued her. He exhibited her around like a trophy, he never listened to her, he never complimented her accomplishments, he mocked her ventures, he wanted her life to be entirely devoted to him. Did he thought her love was going to last? No wonder she hated him in the end.
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linda_lee110282 — 12 years ago(September 10, 2013 09:36 AM)
No, she wasn't. You probably had a similar relationship in the past and is reflecting your ex on Barbara. She didn't blame him for anything, she just wanted him out of her life. She didn't even want alimony. Oliver just had to accept she didn't love him anymore.
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caroline-crane — 9 years ago(August 19, 2016 06:09 PM)
worrying if you've killed someone isn't the same as still loving them. one could well argue her worry was in going to jail for vehicular manslaughter which she'd worry about regardless, rather than specific worry about HIS potential death. she explicitly states that when she genuinely thought he was dying, she was happy.
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truetexian — 16 years ago(August 22, 2009 11:10 AM)
We can surmise whatever we project upon it. Her hesitant, not-quite-fully understood gesture and expression to his question as to whether or not she still loved him (as was the not-quite-so-sure death of them both) was a brilliant way to end the film. We are given the opportunity to take away what we wish, want and, hope for, for them as well as ourselves. Brilliant!
Now somewhere in these threads I read where someone was posing the question of who'd you cast in a remake. Why a remake? Most of the time they are unnecessary and insulting all the way around. I pose, if someone feels there is more here left untold, a sequel. Suppose neither of them died there that day, tangled together in that web of a chandelier. What would life be like for the both of them after that? How would, if at all, their feelings towards one another change? The movie, in my opinion, needs neither. But, if one feels differentlyisn't a sequel much more refreshing and interesting to explore than a remake? -
XrenegadeZ — 16 years ago(September 23, 2009 10:57 PM)
This film looks and sounds interesting from what i have been reading on this board. I hope to watch it sometime this week and hopefully share my views about it. It somehow reminds me of the movie Mr and Mrs Smith.
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rabksaj — 14 years ago(December 31, 2011 08:45 PM)
Mr and mrs smith is not at all about marriage problems but adventures of two spies who happen to be married and not knowing of each others occupations but war of roses is a dark comedy about jealousy and rage and divorce.
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purpleleaf7 — 14 years ago(January 31, 2012 05:38 PM)
I think she did but too much got in the way of their marriage. That's why they reached out to one another and then pulled away fast. The marriage and the fights became more of a game, of me against you and let's see who can win (remember "nah nah nah nah nah nah"). It's sad because they probably could have worked it out and found their love again but ugliness, bitterness, and revenge overpowered their love right down to the end.
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thefuture11 — 16 years ago(March 08, 2010 12:45 PM)
she hated him all the way. while they were dying on the floor, he reached out his hand in a final attempt to reconcile. with her dying breath, she pushed threw his hand off and gave him an angry look. she hated him.
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stevenackerman69 — 16 years ago(March 31, 2010 07:38 PM)
That was the whole reason why Gavin tells Homer Simpson the second option. If she had tried to maybe think why she didn't love him and if she really still did, maybe there wouldn't have been a problem. It was keeping it all inside that was a problem.