From a man's point of view.
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Stratego — 9 years ago(October 11, 2016 12:34 PM)
Hey folks, let's not condone taking the "law into our own hands." These women had other alternatives besides murder. No one deserves to be murdered because someone else finds them odious, evil or whatever.
Many films try to win us over to their point of view by dehumanizing the victim, playing up how evil they are and deserving of what they get.
This was another rehash of feminism's "women as victims" and an "oppressed minority."
As a woman, I condemn those points of view of the film.
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cableye — 9 years ago(January 03, 2017 07:20 PM)
Thats what I got from it too. Delores put up with a lot of abuse and didnt kill her husband until she found out what he did to their daughter. Hell hath no fury like a mama bear whose cub is being trifled with!
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zdurnel-1 — 20 years ago(June 25, 2005 06:10 AM)
I have to agree, but anyone really who is pushed beyond their limits will do just about anything to get away. As a man I live by 'Hell hath no fury' because Vera and Delores' have a focal point to focus their angerI am not about vigilantism and I really just remember that Delores' and all mothers have this maternal instinct that if you mess with them or their young, you will pay, Joe did, and he fell into a hole. Jack ignored Vera, she took care of that problem too. So really, I think that Vera and Delores were true friends, having a mutual understanding of wht each other went through, no one in Vera's circle could have understood that. Part of me still wanders, after Joe was killed, I don't think that Vera or Delores ever spoke of that again, possibly Vera had friends at Vassar College to help out Selena, the story and connections could have gone on and on.
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jadesliver — 20 years ago(July 07, 2005 08:33 AM)
This film is about desperation. The women did what they had to do because circumstances wouldn't allow or make room for any other alternatives. Whether their oppressors were men, women, children, lawn knomes or monkeys, they did what they had to do to save themselves, as anyone would.
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aivlispdx — 19 years ago(July 19, 2006 08:48 AM)
It's funny that you say that (first poster) because last night I made some pretty sucky stir-fry for dinner. Well, afterwards my bf said that basically it sucked and was the worst thing I ever made. Well we both laughed about it because it's true and I didn't like it either. Well after dinner watching this movie when Joe says the line about having a fat ass and being a lousy cook. my bf looks over at me with this expression like"uhh please don't bludgeon me to death tonight in my sleep." Haha I got a kick outta that and an apology!
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blackmorsel — 19 years ago(August 29, 2006 05:49 PM)
As a black, dwarf, blind, transgendered serial killer, I didn't approve of what Dolores did.
No really, I don't think you being a man changes anything.
And there have been plenty of horrible females in movies (Nurse Ratched in One flew over the cuckoos nest being one example of a woman who tormented men and as the audience we were made to want her punished) -
djsnafu23 — 17 years ago(January 28, 2009 06:49 PM)
Are you MF Grimm?
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Coz lifes too short to listen to Madlib -
parvati_patil — 18 years ago(April 14, 2007 08:42 AM)
It was a bit scary to hear two woemn talking like that, but they were not talking about a simple argument between a couple. They were talking about a man who was drinking, who had no respect for his wife, who stole money from the members of his own family and who sexually abused his own daughter. There's a difference.
Harry realized that Malfoy was crying, tears streaming down his pale face into the grimy basin. -
FuzzyWzhe — 18 years ago(May 08, 2007 07:24 AM)
Haha, actually - the character of Deloris is a woman I could totally love. She wasn't abusive or hateful, she was patient let a lot of stuff slide, and then drew a line when it should have been drawn. Her husband couldn't have had a better woman, or underappreciate her more. Deloris' character isn't threatening at all to me in that I think that either a woman or man placed in the same situation would act identically since it's completely justifiable.
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poorlittleteacher — 17 years ago(October 21, 2008 11:59 AM)
But the conversations between Kathy Bates and Judy Parfitt were beep scary!
I'm a woman and that David Mamet-style "not TALKING, but just talking" conversation about what Dolores should do in her situation scared ME! Both women were amazing in that scene.
Oh, and yes, you must always let your wife win an argument (or at least make her think she did).
It's the power of the P-U-you know what!