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In her twisted way

posted 13 years ago by stephan-128
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...Maybe she did love Ned. I mean, she was willing to use him and kill him, dont get me wrong. But I think I read an analysis by Roger Ebert that sort of implies at the end, she's bored out of her mind. She seems totally uninterested in the guy with her. She doesnt even look at him. She's got that faraway look, like, "Well, here I am, rich and anonymous in a tropical paradise. Yawn. That thing I had with Ned, thats the best I ever had it." I definitely think that's part of the message of the final scene.

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[–] Carolcan42 13 years ago

I agree with the previous poster, she looked very discontent in the final scene.But, I can't agree with the *loving Ned* part.

...Grace beats Karma

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[–] nativenewyorker88 9 years ago

Maybe she realized that all that money was not the be all to end all that she had dreamed it would be. That in the end, it just left her with emptiness and boredom. And if her mind did come to thinking about Ned. She's probably reflecting on missing the excitement. Some people have said the process of attaining a goal is so much more satisfying than actually achieving the goal.

[–] riverwalk 13 years ago

The beauty of the film is that it is built in such ambugity and mystery,although mattie is argumentality the star of the movie it's actually seen from neds perspective,we never quite know the fill extent of what is going on in mattie's head.That is another story to be told.Turner herself said in interviews she thought mattie was heartbroken in the last scene as she's realised too late she lost the best thing in her life-ned and that the rest of her life was gonna be lonely.Her words i recall were something like ''I think she realised she gained her fortune and lost her life,i think she realised that she really *beep* everything up.'' Kasadan further said the end scene was open to viwer interpretation and said turner nailed it perfectly.

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