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i didn't get why......spoilers

posted 16 years ago by macy_purplesoap
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there's a scene where dani and court are at the pond, they become close, then he pushes her away and they have the following conversation:

Court Foster: Have you ever been kissed before?
Dani: Sure. Lots of times.
Court Foster: Yeah... I'll bet. Well you just almost got yourself more than kissed, little girl.
Dani: I'm not a little girl.
Court Foster: You are too Dani! You're a little girl and you don't know what you're doing.

my question is what did court mean when he said ''Well you just almost got yourself more than kissed, little girl.''?

i watched the movie on youtube and my computer could't load that part properly. i read this from the quotes section of imdb and didn't fully understand what happened.

thanks in advance.

[–] imwoblin 16 years ago

S.E.X.

[–] stellarcode 16 years ago

bingo.

[–] MuchToBeGratefulFor 16 years ago

I ditto the "bingo" that he is referring to sex. That is why Court also says "you don't know what you are doing". She is being provocative, without realizing it (because as he says, she's young and doesn't know what she is doing) and gets close enough that he wants to not just kiss, but to have sex. Some boys would have tried, which is not what Dani wants.

You must be the change you seek in the world. -- Gandhi

[–] macy_purplesoap 16 years ago

oh, so he started to have 'those' feelings when they were close...

thanks for your answers.

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[–] ezkaban 16 years ago

Right after that exchange, as he's walking away, Court says something like, "I'm not going to be the one to take your cherry." I'm not sure I heard it correctly but it was something along that line.

[–] Limeginger 16 years ago

<mary_purplesoap>my question is what did court mean when he said "Well you just almost got yourself more than kissed, little girl."?

jeezmopeep, what an amazing question! wasn't that so confusing? I found this movie to be painfully intellectual. You find yourself pondering matters for a long time...like what could Court possibly have meant by his cryptic message? It took me 12 years and over 700 viewings to figure it out. I'm pretty sure he meant she almost got herself kissed (by him) AND also almost got challenged to a candlepin bowling match AND treated to an ice cream sundae! I mean, what else could it mean!1?!?!11?!

[–] Ohheyhi 16 years ago

sarcasm overkill. it's always better in small doses.

[–] macy_purplesoap 16 years ago

a) he said MORE than kissed. i was interested in the word 'more'.
b) i said that that part didn't load properly so i might have not seen something.
c) someone has issues. maybe he hasn't got his cherry popped yet and is upset about it. bouahaha

[–] Limeginger 15 years ago

He meant focked, ok?

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[–] athenagoddess112 16 years ago

ditto on the sarcasm overdose. My eyes are watering, that stuff is *pungent*!

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[–] queen_supreme-1 16 years ago

he wanted to have sex with her...
duh!
:)

[–] ShawnaC123 15 years ago

I always thought that he got a boner and freaked out that he got a boner from a 14 year old and freaked out and said that.

[–] thenYES 15 years ago

I've never understood why his mind jumped from one little kiss to sex like that. I mean, yeah, I realize that he was a 17 year old boy, but jeez! Seems like a bit of a leap to me.

I always thought Court came off as a bit of a perv in that scene, not to mention a tool.

"And then he started cheating...especially at magnetic travel scrabble."

[–] nomarch 15 years ago

sorry but you find the idea of a 17 year old boy making the leap from a kiss to full sex unrealistic?

guess you've never been anywhere near 17 year old boys then lol.

[–] milliondollarbaby1213 14 years ago

Yea i didn't think it was surprising he said this at all. At those tender ages your hormones are blazing and girls sometimes don't realize that what they're doing can be enticing. He realized it and also realized how wrong that would feel since he recognizes how young she is. So he scolds her for it.

I had a similar experience when a boy who was 16 liked me when I was only 14. I looked older than my age, but still we were total babes. Sometimes though, I would try to dress a little older to get his attention and when I would he would tell me something similar to what Court said "I don't think you know what you're doin"... he acknowledged that I was toying around with being sensual but yet also knew I was too young to really be doing that -- since I wouldn't be prepared for the consequences. So I was basically playing with fire.

We ended up kissing also and some years later when we were older we reflected on the whole thing and saw how awkward it was. But by that time we were at ages where attraction was more appropriate and less "perverted looking".

If it were 4 years later in the film, and Dani was 18 and Court was 21 it wouldn't be a big deal. But it was because at the time she was just a baby...just starting to become a young woman.