The Dance Scene! - The Horse Whisperer (1998) Discussion

[–] serenity2008 16 years ago

Ya, I totally agree. It is the best scene I think in cinema history!!! Like you can just feel it (the chemistry between them), they are such great actors. You feel the suspence And they are in such an awful situation , they are in love, but cant do anything about it, and Robert, Annies husband is in the same room. iT IS JUST A GREAT SCENE.Personally, I wish Annie and Tom had got together cause she was so sad at the end of the film, so you wonder what her life became after she left Montana.......What did Tom do, Did he go looking for Annie? Did he call her?Did Robert know they fell in love?Did Grace? Did Diane?

Oh Robert Redford make a Horse Whisperer 2 ,and let us know what happened next. To me this is the best film ever made, cause you feel you are on a journey with all the characters.

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[–] canuckteach 16 years ago

just bought the DVD so I can enjoy this Masterpiece..! anyway, I think the story is based on a novel - you oughta read that to discover what Redford left 'undetermined' in the screenplay. Personally, I like it just the way it is.

by the way, what a starting six (lead actors)! - I could watch Chris Connor and Dianne Wiest chatting in a country kitchen, with that breathtaking scenery outside, for hours!!!

:-) canuckteach (--:

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[–] kebeba 13 years ago

If you want an alternate ending serenity2008 then read the book. There was no material for a 'Horse Whisperer 2' as Tom dies and Annie slowly reconciles with her husband after having Tom's baby........great movie, but as usual, the book was better.

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[–] Frozilla_Firefox 16 years ago

I agree. You definitely felt the chemistry between those two. It was touching.

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[–] jadams414 15 years ago

I just saw it last night. A long movie, for sure, but well worth it. Yes, that dance scene was THEE best and quite erotic. Knowing they had eyes watching them, and her husband in the same dance hall, made it all the more exciting. I could feel the tingling on their pores. So sad that she made the choice to return to NYC, however, she did have those brief moments to savor the rest of her life.

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[–] blue-3 15 years ago

jadams414 on Wed Jul 15 2009 11:15:06 writes:

..... So sad that she made the choice to return to NYC, however, she did have those brief moments to savor the rest of her life.

Or as Alfred Lord Tennyson so succinctly put it:

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

Some people hated the end of Once because the central characters don't end up together at the end. I personally think it's a more interesting story the way it has been done in both movies.

Something very different happens in the book, of course since the central character dies. Some posters to this board have expressed interest in a sequel. It would have to be someone else's book because of that major departure. Better not done at all IMHO.

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[–] oderis99 15 years ago

it was the best sex scene without it!!! I just loved it!!!

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[–] tfolsom1 15 years ago

it was the best sex scene without it!!! I just loved it!!!

I loved it too!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO214IFRW1M

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[–] soblessed 15 years ago

Absolutely! This is the real link!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jzIL85SbrA

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[–] Coryraisa 15 years ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jzIL85SbrA

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[–] jmicaallef 15 years ago

I agree it kept u watching
and there was something emotional about it

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[–] ilves 15 years ago

I actually thought the dance scene was the most terrible part of the film to watch. All the time I was going "come on! Your husband is in the same room, stop feeling each other up!"

Wait! Does this also mean putting out doesn't get you love?

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[–] TwistedCyberChik 14 years ago

This scene was agony and it made me really dislike both Annie and Tom. Being attracted to each other could be understandable, but acting on it in such a public way and in front of the very people that could really be hurt by it is a very indecent thing to do. Any woman that would want to screw up her daughter's life forever by leaving the girl's father, a caring, appreciative man, is an awful mother. Thankfully she didn't, but to even entertain such a thought is a vicious betrayal of her daughter and of course, her husband. Once you have a family, you can't think only about your own happiness. You leave selfishness at the altar, and if you didn't do it then, you definitely leave in the maternity ward.

Yeah, I had some issues with the message this film put across.

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[–] highland889 13 years ago

I too fail to understand why people are so impressed with adultery or the idea of adultery. No wonder unhappy marriages and divorce are so prevalent. The dance scene totally disgusted me.

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[–] Alix1929 11 years ago

Very romantic! You can feel the desperate love they have for each other and the despair at knowing it can never be.

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