She was a whore. I'm not saying that she deserved to die, au contraire, but I was actually rooting for the husband because she was as big as a douche and liar as he was.
Also Douglas' performance was great, but he's just great at playing unethical businessmen who would do anything to reach their desired end.
i was rooting for Michael Douglas's character, too Gwenyth's character sucked in the movie,,
are you going to bark all day little doggie,, or are you going to bite
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I also was rooting for Michael Douglas' character. I absolutely loved it when he killed David on the train. The Emily character was not someone for whom I could feel at all sympathetic.
I agree completely. I was also rooting for Douglas' character. I kind of wish he would have gotten away with the whole thing in the end. I certainly did not like the Emily character.
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I don't think he wanted to kill her because of her cheating. He used her cheating as an excuse to kill her because he ultimately wanted to get to her money because his business was failing.
shareYeah funny how people are rooting for Michael Douglas character when he is wanting her money. This shows how dispicable he is but then they both are I guess. HOwever I dont recall the movie enough to know why she cheated on him. There is always a reason a husband or wife would do that. Usually its becasue they are not getting what they need from their spouse or the spouse is not treating them well.
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Gwyneth is cold and a poor actress - two reasons that she gains zero sympathy in this movie.
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She is a good person. She does not deserve to be insulted like that.
shareI watched this movie last night and I agree that Paltrow's character was anything but sympathetic. She was deceptive like her husband and lover. I found the ending to be a bit disappointing because she got through all this unscathed. Although one could argue that losing her husband and lover was punishment enough.
shareI agree with a lot of the sentiment in this thread.
Paltrow's character generated so little sympathy fom me that in the end, when the detective (who was onto Douglas instantly) basically becomes Paltrow's stooge simply because she had asked him about his sick son in his own language, I felt cheated and somewhat annoyed. It's not that I wanted her to suffer, but I didn't think she'd earned the role of poor innocent victim either, for all that she appeared to wallow in it.
In fact, this film was so ambiguous about who wore the black or white hats, that I ended up wishing it had gone the whole hog and made Paltrow's character a schemer as well, given her a nasty game to be playing of her own, and made the ending overtly dark and cynical — so that the "perfect murder" turned out to be her getting rid of her husband, when everyone was focused on the fact that he was trying to get rid of her. It was almost there as it was, and I think what makes the film as a whole unsatisfying is that it falls short of grasping the obvious nettle, and leaves us unable to sympathise with Paltrow's character but unable to really hate her either.
You might very well think that. I couldn't possibly comment.
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I agree with a lot of the sentiment in this thread.
Paltrow's character generated so little sympathy fom me that in the end, when the detective (who was onto Douglas instantly) basically becomes Paltrow's stooge simply because she had asked him about his sick son in his own language, I felt cheated and somewhat annoyed. It's not that I wanted her to suffer, but I didn't think she'd earned the role of poor innocent victim either, for all that she appeared to wallow in it.
In fact, this film was so ambiguous about who wore the black or white hats, that I ended up wishing it had gone the whole hog and made Paltrow's character a schemer as well, given her a nasty game to be playing of her own, and made the ending overtly dark and cynical — so that the "perfect murder" turned out to be her getting rid of her husband, when everyone was focused on the fact that he was trying to get rid of her. It was almost there as it was, and I think what makes the film as a whole unsatisfying is that it falls short of grasping the obvious nettle, and leaves us unable to sympathise with Paltrow's character but unable to really hate her either.