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One thing which has not been discussed on this board

posted 14 years ago by aStoryTeller
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So there is a pretty strong link between the 2 encounters Elisabeth has.

1. RW's character thinks she hates her husband and wants to break free. When he dies, she discovers this is more painful than anything before (if I remember her words correctly)
2. NP's character thinks she hates her father. The he dies, and she's broken-hearted.

The main message which Elisabeth apparently had to learn is somewhere here.
You need to enjoy things which you might think you hate but you actually don't (like the blueberry pie - a good metaphore!)

I'm not entirely sure what did she learn in the end though.
That she wanted to escape NY because she thought she hated the place, but then realised that her happiness is actually there?

What do you guys think?

When I get sad I stop being sad and be awesome instead. True story.

[–] catscratch2000 14 years ago

Well picked up. I thought what she learned in the end was that she had to become a new version of herself and leave the old Elisabeth behind in order to move forward. She let the past go by spending a year away, then coming home to start her new life.

[–] mcz-fea 14 years ago

I really think the key is, well... the keys!
Its about closing doors, getting over something/someone. Sometimes you don't get over and you keep repeating yourself or giving something a try again and again and again.

So, the whole year was a journey not to learn about herself, but to decide if she would get over her past and ex-boyfriend or not. And in the mean time, she kept sending post cards to Jeremy, suggesting she didn't want to forget him...

[–] gmansi 13 years ago

"And in the mean time, she kept sending post cards to Jeremy, suggesting she didn't want to forget him... "

I think she kept sending post cards to Jeremy only because she was totally alone and Jeremy was good with her, but there's no feelings until they join together again

[–] mcz-fea 13 years ago

Maybe, but she seemns to remember the kiss before the trip, so I do think she had some feelings about him...

[–] gmansi 13 years ago

Hummmm

"Maybe, but she seemns to remember the kiss before the trip"
Why do you say that?

"so I do think she had some feelings about him... "
Maybe yes

[–] mcz-fea 13 years ago

"Why do you say that?"
Because when Jeremy asked her if she remembered something about the night when he'd kissed her, she said no and smiled. I think she knows she was kissed and then she sleep again to be kissed again.

[–] gmansi 13 years ago

"Because when Jeremy asked her if she remembered something about the night when he'd kissed her, she said no and smiled. I think she knows she was kissed and then she sleep again to be kissed again. "

Ups! I dont remember this scene. Is at the final of the movie or when exchange postcards?

[–] mcz-fea 13 years ago

At the final...

[–] gmansi 13 years ago

Wow... the version I have of the movie at the end they talk about the keys, the blueberry pie, the tape he have from the last night together but they dont talk about the kiss...

Maybe I have a version with a few scenes removed....

[–] mcz-fea 13 years ago

They dont talk explicitly about the kiss. But he asks her if she rembemer something that happened at the night before she's gone, and she says no. then they don't talk about it, but I think Jeremy understood that they should not talk about it, just do it...

[–] gmansi 13 years ago

Oh yes!! yes and yes... sorry my mistake...

Here you have the final conversation!!!

Have fun!!

996
01:29:02,003 --> 01:29:04,301
Do you remember that last night
you were here?

997
01:29:06,240 --> 01:29:08,708
When you practically ate an entire pie
all by yourself?

998
01:29:09,944 --> 01:29:11,002
Really?

999
01:29:12,947 --> 01:29:15,677
I remember getting really drunk and

1000
01:29:15,983 --> 01:29:18,713
having a god awful hangover the next day

1001
01:29:19,654 --> 01:29:20,848
Nothing else?

1002
01:29:23,524 --> 01:29:25,958
No, nothing else

1003
01:29:31,265 --> 01:29:33,495
Or don't you have a tape I can watch?

1004
01:29:35,303 --> 01:29:37,237
I do... but...

1005
01:29:37,972 --> 01:29:39,530
I've watched it so many times

1006
01:29:39,774 --> 01:29:41,537
that the picture started fading
to black and white

1007
01:29:41,876 --> 01:29:44,208
And now it's completely unwatchable

1008
01:29:44,379 --> 01:29:45,505
Must have been an interesting night

1009
01:29:45,580 --> 01:29:46,547
It was

1010
01:29:52,954 --> 01:29:55,320
Never seen a girl eat so much in all my life

1011
01:29:58,493 --> 01:29:59,619
Like this?

1012
01:30:03,064 --> 01:30:04,588
No, it was more like this

1013
01:30:12,874 --> 01:30:14,273
It's good pie

1014
01:31:41,996 --> 01:31:44,726
It took me nearly a year to get here

1015
01:31:47,101 --> 01:31:50,070
It wasn't so hard to
cross that street after all

1016
01:31:51,572 --> 01:31:54,837
It all depends on who's waiting for you
on the other side