Easy Virtue is a very good movie, but why on EARTH did she take off with John's father? John was her husband. Maybe it's just me, but I always find it extremly tacky, anyone who sleeps with father and son or mother and daughter. I just wonder if Larita was a bit of a skank to do that. Think John and her were ever really in love though? I wonder if Jim is ever going to see his family again?
shareI find it interesting that almost everyone assumed she and Jim would get involved. The only things remotely hinting at that was the dance. Bascially they both wanted to run away from the family which they happened to do together.
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Not sure if it was going to be romantic or not. Was it? Or was Larita just dancing with Jim that way, to get under Veronica's skin? Also, think John and Larita were ever really in love? Think John just thought he loved her? I think I heard he was a playboy. I wonder if John is going to end up with Sarah Hurst now.
shareI think the dance was like a release. Jim and Larita both finally stopped trying to fit and did what they wanted to.
John was immature and not independent enough. Also as she very well said, he didn't love her enough, because love is not always bright and often painful. It means putting the well-being of the person you love over your own, which he never did. Hence he only defended her after his father urged him.
His father cared (in what way ever) more for her which is why he defended her, even if it meant having his family againt him. He was a man while John was still a boy.
He started growing up only when Larita left him.
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So, you don't think it was romantic? Think John only thought he loved Larita? Think he'll end up marrying Sarah? John didn't seem like a bad guy, like you said just immature. Also, sounds like Jim had nowadays what we call PTSD from the war. Have you ever read the play? I wonder if it stays true to the play?
shareI wouldn't discard it being romantic (If you check the deleted scenes on the DVD you will see many more scenes between Jim and Larita) but in my point of view it didn't matter at the point where the movie ended.
John was simply too young for Larita and still had this teenage concept of love but Larita needed more. This isn't bad just bad timing (I dated a 19 year old when I was 24, so I can relate to that).
Sarah was very similar to him and they would have gotten along well but even she was too mature for him. I loved the final scene between Larita and Sarah, since it showed that Sarah truely is a great woman.
Larita wanted a man that was her equal, which Jim might result being. He stood up for her and made her feel protected, not like she was at war. Jim on the other hand started feeling alive again because of Larita. I would say there was maybe more romantic tension on his side at the end of the movie. After all he makes the decision of going with her and she simply accepts it.
I still like the thought of them getting together in a romantic way but the story works for me even if they don't because they gave each other what they needed to leave the house.
I haven't read the play but I understand it is not very similar.
Regarding the ages, my guess is that John is 23/24, Larita maybe around 30 and Jim in his late forties.
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Thanks! I wonder what the differences are? Like I said I wonder if John and Sarah will marry at some point, when the time is right? I wonder if Jim will ever see his children again? It's one thing for him to leave his wife, but I would think he would want to see his children again.
shareI think John needed to grow-up to find out what he wanted, which included detaching himself from his mother.
Jim might have seen his children again but sadly they didn't care to much for him except for John. I don't he hardly ever interacted with his daughters.
Since I am a writer, I will tell you how I would have gone on with the story. ;)
I would have had Jim and Larita go to the continent, maybe Nizza or Italy. Larita would have driven car races, with Jim maybe becoming her mechanic and explaining to her, that his wife was wrong that there was a part of the family wealth left that his wife didn't know about it. After some time they realised that friendship had turned to love and started an afair.
They decided that they should do things properly and go back to England to divorce their spouses. When they get back they find out that both their marriages have been annulled already and that Veronica has married Mr. Hurst. John is about to get married to Sarah. The blonde sister (can't recall the name now) has eloped with the butler causing the biggest scandal, yet she is happy living in New York as a singer. John and Larita have a talk and both realise that their marriage wasn't a failure because it was what both needed: John to grow up and stand up for the woman he loves and Larita to open up to real love again with man who is equal to her (Jim). Sarah and John insist they stay for the wedding. At the wedding Veronica nearly makes a scene until a comment from her husband shuts her up.
Hope you liked it!
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Sounds good! Like I said, I hope John and Sarah do end up together. The blond sister's name is Hilda. She was interested in Sarah's brother Philip. Hopefully at least Jim and John see each other again, and talk. Jim actually seemed pretty proud of him. It would be better if the marriages were annulled, because divorce made people outcasts then. I think they could only remarry in a courthouse wedding or something. Sounds like they intentionally decided to let the view decide what happened.
shareGlad you liked it!
I believe annullment would have been what the "family" would have aimed at, while I doubt that Jim and Larita would mind a divorce because of their characters.
Hilda and Marion were annoying and the least simpathetic characters.
John and Sarah would have had a great marriage but never a passionate one and I think that John would have ended up cheating on her, because he wanted the adventures type.
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Your welcome! I still wonder if John and Sarah will marry at some point though. Think Jim and John were close? A lot of women looked the other way, when their husbands cheated. Some men may really love their wives, but for some reason can't stay faithful. I wonder if that could end up being John with Sarah?
shareI don't think Jim and John were particularly close.
Personally I believe that if someone cannot stay faithful in a relationship they are egoistic. Everybody fantasizes about other people when they are in a relationship.But not following this fantasies is out of respect and consideration to your partner and because you don't want to hurt them. So cheating is an egoistic choice in my opinion.
Basically I believe longterm John might get bored with Sarah longterm, at least while he is still immature.
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You very easily could be right. Hopefully John will group up at some point.
shareI also don't mind either way whether Larita and Jim become romantically involved or not. I think they saw each other more as a way of escaping.
I think John and Sarah will probably end up getting married. I really liked Sarah and she was far more mature and insightful than John.
Apparently the play is far more focussed on a the way society treated divorced women (so it seems in the play Larita is divorced, not a widow).
I would say John is probably 21/22. He was old enough to get married without parental consent, yet he was busy with his "gap year" i.e. touring the continent before settling down, running the estate, getting married, etc.
I would agree with that Larita was probably around 30 and Jim in his late forties.