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The ending -- erkk!

posted 9 years ago by puirt-a-beul
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Correct me if I misunderstood, but: Gecko steals his own Daughter's money, uses it somehow to make a shedload for himself when everyone else is tumbling, meantime Wonderboy engineers the downfall of the Evil Cpitalist by asking a couple of questions that any financial journalist worth his/her pay should already have asked, then the Gecko turns up again and parlays returning the money he stole into capital as a Reformed and Worthwhile Father, and suddenly Wonderboy is on the ins again as well, despite having lied to the Daughter and shown that he really didn't understand anything that really mattered to her?

Is that really the ending, or did I miss something?

(And if I sound a bit smart-arse, then apologies; it's just a bit hard to take it all seriously. Unless, as I say, I really did miss stuff.)

You might very well think that. I couldn't possibly comment.

[–] jane_bront 9 years ago

I didn't have a problem with any of this, but:

suddenly Wonderboy is on the ins again as well, despite having lied to the Daughter

What was the big lie? That Jake was spending more time with her father than she knew about? Or was the big lie Winnie reneging on an agreement to give her father some of that trust fund money because, y' know, after 8 years in prison he probably wouldn't have any?

and shown that he really didn't understand anything that really mattered to her?

Oh I think Jake understood that quite well because she never let him forget it. However, it doesn't seem like she bothered to understand what mattered to him though. Her boyfriend is a Wall Street guy. Money is his career. Plus, they don't exactly live in a basement studio apartment and survive off Ramen noodles. Winnie is hypocritical and ridiculous.

I didn't like the somewhat flat rushed ending. I thought Gordon should have had more screentime at the end and had something more memorable to say and not while popping out of nowhere like cupid in the middle of the street. I didn't mind his change of heart. It would have been a rinse/repeat if he was the exact same person he was in 1985. Besides he didn't do a complete 180.

[–] tecmosuperbowler 8 years ago

I agree that Winnie is a mad hypocrite. How much is the rent at their apartment, $4,000? $5,000?

[–] diego_hentschke 9 years ago

the ending is the worst part

the overall plot is not that bad