The pissing scene.


Okay...

The way they focused on it made me think something would come of it, like her getting stuck to the lift, but no.

Does the director have a urination fetish or something?

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I would have peed myself the second I realized we weren't getting off that lift alive, nevermind AFTER my boyfriend got torn to shreds by a pack of wolves and we're freezing to death!! At that point, who cares?!? The hopelessness and despair is one thing...and the reality that at some point you're going to have to pee is accurate. But to focus on the humiliation of peeing yourself in THAT situation is silly. There are situations where it would be humiliating, obviously, but this ain't one of them.

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yes i agree! lol for ex. if you were on the train/bus peeing on yourself would be embarrassing.. but you're on a SKI LIFT.... STRANDED (its not like you were on the lift for 5 mins and couldnt hold it). yes she has resigned to dying but only because the situation does look pretty damn bleak.. but peeing at that point is NOT the end of the world.. and for that matter, I doubt that that was the FIRST time she peed whilst in that chair (it had been like 2 days right?)

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She shoulda made an ice pop with the frozen pee, and then offered it to the dude when he woke up.

Jog on

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Interestingly, Joe also mentions needing to pee rather badly when Parker first brings it up - but we never find out when or if he did. Did he pee while she was asleep? Nothing more is said about him needing to relieve himself.

My other thoughts are - I wouldn't think she could have held it that long since she already needed to go badly. And I was surprised she didn't pee herself while she was asleep.

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I went through this entire thread and didn't see one person correctly say anything about the pissing scene. It was the main reason she survived. That was why when the wolf saw her, it left her alone. Animals like that use piss to mark their territory. Ever notice a dog sniff something like a tree before he pisses on it.

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You're joking right? The wolves left her alone because they were already feeding.

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I watched the movie on justintv.com and that's what somebody said to me when I asked why they would leave her alone.

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Well it's an interesting theory. Don't know how true it is especially since she is a female human. Don't know where us females fit in with the whole alpha dog/wolf thing.

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it was the funniest moment of the whole film.
they overdid the scene which made me laugh at the scene instead of having feeling sympathy towards her..

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was soo hot. I could watch that all day long. They should of made that a more important part of the movie and maybe add an extra 25 minutes to the movie.

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I would have shat on her face for a laugh.

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... and to keep her warm right?

Jog on

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I don't see what perpis this scene serves the plot. Its not a moment of helplessness to piss yourself when there is literally no other option(Being stranded on a ski lift quallifies). If she was REALLY concerned with her bladder the entire time from the moment she said "I've gotta pee real bad" rather than say HER OWN LIFE, she was an idiot. There are many situations when urination is embarrassing but this is not one of them.

This scene shows no perpis to the plot, there is no joke the director was trying to pull, This is a meaningless scene.

Goth for LIFE!

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She was wet for one whole day after she peed and didn't freeze to death? It doesn't make any sense

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You'd have to look that up about the fetish.

You basically focus on a scene/object for 4 reasons: Artsy fartsies, symbolism, foreshadowing, and to convey a general point home.

Only having watched the movie, I think it is a highlight of the somberness of the situation, the giving up. Being in pain, having lost so much, and finally just not caring anymore, not being able to care, how long they've been there...

maybe the urine just wasn't there long enough for her to get stuck to the lift, but she herself was exposed long enough to constant cold to have permanent damage.

Pretend something pithy is here.
http://i39.tinypic.com/2s8mluo.jpg

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Bump.

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