Why was Carol ''packing?''
Why did Carol have a gun in her suitcase? Was she afraid of something? And did she lie to Therese when Therese asked her that question?
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The whole thing seems clumsily contrived to me -- including Carol asking Therese to fetch a sweater for her after she steps out of the shower.
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Ruben,
I enjoyed "Carol" immensely, and find it to be an imperfect film well worth thinking about and considering.
I think it is presumptuous of you to speak for "most viewers."
I do find it clumsy (screenwriting) that Carol would ask for her sweater in the bathroom. The line is only there, I think, so that Therese will come across the pistol.
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Carol was a wonderful film adaption from the book and for most viewers, including myself, we enjoyed the film without picking it apart.
I am fine with you having and stating your opinion, but I read your claim that most viewers enjoyed the film as an unwarranted, unfounded statement of fact. I don't think you or I know what most viewers thought, and shouldn't make assertions for them.
Also, I regret that you criticize me by simply pinning unflattering labels on me ("calling me names") without specifics that I can agree or disagree with. But I do hear your criticism, and I am "stirring it into the stew." For what it's worth, I know that I like to analyze films like "Carol" in a, well...analytical way, and that not everyone shares my bent. That's fine. But it seems apparent to me that a lot of thought was put into making the film, and I find it ("Carol") well worth serious consideration.
(Also, I am in a different stage of my fandom, similar to when this board was much more active, because I bought the movie to watch at home not too long ago.)
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I do find it clumsy (screenwriting) that Carol would ask for her sweater in the bathroom. The line is only there, I think, so that Therese will come across the pistol.
I don’t think this is true.
My take on this exchange is that it sets up the miscue that occurs in a later scene. I think Carol is showing Therese a certain comfort level, essentially inviting her in closer. Therese, even while turning her head away from Carol after she hands her the sweater, still can’t keep her eyes off of her, and Carol takes note of this.
The subsequent conversation in the car becomes a bit of a disconnect. Carol doesn’t know that Therese has discovered the gun, so misreads Therese’s meaning when she asks if she’s afraid, and if she can help. When they are sitting on the floor in the McKinley Motel room, their (near) kiss is off cue. Therese is not quite as far along as Carol might have thought, even though it was Therese who suggested they bunk together in the Suite. Such is the nature of trying to connect with someone in an oppressive social climate. Eggshells.
I do believe that there is nothing random in this picture. I believe that everything is deliberate. The dialogue, the colors, the movements, the props, etc. I hesitate to call any movie ‘perfect’, but Carol is a damn fine film to study, and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed peeling back the layers, and ‘picking it apart’.
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