Soooooooo, maybe I'm reaching but when they first meet, that night he tells her a lie and then she instantly lies back to him and he says you can't do it after he has told her about it and that she needs to wait until a point where he is completely vunerable to tell the lie.....fast forward to the end where she tells him she's pregnant .... too much of a leap???
shareI actually thought that myself.
But that's the thing happens in these "artistic- going to the future, going back" movies. They let you believe what you want to believe, because they leave the ending unsaid.
Just finished watching it and I thought exactly the same at that moment. And then like you I thought it was a bit of a stretch. But then that minute he takes to think about things, sort of makes sense that he at least came to the same conclusion. I'm still wondering about the two suns coming up though. Maybe no relevance.
Back in '68.. I don't like you. The end.
I'm still wondering about the two suns coming up though. Maybe no relevance.
That would be an interesting theory, but they kind of decided that her lie was the whole infidelity thing.
shareI think this is exactly it. It's a love story after all and deserved a happy ending even though it was left at least visually intentionally ambiguous. I think the writer was hoping the audience understood it.
Earlier in the film, it was remarked by Long's character that relationships always begin with a big lie, and this one was the big one to start over again, this time effectively for "forever". At least, I suspect this to be ending's intent.
I thought it was a good Indy flick. A little confusing and disorienting (I guess homage to the life being like a painting without a sense of time), but made up for by the charm and the acting. That little speech on the bed was well written and quite moving, even if the ending unintentionally messed things up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG1NrQYXjLU