Honestly, I’ve never watched this movie before, but I have
some knowledge of it.
(There was a trailer for when the movie was rereleased on
DVD and Blu-ray, but it was more “modern romantic comedy” feel that was almost annoying)
Basically, there’s this guy named Charlie that has trouble
settling down with anyone (he keeps finding problems with the girls he dates).
When he does start to date a seemingly perfect woman, he begins to suspect that
she’s been murdering her husbands.
As you can see in the trailer, the movie has both comedic
and suspenseful aspects to it, and I feel like it would be a good fit for the
class. Just like in the Beaver Coat, the audience (and some of the characters)
suspect the woman of something, but doesn’t have enough evidence to support
their suspicions. Another way to work this movie into texts we’ve read is
through the causes. Obviously, the material cause is Charlie, but the other
causes are less observable from the trailer.
As I stated before, I’ve never watched this movie, so I am nowhere
near qualified enough to give this movie justice when trying to promote it, but
from the looks of it (and what little information I’ve gathered through the
years), it seems like one that would be fun to watch and compare to our texts.
I have not watched this movie before but from the trailer, I could imagine how Charlie would be trying his best to find proof while his date just goes about her everyday life, violently chopping up meat and bones, dropping poison into his milkshake without leaving a trace. I think this would be a good movie choice because it definitely could be a tragedy hidden in a comedy if the ending was a negative one, with suspense as a bonus and it fits right into the theme of plays in our class.
ReplyDeleteI would also like to watch this movie. The pressure Charlie is under for figuring out if his date is a killer reminds me of the pressure Adam is under when he tries to lie his way out in The Broken Jug. Adam was trying to hide the fact that he hit on Eve and broke the jug while Charlie is trying to hide the fact that he has doubts on his date of who she really is. I just want to watch this movie so I can see the character Charlie under pressure as he tries in many attempts to figure out who his date really is. It's like in one of my old posts: it's like watching a rat weasel its way out of a maze/problem. It's fascinating to watch. (Hmmm... I hope that doesn't imply that part of me is inhumane in the psycho sense."
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