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re: Thoughts on why exactly BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY is in trouble

Posted by:	Michael_Portantiere 09:42 am EDT 03/30/14
In reply to:	Thoughts on why exactly BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY is in trouble - NeoAdamite 02:46 am EDT 03/30/14

"The Robert character is completely inauthentic, a fantasy unlike any actual human. A real-life Robert would have either done some real agonizing (if he understood she might be about to wreck her life for a roll in the hay) or some real seducing (if he didn't). "And then he carries a torch for her for another 10 or 20 years. We're supposed to believe that this good looking, intelligent, well-spoken man, who's comfortable talking with strangers, never makes another connection to challenge that two-night-stand. That's not love, that's neurosis." Excellent point. Some people have expressed the opinion that Robert is very much a fantasy figure out of a romance novel (or whatever) because he's a stunningly good-looking, hot, smart, sweet, available guy who arrives out of the blue. But I think the bigger issue is the one you cited; it's not so much how he arrives, what he looks like, and how their affair starts, but what happens afterwards that strains credulity.

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