Biggest a**hole in the history of cinema? Agree!
4 years ago by keybane · 320 Likes · 6 comments · Trending
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mialinay
· 4 years ago
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She really wasn't that assholey in the book. Hate her movie character though.
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guest_
· 4 years ago
To be fair- The movie DID portray her in a less faltering light- but the movie was also meant to be a touch more “plausible” than the books- and I felt like movie Jenny was a realistic depiction of a scared, confused, and traumatized but strong woman- especially for the period. Her character in the film has a very strong story of character development- had she lived a different life she may have been sweet as pie and inoffensive in the least- probably stayed in that small town and likely married someone else and just had kids.
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guest_
· 4 years ago
But she showed how badly childhood trauma can mess a person up, and what in my experience is a very realistic portrayal of what many traumatized women go through in some version- in a journey that in her case and others- led her to finally being a whole adult who could deal with her past and her traumas. I think that has her life gone much differently- she and Forest couldn’t have gotten together. She had to go through all that to Learn what love really was because she never knew it.
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guest_
· 4 years ago
As a child- she had no concept of love. Abused sexually and physically (or implied strongly to be one or both...) by an angry drunk. As she grew up her “love” was from men who were familiar- like her dad. Controlling and possessive. She saw sex as her value to the world and the basis of love. She thought Forest couldn’t love her or know what love was because he was “different” but SHE didn’t know what love was and could t recognize Forest was the person who’d been showing her love her whole life.
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guest_
· 4 years ago
And of course that she had loved him but didn’t realize it. She DID know she was “broken” and perhaps saw that as why she “deserved” much of what she got- why she’d be with guys who treated her the way they did- because she was “damaged” and “no good” and just “lucky to have someone at all...” and knowing she was damaged she did know enough that while she cared for Forest she would hurt him. Then, in a moment of weakness and joy- she slept with him- something HE couldn’t have really done before he’d gone through what he had. She got pregnant- he ran off and she couldnt reach him- motherhood changed her and she cleaned up- and then they could be together. That’s my take.
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guest_
· 4 years ago
Tl:dr- I think film Jenny was designed to be somewhat unlivable because she needed to be in order for her character ark to have impact and meaning. All of our main characters go through these changes over their experiences- and the film strongly carries a message that life has ups and downs- but sometimes a down is really an up if you look at it right. I mean- most people are pretty unlikable while they are figuring out that the world is about more than just them. Some people never figure that out.
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