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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah, I thought what kept it from being a cliché was he was hiding in his room while the younger folks were celebrating New Year’s and he was playing the same game that ann was playing that drove him crazy.

I thought that was a great call out that he was again just trying to chase and go back to his carefree youth, but as we were shown many times during the movie, when he hurt himself on the island, etc., you can’t go back. You can have temporary moments, but they are fleeting just like your youth was.

Should he have stayed with Ann… Probably not. It just seems like if he was a serial cheater if he got to his mid 50s there probably wasn’t much chance of him learning his lesson. He would have been bogged down with Ginni and the new baby and probably not have been happy. He seemed like a good enough guy that he probably would’ve stepped it up and gone through it all again, but I just don’t think he ever would’ve really been happy.

I think Ann had a real depth to her which they showed - her being the better parent and being able to put her hurt feelings behind her to step up for parents weekend, etc.

But I also think she should’ve stepped up more and gone out of her comfort zone while they were married. I do understand his frustration. As I wrap up my 40s, [b]I can totally see I have some ann tendencies[/b]. I totally need to do the same thing. It’s hard. But there’s nothing like a kick in your ass like your husband leaving you to get her to do that. Which is why she started traveling more by herself, putting herself out there with the surfing instructor, even though it didn’t go as planned.

Overall, I was impressed with the complexity of it. Nobody was totally good or totally bad. [/quote]

Same here! It gave me some pause and made me think. I always feel so tired and it's easy to just veg out when I'm not parenting or working. Hard to reclaim that independent spark of life.[/quote]

I think people are defensive about Anne because they see themselves in her.  Just total inertia.  Always watching and sitting while other people do things and I do see more women doing this in mid life than men.  Also I think she is not supposed to be 60.  They are all early 50s, right?[/quote]

How was she just sitting doing nothing? She was a great mom, had a beautiful house, welcomed friends frequently and planned an anniversary party for her husband whom she was devoted to. What should she have been doing? Going water skiing? [/quote]

The things you are listing would not take anyone a lot of time.  The kid was in college.  Do we have evidence she welcomed friends frequently?  Seems like grasping.  People are reacting to the fact that she was very physically feeble I think.  She seemed much older than the age she was supposed to be.[/quote]

I agree that they reduced ann to less than they needed to. I think it would’ve been even more compelling story if there was a little bit more sympathy for her -  I do think they let her shine post divorce when she was the better parent and clearly able to pull it together in life when Nick was sort of flailing around in deep denial about aging and how to be content.

I liked Ann’s inertia but didn’t buy that  she couldn’t get up from the boat. She’s not that old and she’s pretty fit. I also don’t get why they made her look older than the rest of them. She seemed more like mid 60s not mid 50s and that annoyed me. It seemed like they couldn’t trust the audience and had to hit us over the head. “Ann old, doesn’t like to do things. Ginni Young, likes adventure!” Yea we get that. [/quote]

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