The movie was toned down a lot. I love the drama to death, but it's possibly one of the most screwed up things I've ever seen. The characters are horrible, HORRIBLE people.
The modern day murders make more sense in the drama, because you can easily imagine them doing it for no good reason (like, the girl decides to screw up people's lives by planning staged rapes SIMPLY because she doesn't want them to be happier than her). One of my biggest problems with the movie was how innocent they made her look. In the drama, it's actually her, not him who is the villain.
Yeah, they do bury the bodies in the backyard in the drama as well (though it's not her aunt, rather her adoptive mother). But it's not so noticeable (no dying flowers). Only the adoptive mother finds out, and she gets killed by the girl for it.
Essentially, my point is the stupidity you seen in the movie isn't noticeable in the drama, simply because the characters in the drama are so much more evil.
But also, the beauty of it is that their crime spree doesn't really make sense. They're both pretty insane. The girl is obscenely opportunistic, and the guy is constantly shackled with guilt. Add into that their extreme devotion to one another, and things go to hell. Their crimes make no sense because they're not supposed to.
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Date: 2010-04-25 05:12 pm (UTC)The modern day murders make more sense in the drama, because you can easily imagine them doing it for no good reason (like, the girl decides to screw up people's lives by planning staged rapes SIMPLY because she doesn't want them to be happier than her). One of my biggest problems with the movie was how innocent they made her look. In the drama, it's actually her, not him who is the villain.
Yeah, they do bury the bodies in the backyard in the drama as well (though it's not her aunt, rather her adoptive mother). But it's not so noticeable (no dying flowers). Only the adoptive mother finds out, and she gets killed by the girl for it.
Essentially, my point is the stupidity you seen in the movie isn't noticeable in the drama, simply because the characters in the drama are so much more evil.
But also, the beauty of it is that their crime spree doesn't really make sense. They're both pretty insane. The girl is obscenely opportunistic, and the guy is constantly shackled with guilt. Add into that their extreme devotion to one another, and things go to hell. Their crimes make no sense because they're not supposed to.