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dangermousieWatched "Three Days of the Condor" earlier. Pretty entertaining 70th thiller with a lovely sense of paranoia (a CIA bookworm researcher escapes a hit on his division and tries to hide), and young Robert Redford is gorgeous and acts super-well BUT. BUT. BUT. The Love Story! Good God!
He kidnaps Faye Dunaway to "enlist" her help by hiding at her place, at gun point. He threatens her in her apartment, he barks orders at her (though they are interspersed with rather sad attempts at normal conversation and explanations), he makes her lie to her boyfriend on the phone, and when he leaves the house for a bit, he gags her and ties her arms (and legs?). Now, I don't hate his character for it: he is flipping out, scared, and trying to save his life. Whatever.
But when he gets back from his little jaunt and takes off her gag, they end up having a little conversation (with words "SORRY" figuring prominently NOWHERE), and he mentions something about wanting to forget and lo and behold, soon they are having uber-romantic sex on her bed. Next morning she sets out to help him (he must have been extra good, I suppose).
What the Fuck? Yeah, he is Robert Redford, with that shock of bright blond hair, adorable 70s clothes, and thick researcher glasses. If you were to have sex with a complete stranger on the run, he'd be a lovely choice. But, not even RR could be able to plausibly persuade a woman he just kidnapped at a point of a gun and maltreated into loving consensual sex. I can see him as a lovely boyfriend for ANY other women in New York, EXCEPT Faye Dunaway. Me, I would be too busy being scared to death and trying to get out. So would most normal people. Either she has lost her mind to Redford pheromones, or she has bizarre kinky fantasies and it's a fulfillment of her girlish dream to have a handsome stranger tie her up and threaten bodily harm. Or maybe I am just hallucinating.
In any case, it is just too bizarre for me to take. People who have had problems with P/A because Anakin was staring at Padme a bit too intensely should really take a look at this one!
He kidnaps Faye Dunaway to "enlist" her help by hiding at her place, at gun point. He threatens her in her apartment, he barks orders at her (though they are interspersed with rather sad attempts at normal conversation and explanations), he makes her lie to her boyfriend on the phone, and when he leaves the house for a bit, he gags her and ties her arms (and legs?). Now, I don't hate his character for it: he is flipping out, scared, and trying to save his life. Whatever.
But when he gets back from his little jaunt and takes off her gag, they end up having a little conversation (with words "SORRY" figuring prominently NOWHERE), and he mentions something about wanting to forget and lo and behold, soon they are having uber-romantic sex on her bed. Next morning she sets out to help him (he must have been extra good, I suppose).
What the Fuck? Yeah, he is Robert Redford, with that shock of bright blond hair, adorable 70s clothes, and thick researcher glasses. If you were to have sex with a complete stranger on the run, he'd be a lovely choice. But, not even RR could be able to plausibly persuade a woman he just kidnapped at a point of a gun and maltreated into loving consensual sex. I can see him as a lovely boyfriend for ANY other women in New York, EXCEPT Faye Dunaway. Me, I would be too busy being scared to death and trying to get out. So would most normal people. Either she has lost her mind to Redford pheromones, or she has bizarre kinky fantasies and it's a fulfillment of her girlish dream to have a handsome stranger tie her up and threaten bodily harm. Or maybe I am just hallucinating.
In any case, it is just too bizarre for me to take. People who have had problems with P/A because Anakin was staring at Padme a bit too intensely should really take a look at this one!
