Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site axiom.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!axiom!don From: don@axiom.UUCP (Donald F. Picard) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Re: Jagged Edge (* SPOILER *) Message-ID: <143@axiom.UUCP> Date: Thu, 24-Oct-85 20:34:43 EST Article-I.D.: axiom.143 Posted: Thu Oct 24 20:34:43 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 31-Oct-85 22:19:59 EST Organization: Axiom Technology, Newton MA Lines: 62 [] Warning: the following is a MAJOR SPOILER to the plot of _Jagged_Edge_. Read at your own risk. Maybe I missed something, but the major problem I had with the plot was that we were supposed to believe that Jeff Bridges (I forget the character's name) was supposed to have been "planning" this murder for 1 1/2 years. How did he know so far in advance that the Tennis Pro would be fired from the old club, come to work at the new club, meet up with Jeff's wife, get involved with her, etc, etc ... Did the plot hinge on this or not? Was Jeff trying to implicate the Tennis Pro, or was the Tennis Pro just "unlucky"? It was not at all clear to me. It was also not clear (as has already been mentioned by others) that the person Glenn Close shot was Jeff. I think that it was supposed to be him. At least I don't think it was supposed to be ambiguous, whoever it was. Another problem I had was that I did not think that there was enough justification for the relationship between Glenn and Jeff and especially how she was supposed to feel towards him. Why didn't she turn Jeff in immediately upon finding the typewriter? Did she "love" him, and was she debating not letting anyone know that Jeff was a murderer? Why did she tell Jeff that she had found the typewriter? Would she have believed him if he tried to explain it away? What happened in her conversation with her detective friend (the one that occurred right after she had called Jeff) when she just wanted the "thank him for all he's done". I must have missed a moment there, because all of a sudden she became calm, cool and collected. Had she figured out what would soon unfold (ie: Jeff coming over to kill her) and decided she did not need the detectives help? I think another problem is that the movie tried to be too many things at once, so we just did not get the development we need. I am sorry, but I need more than I ride on some horses to convince me that a professional lawyer would breech an unwritten rule of not getting involved with the client. Her morals and scruples seemed very important to her, and I had a hard time believing she would throw them away so casually. All in all, I enjoyed the film. It has been a long time since I have seen an entire audience jump (although I confess that I don't go to Friday the 13th part n slashers ...) and I sure felt a good deal of suspense/tension. -- --- Don Picard {allegra,genrad,ihnp4,utzoo,philabs,uw-beaver}!linus!axiom!don