My take away from this movie was seeing the result of believing that one isn't a racist because they have a marginalized spouse/friend/coworker. I believe Ernest truly loved Mollie and also didn't think her family/community were quite as human as he was.
I agree that it didn't center the Osage in the way we were told it would, but I truly don't know that I've ever seen the damage of "you're one of the good ones" displayed quite so well.
Yeah I get the impression he would have poisoned any wife of his of any race for the money. The movie doesn't show us this, but I got the impression if it weren't for the FBI closing in on them that Hale would eventually have convinced Earnest to kill her, or if not then Earnest would have just allowed it to happen. He wilfully poisoned her so he was already well down the slippery slope of killing her for the cash. I got the impression he would have allowed Hale to kill him too given enough time, Earnest really is an idiot. If it weren't for Hale then him and Mollie could have been very happy together, he desperately wanted her to take the insulin and he may not have killed anyone if he weren't talked into it. Of course the real life Earnest may have done it without any encouragement for all I know...
This is the best description of this movie I’ve read so far. I left wondering why it wasn’t Molly’s story and why we were supposed to care about these white men once again. I love Scorsese’s work and Robert and Leo are always interesting to watch but this time it just all felt hollow. What a difference it would’ve been if the men had been the b story instead of the women. Just like this review says I wanted more of them. Why does Molly stay when she must suspect he’s hurt her family? Why does she marry Ernest in the first place? And the money? That got lost. They needed money? Didn’t seem like it, so why kill for it? So many unexplored roads and the one traveled we’ve seen too many times before.
Excellent work, sir! I personally dug the movie a lot, but I have also been asking myself similar questions like the ones you have in your review. Plenty to chew on 🍿
My take away from this movie was seeing the result of believing that one isn't a racist because they have a marginalized spouse/friend/coworker. I believe Ernest truly loved Mollie and also didn't think her family/community were quite as human as he was.
I agree that it didn't center the Osage in the way we were told it would, but I truly don't know that I've ever seen the damage of "you're one of the good ones" displayed quite so well.
Yeah I get the impression he would have poisoned any wife of his of any race for the money. The movie doesn't show us this, but I got the impression if it weren't for the FBI closing in on them that Hale would eventually have convinced Earnest to kill her, or if not then Earnest would have just allowed it to happen. He wilfully poisoned her so he was already well down the slippery slope of killing her for the cash. I got the impression he would have allowed Hale to kill him too given enough time, Earnest really is an idiot. If it weren't for Hale then him and Mollie could have been very happy together, he desperately wanted her to take the insulin and he may not have killed anyone if he weren't talked into it. Of course the real life Earnest may have done it without any encouragement for all I know...
This is the best description of this movie I’ve read so far. I left wondering why it wasn’t Molly’s story and why we were supposed to care about these white men once again. I love Scorsese’s work and Robert and Leo are always interesting to watch but this time it just all felt hollow. What a difference it would’ve been if the men had been the b story instead of the women. Just like this review says I wanted more of them. Why does Molly stay when she must suspect he’s hurt her family? Why does she marry Ernest in the first place? And the money? That got lost. They needed money? Didn’t seem like it, so why kill for it? So many unexplored roads and the one traveled we’ve seen too many times before.
Well put. Gladstone puts forth a memorable vision for the character, but we never really understand her choices.
Excellent work, sir! I personally dug the movie a lot, but I have also been asking myself similar questions like the ones you have in your review. Plenty to chew on 🍿