The Piano

The Piano was a pretty disturbing movie in my opinion. First of all, I found it very strange that the woman did not speak eventhough she was perfectly capable of speaking. Second of all, I found it odd that she slept on a beach until her new husband arrived without any fuss. Third of all, I don't understand why she fell in love with a man who essentially bribed her to please him sexually in a really strange way. In addition, I found the scene where her husband chopped off her finger disturbing and disguisting. The most moving part of the movie for me was I felt bad for the woman's daughter. The poor thing had a mute mother, was sent off to a random island, had a mother who was cheating on the man she actually felt comfortable enough to call Papa eventhough she said she wouldn't, saw her mother having sex with another man, was stuck outside a man's house for hours while her mother had sex with that man, was not allowed to play with the other children on the island, saw her mother's finger being chopped off because of her mistake, and saw her mother nearly drown to death. Although sceptical of the movie, I did appreciate how Baines developed during the movie. Although he came off as a jerk because he bribed her to please him in order for her to be with her most prized possession, but he also showed a sensitive side by taking her to the piano and falling in love with her. At the end, he had fully developed into a sensitive man by giving Ada the piano before the deal ended, comforting the daughter after seeing her finger cut off, and insisting that the piano go in the canoe at the end of the movie.