I think the biggest point is where he tells Officer Gucci, 'For God's sake, I'm trying to find my wife!'. He doesn't mention anything about Sharon also being missing, which amazed me because what father doesn't care that his 9-year-old child has disappeared in an abandoned town with a coal fire still burning beneath it?Xev wrote:Now what you said about Chris is very interesting and now that I think of it throughout the movie he only asks for Rose. He calls for her only, not Sharon, when they go to the town and he does not mention Sharon until he has to for information at the orphanage. It is so quick in the beginning it passed me by when he talks about giving her up.
The original script (if I recall correctly) showed Rose didn't have a job, and since they're clearly very rich people, I drew the conclusion that she's probably fairly spoiled. But you're right about the fact that we never see the complete story. According to Radha and Gans, Rose was never meant to be someone who was likeable in the beginning. The audience was then meant to connect with her more and more as she went from screaming and fainting to willingly descending into the darkness to find her child. It was a great bit of character development, I think.Xev wrote:I think calling Rose a spoiled housewife seems harsh though, we never see the whole background and how they lived. I think its maybe Radha's conviction and determination in the role that leads me to believe she was of stronger character. In the end it was her choice though, to go alone.