No no, poor lonely Sylvia and poor dead David are there to show us the Tragedy of War. They show that Mary and Jack's happiness could easily have been destroyed, which makes the happiness seem all the sweeter because of its fragility.
Or something like that. We do get a sad sequence of Jack delivering David's medal for valor to David's parents (and then breaking down in tears in front of them), and of Sylvia woefully sitting on the swing where she and David courted. So we're not supposed to be like "Whatevs, who cares about David and Sylvia."
But nonetheless, I think the audience is supposed to walk out of the theater feeling happy about Jack and Mary finally realizing their true love.
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Date: 2014-02-24 05:40 am (UTC)Or something like that. We do get a sad sequence of Jack delivering David's medal for valor to David's parents (and then breaking down in tears in front of them), and of Sylvia woefully sitting on the swing where she and David courted. So we're not supposed to be like "Whatevs, who cares about David and Sylvia."
But nonetheless, I think the audience is supposed to walk out of the theater feeling happy about Jack and Mary finally realizing their true love.