Pretty Woman : ordering snails for her - what a dick!!

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Watching Pretty Woman as my little boy is poorly and asleep in my lap (5 months before anyone says it's not appropriate viewing!) - when Edward orders snails for Vivienne in the restaurant- what a dick move knowing how hard they are to eat!!!

I've always thought that, although it serves to highlight their differences.I don't think it's meant to be malicious, just thoughtless. I've always hated that he orders for her at all tbh; I'm an incredibly fussy eater and it would be quite upset at not picking my own.

Could forgive him as long as he didn't do it again & I got unlimited spending on rodeo drive as an apology though.

Hahah I'm trying to hate the film as it feels like a concept that wouldn't get made now. But I still kind of love it!! 😂

Big mistake, huge!! Brilliant

I've always thought that was such a weird thing for the character to do.
Surely if you are ordering (WTF!) for someone else who you don't know, you order something safe like a tomato salad or a prawn cocktail, not bloody snails!

I feel so bad her! Learning the forks then he throws that crazy snail curve ball !

I love snails and also mussels... the first time I had mussels was about 30 years ago and I remember clearly the embarrassment I felt as I swigged back the thoughtfully provided lemon flavoured mouth cleanser... or as the restaurant called it: "the lemon-scented fairy liquid for washing your fingers" ....

If anyone ordered for me in a restaurant I'd walk out. I choose what goes in my mouth. No one else does!

It would have been a better scene if she'd been allergic - vomiting and anaphylactic shock to make him realise you don't go round treating other humans like dollies you are playing with. But that whole film makes me barf.

as I swigged back the thoughtfully provided lemon flavoured mouth cleanser

I can guarantee you aren't the only one to have done that !! 😂😂😂😂

You do sometimes see that in Hollywood movies, where the man orders for the woman or sometimes, for everyone at the table . Never seen it in real life.

He’s paying her for sex and you think the snails is the dodgy bit?

@BreakfastAtSquiffanys I wouldn't eat either of those, either!

He must've really thought she'd struggle with the menu, I think. I wonder if he'd seen the Blues Brothers at the Chez Paul!

But he asked her if he should order for her and she said yes.
To be fair the snails came with a curved tong holder and a pick so not particularly tricky: it's not as if she had to pluck mussels from a shell or anything, as snails are put back into the shell for serving so they aren't stuck. It was quite a considerate choice really, albeit an unexpected one.

You should try rewatching Gigi with millennial eyes!

Apparently the original screenplay had her back on the streets at the end. But the test group hated it so they changed it to eternal love and marriage with handsome rich bloke.

You have to snails and have sex with Richard Gere.

It's like the 80s forerunner of I'm a Celebrity jungle challenges.

He’s paying her for sex and you think the snails is the dodgy bit?

EAT snails even.

'You have to snails'

she said cryptically

@FizzyGreenWater

Incidentally were they supposed bto move to another country, that wealthy Americans never frequented .. because his odious lawyer knew she was a "bargain basement" street walking prostitute and hated them both by the end of the film, so he'd be telling everyone in their social group; which is not all that big a scene. Or was he supposed to be ok with that, cause I can't imagine many men being ok with that for the rest of their lives is malicious people would probably tell their kids etc.

I.e. malicious people ..

Or did he threaten the lawyer with something not to tell, I can't remember. Seems unlikely you could really gag him.

I think too much.

Growing up, I always wondered what sort of mad person would eat snails. Then after a few beers as a student, discovered that was me. I dug one out its shell a little to enthusiastically, and it flew across the room and hit the waiter in the chest. I was very apologetic, but he assured me that it was a hazard of his job, it happened all the time, apparently.

He does ask ‘shall I order for you?’ When she goes for a pee. She says to go ahead so she took the chance.

Slippery little suckers.

I'd eat a badger to sleep with Richard Gere

Whenever I've had them in a restaurant, they've been served shell-off in a special dish with a hole for each snail. Mmmm!