if I were an average Joe, I would be wondering how in the heck this nice girl fell for the vampire dude. It's like, all of a sudden, they are kissing on the terrace and sharing their darkest secrets.
Though it's really the whole point of most of Vicki's arc that she doesn't understand her pull to Collinwood or her attraction to Barnabas. Both are a mystery to her - and Vicki says as much in the scene on the terrace. Here are two recent examples from the slideshow:
1972 - Vicki: 'I don't know why, but for some reason, I feel like I
can tell you anything. It's like I've known you forever.' 1972 - Vicki: 'I don't know what it is. I just know there's
always been something pulling me here. Pulling me to Collinsport.
To you.' So, if at that point they're both still a mystery to Vicki, one couldn't fault the possibly that they may still be a mystery to some in the audience and they're questioning just what it is that's going on. However, by the end of the film, things become much clearer. (Though as I said previously, we should probably wait until the December slideshow to discuss Vicki's ultimate destiny.
)
Even the walk on the beach was wasted in this regard, as it was trying to make up for the fact that David's screentime was cut as well.
Back in August when the slideshow was focusing on that scene, I'd wanted to make a post about it, but time got away from me and I was going to wait until it comes around again in the slideshow next year. But since the scene has been brought up now, it's interesting, because there's more going on in there than just a simple discussion about David - particularly when Vicki delivers the line -
Vicki: 'Part of me believes there are things in this world we don't
understand. Things like magic, death, destiny.' - and that way she looks at Barnabas when she references destiny. It's definitely laying a foundation for what's to come.
Vicki's AWOL for a huge chunk of the narrative
One thing that I've found quite interesting as I've been doing the captures/quotes for the film's slideshow is that, believe it or not, it actually seems that Angelique disappears for more extended periods of time than Vicki does, which is actually fascinating when one considers some have accused the film of focusing too much time on Angelique. But then that perception could be similar to how we often think that Mrs. Johnson was always a presence at Collinwood on the original show, but the reality is that she was actually in less than 60 eps (I'm too lazy to dig up the actual number
). Though it could easily be that both Mrs. Johnson on the show and Angelique in the film have such strong presences when they're on screen that we feel like they're there more than they actually are.