Question: After Ernest's funeral, why do Helen and Madeline mock the eulogy?
Question: Why does Goldie Hawn wear odd-colored contact lenses to emphasize the fact that her character is dead, but Meryl Streep does not?
Answer: Actually, they're both wearing coloured contacts. If you look at timestamp 01:17:23 when they say "Pleeeaase" to Ernest, you can see they're both wearing contacts. Meryl's aren't as noticeable, but they are the bluish-purple/periwinkle colour Ernest was using when he was painting her touch-ups on the pool table.
Answer: Ernest painted Madeline's eyes before she came down the stairs. He even notes that the balance in her eyes were messed up.
Answer: Her eyes changed when she fell into the hot tub. They were essentially boiled.
My interpretation was that when she was shot, she completely bled out, thus all color of her skin and eyes would fade away.
But there's no blood inside eyeballs?
There are several blood vessels that supply blood to the eyeball. The cornea is the only part of the body not supplied by blood.
It wasn't a hot tub she fell into. It was a little pond. No hot water.
Answer: It could be because Helen was shot; therefore, losing a lot of blood could affect the colour of her eyes, as well as drowning in the fountain. On the other hand, Madeline's eyes probably didn't change because she broke her neck, which wouldn't affect blood flow much.
Question: When Helen and Madelin have finished fighting and they asked Earnest to fix them, how did he fix the great big hole in Helen's stomach?
Chosen answer: He most likely filled it with something soft, then covered it. You'll notice the lingerie she is wearing completely covers her midsection.
Answer: There was a deleted scene after the women apologise to each other. Madeline grabs the African necklace from a bust, Helen gets very upset, rips out the shovel handle and throws it to the ground. She expresses that she can't believe she wasted years and years hating Madeline, and now it all feels hollow. Madeline tells her to calm down a bit and gives Helen a glass of water. Helen drinks it, and it goes right through her, upsetting her even more. Then Madeline realises they need Ernest. In the original ending, one of the first things we see is Helen drinking coffee, so somehow she was totally fine after Ernest fixed her.
Question: What caused Helen and Madeline to break into pieces as they fell down the steps of the church?
Answer: They were warned earlier in the film that they needed to take care of their bodies. But obviously, they put them through a lot of abuse. They didn't take care of themselves, needing to be patched up frequently and whatnot. As a result, at this point, their bodies are like living mannequins more than human bodies. They simply break apart with force, such as falling down the stairs.
I also think this is because when they were killed (mad falling down the stairs and Helen getting shot), it killed their physical bodies, making it so the potion couldn't heal them anymore. So if you hypothetically pushed an almost 50-year-old corpse down the stairs, that would probably happen.
Answer: Originally, the women never deteriorated. You see that at the spring party, the women are completely fine, and in the original third act, they never started to peel. The last two scenes in the film are reshoots. After test screenings, they decided to end the film in a more wacky way, so the element of Mad and Hel deteriorating and not being able to take care of each other that well (and being outcasts) was implemented. A simple audio change of "It will be better for both of you to get IT back" from Lisle to "him back." Originally, the women went after Ernest (who found the potion bottle intact in the pool), who drives off to his neighbourhood bar (you can see it in the trailer). There, Ernest stages his death with the help of his friend Toni. Sadly for Ernest, the women do end up getting the potion back, so they ended up being on good terms with Lisle instead of being outcasts. Twenty-seven years later, the women are still completely the same, and Lisle has someone who can take care of their 'puckering.'
Answer: They still consider him a pathetic loser. They believe the only thing that counts is youth and beauty. He helped people, opened clinics, got married, had children, and grandchildren. They considered that a wasted life, especially when the priest said he achieved immortality by being remembered. They laughed at that. They believe true immortality is living forever.