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That confused the hell out of me. I kept thinking, is the girl in her head? Alas, no. They just cast the same girl for 2 parts a generation apart. Odd decision.
Was really looking forward to seeing this, as my tolerance for enjoying artsy films is pretty high. But wow. Just so many things wrong here.
The “same actress” problem. The older Celeste that sounds nothing like younger Celeste. The fact that you never really dive too far into the character, even though you watch her break down (the choice of pop music is at least a good one for that). The ending concert that just drags on and on and on, instead of learning anything about the character.
Thank god I watched at home, so I could fast forward towards the end. Awful. How you manage to create a movie about a school shooting survivor, yet not develop the character sufficiently to draw sympathy from the audience is really an accomplishment.
Great discussion, and I appreciate the well-thought-out points of view! Very good, very deep story line. Getting me in the mood to watch again!
Yeah, the movie was well cast :)
Couldn't agree more. But at least The Beast didn't take over the movie, à la comic book movie, but rather played a role really only at the end.
Overall, I did enjoy enjoy it, mostly because it WAS a psychological thriller for most of the movie.
I enjoyed most of the episodes that related to Season One.
Seems to me that the writers and directors were panicking a bit, in terms of how to continue the story once the main antagonist is defeated at the end of Season Two...... Hence the injection of the putrid Episode 7, which threatens to turn this series into yet another superhero movie.
I do choose to agree with you, but I don't know that we KNOW he's still very much alive.
I choose to believe that his death in the book is symbolic of the killing of the weak person she was married to -- the same person that he really hated inside.
After his long personal journey to get the strength to overcome and defeat his weak personality, he probably dies symbolically and decides to stand her up in order to show that this person no longer exists.
However, as much as I love this movie for the depth of the script, this is the one point where I have a problem with the story.
Personally, I think it's still WEAK to tell someone that you're going to meet up with them and then stand them up. A much stronger, more confident action, would be to give her the book, tell her thanks for the inspiration, and simply move on with your life, never meeting her in person. Another action that would show inner strength would be to meet her in person, share a couple drinks and conversation, tell her goodbye, and again move on with your life.
But to line up plans, telling her that you're going to meet, then stand her up?? I don't really consider that the action of a super confident, strong man, no.
Getting back to the original point, though, I don't know that we KNOW he's still alive. I think it makes more sense that he's alive in real life, but I don't know that we have proof that he didn't kill himself that night.
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