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End of Movie Ambulance Question
Why did Van Helsing spray Anna with something to make her pass out?
Set in West Virginia with a British Cast
Character Confusion
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Where did the boy come from?
Confused about certain scenes (Spoilers)
Cake and Prison Escape Questions
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I also like the math in one scene. "4 tickets at $90 a pop is $260".
The movie is alright and shows the hardships of living in a van and the culture around it. The main character is tough and a hard-worker who was dealt a bad hand after husband passed away. It felt raw and represented something closer to a real person's life, however that doesn't necessarily make the movie entertaining. It will probably win awards for being different and highlighting a culture you don't hear a lot about but I would give it 6/10.
Nomadland reminds me of that 12 minute hole digging scene from The Americans with minimal dialogue. The scene like this movie gets the point across about the difficulty of burying a body or living in a van but it doesn't mean it's all that interesting.
I enjoyed Wild significantly more than this film.
You are correct. For some reason I remembered that shot being when the dad went down looking for her at the beginning. Thanks for letting me know.
The body of the girl was shown in the movie though which makes the twist contradictory. The movie has a lot of things that don't make sense with this being one. It was somewhat entertaining but the plot falls apart if you start examining it.
edit: I was incorrect, the shot of the body is in a dream sequence.
The only human he appeared to not be hostile towards was his mom. After he caught her trying to kill him, there wasn't a chance he was going to let her live. Even if they cut away it wouldn't have been very ambiguous to me.
The Vanishing seems to have had a very limited release. It was only playing in one theater within 30 miles of me. The movie is alright (I'd give it a 6), but it doesn't have mass appeal so not a lot of theaters are taking a chance on it.
The whipping is shown and it lasts long. The atmosphere of the show is very creepy and I would highly recommend it though. You can always skip the scene.
2. There were flashbacks in the book and her father definitely did something sexual with her on his lap during the Eclipse. I'm pretty sure the movie was pretty close in this regard. I read the book awhile ago though.
3. She doesn't die in the car crash in the book.
4. There was definitely a dog and he ate the husband. The book even mentions the dog eating the "forbidden meat" because it was so hungry or something along those lines.
I also went to Blade Runner at an AMC theater and thought the bass was crazy during the movie. This is the first time I've been to an AMC in years, maybe it is something with their audio setup. Overall I thought the audio was pretty good, just the bass being extremely loud.
When I go to Harkins, I've never experienced something like this.
Another piece of evidence pointing towards this is the the last line in the movie. Beau's stepmom Katelyn calls his cell phone and says: "Beau? Oh, thank God. We were worried sick. Where are you?" This most likely means he answered and is alive.
The ending was still terrible. Growing up English teachers would always say open endings to stories are good. I find the notion ridiculous. It's lazy storytelling. I don't need every piece of a story wrapped up but this movie gave no closure.
All of the parents except for Gere's character are sociopaths. How could they not report the crime to the police? Claire was the worst. She is mentally all there and treats her son like he can do no wrong. She kept referring to Gere ruining her son's future when he is the one that burned a woman alive.
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