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9 days?

posted 18 years ago by quantumfog-1
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Julia is to have 4 days reviewed, while Daniel is to have 9 days reviewed.

I just finished watching it again on VHS, and not on purpose counted the days. Daniel had a total of 12 days of material (not including the final scene where he's fighting to get on Julia's tram).

This includes 9 days of incident-specific days, and 1 collection of general misjudgments. And, of course, there were two summation days.

Even if you don't the summation days (1 each from Bob Diamond and from Leena Foster), that is still technically 10 days of reviewable material, including the complilation day.

Isn't it?

[–] MayAngelQt 18 years ago

Are you including the day where he supposedly lost the supplies at school then later that day confessed that he didn't? Because I think that's technically still the same day but footage for different parts of the day.

[–] quantumfog-1 18 years ago

Yes, I did count that. But, if we want to be picky, then the comilation day offered by Leena Foster includes numerous days, which was presented as one day.

When I say "day", perhaps I mean pieces of reviewable material meant to offer why Daniel should or should not be passed through to the next existance.

Specifically, the summation days were supposed to be just that, a summation, or closing arguments if you will, of the ALREADY presented. The summation days introduced NEW material. Thereby counting as an additional day. Completely objectionable.

Now that my mind is on the subject, and this is complely irrelavant (sp?), why would Leena offer the compilation day as "proof" Daniel was afraid? Locking himself inside of his car was stupid, true. But the point of the trial was to verify fear; not stupidity. Or plain bad luck.

But I digress.

When I heard the 9 days point, I pictured it like there was this pool of sorts. This pool had 9 gallons of water (days). Take one gallon (day) out, there are only 8 left. Leena and Bob dipped at least .

Oh gawd. I'm sooooo frigging anal about this. This is my philosophy class creeping back to haunt me.

By the way, this is one of my truely favorite movies. Among them are Made in Heaven, Heaven Can Wait, What Dreams May Come, and Always.

The point to these movies is not to necessarily have a linear plot outline, but an emotional one. That's why I found it very enjoyable to watch, and to empathize with.

[–] diehardsaints 18 years ago

i never really looked at it that hard, but you could be right, and ive watched it enough to remember most of the movie, so ill put what i got down, and if i left anything out, tell me

DAYS

1. baby in crib while parents fighting
2. the fight at elementary school
3. the paints, and the scene later that night, two viewings, one day
4. scene where friend tells him to invest in casio
5. where he has his wife be his boss
6. the scene where is boss makes the offer(which could maybe be the same day)
7. big bear snowmobile
8. the compilation
9. the speech
(ok just saw it again, forgot one)
10. the plane ticket counter

and im not counting the two scenes from judgement city, because they clearly said in the begining that it was 9 days from his life, so they couldn't have known that they would use scenes from judgement city

i think thats all ive got, so you are kinda right, maybe in the movie the compilation doesn't count as a day, its just general misjudgements like she said, so who knows

[–] Rockhound6165 17 years ago

Actually, they picked 9 days. Diamond had a few rebuttal days like baby in the playpen. That, per se, had nothing to do with his fears. Diamond used that day to show when Daniel learned about restraint so it wasn't necessarily a day they were looking at. Oh, and I would count the night at Judgement City. The prosecutor could have decided to use that day in lieu of one from his life. Now if you want to argue that the prosecution cheated with the compilation, you'd have an argument. Those were many days and they had nothing to do about fear. We all screw up and make mistakes. And those were just some screwups. Not something Daniel was afraid of.

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