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How did G know what Ricky said in the closet?


How did G know about Ricky's prayers in the closet where he tells himself "don't stop until your good is better and your better is best!" at the end? He whispered to him that his good is better and his better is blessed. Is that proof that G is a manifestation of God?

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that was my question until someone dleeted it and asked again and noone replied , is G god? , maybe i think so

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That seemed to be the message to me. G seemed to be some personification of God. If you remember in the scene where Kate and "Robert" Ricky first meet G, he comes over and says "I knew you needed my help" even though the tire had already been fixed.





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add to that the scene with the rolex, and when G says, "be careful what you wish for"

I guess we are supposed to form our own opinion of who G really is, IMHO, G is God.

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Old topic, but I don't see him as a God, just a higher/enlightened being.

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Yes, my take is that G was the big guy. But the first time I saw it, I didn't realize that and so I was pretty blown away by that final line.

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Yeah, 'G' is the masonic definition of 'a higher force' that the novices think means 'God', but which, in fact, means something completely different. 'G' is probably the most masonic letter in the alphabet besides X and A.

In any case, this movie is not SUBTLE about 'G' being 'God' - Jeff Goldblum's character even REALLY unrealistically suddenly says at one point (in the highway scene), 'because he knows all and sees all' and then grins weirdly.

This is so unnatural and weird, no one would say that! He even says it as if it's a really well thought-out, funny joke or quip, but it isn't. It's clearly just BAD WRITING, because the writer didn't know how to HINT that, they put a character to literally SAY that. Show, don't tell.. I guess the writers didn't have many 'godlike powers', when they had to use this kind of blatant, blunt shortcuts instead of carefully crafting a good script.

So yeah, this movie is crappily SAYING he is God, and no one questions that someone's name is just 'G'. Gee..

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