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Interesting, disturbing point

posted 12 years ago by orangejynx
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I've seen this film several times amd I think it's extremely well done but upon viewing it lately I noticed something I never did before. Anybody else every notice the amount of women in Little Tall that married men disturbinging older than they were?

[–] Vashramana 12 years ago

It seemed a lot of the parents were much too old to have young children.

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[–] Strazdamonas 11 years ago

No they are not. Not everyone gets kids at 18, you know, there are people that actually plan them.

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[–] enmasse 12 years ago

That's very interesting. I did not notice that, but you're right.

[–] lastyear11 12 years ago

Maybe thats why there are only 8 children on the island. And only one teenager.

[–] milo44 12 years ago

And I wonder why he didn't kill the teenager after he killed the first woman .

[–] samuelk30 11 years ago

why exactly did he kill the first woman?

[–] pufnstuff 12 years ago

There were not only 8 children and one teenager. There's a line of dialogue about the older kids staying in Machias on the mainland because the ferry can't brave the storm to bring them home.

Snoogans.

[–] deadbodieseverywhere17 12 years ago

Maybe thats why there are only 8 children on the island. And only one teenager.

It shows three teenagers and mentions that the others can't make it back from school due to the storm.

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[–] jharmon64 12 years ago

Agreed, I was waiting for that come into light later on in the film, but it was never discussed.

[–] mdnightwnd 11 years ago

why exactly did he kill the first woman?

I think he killed the old woman because murdering her seemed a lot more violent because she was old and couldn't defend herself. Linoge also wanted attention - he wanted to be found so he could get near the townspeople.

In regards to the older couples... I noticed that, too. The kids weren't that old and some of the parents looked quite... aged, especially the men.
I'm guessing that was just a casting choice. However, I'd rather see older people who can act than younger ones who can't. But yeah, it was disturbing.

[–] jimgaffke108 10 years ago

Why is it disturbing?