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ONE SCENE IS CONFUSING...

posted 11 years ago by Superman7292
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Alright, so hal and rosie are going mountain biking with the 'four-limbs' guy and the nurse from the hospital, and when we first see them, it makes sense, hal is hal, rosie is 'thin', the nurse is crazy looking like a witch (that's the way the movie is portraying her) and the four limbs guy is also how the movie is portraying him. So why the hell, when it's just the two girls in the car, does the witch nurse suddenly become pretty. I dont get it, is that how she really was all this time? Does hal, thus the viewers too, see her ugly because she's a mean person in the inside? Though, idk, if that's the case, its kinda dumb because we didnt need to see her as someone ugly to show shes mean. And why was she pretty in only ONE scene lol wth.

IDK, i have some thoughts on this that i dont really wanna dwell on too much lol,

and i would like to see what the majority of you think of this.

[–] virgiltx 11 years ago

I think the spell was to see people as they really are on the inside.

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[–] Silly28 11 years ago

After Hal gets the curse we see people from his point of view. The only time we don't is when we are seeing them from his friend or someone else's point of view. If you notice we only see Rosie as big when when someone else sees her. Just like the kids at the hospital. We saw them as flawless but when the curse is gone he sees the burns on the little girls face. We see them how they really are on the inside. The witch was a gold digger. She was using the "four limbs" guy. That's why we saw her the way we did. But when we see her as pretty it's because we are seeing her from Rosie's point of view. What I don't understand is why he doesn't see everyone else as flawless. Like his boss and the "four limbs" guy. Must be because he already knows what they really look like.

[–] Superman7292 11 years ago

hmm ur right, we were seeing her from Rosie's pov.

and ur right about the other thing too.

[–] HowYaLikeDemApplesWill 10 years ago

"Like his boss and the "four limbs" guy. Must be because he already knows what they really look like."

BINGO...

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[–] hubcap18 10 years ago

Tony Robbins spell clearly stated "when you are meeting someone for the first time..."

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[–] questfortwo 10 years ago

Old post but I took it as the nurse was just a gold digger talking about how it's perfect timing that Walt just sold his business so they have time to travel and go shopping. Hal sees her as an old hag while everyone else sees beauty.

[–] sage2112 9 years ago

You seriously don't understand this? Really??

[–] lwangels0 9 years ago

Don't be a douche, I thought this was a little unclear too.

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