Enjoyed the film and got a lot of great answers on these boards but still have a few questions:
1. When exactly was Evil Gina dealing with her Dad's doppleganger? He seemed normal in the hospital, and even normal when she called to say her boyfriend was dead. When did he "change"? His assistant recalled seeing the evil him outside right?
2. Was the shrink normal? What about the doctors?
Thanks in advance!
Well, if I understand your question right you seem to have missed a couple of things.. (which I might have done also, it's weird movie) :) Both the evil one and the original existed at the same time (until the evil killed the original). When exactly the evil dad popped out of the mirror is kind of unclear but I'd suppose it was during the birthday dinner when the mirror fell on the floor.. I don't know, maybe the evil version was invisible or something.. It's just that kind of a movie I guess.. Towards the end, Gina is talking with her dad on phone and you see a scene where the evil dad's coming out of the shadows behind the original dad. I'm not sure I quite understand what exactly you want to know. You say "When exactly was Evil Gina dealing with her Dad's doppleganger?" What do you mean with 'dealing'? EDIT: I just remembered the restroom scene where the dad finds the broken mirror. THAT's most probably where evil dad had popped out.
..and yes, all the doctors were normal as far as I see it.. It seems that this 'spooky-mirror-cloning' thingie mostly goes for Gina and her family (apart from the asian guys wife)
Personally I'd really liked to have known more about what exactly was going on :p WHAT were the copies and WHY did they come... ? Anyone?
Thanks and respect!
Jay
You are right. The dad's double came through the mirror in the bathroom and was about to replace him when the janitor showed up. It seems that every time someone stares into the mirror just a little too long, their clone from the other side is able to find them and break into the other side. Maybe a reason why the whole thing seems to take a little while, some are more vain than others. She did not see her dad after he changed until she 'changed' and saw him from her window. As for what and why... maybe it is part of the mystery that makes it scary. Maybe it is something along the lines of the BodySnatchers. That is what it seems to be since this movie took a while to show the eerieness of noticing the change in someone you know ( her and her bf and her neighbor and his wife ) just like in Bodysnatchers. Plus their seemingly emotionless persona just like in Bodysnatchers. I think anyone that says it is boring.. just watch the first remake of the Bodysnatchers with Donald Sutherland and you will see what they are doing. Part of the spookiness of these types of movies is showing the subtle changes that go on when people are getting replaced. I thought it was a pretty good take on a pretty solid theme.
shareI Took it as the reason for them coming was the broken mirror at the dinner party which is known to be a bad omen, seeing ones double or doppleganger is also known to be a bad omen which this movie basically explains why that is as they are in this reality connected. That said, theres your explanation for why they are coming to claim the originals. As far as the asian, guy on subway, and whomever the x-ray was of in the beginning, surely others in the world have broken mirrors. 1/1000 who knows exactly what the odds are but I myself in my 25 years have never broken a mirror, not because im superstitious in the least...just never have and Im sure many havent. Why didnt she remember...because she had brain bruising and a concussion. That can cause you to forget things, and as the doctor told her, once you are able to put all the pieces back together your mind is no longer "broken" and you become normal again, which is exactly what she did. So theres the explanation to it all at least as I percieved it. Overall I though the movie was solid. Were there a few cliches'? Of course, its getting increasingly harder today for there not to be with the sheer volume of films that have been made. Some complain about the pacing.....I enjoyed how drawn out everything was and paired with the eery score it def brought with it a sense of dread and uneasiness. I prefer this over the much cheaper BOOM scares that are so prevelant in todays horror genre. For a low budget film, and as a film period I thought it was pretty good, not great but def worth watching, and even rewatching and def deserves more than a 5.8.......if I had to rate it I would say more like a 7.5.
shareWhen you saw dad doggleganger come up behind him when he was on the phone with her. By the time he showed up she was back to her old evil self and just stared at him through the window (although at the time I think she was the real her and had killed the evil one and was faking it because I have have watching the flashbacks)
The shrink was normal. The two doctors were dopplegangers. I suspect they knew (from the tests) that she was a mirror and were wondering why she didn't know.
Yes I agree. I have rewatched the DVD and the two doctors act very strange, even peek through the blinds after she leaves the hospital to watch her walk into a cab. They were too strange and seemed very interested in her, so I say: yes they are dopplegangers and are curious why she doesn't know she is one too. Cheers.
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