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Could someone clarify this ?

posted 10 years ago by CinePhilius
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Why Hilbert puts himself in danger with the other 3 if he really didn't want to die ?
We know that he attempted suicide but also we get a hint of the fact that he didn't want to die because of his alias wich dies at 80+ years.
Also, he creates a tunnel as a escape route, we see at the end of the movie.
How did he plan to escape ALONE with three young and healthy individuals watching him ?
And another question wich bugged me, the entire premise of the movie and Hilbert's intentions are based on Galois, Oliva and Pascal unable to solve the problems.
What happened if they sticked with that and solved all the problems made by Hilbert ?
Seems like Hilbert made such a complex plan, with so much variables that could go wrong, it's almost silly.

[–] polisemia 10 years ago

The way I see it, the main reason why he wanted to kill himself was because he was not the first person to solve Goldbach's conjecture (which meant his life's work would've been wasted). It's not unusual for people who have suicidal tendencies to have second thoughts about really wanting to die, maybe that is why he had a secret escape route (perhaps more than one, in case he changed his mind at the last minute). I can see why you find his plan so silly. I actually loved how complex and thought through everything appeared, but was really dissapointed to find out "Hilbert" was behind it.

I'm not trying to justify the plot, but if they worked together to solve the problems made by Hilbert, the plan would still "work". I guess there would be too many to run out of them, plus, the room was shrinking pretty quickly and he could have easily distracted them in order to waste time.

On the age thing, I think it was the most unbelieveable aspect of the plot. For starters, Galois' was incorrect. That was just lazy writers trying to sound too smart for their own good.