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so is this movie deeper than it appears?? Spoilers

posted 13 years ago by cynthmauch
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I watched it last night with my 12-year-old daughter. It was meh, not too scary, not too gory, but the acting was good and the plotline kept us interested. My question is: Is this a straightforward horror movie, or, as some other poster suggested, was it more interpretive? Did the friends really exist, or were they always a figment of her imagination? Was the movie her guilt playing out while she's in a coma, or did all those horrible things really happen? Was the little girl evil, or what? Thanks for insight.

[–] Defenseman13 13 years ago

Nope. It's a really shallow crappy movie written by a 12 year old for 12 year olds.

The girls are all sluts, the guys are all douchebags, and they're all static (as opposed to dynamic) characters.

Can't believe you actually think there's something more to it all.

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[–] cynthmauch 13 years ago

That was helpful and uplifting. thanks.

[–] rebecca32602 13 years ago

I hadn't thought about any of that, it all being in her head. Good explanation.

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[–] meowchica 13 years ago

nah, it was straightforward. the little girl was crazy/evil which she displayed when she yelled at Sandy for playing the game with other people. The friends really existed, but "the game" came true and erased them.

At the end, my interpretation is that the original game ended, so Angela was no longer the ghost and conscious, and Sandy is probably the new ghost - not that she'll ever play another game.

not exactly a deep movie, just something to watch.

[–] emu314159 13 years ago

Yeah, they existed, and yeah, the little girl was evil/creepy. They didn't really do much of anything to her, she clearly had some kind of congenital flaw, you don't just fall into a coma because someone says boo! So the creepy obsessive little girl lashes out, kills all her friends, and then her, and wins in the end, swapping places and putting her in teh Magic Coma? Seriously on my lame list now.

[–] UltimaGabe 13 years ago

Personally, I just think it was a shallow movie.

[–] MrZoolook 10 years ago

Did you watch the same film as I did? She very clearly fell over and cracked her head on the floor outside the door of the convent after being chased there by the group. There's even a very audible thud noise.

Whatever her disorder was (asthma and epilepsy certainly seem present), she certainly wasn't comatose before her head injury. Therefore, the group were deffinately at least indirectly responsible for bringing on her coma.

Personally, I wish I could forget the charachters too, along with the entire film. I've seen better acting at pre-school, and the story was more flawed then a skyscraper... and yes, that was a play on words.

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[–] BShepherd24 12 years ago

You watched this with your twelve yr old daughter? You definitely win the mother of the yr award

[–] teenangel1226 12 years ago

I hope you weren't being sarcastic moegreen4.

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[–] gladys-lillian 9 years ago

OMG i watched it with my 11 year old. Jog on..... My dad used to let me watch all horror movies when i was young and i am just a fine Dandy lass =D

[–] gladys-lillian 9 years ago

OMG i watched it with my 11 year old. Jog on..... My dad used to let me watch all horror movies when i was young and i am just a fine Dandy lass =D

[–] kav2001c 11 years ago

The title implies a deeper plot
Forget me not
Once forgotten the curse kicks in and Angela starts knocking off Sandy's friends until curse is passed on

It seems likely Angela was not the first and chances are someone else prior knocked off all her friends first leaving her alone as the weird outcast

[–] snes4u 10 years ago

Deeper?

How deep into a pile of poop do you wish to stick your head?

[–] tommix42 10 years ago

I ended up thinking that this was a pretty deep movie after all. I just wrote what I think, right here:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1147684/board/thread/240911444

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[–] uruseiranma 10 years ago

One thing I thought of this morning, was that in the end, I believe it is Sandy who seems to have now been forgotten. When we last see her, though she's hooked up to the same machines as Angela was, there's noone there with her.

Though I wasn't sure exactly if it was Angela's inner rage/spirit that manifested itself, or if in limbo during her coma, she had probably come in contact with angry apparitions that fed off her own inner feelings of betrayal and loss of her only friend.

Though it did make me wonder: just how did Sandy know Angela? It looked like that convent was a long ways out...given it has a steep drop-off right nearby (with no warning signs!?), it seemed pretty high up somewhere.

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[–] gladys-lillian 9 years ago

Do you know what this is a very good question.... Was it all in her head and did these friends really exist. I thought it was a great thing, but i was asking myself this at the end. Was this all her and in her mind?.

If you remember her dad said at her bedside. " She has no friends". Her family were all worried about her and none of them knew where she was? Remember her brother, who at the end was always supposedly a figment of her imagination?? she said eli and they said who's he? and yes even tho they had all said this through the film when one of them died "who is layla etc... this could be the truth she had NO friends and NO brother and was just troubled?? Cant explain it all... Maybe SHE was the one in the coma, but then what about angela at the end?

So many questions left unanswered?. M

[–] gladys-lillian 9 years ago

Sorry, meant to say great film Not thing at the beginning of my post!!!

[–] leftykittykat 8 years ago

I think her brother and friends did exist. There was a scene in the cemetery with Angela and Sandy in which Angela explains forget me not's to Sandy. Sandy says she doesn't have any friends or people she knows who have died. Angela sadly and kind of under her breath says she does (this also could be interpreted as her family, seeing as she is an orphan). This leads me to believe the curse/demon actually exists and now maybe Sandy is the "ghost". It's interesting when you think about it, when Angela and Sandy first play the game together, Angela asks Sandy who will play the ghost and Sandy says you.

There is a lot that still doesn't make sense. Maybe Sandy is the ghost now, but that doesn't really explain why Angela suddenly wakes up and is fine? Was Angela cursed when Sandy met her, and she showed Sandy the game so she could lose the curse? If so, why would her going into a coma because of their prank matter?
The nun said something about believing in something so much that it manifests. It's also interesting to note that Sandy as the only one who remembered the friends who were killed, and it was Sandy who first played the game with Angela. Since there was originally only two players, Sandy was always set to be the next ghost. Years later when Angela picks off all of Sandy's friends, the drunken game, Angela asks to play, no one but Sandy remembers who she is, and Angela won the game, Sandy was the the last one ghost'd. Don't know if it means anything, but is interesting to think about.

Oh well, this movie was all over the place, but I found it entertaining. I thought the story was good and different, it just needed to clarify some things.