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To those moaning about the end... (SPOILERS)

posted 12 years ago by adam678
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To those moaning that 'Charlie' got away, you need to open your eyes, contrary to what Hollywood depicts in 99.9% of its movies, the bad guy don't always lose...

Of course, morally speaking he should have been caught and punished. But this isn't an action movie, it's a drama. The parents are portrayed as your typical middle class American parents, there are no vigilante heroes.

Annie as your typical 14 year old insecure teenager. And I have no doubt there are sicko's out there like 'Charlie' who carefully groom young girls whilst hiding behind very sophisticated technology.

The message of the movie (to me) is "this is how the real world is. Bad people get away with bad things, and often there's nothing you can do about it".

Yes, Charlie could have slipped up and been caught, but in a way I'm glad the writers went in the other direction. Obviously that's a poor message, but it's true. And I think it's more important to remind people how messed up the digital world is rather than focus on the movie stereotype of the good guys always saving the day... it's not always the case.

[–] TxMike 12 years ago

But we don't know if "Charlie" got away, was never caught. We only know he hadn't been caught when the movie ended.

Since the movie was a slice of time, there is much that will (fictionally) happen after the movie ended, and one of those things could be 'Charlie' being caught. Or any number of other events.

In a real sense if the movie had also included 'Charlie' getting caught that would have detracted from the theme of the movie, which was the dangers of innocent, trusting, 'needy' teenagers getting involved with a stranger. Online chat is one of those ways.

TxMike
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[–] ExTechOp (2770) 3 years ago

But we don't know if "Charlie" got away, was never caught. We only know he hadn't been caught when the movie ended.

Good point ... I don't think the final scene was intended to show "Charlie" was still at large (though it did and he is) so much as to show us who "Charlie" actually is in his private life. It adds to the horror.

[–] nobodies666 12 years ago

there could be sequel

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[–] TheMan18 (13055) 4 years ago

Also, just because they often do get away with it, it certainly does not mean they should. And not just because of law, correct?

And I think many people in the movies would rather see them getting punished for what they did rather than have them unjustly get away with it, right?

[–] TheMan18 (13055) 4 years ago

I also think most people know that in real life it is different than in the movies. Heck, say what you want about how awful and despicable sex offenders are, and I don't disagree mind you, but in real life, even people guilty of murder of innocent people who don't deserve it also sadly get away with it.

And when you are in a hostage situation with people hell bent on killing you, there is absolutely no guarantee the final outcome would not be tragic and often enough it is.

[–] Faridah (1364) 2 years ago

Sadly I found the ending very realistic. I was stalked and raped for months by a pedo I met online at 17 in 1993. It took almost 10yrs before I had the courage to tell the police. Like the movie there were many other girls who had reported the same thing happened to them over the years in our area. I found out the name he gave me was fake too. He had told me online he was 19. According to the police they said he was at least 35-40! How he thought he could pass as a 19yr old is beyond me. As far as I know he was never arrested. The police had said if a fresh new case turns up that seems to be the same guy who hurt me I could testify at sentencing or something like that. It’s been so long some details are fuzzy. I’ve never gotten a call.

[–] Biggs111Mr (247) 2 years ago

Saw this movie & yea very very real. It seems teen girls like the attention of the older dudes. Was that u? Was u depressed & wanted to be loved so the age didn't really matter anymore? Sorry u went through that stuff. Moving on & putting it behind u is all u can do.

[–] Faridah (1364) 2 years ago

Yes. I was majorly depressed and a survivor of suicide at the time. I wasn’t looking for love because I felt I didn’t deserve it. I just wanted something else than my home life. My home life had a lot of verbal and mental abuse going on. Plus I had a past of sexual as a kid. So when I went online looking for someone I was looking for someone to help me escape, not love or romance.

Child predators look for girls like this. They know they can make them feel special.

It look years and year but yes I moved on.

[–] sunezno (269) 2 years ago

The sad part with this movie is that it showed that this girl came from a loving home with very involved parents, a typical "great family life", and yet it still can happen.