With no resolution. What was that all about? Was he a ghost? Can someone explain the movie to me?
sharei usually like complex movies with complex plots, this one tried to be complex and philosophical but failed, i also didn't quite understand, it's like may be there was a ghost or may be not? may be she was sleep walking and dreaming or may be not? lol
shareBeth had cheated death. So this was a demon or some kind of spirit that was trying to get her because it felt that it was owed the thing that escaped, Beth's life. So it used her husband Owen, it tried to convince Owen to give Beth to it. And Owen tried to confuse and trick the demon by building mazes and sacrificing her lookalikes so that it would think it got what it wanted, and leave Beth alone.
The ending, I feel, was poor and a bit of a cop out. With a better resolution this could have been an excellent story. I still liked it but the end didn't tie a good knot.
Tnx. This makes sense
sharei really liked the movie too, but was definitely a bit underwhelmed and confused by the end. i'm looking forward to seeing it again to see if it comes together a little more effectively on a re-watch, but based on what everyone else seems to say, that's unlikely to happen.
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This is pretty much what I make of it, too: a less campy version of the story in any of the Final Destination installments.
That being said, it is clear the director makes everything so ambiguous that the plot can be read in a variety or fashions. Personally, I see that as a copout, since one could do that so no one can’t point the finger at the writing or the logic.It seems to be becoming a concerning tendency in screenwriting
What the others said. The main issue, I think, was why Owen? Presumably the entity represented the nothingness she experienced, chaos, emptiness. Okay. It wanted her back, but why go through Owen? If he had had some background in the occult perhaps, or a similar experience. Clearly the entity could get to her directly, otherwise why would Owen need to set up mazes & offer substitutes?
Otherwise it was fairly clear: Owen's suicide was presumably guilt over the women he killed. And this also helps to explain the abruptness of the ending. She can't really say she was wrong about Owen; he really loved her & wasn't it sweet ... that he killed all of these lookalike women in her place. Who says romance is dead?!
There were promises left unfulfilled. E.g. where was this maze Owen studied on? It was hinted at in the architecture & design. But nothing in the fake house suggested its fruition. I expect the sketch she finds in the book is supposed to be the ancient doll with pins in it. But it doesn't appear to be placed anywhere special.
I think the problem with stories such as this go back to Lovecraft: We're intrigued by chaos & nothingness, what they might embody, but we can't imagine or portray them. Recall Event Horizon? It suggests that Hell is nothing more than pure chaos, entropy. But how do you portray it? With kinky sex & human sacrifice?
I think they had the same problem here. An intriguing set up that failed to deliver the goods.
I think the maze elements were merely symbolism. A representation of confusion/misdirection to slow the demon down.
shareOthers have explained the movie well on this thread, but on top of everything that has been said, I took it as a metaphor for depression. The dark entity, nothingness (depression) will destroy you, it will consume you and it will destroy everything you love. You'll have to learn how to live with it or how to overcome it.
It is a pretty powerful movie when you view it from that point. I was impressed. 8/10