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Yes, the implication seems to be that the invasion took place. (And of course the planet was not destroyed. They were just going to kill everyone and use the planet -- not destroy it.)
This is actually a good question, and I was wondering the same thing. I'm surprised there is not more commentary on this. The movie either has no point in this regard, or perhaps it is the value of connecting with one's past. But if it is meant to suggest the importance of having a connection to the past, then the only real messages here are either about his abusive father or about backwoods voodoo -- neither of which seems to have any redeeming qualities.
Agreed - the sound was a bit too real.
Actually it's well known that we can travel into the future; we just cannot travel backwards (at least not to our current knowledge). A fast car or spaceship (traveling very fast, near the speed of light) can do this. But nearly all movies are quite impossible. It's fiction, fantasy, escape. So if unrealism is a flaw, then we can negate most movies.
The line is perfect. It is of course reflective of the time. It is also meant to be comical because the guy does in fact become mayor. The line both reflects the historical truth, and at the same time parodies racism. It would be a shame if the movie were remade today without that line.
Umm yea -- the title really makes no sense. Perhaps it's catchy, but should be "back to the present." Marty went to the future, but he did not go "back to the future." And then Marty wanted to go back to the past (or present), but not into any future.
Interesting. He did have speaking lines too. Perhaps an extremely situation where someone's spoken lines are about 2-3 times as long as they are seen on camera...
I think implied she broke the plate, but not shown. Presumably because he cared for the birds when he did not care for her (or so she thought). No suggestion she is a bird-killer.
So yes, it was a corpse. But what is the point of this? Are we to believe that the prior resident dug the same hole and was buried down there? Possible but very odd. He entered quirk-ville by digging the hole. Not sure why every "host" would dig a 20 foot hole right there, nor why he would dig a hole right where the last host was buried, nor why in fact the last host would be there at all (as these aliens can rebuild a complete house in a day and have mastered alternate universes or dimensions -- why are they letting corpses clutter up the ground).
Seems to be no great answer for this. My guess is that it was something like different dimensions, involving couples just like her that were raising alien-babies, and she got to see them; not sure if they could see her. But seems like she could not really interact with those other worlds, other than to see them, and perhaps stand on the floor. But overall this seems to add absolutely nothing to the plot. It's not needed, and it's confusing. I think we are assuming that these alien things are doing this elsewhere; so whether it's occurring in a different plane or universe or under the street seems to be irrelevant to the movie. It's not like this allowed her to escape or something, or revealed something about the creatures that we did not know.
This scene is very intense. I felt that the scene was unrealistic in that what the child was contemplating (shooting a gun at his father at close range) was too severe, when compared with any "proof" they had that he had these powers (i.e. to withstand a bullet). At that point the child had only seen the element of strength, not invincibility. Surviving a train wreck, and a car wreck from long ago, is not nearly enough proof to shoot one's father. How confident was he that the bullet would not hurt his father? 50%, 75%, 90%? Even at 99% would one take that chance?
Benching that much for his size is a lot of weight. I sort of liked the paint-cans taped to the bar thing. The thing I did not understand is why he would not have noted this at some point before in his life. E.g. during football training they would have pushed him in his lifting at some point. Or like he would have tried to lift a car, or move a refrigerator.
I think the basic ending (before those sentences) was good. But the two sentences do seem really odd, sort of like an after-thought. Like in the old days when a movie had to end on a morally-acceptable note.
Yes. That's a good point. He can't get every bad person. This sort of reminded me of that dude in the Green Mile who would touch people and see the bad things they did. Made it difficult to live knowing all the bad things in the world. But I did wonder how he knew to follow that person, based only on that one vision. There was nothing about the vision to suggest that people were still in danger, i.e. such that there was someone he needed to save. We can chalk it up to super-powers, but they just did not show that in the movie.
I suspect that Daisy was bluffing about the 15 outlaws. But, she did not strike me as a remotely intelligent person (e.g. spitting on the letter, for no reason, which was likely to result in swift punishment, which it did). And she seemed to come up with that story about 15 outlaws very quickly, and was very convincing. So it's just a bit out of character for her to be able to do that so quickly, if it's a ruse.
That's a good point. It's difficult to compare one offense with another, but obviously the film is filled with lots of murder and violence, which is no laughing matter either. But that scene seemed to go over the line. Sure he's trying to rile up the Bruce Dern character, but the audio and visual descriptions went too far. It was not necessary to the scene. Perhaps in years to come this type of scene will be viewed differently.
I thought that was a good effect too. I think it was digital. Like removing that Major Dan's legs in Forrest Gump.
I suspect that Jody knew they would stop at Minnie's simply because it's a stop on the way, when there are not too many stops. Horses need water perhaps, and people want coffee and jelly beans. As for the 2-3 day delay, it would depend on when they arrived (in relation to when Ruth was arriving) and how the weather was looking when they arrived; but yes, this is a tougher issue.
I guess that could work. The nail would have to go through the frame-side, and not the door itself, and so it would take a pretty long nail (upwards of 7 inches, including the bent portion). It could not be nailed through the door, else the wind would simply blow the door open and the board does not grab anything (as the door opens inward toward the store). I hate to be technical, but in looking at the frame, it looks fairly thick. A shot of it can be seen here for now:
https://beeishappy.tumblr.com/post/137785728699/jesus-christ-that-doors-a-whore-the-hateful
So getting a nail long enough and driving it through that block of wood might be tough. On a more minor point, you would need something to hold up the wood (so it would not flop down), and yes, it might take 2 boards. But one would have thought there was a better way to shut the door. I thought a rope could be fastened a couple of ways. And of course there was some comic value to the door.
I actually thought it was more odd that Viola would go out to a mall. Bear in mind that she had freaky dreams that terrified her, and then Odd Thomas told her that they could come true (i.e. dreams in which she dies), and she actually saw that dream again (when Odd sort of got her to re-live the tream), and she had a strong reaction to it. So why would you be anywhere to where the mayhem might occur, and why be anywhere in public, much less the main mall in your home town? If you really thought you might die on day X in a public place, wouldn't you just lock yourself in a closet for that whole week with a lot of peanut butter and bread and water? As for Stormy, that seems to be answered here a bit; i.e. lack of time for Thomas to do much with Stormy, and a need to help others. But similarly, if Thomas saw these Bodachs and was pursued by a dead guy and he thinks that mass destruction is occurring somewhere (near bowlers, and/or a carousel, and/or near some water), and he knows exactly what day it is occurring, then why does he not tell Stormy to take the day off and hide in the basement? Seems like a small price to pay.