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The riot scene was laughable

posted 11 years ago by Danimal_77
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I mean come on. Up until this point, there was still some believability to this movie, but then towards the end when Harry's van get stuck in the snow and he gets out and stumbles on a street decorated with lit up reindeer and sees some kids, we then see the adults panicking and huddling together (even the men). Then all of a sudden, there's a fight and Harry runs away and then we hear one of the men say he won't get out of this town alive and then we see all these planks of wood being set on fire, as though we're being transported back hundreds of years ago, where they are trying to burn a witch. I mean, where in the hell did they all magically get these timber wood logs from at the drop of a dime? I felt at this point like I was watching a time period movie, or something from Disney. The movie lost me here.

[–] kurt7825 11 years ago

ha ha you're right that was funny

[–] Horrorfan232003 11 years ago

I was confused too. But when I watched the dvd with director commentary he explained that the whole movie is told from Harry's point of view or in his head. As Harry loses his grip on reality things in the movie get stranger and stranger. An example that was given was the lit up reindeer on the driveway. The director said that there was only one but from Harry's point of view there are hundreds. Another example would be the parents chasing him across town. In reality they did not have lit torches but in Harry's head he sees them as a angry mob from the olden days like in the movie Frankenstein. And the last scene where Harry's van flies off like Santa's slay is also in his head. If you listen closely at the end you will hear the van crash and a explosion.

[–] Doc110894 10 years ago

Interesting.

[–] kurt7825 10 years ago

that makes sense

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[–] jsun322 (7) 2 months ago

Thank you for confirming the reality of what's happening. I suspected it was Harry's paranoid reaction to the parents. I wish the director would've included a few shots truly from his (the camera's) POV, showing us what Harry was seeing was different from reality. For example, a couple of quick stumbling shots showing his POV of the street full of lighted decorations inserted into our actual views of a street with hardly any lights. Or shots a larger mob of torch wielding "villagers" running toward the camera among the reality of a few with maybe one flashlight. I love how it ends with Harry's fantasy coming true (in his mind) as he dies... Great movie.

[–] novimovieman 10 years ago

Apparently you missed the "Medieval Torches 'R' Us" shop next to where they were standing.

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