MovieChat Forums > Congo (1995) Discussion > Line that made absolutely no sense

Line that made absolutely no sense

posted 11 years ago by Promontorium
1 reply | jump to latest

Near the end of the film Tim Curry translates the hieroglyphics as reading "We are watching you." One might assume it was a message to the diamond mine "employees" that they are always under surveillance, so they shouldn't attempt to steal any diamonds.

However discount Steve Guttenberg says upon viewing the diamond room:

""We are watching you." It's the trainers talking. Teacher is watching you."

What the hell is he talking about? Is he trying to say the trainers are warning the gorillas? The gorillas read hieroglyphics?!! If he means the trainers are warning the employees of the mine, why does he then say "Teacher is watching"? Isn't it the gorillas that are supposedly watching? And even if it is the trainers who are watching, they aren't trainers or teachers to the employees so the line "Teacher is watching" makes absolutely no sense. "Teacher" isn't watching, "Boss" is watching. That would be like referring to a prison guard with a dog as "Teacher", he's not their damn teacher, he's the guy in charge.

[–] scotty-38 10 years ago

I think he's just making up some spirituality in saying that. Supposedly it's like saying the people of the city of Zinj (whom are dead spirits) claimed to be watching you as spirits. Or it's like saying the spirit of the trainers is inside the gorillas, hence the gorillas watching them when they don't know it.

I think it's either/or.