He'll just keep on being ressureacted in to something else like Rumboe?? Next he'll be a squirrle, then they'll be a turtle, then they'll be jellyfish, and then they'll be a toothpick???
"Watch out for the Mexicans Mom! They're not like us...they'll take your socks!
-Knox films
I assume that they may be reincarnated several more times, & eventually there will come a time when they simply remain in 'heaven,' 'the spirit world,' 'the other side,' whatever you prefer to think of it as. The life into which you're reincarnated seems to be either random, or perhaps ordained by some higher power or divine/cosmic/karmic plan.
...that's how I think of it, anyway.
Revenge is a dish best served .
That's how Buddhists see it - you go round in a cycle for thousands of years and the way you lived one life affects the next. E.g if you're 'good' you're a higher being like a tiger or a human, if not you're a lower being like a worm or something and eventually you go to a kind of heaven after thousands of years and working your way right up to it. Anyone who liked this film should read the book - it's a million times better, like 99% of flims made from books.
Ryan Merriman is gorgeous
My death...it's not embarrassing is it? There's nothing in my ass, right?
Yeah!
Oh, and I read the book. Two or three times, actually; it's very good.
I think I prefer the movie though...
Revenge is a dish best served .
I think the movie was much better as it had music. I mean, it gave it more feeling to the movie, specially in the moments when someone close to Fluke died. Really, this is one of the few movies that surpass its books.
shareI agree. The novel was awesome, but I have to say, the movie even managed to improve upon its source material...and the soundtrack is an incredible standout amongst all scores ever composed. A genuine magnum opus unto itself. =D It's just so evocative, so perfect for generating even more emotion on top of that already elicited by the wrenchingly beautiful, bittersweet, tender, aching sadness of the film...:***}
shareOh yes, great music. But ... sadness? Various sad instances to set the mood -- but point of Fluke's incarnation was to learn the life lesson that his human form did not understand. And having learned it, moving on, knowing he left his family in better hands. I'd call it a win-win.
Well, you're right, it isn't ENTIRELY sad, as things ultimately work out for the best, and eventually positive results emerge from the characters' suffering...I think bittersweet is the ideal word to describe such stories that I definitely consider sad and tear-jerking, yet are simultaneously uplifting, beautiful, affirming, joyful, and inspiring. As Truvy said in Steel Magnolias, "Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion." I concur, and respect a film that can make me feel deeply, laugh, and cry. Fluke is one of those that will always retain a strong hold over me.
sharehe will die, thats what resurrection is, he will die so he can be reborn, and a toothpick is not alive so its not possible to be reborn as one
"sir, sir, i gotta check and see if you've soiled yourself, I'll get to you in a moment, sir!"
But a tree is alive, so could he not be reborn as one? Or do trees not have souls?
sharePersonally I believe that all living things have spirits of some sort, so I would imagine that it's possible to be reborn as a plant or other non-animal organism. Don't know about the stance of the original Fluke author or any of the filmmakers on that question, though.
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