No, I don't think the film maker wanted to fool you. This is the OLDEST and most stereotyped device in film making, but it can be enjoyable if done right. It's just the accepted way. 99% of the time in any film made since 1930, the one who looks guilty at the onset is the good guy, and the other one is a bad guy.
While this is standard fare, it is part of the charm of a movie which doesn't take too much time to show this. We learn early enough, and aren't subjected to a long ordeal before the director tells us what we already know. The scene where Zane shows his colors is well timed. Of course, we all know he's some devious character, but there are still some surprises.
Most of the film isn't surprising. The girl using her wiles on her admirer, the idiot who thinks he can trust the Devil, the Devil lying, and these are well mixed in with the plot twists we don't foresee to make this a balanced movie.
Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time
that's not funny!
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paultagonist
16 years ago
Sure I was fooled, at first, then began to get suspicious further on. Filmmaker's succeeded I thought. :-)
The real trick to life is not to be in the know, but to be in the mystery. -Fred Alan Wolf
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