Well, Caviezel's character is uneven throughout the movie, because reality changes for him.
At the beginning of the movie, he is very bitter and unhappy, a borderline alcoholic, because his father was murdered when he was 6, and unable to maintain a relationship with his girlfriend. He was abrupt, aloof and unexpressive, thus the "yeah we should have ended it."
Then things change so that Frank survives until 1989, John's character changes somewhat. After that, it's his mother who was killed in 1969, so he has other frustrations for other reasons.
About 2/3 of the way through, Frank makes the decision to quit smoking in 1969, which allows him to survive until 1999. After Shepherd's hand is shot off in 1969, he can no longer kill either Frank or Julia, they both survive until 1999, and the 65-ish year-old Frank ends the whole cycle by blowing Shepherd away.
reply
share
Bugfinder
15 years ago
Sorry to nitpick, but the father of Caviezel's character was not murdered. He was killed in a fire while trying to save a woman. Either way he lost his father in a tragic way, but it was an accident not a crime.
reply
share