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The movie strongly suggests that Kevin Spacey's ...(Spoiler)

posted 15 years ago by multiple_personality
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...character is all human.
I watched the movie three times. I'm convinced the movie is all about being Prot a variation in the mind of Robert Porter who survived his attempt to suicide and couldn't get over what he had found in his house. Without this second personality he couldn't connect to the real world anymore. When he decided to let his Prot personality have an end after 5 years he cut his connection to the world.
There are hints in the movie that (mis)lead us to the conclusion he is an alien. But at the movie's end it's obvious these were red herrings.
I haven't read the book. I'm talking about the movie. Some kids like the idea of Prot being an alien. But that would make this movie very bad for me. I like the scene with Jeff Bridges in that house. It's the conclusion of the story. Robert Porter had gone through hell. He IS an alien of a certain kind from that moment on. But he is definetly not from a far planet. He has a split personality. That's what the movie is about.

[–] Lele 14 years ago

The movie is about ALIENation. Even Dr.Powell is 'alienated' and don't live enough with his own family.
With Prot's 'departure' Dr.Powell finishes his 'healing' path.
Prot is too human since the beginning
Anyway there is at least one big bug in the screenplay (BTW, I loved this movie, rated it ten/ten).
The bug is in the astronomical observatory. Three bodies problems is by far too difficult for everyone, included scientists. Only computers can draw orbits in a three bodies configuration.
I saw the movie twice and this particular is arbitrarily misleading.
It is also a non sequitur: why the amazed scientists don't make other questions to Prot?

Sorry for the bad English
Greetings from Italy

PS
Hypnosis doesn't work that way :-)

[–] SaveMeJeebus 14 years ago

Rather than repeat other people's points I also still think it was made fairly clear that he was an alien, most likely inhabiting Porter's body. You completely ignored the occurrences that would not make sense if Prot was human, not to mention how it was implicitly hinted that Prot simply used Porter's body as a vessel of sorts.

The points you bring up are not logical and while the film leaves things open to interpretation, I disagree with you completely and the facts also speak for themselves.

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[–] GIRobotII 12 years ago

If he's all human, Original Poster, and not alien, then explain how he was able to beam from one spot to another so quickly, and how the woman at the end disappeared.

[–] lastflip 12 years ago

so how did he know about where K Pax was?