How did he get them down there?
Was that poop they were playfully smearing on their faces? (like they had psychologically broken to that point?)
What was the deal with the mother/daughter in the meta-plot? The main plot of the film was a story the mother told her kid.
Then wtf was the abandonment scene about?
and what is the implication of the girl walking in the woods near the hole?
I am gonna be thinking about this one for a while.
How did he get them down there?
Was that poop they were playfully smearing on their faces? (like they had psychologically broken to that point?)
What was the deal with the mother/daughter in the meta-plot? The main plot of the film was a story the mother told her kid.
Then wtf was the abandonment scene about?
and what is the implication of the girl walking in the woods near the hole?
I also wondered if the mother in the second story was the older sister from the hole but as you say, it doesn't really add up.
Yes the mud makes sense.
I liked this movie mostly because it reminds that what is truly terrifying is when those who are closest to us choose to abandon or hurt us, for no apparent (or understandable) reason,or that they have the capacity to do so.
How did he get them down there?
Was that poop they were playfully smearing on their faces? (like they had psychologically broken to that point?)
What was the deal with the mother/daughter in the meta-plot? The main plot of the film was a story the mother told her kid.
at that age i woulda threw em all down in a hole to but being the father i woulda threw his little butt right back in the hole. no way in hell am i sitting at the same table as him in the end, weird movie i couldn't cut out on
shareYea, I think most of the replies hit most of your questions. The abandonment scene and all of the stuff with the girl made no sense in my opinion. You say open for interpretation, but I really don’t see much more to this than adolescent attempts to be an adult and distance himself from his family and finally realizing how important they actually are to him (money doesn’t matter as much as he thought and doing all of those ‘grown up’ things really didn’t change him in any way like he hoped). Moreover, the depravation of all the comforts may have had an impact on the rest of the family, but they were still able to cope together while John couldn’t alone.
Really though, the film didn’t work for me. I actually disliked it. Yea, I get that this was a well off family and they wanted to protect their son, but like Rex said above, my dad would’ve beat me senseless, at the very least, for harming his wife and daughter. Doesn’t matter if the boy learned his lesson, the world is going to come down on you hard for harming others. Most parents would takes steps to teach that to their child, be it by physical punishment or through another means like therapy, serious depravation of normal comforts or whatnot. The end really failed to show that in my opinion.
I don’t agree with the 5 rating on IMDb, it’s got some suspense and the acting is ok, but I wouldn’t recommend or rewatch this. It dragged hard throughout, had some scenes that didn’t make any sense and required the viewer to suspend their disbelief to an a degree that was not earned. I would actually give it a 4.
I honestly don't think any of these questions were answered satisfactorily here, haha. I don't get any of it. And nevermind HOW he got them down there, why didn't they wake up?!?!
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