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Question about Loop *Spoilers*


So I really liked the movie. It reminded me of The Twilight Zone which is my favorite TV show of all time. The movie was far from perfect but it was entertaining and thought-provoking overall.

Anyway, my question is: What happens once the whole boat fills up with dead bodies? In a few scenes you see lockets piling up and the dead bodies of the red-headed girl. This implies that this loop has only gone around a finite number of times, since there is only about 20-30 or so dead bodies. Sooo, I would assume that eventually the space for bodies will run out.

Some people here have said that this is Jess's punishment for abusing her son, and that she is actually dead. But if this is her punishment it may not be that effective since eventually the loop should collapse. The boat will overflow or some other event will happen that will cause the group on the Triangle to never board the ocean liner.

Anyway, in a nut shell, my question is what happens once the number of dead bodies goes up into the thousands? Wouldn't this mess up the whole loop?

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It will never be overloaded with bodies, seagulls are doing the job

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Well, the "Seagulls" answer is as good as any... they may actually be demons or some-such.

The "punishment' ideas is illuminating, as I wondered how there was any parallel between Jess and Sisyphus. Still she made no apparent promise to "Death" that she didn't keep. That's the myth Sally describes.

What bothered me more, Jess apparently knows she's in a loop, given her promise to the driver. Thus, how does she think she'll break it if she keeps doing the same thing over and over? The only pattern she seems to break is the abuse of her son.

Plus, what did the others do that they have to keep dying over and over?

Well, good movies do leave us questioning sometimes. I liked this one, in an uneasy way.

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