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spoiler -- the Girl

posted 15 years ago by curtis-8
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So, at the end of this movie, are to to believe that Seagal and Tia end up a couple? I just don't believe it. Everything that happened up to that point set up their relationship as a father-daughter or helpless victim-protector relationship. And the ending was so oddly edited and cryptic and weird that I think it was re-edited and changed after filming. SO I think (or at least I CHOOSE to believe) that Seagal's character is not living in this bizzare CGI resort hotel with the teenage Tia as his lover. But rather Seagal's character is living in this bizzare CGI resort hotel with the teenage Tia, his adopted daughter, who is dressed really hot and offering champagne because she and her new daddy are about to go downstairs and attend the engagement party being thrown for her and her new fiance, Serge, the young Russian mobster.

Does anyone else think that could have been the real ending before the producers decided that Seagal had to "get the girl"?

[–] trelopedo 15 years ago

I think we are meant to believe that Seagal is about 35-40 years old in the movie, I mean, he did have a hot ass young wife didn't he? So he could have Tia for himself.
You're probably right though, cause Serge and Tia got pretty close, but the ending is a bit confusing.

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[–] The-Kurgan 15 years ago

That idea never occurred to me at all, and assumes a lot. They hugged in celebration of the news she'd been waiting for (regarding her uncle's citizenship, which we're supposed to assume the Russian pulled strings to get fast-tracked). We don't know they're "sharing" a room, simply because she's there. Friends who happen to be of opposing gender are sometimes known to go out to dinner together. ;) Yeah, it happens. And even if she's staying there for the time being (again, while awaiting the news before she can make permanent plans), perhaps the suite has two rooms? I'm just saying, there are so many "innocent" possibilities that make more sense than leaping to the conclusion that they're romantically linked.

Heh, not that I'd think it was a bad thing. I hope when I'm his age I can still attract starry-eyed hardbody waifs. lol

[–] curtis-8 14 years ago

Well, I can see your points. And I WANT to believe that's the ending. But if so, why didn't they just show it that way straight out instead of the way they did? What I saw was her in a slinky dress offering him a drink, he tells her her uncle can stay, and they hug. But the scene is cut together so oddly and most of the dialog is dubbed in with most of it being spoken when the speaking character's back is to the camera. Why not just film the characters actually saying all the dialog while facing the camera?

So, it still seems obvious to me that the scene was filmed with a particular ending in mind, then, as in most of Seagal's most recent videos, changed in post production editing and looping into the ending we now see.

Does anyone out there know what the original ending was?

ps-- If you want to get a hardbodied, starry-eyed hot waif to do you, and you're an older guy, become a movie producer or a college art professor. trust me.

[–] The-Kurgan 14 years ago

But if so, why didn't they just show it that way straight out instead of the way they did?

Maybe they did. Maybe your interpretation, which even I find a little unexpected and extreme, wasn't something they anticipated. Imagine you're writing a story, and in that story you have your protagonist take his daughter to the park. Would it even occur to you that some little old ladies sitting on a bench would see your guy holding hands with a little girl and leap to the conclusion he's a pervert? That never would have even occurred to me as a consideration.

When you greatly dislike or fear something (and I'm guessing your all-caps "I WANT TO BELIEVE" is a pretty good indicator), it's really easy to see it present in the most innocent of situations (this is a universal trait we all share, merely the subject is different from person to person).

You see a "slinky dress," I see a girl that's simply dressed-up for an evening out. You see a possibly passionate embrace, I see a friendly, semi-fatherly hug for someone that's just gone through an ordeal. :)

Oh, and if this doesn't do it for you, nothing will. Consider who we're dealing with. If ole Stevie-boy wanted the characters to end up romantically entangled, don't you think he'd play that up, and show you that, with no ambiguity? Seriously, this is Seagal we're talking about. If we were intended to know they were swapping fluids, I'm pretty sure he'd have laid it on thick, with no doubts left about it (and possibly our retinas scarred as a result, heh heh).

Oh, by the by, I notice in the original post it says "CGI hotel." It's not. That's a real place. Poke aroud the other threads in this forum and you'll find one talking about the location.