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why to show she wasn't guilty?


why to show she wasn't guilty? i think it's only the validation of the happy ending.

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And whoever thought that a happy ending was not good or a feel good feeling is bad?? are u a sadist?Just because it worked for Inception doesn't mean it will work for every other movie ever made after Inception.



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it's for those who want to know, essentially it is not relevant to the story.

Could it be how rational thought destroys your soul? Could it be about the triumph of irrationality and the power that is in that? You know, we spend a lot of time trying to organize the world. We build clocks and calendars and we try to predict the weather. But what part of our life is truly under our control? What if we choose to exist purely in a reality of our own making? Does that render us insane? And if it does, isn’t that better than a life of despair?

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It was validation of his "faith" in his wife's innocence. He is Don Quixote, fighting the good fight for the cause he believes in--her innocence. If she is guilty, his faith is misguided. It is not enough that he believes. His "faith" must in service to a noble cause--the release of a falsely accused and convicted person. And since he sees her as the linchpin of their family unit, he is also fighting for a family unit erroneously destroyed.

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Correct. otherwise you would never know she is inocent and all story would be silly.

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I was pretty sure she wasn't guilty. Her look when she saw the blood spot on her coat was of total surprise. Not to mention that if she had done it, she wouldn't have been that sloppy leaving her fingerprints all over the murder weapon or being seen fleeing the crime scene. She was an intelligent woman.
But what surprised me the most (and pleasantly of course) was the happy ending, with them escaping to Venezuela. I honestly thought they would either be caught or John would be killed. I didn't even consider the success, because John clearly abandons the original plan when they don't find Luke at his parents' house. He didn't make it to 35 minutes. He just thought of new steps on the way which was quite intelligent.

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It's obvious she wasn't guilty - hence her "confession" to him when she realises she's in there for life.

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I don't know. In fact, John should make an affair with the party girl (I cant remember her name). Instead of putting his miserable wife out of jail.She made more difficult his plan. Lara was an intolerable woman.

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Well yeah. Just to make clear (to the audience) that she was innocent. I didn't mind. They could've gone the open-ended "Inception" way, but that would change the tone a lot.
The movie has enough moral ambiguity (by hollywood standards) as it is.

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