80 minutes into the film, Kristen Connelys underdeveloped character just walks off and into the dark. Oh and chlorine poured into the locally sourced canal apparently killed all the isopods shown earlier in the film in the open waters of the Chesapeake.
Really? That's it? Where's the rest of the movie?
"I can't help but notice that there are skulls all over everything. Are we the baddies?"
I take it you were probably expecting her to mention something like footage from another town, and go, 'if I'm not dead soon, maybe we'll get that assembled soon.'
Besides, not everything can be wrapped up properly. All they really wanted you to know was that the Mother and baby survived. The Reporter saying she didn't want to be interviewed, was all they were willing to give.
"Thanks, guys." "So long, partner."
- Toy Story 3 (9/10)
I take it you were probably expecting her to mention something like footage from another town, and go, 'if I'm not dead soon, maybe we'll get that assembled soon.'No, that is what corn-fed Slipknot fans would want to see. The movie fell flat, with no resolution.
What happened between Stephanie's walking down the road and her rescue wasn't captured on film, or at least not on film that anyone was willing to submit.
Stephanie probably wants nothing to do with the project because she doesn't want to open up that sh**storm of grief about her losing her husband, her parents, and a town full of people she had grown up with. The reporter is relatively an outsider and so could be more objective about the disaster, but Stephanie can't. She might even believe the film is exploitative, that the reporter might sensationalize the deaths of her loved ones.
I took Stephanie's refusal as a signal that her baby died and she was likely overcome with guilt - otherwise she would have wanted the truth about what killed her husband all over the world!
notice how she never took her baby out of the carrier to protect it close to her body? as is normal for competent moms to do unless they're dealing with several more children. then, when the jumpscare woman flips into the front seat of the police car, she gets OUT OF THE CAR and runs around to get the baby rather than reaching for it *bangs head on desk* and we see the isopod moving towards the baby carrier exactly during her negligence. then, she mumbles about the seatbelt but doesn't simply un-clip the baby from the carrier, she struggles with the seatbelt instead.
those are all super dumb, counterintuitive moves that put the baby in danger. Stephanie wasn't presented as a stupid character, so I think the screenplay was written that way, to have her as irritating as possible, to match the audience's paranoia about the real science and very real possibilities. it certainly had me yelling at the screen.
p.s. Stephanie is the second most annoying person in the film. the first is the reporter/narrator. so awful I won't even waste time looking for her name, I forgot it. I wish I could forget her squeaky, grating voice!
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yeah..her reactions seemed very "oh crap oh crap get the baby get out of the car.." instead of "HOLY SHIIIIII**** BABY COME LETS GET OUT!" but...if she had done it another way the baby would have prolly gotten infected...i was wondering why she didn't COVER UP the baby with a blanket or something geez.
but to answer everyones other question...DUH its the money! everyone got paid off, including her, and she prolly has a silence order.
and really, they didn't say whether the baby died or not...i'm assuming it did. we really didn't see any other babies, (odd that there were no more babies in the town) so we didn't see how quick the babies reacted. so maybe there is a chance even if the baby was infected they saved it...idk far fetched i know
One may tolerate a world full of demons for the sake of an angel
I wonder if the her never taking the baby out had more to do with the fact that it's easy to use a carrier and have a fake baby in it, rather than have to use a realistic looking fake baby, or the real baby to shoot the scenes because of child labor laws and all of that. Also perhaps she knew that she was going to be on the run and wanted to make sure she had the car seat in case she found another car, or a place for the baby to sleep.
I just think it's kind of a stretch to assume that because she didn't take the baby out more that the baby died/she didn't care and all that, when you consider labor laws and stuff like that.
Really? That's it? Where's the rest of the movie?