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I can't be the only one to notice this at the end

posted 10 years ago by the_10th
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SPOILERS OBVIOUSLY.
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When Fungus Bob is trying to hit Odd & he tells him the dead can't physically harm a living person. Yet later in the end, when Stormy had died, he & her are all touchy feely, hanging out for who knows how long, we see him touching her leg & then kissing her before she leaves. So, the dead can't 'harm' people but they can kiss them? This movie was filled with dumb stuff but that stuck out like a sore thumb. It's like the writers totally ignored a rule just to trick the audience.

[–] MrsGubler 10 years ago

You're not the only one who noticed. I still love the movie, though.

[–] xenafan000 10 years ago

Movie was freaking awesome! And just think of it this way. Acts of harm you cannot touch. Acts of love you can.

[–] mcd_boston 10 years ago

This is correct according to the books; Odd can see and physically interact with the dead, but they never speak and cannot physically harm the living. The dead can go "poltergeist" - essentialy a spiritual temper tantrum - and the debris could injury the living. In these cases, as soon as the temper tantrum is over the spirit seems to forget about it (much like a toddler)

[–] erik-29-381626 10 years ago

If it was NOT in his head and ghosts can touch/kiss as long as they don't harm, then fungus Bob could kiss Odd all day and annoy the *beep* out of him... think about it for a moment... being kissed by fungus Bob ALL the time.

Shouldn't the ghostly thingies kill him or something, btw? Now they know he knows they know he sees them. ;)

[–] JosephCurwenJr 10 years ago

The scene with Odd and ghost Stormy is mostly all in his head, so it's all illusion and him making it feel real

[–] christianeagles 10 years ago

Yeah, I was thinking this as well.

[–] haroldbishoplives 10 years ago

It was only real in his head.

[–] elduderino09 10 years ago

Your point has merit. But the book ended the same way, and it was very moving.