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Ending sucked

posted 10 years ago by evergreenoldboy-859-555099
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So we're to believe that Sarah just turned on a whim, got the list for Benji, ended up not giving it to him only bc he wanted to kill the agents, and then used the list herself to recruit the agents to the hippie side?

Gimme a freaking break. Sarah is portrayed as a highly capable and intellectual person who lands a prestigious job. Yet on her very FIRST assignment, on her BRAND NEW job, and with TRAINING to combat feelings of attachment, she still turns.

She goes from fright from having her cover blown in the car at the end to simply complying with Benji's command to get the list. So presumably she had been turned long before then, since such a big decision isnt made in a spontaneous "eh, screw it, he drove me all the way to my place of work, lemme just get this list for him b/c he was a good lay" manner.

If she had turned by that point, she would have been relieved to have been discovered instead of horrified, and would have revealed herself to Benji at least since she was turned by him. ANd what's Benji's deal? He has ZERO leverage over Sarah, yet takes it on blind faith that she will cooperate with him? Why would she? She never gave the impression that she had turned, she was always trying to help the victims of The East, like saving the CEO's from going into the poisoned lake.

He would have no reason to trust her, and every reason not to since she had played him this entire time. Yet his grand plan is to drive her to work and demand a list of her co-workers? What were the chances that would ACTUALLY work?

GARBAGE

[–] shantii 10 years ago

I came here to complain about the ending also.

She goes to all the presumably highly skilled, trained, and experienced undercover agents, and tells them that some corporations (two that she knows of) do really bad things, and they are shocked at this news, so they join the resistance...

Does not make a whole lot of sense.

[–] therefdotcom 10 years ago

hahahaha, i thought exactly the same thing.

[–] larshevn 9 years ago

She approached only those she thought would be susceptible to switching teams, hence why she's encircling some of the portraits on the list. And surely these people had their own experiences independent from Sarah's. They knew what was going on, they just needed a push in the right direction.

[–] youarealush 10 years ago

She turned long before the car ride to her office. I don't think there was any one "turning point," rather she gradually turned. I think she flipped more each time she went back to the East house after being in the "real world." I think one big one was when she allowed the others to wash her, another was when she learned about the boy who died from the poisoned water. Now, just because she turned and believed they were right doesn't mean she agreed with their methods. By the end most of them were doubting their methods - Lucas left and Doc was torn up and writing an apology to Paige for the McCabe-Grey jam.

Jane freaked out in the car when she realized Benji had made her because she had no idea what he was going to do. I'm sure the first thought for any operative dealing with a blown cover is that they're going to be killed. Benji was capable of a lot, her first thought was probably that he was going to kill her.

Benji trusted her to get the list because he knew she had turned, he knew she loved him, and he loved her. Jane got the list because she wanted to do something with it. The final proof that she had turned was her conversation with her boss. She lied about the final jam, and defended dumpster diving for food. She had such conviction while talking about the value of the food that's thrown away that it was obvious she truly felt that way.

At the end, I think she wanted to go with Benji. She asked him before to run away with her. She couldn't give him the list because he would have put the operatives in danger, which she didn't agree with. He wanted her to come even without the list because he was truly in love with her. She couldn't go because she wanted to use the list in a way that he would never agree with.

[–] lamont-hard 9 years ago

After the way she handled the boyfriend I think she is void of truly loving any man. It was the mission that drove her. The boyfriend was in the way as the current guy would have been at some point.

[–] MyLittleHeartShapedBox 9 years ago

Good answer.

"I'm trying to see things from your point of view but I cant stick my head that far up my ass."

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[–] Imlac 9 years ago

I get what you're saying, but the bigger issue is the implication that she's somehow found a middle-ground. That by 'enlightening' her own agents, that they would (apparently) 'enlighten' the eco-terrorism groups they've infiltrated into being somewhat less eco-terroristic.

At least, that's what's implied by the flashes of news headlines showing that yes, The East (or similar groups) still continue to operate, but have somehow managed to be hugely successful but through a non-violent course of action.

I'm not entirely sure how that's supposed to work.

[–] Seth_Rogue_One 8 years ago

I like the movie a bunch but yeah the ending is too much, she's flying to all these other spys to recruit them, first of all who would even fund that? no one... except for herself.

If she'd at least befriended them on facebook or something, moved on to Skype... and there on Skype recruited them.

I got keys coming from overseas! T.I.P. Syke

[–] NotASpeckOfCereal (302) 7 years ago

Nobody had a problem with pulling up the floss-container from your gullet? :-) I think it would have been more believable for her to hide it in her lady-parts cavity. No, really.

But seriously, I bought the whole turning thing -- I don't think that was hard to grasp. The whole film was designed to convince we the audience that these are bad things happening, so we are supposed to be sympathetic that their cause and root for her turning.

I also can see how she would want a better purpose for the list than killing the agents.

The ending fell down for me with the implication that she was able to go out and convince all of those other agents to turn. Not likely. And after awhile, the company would pick up on this and warn the rest agents that she was going to visit them, stealing them against her wiles. It just is totally unrealistic to think she would be successful at that.

[–] mirelurk (884) 2 years ago

I also hated the ending but I don't agree with all of your reasons

I hated it because it felt like a cop out. Just because she turned doesn't mean that she could reliably other spies. I mean, they're SPIES, they are committed enough to whatever system or cause they are a part of to risk their lives for it

So I think she would have quickly been ratted on and arrested