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Junk food

posted 3 years ago by Macca6662001 (2)
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I may have missed something, but is Amy's constant gorging on junk food in the 2nd half of the movie ever explained? I can think of a couple of reasons behind it:

1. She plans to kill herself in 2-3 months, so is simply eating what she wants (junk) as there are no long term health issues to be concerned about.
2. She wants to blend in with the hillbillies, who probably eat similar amounts of garbage (or so she assumes)
3. She wants to increase her overall body mass, thus lending credibility to her original story that she was pregnant when Nick 'killed' her and dropped her at the bottom of the ocean.

#1 seems the most likely, as she seems to stop eating the junk and gets herself back in shape straight after Nick's TV interview, where her plans change and she decides to go back to him after he gains public support.

[–] olioz (3675) 3 years ago

I think it's #1. That's what I thought anyway.

[–] Puvwall (1369) 2 years ago

Method acting for sure

[–] StrongRex (1319) 2 years ago

It’s all three. There are certain things in movies that you can observe and come to logical conclusions about without it having to spoonfeed you and outright explain things - in fact, you pretty much did it so what do you need us for? Show, don’t tell.

[–] Drooch (5333) 2 years ago

She wanted to fatten up as part of her disguise. Her plan required her to not be recognised at all costs.

[–] BlueCurfew (12) 2 years ago

In the book, Amy explains that she was eating junk food to gain weight to be unrecognizable. She started before she was ‘gone,’ managing to gain and hide under baggy clothing 15 lbs before disappearing.