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Theory on the ending...

posted 9 years ago by badjesus
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THE BOY IS IN HELL ALONE AND THAT IS NOT HIS FAMILY. Why?

1. When Krampus laughs at the Boy's selfless act of offering himself to redeem his family Krampus TAKES A TEAR (payment).
2. BEFORE being thrust down to Hell the Boy says to Krampus: "I just wanted xmas to be like it was".
3. When the Boy awakes LISTEN to his family...it ISN'T them:
-The Uncle is oddly JOVIAL towards him.
-The Aunt says "she hasn't been this hungover since THE POPE DIED i.e. she was CELEBRATING!
-The Boys cousin opens a xmas gift of BRASS KNUCKLES and threatens the Boy with them NO ONE payong it any mind!
-The Grandmother speaks ENGLISH!
-The Mother HAPPILY opens a gift of a DEAD RODENT.
-When the Boy opens the box and holds the ornament the Grandmother, Aunt, Parents, Cousins even Dog do NOT particularly act shocked more resigned in fact. As if they KNOW already otherwise why does no one scream? In fact look at the cousins expressions...they're GRINNING.
- Lastly we shift POV to show the boy in fact had his wish fulfilled: "xmas as it used to be"..forever. It's said Hell is uniquely designed for each damned soul and this is his.
Reminds me of the Twilight Zone where a Criminal dies and in his after life everything is free for the taking where Bank Tellers happily hand him $ when he robs them, women throw themselves at him, etc..but soon he realizes what REALLY drives him is 'The evil ACT of taking for himself what belongs to others and NOT the spoils themselves. So he tells his "Guardian Angel" he wishes to "Go to the OTHER PLACE"...and in one of the BEST reveals of the series (or ANY show that for that matter) his "Guardian Angel" says: "You don't understand sir..this IS the OTHER PLACE!" (i.e. Hell) and bellows a great DEMONIC laugh!
Similarly the boy is in a Hell of his making with the REAL family one can safely assume released.
Whew! ...ok now i wait for my theory to be dissected and proved wrong. lol

[–] marauteatime 9 years ago

I WOULD tell you why they are not in Hell and that everything is okay. But not only would it take too much of my time, it would be like talking to a brick wall.

[–] cromartie890 8 years ago

The guy that wrote the movie said they are in hell but it's open to your interpretation.

[–] marauteatime 8 years ago

The guy that wrote the movie said they are in hell but it's open to your interpretation.

Funny, since that is not true. He never said that they are in hell.

"Ah, A Christmas Carol."

"I think it was important for us to start on this too, sorta setting up what happens later in the story. Ya'know, it's famously a story of someone who goes on a pretend journey or you know, a real journey with ghosts."

"Yeah, there's deffinitly some not so subtle forshadowing by starting with A Christmas Carol. Because...I'm assuming anyone who is actually listening to our commentary has seen the film. But...I was like, 'was I going to spoil the ending?' This is very much like a modern day retelling of A Christmas Carol."

[–] Jack-o-lantern_2623 8 years ago

The guy that wrote the movie said they are in hell but it's open to your interpretation.

Do you have a source for that? I don't recall hearing or reading that at all and going by the film commentary and the comic that was written by the films director and writers I'd say it seems quite the opposite.

[–] reaseltbim 8 years ago

you are full of crap

[–] cromartie890 8 years ago

First of all the grandmother told the whole entire story of Krampus in English earlier in the movie so the fact that she spoke in English in the end means nothing. That wasn't a boy with those brass knuckles those were clearly two girls it was a point of it in the movie that the dad wished he had two girls that he was raising them like little boys. If you're going to try to explain and movie you should at least pay attention to a movie

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[–] deadbodieseverywhere17 8 years ago

The Uncle is oddly JOVIAL towards him.

He got nicer as the movie went on (he even told Tom he was starting to like him).

The Aunt says "she hasn't been this hungover since THE POPE DIED i.e. she was CELEBRATING!

I have no idea what this has to do with anything? You don't have to be celebrating anything to get drunk (and then hungover).

The Boys cousin opens a xmas gift of BRASS KNUCKLES and threatens the Boy with them NO ONE payong it any mind!

Because they said it in a very joking tone/everyone is busy and not paying attention/they are kids, kids say this stuff.

The Grandmother speaks ENGLISH!

She told the entire Krampus story in english earlier in the movie.

When the Boy opens the box and holds the ornament the Grandmother, Aunt, Parents, Cousins even Dog do NOT particularly act shocked more resigned in fact. As if they KNOW already otherwise why does no one scream? In fact look at the cousins expressions...they're GRINNING.

Because to them it's just an ordinary ornament, there's no reason to be shocked. Until a minute goes by and then they all remember what happened, then it cuts away. So no, they don't know already, this causes them to remember.

The ending is said to be left up to interpretation (which is basically a cop out, but whatever). But someone here said there is a tie in comic that states they are all in purgatory or hell.

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