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Question regarding the twist (spoilers)

posted 6 years ago by [deleted]
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Did she forget that she was the shadow version ? Convince herself she wasn't? Or genuinely scared of going to the beach incase the girl she imprisoned would get revenge?

[–] Cathexis (112) 6 years ago

I don't see how she could have forgotten. She was afraid that the real Adelaide she swapped places with would come back for revenge, which is what happens. The placement of the flashback at the very end feels cheap to me, though, because it has no reason to be first shown to us then other than to surprise us.

[–] Danzence (30) 6 years ago

Tell yourself a lie enough times and you might start to believe it. I think she may have been in denial.

It's a case of nature vs nurture though here, had they not swapped who is to say the events in the movie would be any different except that fact?

[–] Cathexis (112) 6 years ago

The events would certainly be different, because there would be nobody to inspire a revolution.

My question is why underground Adelaide even thought to swap in the first place, as she knew nothing about the world above and could not have possibly understood it as preferable to where she came from.