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Y'all should yourselves a favor and watch this little indie gem titled The Adventures Of Sebastian Cole. I had to check out of Entourage because I was bored out of my mind and I can only guess so was Grenier because he's terrific when given the right material. I understand he pretty much quit acting, but there's plenty of evidence outside of this shitty show that should reassure you it wasn't because he sucked at it.
I didn't find myself hating Katherine by the end of the film, far from it. Society, her family and the man she ultimately trusted with her heart failed her time and time again. She wasn't selfish, she strived for freedom and did what she had to in order to achieve it.
Except it was Sebastian who wanted the kid out of the way and give Katherine an ultimatum. She was bonding with the child and only deemed him an obstacle when his lover made abundantly clear there wasn't enough room in the manor for the both of them. Katherine already had her unborn child to think about.
I would be more worried about Preston's wife.
It really depends on how much sense it makes for the story and how it is handled.
Jessabelle didn't have an open ending- the bad guy won, that's all.
Unless you believe fate to be set on stone, I'd assume every card reading would predict different outcomes as they took everyday small and big decisions, from taking said card reading lessons to banging each other.
Do Voodoo's practitioners even believe in the notion of heaven and hell? I honestly have no idea but hey let's assume they do for the sake of argument- what makes you think they would have ended up together? For starters, Mommy committed suicide so she's banned up there. Moses was involved in some heavy sh*t while alive, and baby Jessabelle wasn't baptized so she would have ended up stuck in Limbo.
I thought they need Jessie to believe in the arts for the ritual to succeed (I am pretty sure Preston did say something along those lines, and this movie remind me of The Skeleton Key wich hanged on terrorizing Kate Hudson into believing). Notice both the maid and Preston have no issue seing Jessabelle when she wants them to because they both lived their entire lives surrounded by the sh*t Jessie's aunt likely raised her away from.
From a storytelling viewpoint, Emil role was crucial to advance and shed light on Bruno's character arc, not Eva's.
I highly doubt we were ever supposed to see him as Eva's savior, too. Right after Bruno talk about Emil issues with gambling and drinking (notice the brothel patron didn't contradict him), we are told Bruno got him his one stable job - and he loses a lucrative tour in a matter of days by fighting the promoters. THEN he shows up again at Eva's window with promises that basically amount to pipe dreams, betting their future on GAMBLING. Was he really willing to bet Magda's recovery - for which Eva has already given up so much - on sheer luck? He just didn't seem to grasp (or care about) the direness of Eva's predicament at all.
Moreso, even if Emil was truly smitten with Eva (and I believe he was) - do you really think he would have changed his ways for a woman he knew for a few days? His knight in shining armor act was all smoke and mirrors.
Where did I misgender Charlie?
I corrected myself in the thread (it is literally above yours in the expanded view) but only because that was what the director intended, not because it is irrefutably clear in the context of the movie.
The cult most likely put the deer there, but they had no way of knowing a) Charlie was going to have an allergy reaction at a party she wasn't even invited b) Peter will get high and be drive her to the nearest hospital like a madman instead of doing the responsible thing and carry an e pen with him c) Charlie will stick her head out of the window JUST when they were nearing that post.
They sure went through a lot of trouble to accomplish every other step in their ritual for me to believe the A Wizard Dit It trope was being invoked in that particular scene.
Did you even bother reading my following comments, I wonder? :)
Crap, I totally forgot about Annie's specifically saying her brother accused Ellen of "trying to put people" in him before committing suicide. Just read an interview with the director where he basically confirms it. Still, it is weird AF Annie's dad just starved himself to death. Maybe he was privy to his wife extracurricular activities and couldn't bear it anymore.
Also, it would seem Ellen put the demon in Charlie when she was a baby (meaning, she was Paimon all along) and they had a hand in the accident so Paimon's spirit could be "free" again and take possession of a male human body.
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