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I always used the flat mode on IMDb unless I was really confused about who somebody was replying to. I'm just more interested in the most recent posts. I hope we'll get both options eventually.
The problem is that you can't make a case. The script calls for it because it's the PLOT, not a plothole. You need to learn the difference. There is no discrepency, the movie clearly states ghosts are in denial about their own deaths (It has nothing to do with intelligence!) and only see what they want to see. When something makes sense they'll accept it, when it doesn't they'll ignore it. Again, it's what the movie is about. At the end, Malcolm sees everything clearly and just as it is once he's ready to move on.
You don't seem to understand that that's the whole concept of the movie, which is ghosts walking around not knowing they're dead because "they only see what they want to see". Yes, they create their own reality when necessary. That's actually what the whole movie is about. Apparently you don't agree with such a concept, but that's your problem, not a plothole. It doesn't go against the rules the movie establishes.
A like/dislike button will give trolls and fanboys the opportunity to display their immature behavior anonymously or without repurcussions. I don't think we should encourage that.
Like I said, it's no big deal to just agree or disagree with a comment without necessarily expressing it. If you don't have the time to post a short reply, I wonder if you really have the time to judge the substance of a post.
I think such a button is just a very superficial and vapid way of "communication".
I hope not, it sounds like crap.
The movie never actually states that the mother (don't know why I wrote stepmother) has Munchhausen by proxy. It simply shows us, just like the movie shows that the ghost in the kitchen was a battered housewife who thought Cole was her husband.
I don't get your point about the restaurant scene. Malcolm doesn't have to see anything more or less than what happened, because what happened made sense to him.
"But he doesn't think he's in a dream. He thinks it's reality."
My point is that he doesn't question it like in a dream. If you're dreaming, you usually don't think it's a dream either, even though weird things happen. Clearly, the consciousness of ghosts doesn't work like that of living people, otherwise they wouldn't roam around for centuries.
"If he suddenly materialized in his client's home, then, happily, his client appeared and he simply began a therapy session with him, he'd either think he was very ill and was having blackouts where he'd suddenly wake up somewhere without knowing how he got there, or that he was perfectly oriented and had the superpower of materializing where he wanted to."
Not clear at all what you're trying to say here.
No, what I'm conveying is that you don't understand the concept of ghosts "only seeing what they want to see". The flashback scene at the end shows us how it works in those critical moments that we didn't get to see. If something is there that doesn't make sense, Malcolm will imagine it's not there, like the table blocking the basement door.
FilmFan1983 actually mentioned liking the system on Amazon and that's what I responded to.
You don't know what someone might be interested in. It's not fair if an interesting comment is hidden from everybody, just because it's too negative for some people. People might also not click on a hidden message becaus they assume it's a troll post or they just don't notice it.
You know, it's also not a big deal to read a comment and agree/disagree with it without replying or expressing it any other way.
You have time to read a whole discussion, but you don't have the time to simply reply "I agree/don't agree"? Or how about just agreeing with it in silence and moving on? I did that plenty of times on IMDb.
"It's only a big thing, if you make it a big thing"
Well, if it's that meaningless, then why even have it? But that's not even my point. This is a discussion board, healthy discussion should be encouraged. We should not give trolls and fanboys the opportunity to act immature and perhaps gang up on someone. Opinions are so much more nuanced on a site like this, I actually think such a button is disrespectful to the thought and time a poster put I their post. I also find it a rather superficial concept, people should be encouraged to think beyond just liking/disliking something.
"For us to know what he imagines we have to see it happening."
Why? Since when is the film shown from the perspective of his imagination? You seem to be filling in the blanks now. The director leaves out those critical scenes because the movie does not simply show Malcolm's imagination. We don't have to know what he imagines, at the end of the movie it's clear that he has imagined certain things. Just like he imagined not seeing the door blocked by the table, putting a key in the keyhole, unlocking the door, opening it and walking through it.
How do I know that the ghost in the kitchen thinks Cole is her husband? Learn how to read between the lines. The woman is clearly beaten up and yells to him "You can't hurt me anymore!" when showing she cut her wrists (which is most likely the way she died.) Clearly a battered housewife. Just like we can assume the stepmother killed the girl because she had Munchhausen by proxy.
"If he ever materialized anywhere, he'd know he wasn't dead."
No, he wouldn't. Ghosts only see what they want to see, remember? It has nothing to do with being smart, it has to do with not being able to move on. "Materializing" somewhere would be like a dream, where you suddenly jump from one place to another and you don't even wonder how that happened, you just go along with it.
"He sees things as he wants to, but can still be frustrated by events that he could just imagine differently. He can materialize wherever he wants to be, but is frustrated by not catching up with the car driven by the man his wife is seeing."
It makes perfect sense. What wouldn't make sense is if he suddenly imagined having superpowers. Why would he go run after a car?
I have seen that restaurant scene countless of times, you're not telling me anything new and it doesn't change anything. He didn't have to imagine any actions, because her behavior still made sense to him. One of the reasons he couldn't move on was that he felt guilty about spending too much time working instead of with his wife.
It works just fine.
I'm not "adding" anything. Imagining things IS part of the "ghosts only see what they want to see" explanation. He can't open the door to the basement, but instead of seeing that it's blocked by a cabinet/table he imagines it's not there because to him it wouldn't make any sense. He shows up at many places, like the hospital or the school without anybody telling him Cole is there and without anybody letting him in. Ofcourse he imagines things like that. Maybe he doesn't even imagine the act itself, but he certainly imagines that that's how he must've gotten there. He accepts the world as it is as long as it makes sense and if it doesn't he fills in the blanks himself. Just like the ghost in the kitchen imagining that Cole was her husband. The fact that ghosts seem to roam around for centuries also suggests that time doesn't pass normally for them, I don't think Malcolm is consciously aware of every second of the day. He just appears wherever he wants to be. You really think the director is going to give away the twist and show him "materialize" inside the house?
Exactly.
Well, like arvin pointed out, the OP or any other poster who replied to the thread and may be interested in other replies. People don't always reply to the OP or discussions may spin off. It's a feature that can keep threads active. And if you're not interested you can always unsubscribe.
I haven't seen Deadpool, so I don't know why it would feel strange to watch it with one's parents. But I did see Halloween: H20 with my own parents back when I was a teen.
It's true that we're all scattered. I used to visit some Disney and horror movie boards and I have no idea where all those people have gone.:(
A lot of people can't be bothered to read hidden posts, especially if they can't even be bothered to reply to a post when they like/ dislike it. It's also unfair for an intelligent and interesting post to be hidden just because some fans might consider it too negative.
I think making it anonymous is even worse. Chances are people will abuse the button even more. This is a discussion board, not Youtube or Yahoo which are more about short, witty comments. Posts here are usually much more nuanced. I don't even understand the point of knowing how much anonymous people like or dislike a comment. And if you really want to express how you feel about a post, then just reply to that post. I did it all the time on IMDb by simply saying "I agree" or "I don't agree". It also gives the OP the possibility to ask for an elaboration. It's only fair.
He definitely has my permission as well, but he doesn't even need it. We put it out there on IMDb and now it's for anyone to take and do with it as they please.
No, I think he's saying that you should get a notification if someone has posted in a thread you've created (or even just posted in), even if it wasn't a reply to your post. I actually think that the possibility to (un)suscribe to a thread is not a bad idea.
It's not the first priority, but I think it's something jim should seriously consider as quite a few people have complained about threads and entire boards missing. I can understand completely empty boards being a turn-off.
There are many people who do not own the rights to the material on torrents. And there are many old movies and TV shows that are not in the public domain and are therefore illegal to up- or download. But in this case we're talking about the former IMDb message boards. Again, what jim is doing is no different than what that person with the torrent is doing, they're both making the archives public. If there's any copyright to the posts, then jim can't put them up either. This isn't any more legal than a torrent. I could actually copy the old boards from this website and put them on my own website and there's not a darn thing jim can do about that.