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Why David Gale's "Point" in his death is unfair
Just watched this movie, if you're like me seeing it late, reply.
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My issues with the film heavily revolve around how characters react to situations what characters are capable of.
1. Let me start with the obvious, there is simply NO way that Finn would sit there so calmly confiding with Jasper after Finn had seen the photo of Jasper railing his girlfriend, who he wanted to marry, as she rode him hard. Finn's introspection should have been not to Jasper, and he should have absolutely rejected him.
2. While I understand Jasper's reaction to his threats with his betting authorities, he quickly turned into some horrid monster way to quick and way to abruptly. It felt rushed.
3. In the same way, while I understand the attempt for us to not suspect Callie, I felt like her actions overall didn't make sense for how her character was portrayed. I know it was meant as the big swerve, but I don't think it was done well.
4. Before you write me off as some snooty movie watcher, I've re-watched this movie a few times because I LOVE the concept as a fan of hard sci-fi. It's such a cool concept, but it was dragged down by unrealistic decisions by the characters in play and I'll admit overall poor acting by Jasper and Callie. I'm no theater expert, but I could tell this was a B movie by the acting, not by the presentation.
I was quite disappointed in this movie, as it had so much potential for such an interesting concept.
1. I'll never understand why hard sci-fi movies so often feel like they need to revolve some guy-girl interaction to center around. There was no need to base the movie so aggressively around the guy-girl given the topic.
2. The concept is awesome, and it's not even religous, although it can be applied as such. I'm even wondering if leaving it as merely detecting the presence was all that was necessary, and not going as far as showing what the person experiences from their vantage point.
3. The main character I felt was trying to be represented as a protagonist, but I don't think he was. His dad did nothing wrong, and people who chose to kill themselves owned their destiny. There was no promise of anything outside of religious faith. The proper way to deal with the situation would be for society to further value human life.
4. I feel like they didn't have to introduce a cult-like aspect to Redford's character, or the people at his compound, at all, and clearly the decision to do so was to simply support the main character as the protagonist.
5. The ending didn't make sense. I understand the obvious connection, but why was he taken to the beach to be given the opportunity to save Isla's son? It just randomly happened with no explanation. It made for interesting coincidence to draw two characters closer, but it didn't make sense as far as a reason why it happened.
6. The remembering thing was introduced like 5 minutes before the end, and then was used as the "big reveal" to end on. It felt like if they were going to propose this concept, it should have been done WAYYYYY earlier in the movie.
Overall, I rate this movie low in execution, high in concept.
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