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I had forgotten how awesome this film is! *Spoilers!*

posted 2 years ago in The Incredibles (2004)

Did you guess who was the ... *Spoilers!*

posted 2 years ago in Werewolves Within (2021)

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Hi! I watched the film recently and enjoyed it a lot. Glad that there is a discussion about it here. I think the film could have been interpreted either literally (the Djinn was real and everything we saw was real too) or symbolically (there was no Djinn and everything we saw was Dylan dealing with his guilt and fears); if it was not for the last sequence, which basically rules-out the second possibility. Therefore, I believe that we should stick to the literal interpretations. Now to answer the questions: 1) Judging by the shape of his scar, I say a lung surgery, or a similar surgery related to his respiratory system. 2) Maybe to give the audience a clue as to why he is unable to speak. Dylan was not deaf, so I believe his muteness had a physical reason. He was also rather fluent in sign language, so I don't think his muteness was because of the shock of the suicide, since it happened only a few months before. Rather, it was because of a physical impairment, or the surgery itself (It could have also been a symbol of his guilt if the film would have gone for the symbolic interpretation). 3) No. The father just lost his ability to speak. When the Djinn is strangling him, his "voice" leaves his mouth and enters Dylan's. This also fits well with the notion that the Djinn twists the wishes. So, for exmaple, if Dylan would have wished for his mother to return, the Djinn would have probably killed his father. But now he just made him unable to speak. 4) I think there is no definite answer. It might have been due to Dylan's muteness (which he also believes to be true, which is quite sad), or it could have been for other reasons. 5) Literally to show that Dylan could not run away from the house. If the film did not rule-out the symbolic interpretation, it could have meant that Dylan's belief about being guilty for his mother's suicide was so strong that he couldn't escape it so easily. He had to beat the Djinn/guilt to be able to escape his house/psyche. But as it stands, I think it was only there to show that he couldn't escape the house. 6) Acoording to the book, it was going to kill Dylan, or "consume his heart". The thing is, the Djinn couldn't really do that (or do much of anything in this realm) without having a physical body, thus why it assumed the form of several people. What I don't get is why it was still trying to kill Dylan after midnight. He should have been unable to do so, I guess. I hope this helps.

posted 2 years ago in The Djinn (2021)

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