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How could it have stuck more to the ending in the novel? **SPOILERS!**


So this is the one version that comes close to the ending of the novel, and hurray for that, but I'm still not convinced the Judge committed a perfect crime. In the book, the penultimate chapter involved a pair of detectives scratching their heads on how ten murdered bodies ended up on the island, and the mystery is solved when someone reads the Judge's solution after it was thrown in the sea in a bottle. But if they were to make a film EXACTLY like the ending of the book, how would it be handled? Have the detectives discussing the mystery at the beginning? It would have to be in a way that the Judge committed nine perfect murders and a suicide that appeared to be a murder. Works out well on paper, but what about on screen?

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e-mlodik is correct. to do the judg'e death any different, and to include the message in a bottle, would've dragged it into anti-climax. This was we see the judge for what he is.

We see the killer not as a Hollywood superman, but as a truly, even more chilling, realistic lunatic.

Hey I got a question. How are you planning to get back down that hill?

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Having the detectives discuss the mystery at the beginning is an interesting option, but it might spoil things a little bit. After all, not knowing that all will die eventually is one of the main factors of suspense.

However, I agree that the end as it is in the novel is not really an option..

All in all, I think govorukhin did quite a good job and i like his version a lot

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In "The Usual Suspects", you already know that most of the "suspects" are dead. I would intercut the storyline on the island with the detectives afterwards---perhaps having them discuss the deaths of a particular person just after we see how the people on the island reacted. Am I making any sense?

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Yes, but is "The Usual Suspects" a good movie? Really?


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