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That scene in the hotel when something breaks


What was up with the scene in the hotel where she puts the gift in the drawer, and then she hears some arguing, and then something breaks. That scene was shown twice with eerie music and I don't see any significance for it. I thought that it would be explained later, but it never seemed to come back to that scene. Does anyone know?

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that was to set up the switching of the gifts, she left carters gift at the hotel when she was distracted which got her to go back to the hotel.

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SPOILER

And actually, she didn't switch the gifts, she only dreams she left the wrong one and goes back to the hotel. The original scene was to keep the audience in suspense, so that the dream was believable as reality to us.

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Yes! Good catch!

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ACTUALLY, I just freeze framed that scene with the noise in the hotel room, and you can see Carter's name on the gift she ends up leaving in his room. So, yeah, a bit confusing.

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