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I'm surprised Fletcher got away with saying this

posted 11 years ago by sjcobert
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When Max makes his wish, whatever "higher power" is administering the wish sure is damn strict. Fletcher cannot tell a deliberate innicent lie (like saying the pen is red), he cannot remain silent and feign innocence (when he farts on the elevator) and he cannot even allow a lie told by someone else to go unchallenged (all through the final court scene).

With that in mind, I am a little surprised by one quasi-truth that Fletcher got away with.

After Fletcher beats himself up and is carried into the courtroom, the jusdge asks, "Who did this to you?" And Fletcher replies, "A mad man, your honor, a desperate fool at the end of his pitiful rope."

Okay, that TECHNICALLY wasn't a lie.. but it was definitely a cleverly worded truth so that its meaning was deceiving. As strict as Max's wish was in all the rest over the movie, it hardly seems possible that he was able to get away with this one, without at least saying something to betray what really happened.

Did this line seem a little suspect to anyone else?

[–] raynorgo 8 years ago

Exactly! I was just going to start a topic about this very issue!

In almost every other case, Fletcher isn't allowed to lie by omission. He should have just said "I did it to myself, Your Honour!"

[–] Cathlyn32 7 years ago

There's another one actually!!!!
When Fletcher came to his son's school to make him "unwish" the curse!!!!
He said to the teacher if he could borrow his son for "one sec" XD
Or am I just over reacting? But still!! haha! I was like, "Heeeey!"

[–] Druffmaul 7 years ago

Okay, that TECHNICALLY wasn't a lie..

...aaaaaaand we're done here. Good night, numb nuts.