I think that both sisters were vile, evil people but i have to say i didn't like the littlest one, because you thought she was the one that was always being harmed, and you never thought she could be capable of anything like murdering anyone. Overall, I loved this movie!
shareIt seemes to me the younger sister, Inger, was really a sweet, good-natured little girl. Ellie managed to bring out the worst in her. At the end, when Inger realized that Ellie killed their mother, was so smug about Lena leaving the household, and noticed that Ellie had some new manipulative power over their father, that probably pushed her to the edge at that point and decided to kill her. I think she killed Ellie with the mask to give her a taste of her own medicine.
share"to give her a taste of her own medicine"
More like to get back at her for killing their mother (because Inger was the mother's favourite) and to take Ellie's place as the father's favourite.
out of all the things i've lost i miss my mind the least
Considering that Ellie's obvious next victim would be Inger (to protect her secret and assure herself as the dominant power in the household), I don't think Inger had a lot of good choices. Either blow the whistle on Ellie and hope the evidence (fingerprints?) would back her up .... or perform the justice yourself, and keep from being the next logical victim of Ellie.
shareI'd put Ellie as the "Wicked" one, though as the movie progressed, it does seem there was room to have this characteristic transferred to Inger. Despite the title, as I was watching this movie, I was thinking of it as a mystery, where there were a number of suspects, each with a strong motive (to include Lena and even Mrs Potter, though in the latter's case it would have to have been fleshed out). However, given the clues shown to the viewer, this idea seemed to shrivel up and diminish the reason for the prominence of the detective role. Perhaps he was needed solely to move things along. If so, it didn't work out too well, since he winds up making a mess of things, only to be saved by Mrs. Potter. (I call on anyone to make sense of his role in this film. I'm afraid I can't.)
With respect to Inger's "vengence", if that is what is supposed to have occurred, how is this carried out in consideration of the rock through the window and the subsequent events that follow. Are we to assume that it's a plant by Inger to get Ellie to a more vulnerable place, or was she aware that Lawson would be trying to break in in order to take her away? Did she expect her to step on a piece of glass or did she just make use of her predicament? And, why choose the second mask to do the dirty deed, and not the first one, if vengence was the motive? (Yes, I know. The film-makers were following a well-worn ancient Greek story and needed both masks to tell its tale.) Also, did she expect to get caught by Lena in order to draw her into her web? The entire episode at the end just seemed to go too fast for me to make all the pieces fit.
James
Well, I knew the smallest one was going to try to gain the father's favoritism after I saw the part when she walked in on Ellie and the father sleeping together and then she tried to bring him his dinner like Ellie had the day before.
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