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THE POINT OF MOVIE SPOILER

posted 16 years ago by Hold_Please
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everyone needs to have an open mind and actually think about it for a second instead of bein stupid....... ashley judd was his daughter...... and the reason he was obsessed with her was because he felt a strange connection and caring for her..... shes his daughter grown up... she told the blind man a fabricated story of her father being a bum to make him feel bad...
thats my take on it i could be wrong but it makes the most sense

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[–] grimace788 16 years ago

How ca she be his daughter? They're practically the same age!

[–] w1d0w 16 years ago

The point of the movie was this: It was the embodiment of his emotions. About being left by his wife and child. Notice how his daughter disappeared when he started to get jealous that she was happy with the blind man, and about to marry him? It was the personification of his emotions about his wife leaving with his child...he focused on Ashley Judd because he wanted a purpose. He wanted to care again. Throughout the movie the emotions with each kill she did were evident, rage, jealousy, self preservation...etc...he was feeling through her again.

Enough said....

[–] edbarbar 7 years ago

Did his wife leave with his child, or was his child abducted, and his wife left him? I couldn't tell from the movie.

Hey, I like this line of reasoning. He keeps stalking Joanna because he stopped looking for his child.

[–] ladyluv1 16 years ago

I thought maybe Ashley Judd was his daughter and he was her guardian

angel. Yes, they were practically around the same age but, did you ever think

of him to be the one that passed? I don't know. This was a film I once again,

tried to figure out.

~ ~Lady of Love~~

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[–] ladyluv1 15 years ago

Me, too, but I really want to know. lol!

~ ~Lady of Love~~

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[–] ladyluv1 15 years ago

There was significance between their relationship...Past, perhaps?

~ ~Lady of Love~~

[–] nimnuts 15 years ago

this post is funny because the poster is like every one needs to think about it for a second and stop being stupid and every thing he says is completely wrong and hes the one who is really stupid and not thinking.

[–] mrs-j-hoggard 15 years ago

Judd is not his daughter, the movie is confusing but if you watch the alternate ending it makes sense.

[–] fanaticita 15 years ago

There was nothing in the commentary that hinted Judd was his daughter. The director left the ending ambiguous, which I don't like, but it was his movie, not mine.

[–] hdcom8 15 years ago

in the book it's based on - which is very good by the way - gives a much stronger idea that Joanna is his daughter. The movie less so.

[–] Zoomorph 14 years ago

It doesn't really matter if she's his real daughter or not. But if it were true it would make the movie less believable and more sappy, so I like to think it's not.

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[–] amboager 14 years ago

Well, to me its a sort of mystical attraction: a man without daughter and a woman without father. No more.

But his "real" daughter?. A time paradox, pararel universes in conjunction or dead child possessing the woman ....
Curious theory but i don't think ... Ok, i have not read Marc Behm book.

[–] tequila911 13 years ago

OMG..You might just be right. Your reasoning totally makes sense to me. But I still havta admit that the movie was weird-ass!!

"A lifestyle is a terrible thing to waste." — Johnny 'Drama' Chase

[–] marbleann 12 years ago

In the book wasn't he much older then she was?

[–] SteveH2002 12 years ago

If the McGregor character is a generation older than the Judd character it does make sense. Then the visions of his daughter could possibly, and understandably, be manifestations of repressed guilt. The guardian angel angle works better, too.

I don't know why they decided to cast McGregor in the role. They would have been better off casting someone like Nick Nolte or someone of his generation.

[–] marbleann 10 years ago

In the original movie the Detective was much older. I think it was a casting mistake too. Even though I like Ewan a lot.

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