So, I totally loved this movie but I have 2 questions. Couldn't the children see their dead bodies right after they were killed? And who buried them? (Assuming they were buried somewhere near the 3 servants, or even if they weren't, what happened of their bodies?)
shareThey're in limbo, which is why they couldn't see their bodies once they were seperated from them. That's made very clear when all the disturbances in the house are caused by the living occupants. Who buried the bodies is unclear, but obviously a lot of time has passed, so they had to be buried by someone.
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Yes, some time has passed, so the bodies have been buried by the proper authoroties (I guess). The film doesn't start taking place immediatly after Grace have killed the children, because then intruders wouldn't have moved into the house as of yet.
Anyhow, I don't think anyone would see their own bodies after dying because they're transfered into limo/a parrallell universe.
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But Grace said at the end that she wasn't sure anymore (about limbo). And why would they be in limbo? Because the children were wicked? Because Grace killed them? I'm not Catholic & don't believe in that, but it is hard to understand why some spirits are left behind and others aren't.
Limbo was the place where it was believe unbaptized babies went to after they died, it is NOT part of Catholic doctrine though.
I always assumed they were in Purgatory (the place you go before entering Heaven to cleanse your soul of sin)
Hope this helps.
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I don't think they were in limbo or purgatory because if you know anything about Catholic dogma, those dimensions have nothing to do with earthly life so they wouldn't have been trapped in their house. Another flaw with that theory is that the children didn't really do anything that would send them to such a place; Kidman's character, on the other hand, killed both of them and herself, so if anyone was going there, she would (probably hell, actually).
One of the major themes of this film was the aspect of blind faith, which Kidman's character had and dictated upon her children; when they asked questions, she gave short answers and would get angry with them, but the fact of it all was that she knew no better than they did about the afterlife or God or anything. At the end of the film, she tells both of them that she "knows no more than they do". That was the whole point of the film. They were dead and were definitely in a parallel universe, but everything that they thought happened after death very obviously didn't.
Thanks for the reminder. I am a lapsed Catholic. I feel silly that I forgot the teachings of my own faith.
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Hah, no problem. I'm a Buddhist and former Catholic who still remembers a lot of it. Not my thing, although I really love the artwork and detail they put into their churches.
shareI keep thinking about going back to church, I believe in God, consider myself Catholic and am reading up on Catholicism.
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I had flare ups of interest in Catholicism when I was in my mid-teen years (I was raised it, though) and I sort of fell out of it because I couldn't and still can't get comfortable with the teachings. I started studying Buddhism later on and I have to say it is the ONLY religion/philosophy that I'm 100% comfortable with and feels "right". Go with what feels right to you, though. That's my motto.
shareYou should remember, then, that children are born with original sin, and baptism is the only thing that saves their damned souls. The childred don't have to be evil or anything to end up in purgatory...
...if you believe any of that...
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Purgatory has nothing to do with damnation. It's where the soul is purified before entering Heaven.
Those who are in Purgatory are saved, and are on their way to Heaven.
Also, there are several kinds of Baptism, including Baptism of Desire.
Who buried the bodies is unclear, but obviously a lot of time has passed
I thought it was because they didn't know they were dead. It was a traumatic event that they didn't remember, maybe that's why they didn't move on. Grace was in heavy denial about what she had done and that could be a reason as to why she never moved on.
shareYou should watch titling the post like that. You'll ruin the ending for people.
shareI mean, really. Couldn't you pick another line and mark it 'possible spoilers?' You only gave away the whole movie.
shareDo you usually come to movie boards and ruin films for people who haven't seen it yet?
No matter how old it is.
Because they're dead. And the second, she killed her children and then didn't let them leave... whatever the case, i'm sure glad this bs doesn't exist.
shareThere was a hell of a twist that's all I can say
shareThanks for ruining the movie, *beep*
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