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Hasn't he ever taken a nap?

posted 14 years ago by doowopfan
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The problem I had was with the whole premise. So he has trouble going to sleep because it is Alaska and always light. Uh, hasn't he ever taken a nap at 3 in the afternoon? They are heavenly. I have no problem knocking out in the light. I know there is more to it than that with his character but if they had set it in the continental U.S. and day and night come, would he have insomnia still? If you don't see my point, if I went to Alaska, and midnight rolled around and it is bedtime, I could lie down and still sleep even with the sun glaring in the window because it doesn't matter. Use the noon nap reference, it works.

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[–] YourSock 14 years ago

Naps are for old people. Hes clinging to the last vestiges of youth, taking a nap would be the first metaphorical nail in his coffin.

Blackout curtains and sleeping masks don't exist, nor will anyone let you sleep in their basement.

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[–] marlindo 13 years ago

Also, it's not just the day/night scenario. What I got from the movie was the feeling of extreme unsetllement, he is in a strange town where the sun doesn't set, AND THEN he kills his partner accidentally. And he decides to hide that fact. All of that combined is just too much for him. Now THAT would render me insomniac, for sure.

[–] The-Animals 8 years ago

 They really are.
Also explains why he was "running around like a *beep* maniac" (even though it was Finch who decided to leap around on logs like Frogger).

It is a movie, after all.  Since it wasn't the daylight that rendered him an insomniac, why not sleeping pills? At the end the hotel woman says the room is dark.

[–] nutsberryfarm 11 years ago

his nap skills were sad.

A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.

[–] HarryRidgway 11 years ago

It's not only the fact that it was always light, that was more of an annoyance to him. The real thing that was depriving him of sleep was all the guilt and the current events going on. As the film progressed and after his partners death, he had no possible chance of sleeping since the guilt and nervousness was plaguing his mind to the point of madness.

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[–] The-Animals 8 years ago

Didn't you hear Finch? "I got a nap in the afternoon but I guess you had to work." I mean, don't ask me what he was doing, but he was working.
Naps are not heavenly; they make me feel like hell afterwards. But I can absolutely sleep in the day, and anyhow I cover my head.
If it was set at night, I think Dormer would still be unable to sleep - the real reason was because of the Hap incident... then again, the one night before he *beep*
up we do not know whether or not he sleeps, but he is chewing gum, suggesting he's tired. The guilt was the main reason, exacerbated by the daylight. It would be cool for a few days, but I would eventually miss the nighttime.

[–] MoviemanCin 7 years ago

Or a sleeping pill?

Schrodinger's cat walks into a bar and doesn't.