why didn't he.....(SPOILER)
WATCHED THIS MOVIE LAST NIGHT AND WAS A BIT DISAPPOINTED. MY MAIN CONCERN THOUGH WAS , WHY DIDN'T JOHN JUST KILL THE TATOOED MAN INSTEAD OF HIS GIRLFRIEND AND HER DAUGHTER. THAT WOULD HAVE MADE A BIT MORE SENSE.
shareI think that is the whole point of the film. His relationship with his "father/mentor/lover" figure, the Tattooed Man, is just so strong and all-encompassing, that it ultimately supercedes his new attachment to Cathy and her daugher. Also, the film is constantly talking about Jon finding his own true nature, and of course arguably his true nature is to be a killer. When he does the terrible deed, he is solving a problem in the only way he has ever known. Yes, he does it for protection/love. But there's no way he could turn on the Tattooed Man. That would be the predictable, cliché ending. This is much richer, more thought provoking, and frankly quite shocking.
shareAlso the Tattooed Man had friends in high places, friends as scary as Jon, the Albino Policeman, who wouldn't have let Jon or Cathy and her daughter get away
shareI agree with those above statements. Just a small bit surprised that he jumped at the end. Kind of expected things to go back the way they were. It seems to me that him killing himself betrays the purpose of killing the woman and her daughter.
"The vision of Christ that thou doth see, is my vision's greatest enemy." -Nobody
yeh i think the line in the film along the lines of 'he'll find them, he always finds them' sums up why Jon took the action he did.
It was truly shocking, i think that watching normal movies you'd expect Jon to turn on the Tattooed Man and live happily ever after with Cathy, but this aint a normal movie.
I think he decided to jump after the short speech by Tattooed Man about how some people jump whereas others wait to be pushed.
After Jon killed Cathy and her daughter, Tattooed man didn't have quite as much leverage over him, and thus he (Jon) became more expendable.
When he killed Cathy and her daughter (to avoid horrible things happening to them - perhaps even being forced to do it himself while the others watch), he had not had it spelled out for him quite like that.