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Can anyone explain the airport scene to me

posted 9 years ago by Tyler-A-Arse
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I must've missed something. They said Beck had a ticket to fly. When did he do this, and why was he leaving. Why was his wife there. Did they know SHE was going to be there? At that point, did they knew she was alive? Was she there to meet her husband? If so, how did she know he was gonna be there.

I enjoyed the movie, but in an attempt to be clever and witty, the movie falls all over itself and makes things confusing. I think they confused even themselves when they wrote it.

[–] nairb2000 9 years ago

I was confused by this too but I think the wife booked the flight for him, I guess the idea being they would fly off together after meeting. BUT she didn't know he was a fugitive from the police at that stage until she saw her photographer friend on the tv news when she was waiting to board the plane.

[–] Tyler-A-Arse 9 years ago

Yeah. It was all a wee bit confusing to me. Possibly something got lost or mixed up in the editing of the movie.

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[–] Roonil_Wazlib_97 8 years ago

I'd also be grateful if someone clears this up.

[–] quaddo 8 years ago

His wife (Margot Beck) had ordered the tickets for herself (under a false name) och Alex Beck.

If you remember, she had arranged a meeting with him in the park at 5 pm (17h00).
Her intention was to bring him with her to Argentina (Buenos Aires), where presumably she had been been staying (and probably where the web-camera was live-streaming from).

Margot didn't know Alex was wanted by the Police and that the "hired bad guys" had knowledge of the meeting.

When she aborts the meeting she still goes to the airport and intends to leave without Alex. She then sees the news report about her friend being murdered earlier that morning and that Alex is the main suspect. This makes her change her mind.

RIP Ian Richardson (1934-2007) http://akas.imdb.com/name/nm0007183

[–] ph75006 8 years ago

Okay, that makes a lot more sense. She booked his ticket under his name b/c as far as she knew, he was totally in the clear. No need to get a false passport, etc. She was clearly in the dark about the crazy, messy convoluted aftermath of the incident.

That airport scene was really confusing and I think that was probably due to poor editing.

[–] quaddo 8 years ago

Poor editing? Sorry, don't agree.

The scene is not that hard to follow.

RIP Ian Richardson (1934-2007) http://akas.imdb.com/name/nm0007183

[–] nicolevabre 8 years ago

I agree; not poor editing or something that was "lost."
One of the best things about this genre are that they make you think, at least the ones that are done right. There's nothing that ruins a film more than having all the dots connected for the viewer, spoon fed to us like we're dummies who would be unable to understand it unless it was presented to us in a neat and tidy package with no loose strings.