For those that have seen the ending, lets vote... Did they die in cement or live to be old people in that nursing home? No votes for him dying in the parking lot, that's dumb.
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The form is like this:
My vote: They died.
I am: Female
OR...
My vote: They lived.
I am: Male
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Ok?
Here is my vote...
My vote: They died.
I am: Male
VOTE!
"...nothing is left of me, each time I see her..." - Catullus
My vote: They died.
I am: Female
Cos that's how it is. There would be no movie if they gave up their pride and committed themselves to each other forever in bland, trite, matrimony. The ending kept true to their personalities - which is the entire purpose of the film really...
My vote: They died
I am: Female
Think of the beginning of the movie, there is a dialogue saying "But you can't play one game. I say, never. Even your best friend suggests. It's a game that bury yourself into a heap of concrete." So they DIED I think.
As I see it, firstly, people who have finally got together with the love of their life don't think "let's kills ourselves..." because they are too busy being happy and having sex.
Secondly, the film shows the construction workers pouring cement on top of them in the whole... and none of them seem to be bothered that they are killing two innocents, or even comment on the fact. Now, even if the central characters are crazy, I would have thought that the construction workers would put an end to this charade as it would be a) illegal and b) probably pretty much against their personal morals to go ahead without commenting.
It is an interesting one, because the suggestion of the cement is that for the first time that they are performing a dare together at the same time. As such, I would opt for it being a metaphor for them deciding to live together and commit to one another until death.
They live.
Female.
i thought about the construction worker thing, and i think they just didn't notice. it was a really deep hole, and they were up in their big machines, probably not paying much attention. it definitely wasn't an assisted suicide. and while i think that while this is realistically not very likely, it's definitely possible.
shareThey died.
I am female.
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"I love you."
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They dared each other at the same time with the same thing and thus freed themselves from the game (meaning: from its cruel, life-hindering aspects). They buried the box in cement. What we see in the final scene (nursing home) is a sweet and light and happy version of the game.
So:
The box died.
They lived.
I am female.
My real opinion: I have no idea whether they lived or died. And I don't think it matters, because "to play this game you need a pretty box and a pretty girl. To hell with the rest." :)
I vote: They died.
I am: Female.
Hmmm... well this has been fun and interesting. We have about three guys and five women who think they lived (one guy voted they lived, died and lived... whatever that means ;-)
Lots of women voted that they died and I thought we might see more women voting that they lived, but actually it seems that women found the fact that they died even more romantic than living, which I find curious indeed. It's not that I cannot understand how them dying together is an inherently "romantic" ideal, but them living together is a more *tangibly* romantic thought, which I thought more women would latch onto.
Just goes to show you what I know about women, which is *jack squat*. Maybe it is more accurate for me to say that my previous notions concerning what women might conclude about this movie are somewhat sexist and what a person concludes about the ending of this movie is independent of gender. I'm' not sure, but the older I get the more I believe that there are fundamental differences between men and women (besides the obvious i.e., one's body) that I actually find comforting. That is comforting in the sense that I believe women (and men) provide what is lacking in their partner. There are many exceptions to be sure, but there is some truth to the whole "Mars and Venus" patois that I find fascinating. I guess I just find women inimitably interesting, in both lightly chauvinistic and philogynous terms.
Keep voting...
"...nothing is left of me, each time I see her..." - Catullus
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Hmmm... well this has been fun and interesting. We have about three guys and five women who think they lived (one guy voted they lived, died and lived... whatever that means ;-)
Lots of women voted that they died and I thought we might see more women voting that they lived, but actually it seems that women found the fact that they died even more romantic than living, which I find curious indeed. It's not that I cannot understand how them dying together is an inherently "romantic" ideal, but them living together is a more *tangibly* romantic thought, which I thought more women would latch onto.
But the game for them was life. So by throwing away the box for the final time, they were ending their lives.
shareSo if the box died and they lived why is it in the retirement home scene containing the sweets? Could that indeed be a metaphor for the box bringing them happyness and joy, of differing sorts (different colours/flavours). Whatever anyones ideas though it is one of the most beautiful and stimulating movies ever. And I think...
They died
Oh and I am male (don't really see the relevance of that though)
My vote: They died.
I am: Female
It's obvious they died because in addition to the nursing home scene were scenes from earlier in the movie redone as if they were together all along. The fact they were finally to be together forever rewrote their history as to what it would have been.
I like the ideas of the metaphors, but..
My personal interpretation is that they died.
And I'm female.
My vote: They lived.
I am: Female.
I don't know, it just seems that them getting buried in cement is so bizarre and out of place. But they did say at the beginning about being buried in a cement box, so I'm just choosing the one I like better: they lived and had lots of grand old times and kids and stuff.
I never did it either. I'm not a nymphomaniac, I'm a compulsive liar.
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