I havent read a single anything that has made any sense. I liked the movie, but the ending kind of left me dry, and looking for something more.
None of what I've read on here has made any sense. SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT THE *beep* HAPPENED??????!!!!!!?
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I believe that his soul was consumed by the little blonde leader kid and he therefore became the little blonde leader kid because his soul was the only peaceful and unfearful one they had found. And that is why Jean wasn't attacked at the end. Because of his love for her. I dunno..just my theory..
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and they were taking souls
and enslaving those who dont offer the souls
the passage tom kept reading was saying anyone who offers their soul can save those who are being tortured
If I remember rightly, wasn't it something like:
"The kingdom of heaven is upon us. If anybody offers his soul to the children, he will deliver those who, through fear, have spent their life in slavery."
I paused the movie twice to concentrate on that sentence, as it just seemed to be gibberish. I still think it's gibberish. If just one male person is ready to be killed, then the children will start confining their victims to people who AREN'T scared of them? Or to people who've never lived in slavery? WTF?
I didn't think it was nearly as bad as some people are saying it is, but still, that quasi-biblical stuff was a bit confusing, needlessly so. There's a difference between crediting your audience with intelligence and just being obscure.
I just watch this, and I am also confused. I kind of understood the passage, and I figured that Tom was going to offer his soul to the children in order to save them all - that once he did that, he would die, and the children would be able to make it into heaven. Then of course, I saw the ending - Tom just disappeared, but then the children were still there, as if waiting to be taken care of, but no longer killing.
Also, it appeared (although I am not positive) that after Tom disappeared, and you saw the children standing there, the sickly affects (discolorations of their faces and such) seemed to start disappearing. Did anyone else notice this?
I just watch this, and I am also confused. I kind of understood the passage, and I figured that Tom was going to offer his soul to the children in order to save them all - that once he did that, he would die, and the children would be able to make it into heaven. Then of course, I saw the ending - Tom just disappeared, but then the children were still there, as if waiting to be taken care of, but no longer killing.
Also, it appeared (although I am not positive) that after Tom disappeared, and you saw the children standing there, the sickly affects (discolorations of their faces and such) seemed to start disappearing. Did anyone else notice this?
I could of swore when it panned through the woods then at the children i saw tom standing there in the field but i might be seeing things i dunno
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No no I saw him too. And I think there was another person too. I understand the passage, what I don't get is why are they 19 year olds safe??? since ten years ago they were 9 and BAM children....right?? I think the idea was good, with the whole zombie twist but when they killed that guys son in the start, he falls out the window, attacks them then dies....whaa?? It reminded me alot of house of the dead two, which was a bit dissapointing but better than this movie....Im so confuseddddddddd
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This movie just plain sucked!!!
I saw this last night and what me and my friends gathered was....
The kids absorb powers or thoughts from a victim when they put the hands on the person's face - and remember, what one kid learns, they all learn. So, perhaps if James Van der Beek was thinking of hope (which he learned from The Grapes of Wrath) then the blonde kid absorbed his hope and then all the kids absorbed it and this (somehow) caused them all to stand down.
Oh I don't know, my theory kind of makes sense.
The movie was complete trash, plain and simple, but let me tell you why:
a lot of times, what makes sense on paper makes no sense at all in reality. I'm sure Clive thought this was a wonderful plot and a great ending, but obviously neither is the case as it ended up as a crummy B movie with the Beek at it's most notable actor.
Plot holes galore: why weren't claire and her boyfriend infected? They could obviously hear the hive mind (claire more then the boy) but they were both still themselves and able to think independently.
How did the kids evolve? One kid would have to learn how to do something for them all to do something, but how did one zombie moron kid get lucky enough to pick up a gun and fire it effectively? The barricade? What, did one kid put a couple lawn chairs together on accident and some survivor tripped over it when he was running away, and they got the bright idea to make bigger barricades? Uh, that's kind of a leap don't you think?
If the sheriff's daughter knew the survivors were hiding in the church, why didn't the group that killed the preacher outside and then disable all the cars not go into the church and finish them off in the night? Obviously the hive mind only works when it's convient for the plot.
Why did the doctor in the end decide to play little widow on the prairy instead of leaving town for good? What, is she going to become the adopted mother of all the little psycho zombie kids? Uh, no... not unless she was hitting her own stash of morphine on a regular basis.
It's wasted effort on movies like these that keeps the scifi channel the funds them from becoming a serious, legitimate network. They rely on cheap shock/schlock value, and expect the viewer's imagination to fill in the gaps that a limited talent base/production budget leaves. This isn't thinking out of the box minimalism used to great creative effect like The evil dead series, this is just a cheap rip of 'village of the damned,' which itself was a cheap rip of several others before it.
I don't know. I'm still thinking about it.
Why do I keep watching movies like this? I keep expecting something better.
Assuming the kids/teens win, killing everyone else around the world, what then?
What kind of world do they have now? Emotionaly and mentally the oldest are 10yrs old! They are murderers. Yes, what an idyllic world they have.
Unfortunately, there was a bit of poorly scripted supernatural business that suggested the "zombie kids" needed to find someone who was willing to let them take his or her soul. At the end, they suck up Dawson's soul because he is willing, and momentarily everyone disappears, only to reappear on the lawn of Jean's home. They now share Dawson's soul, and Dawson is no more, and they have become her children to watch over. She smiles at them and the camera then pans over and behind the kids, to reveal Dawson's favorite book now stuck in the back pocket of one of the zombie kids, who smiles back at Jean. This way we are assured Dawson's soul lives on in the kids. All of them. Utter crap.
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