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Should be considered as a play, not a movie. SPOLIERS

posted 8 years ago by !!!deleted!!! (12526472)
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Considering this as a TV play, which is a much more accurate description than 'movie', it was OK, but nothing better or more original than many short stories and sci-fi shorts already existing.

I managed to get to the end, but the old guy dying idea was a bit trite and overly dramatic. Could someone really suffer a heart attack from getting shocking news which isn't even bad news? I don't think so, even if they were already suffering from a recent loss like he was.

[–] BPetroglyph 8 years ago

Earlier in the movie, that character is said to suffer from a heart condition, so this was foreshadowed. He's also the most unstable one, mentally speaking -- the recent loss, the way he pulled a gun (later accusing others of taking things too far). His outburst of rage didn't help his condition any. And he's a character who comments on at least one occasion that he wants to lie down on the sofa because "I'm not as young as I used to be".

Overly dramatic? I agree, but mostly because of the Luke I am your father type reveal. The heat attack was clearly foreshadowed, imho.

[–] pondosinatra-40656 8 years ago

Watch the play on YouTube.