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Did you figure it out?

posted 15 years ago by afrojas
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*SPOILER AHEAD*

I just wanted to know if you figured out in the beginning of the movie that there was something weird going on with Alex?

I personally felt that something was "off" because nobody directly acknowledged her presence other that Anna, and this kept happening all through the movie until the so called twist in the end, which confirmed my suspicions.

I dont mean to say that nothing gets past me because of my super intelligence or anything like that at all, but after falling big time for it in "Sixth Sense" Im surprised that this particular movie trick still works on people,

I respect the opinions of everyone that liked this movie but for me, personally, wasn't very good, and it kinda left a few things unanswered. I would like to watch the original, is it much better than this?

[–] charliegaridel17-1 15 years ago

i admit, i didnt notice strange, except one thing.

when anna first sees mike, he comes over on a boat.

alex says something and dives in the water, but never resurfaces, like at all.

i had thought it was just an error in the movie though

[–] the_nightfly-1 14 years ago

I thought that was some sort of a goof too :).

[–] psdhart 9 years ago

alex says something and dives in the water, but never resurfaces, like at all.

I guess she could have swam back to shore underwater

[–] cineastral 15 years ago

I didn't quite like the original Korean version, but it is much, much better than this version especially in the ending. The Korean version is disturbing in multiple levels, whereas the American version is too simple-minded.

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[–] Bec101 15 years ago

Ye the Korean version is a lot better.

[–] mattpntr 15 years ago

I just finished watching it on iTunes, and yep- I figured it out with the first scene with Alex. No one but Anna actually sees or reacts to her. I thought "uh-huh, Anna's the psycho. How long before it gets revealed?"

Turns out, a loooooooong time!

The only lingering mystery after that is "who is Rachel?" After finding out her story, I thought it wasn't playing fair that Elizabeth Banks' performance was so menacing. A faux villain. But maybe this was just how Anna was perceiving her.

This movie is really well produced, classy locations, sets, cinematography etc.

But it just seemed to me it was aimed at people who were too young to see "The Sixth Sense" when it was a big thing. This movie would have been hot sh*t in 1972.

When it was called "The Other".

[–] Meldove 14 years ago

The only lingering mystery after that is "who is Rachel?" After finding out her story, I thought it wasn't playing fair that Elizabeth Banks' performance was so menacing. A faux villain. But maybe this was just how Anna was perceiving her.

I get the feeling that is just how Anna perceived her. But, I could be wrong.

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[–] emoviebuff 12 years ago

Rachel was an unlikable person to begin with- she wasn't a murderer, but she was just a cold person. She was sleeping with the husband of a dying woman if that tell you anything about her personality. IMO she wasn't menacing, she was just a jerk.
Also, I didn't see the ending of this movie coming AT ALL.

[–] mr-murph 15 years ago

No, I didn't figure it out. I wondered if Rachael might not be as evil as she appeared, but the big twist didn't hit me until it actually happened.

[–] blacknyellowsquid 14 years ago

Yeah that's what it was for me. I figured there was more than what the movie was initially leading us to believe, and that the stepmom being the evil culprit was a little too obvious, that it probably really wasn't her fault in the end. But I was thinking maybe the dad did the initial murder or something, I didn't guess the actual ending of what was going on.

[–] donzy12-961-729868 13 years ago

I prefered the ending to this film, but the tale of two sister cinematically
Was better!! Or I'm on the fence with this film!

[–] stuart-193 15 years ago

I usually get these sorts of twists, but in this case I thought it was her sister Alex ... stepmom was acting weird though which put me off the scent and, whilst I suspected Anna was a bit nuts, I didn't get it until it hit me on the nose. Then I thought it was obvious and that really no-one had seen or interacted with Alex (except the dad when they argued at the start of the movie) - and I couldn't believe I didn't get it. So all power to the director, throwing us a couple of red herrings along the way. I thought it was an OK to good psychological thriller - I chose to ignore the plot holes and enjoy it instead

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[–] rossjohnson2806 14 years ago

I guessed almost immediately after Alex was introduced, i rarely ever seem to get twists and it kind of ruined the movie a bit once i'd worked it out. I still thought it was a pretty cool movie though.

[–] mensa4-1 14 years ago

Thre were connotations in the movie, however, I am willing to bet that no one figured that Alex was dead, if so, when did you glean that Alex was dead? I have to watch the film again, but I do not believe there were any hints that were bandied to lead the audience to believe, or know, that Alex was already dead.

[–] johnharrold 14 years ago

No, and I think that it was a good movie.

[–] Emily-65-Roses 8 years ago

Even when he "interacted" with Alex at the argument in the beginning, he doesn't strictly acknowledge her. He sits back frustrated in his chair at the most opportune moments, but that could be explained as either coincidence or Anna's perception of it fitting to the paranoid schizophrenic mold. He never verbally acknowledges her.

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[–] Captain_Mayhem 14 years ago

Didn't figure it out. I've seen way too many predictable films lately, thought this would be one of them so I didn't suspect a thing. Happy surprise for me :D

[–] arc1185 14 years ago

I did NOT get the twist until it all unraveled, but I did notice that for the first few scenes or so, Alex is shown wearing the same exact outfit as she was in the opening scene of the movie.

[–] thivai-1 13 years ago

I didn't get it. I really loved how the first part of it was so much like a Hitchcock film and focussed on that, so it was a surprise to me. I would love to see a classy film noir style used in a new movie.
However, I really liked it all in all :)

[–] Flabrezu 14 years ago

I'd already seen A Tale of Two Sisters before watching this.