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Completely Wrong

posted 14 years ago by jcasares
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I looked through some of the other topics, but I don't know if anyone mentioned the fact that at the beginning of the movie, she was completely wrong.

First of all, she said that the killings were the work of a serial killer which, at that point, was completely untrue. It was his first murder and would remain the first for the next 2 years until he killed the Wendy girl. Even he said he didn't know why he did it, he just wanted to, which indicates that it was a spur of the moment decision. Which is exactly what the other cop was saying in the first few scenes before Eliza Dushku's character dismissed him.

Also, she made a big deal about the initials and the town all starting with the same letters which had nothing to do with the murders until he wanted to try and prove her right afterwards to help her get some credibility.

My point in all this is that she was a bad detective. We don't ever really get any scenes of her being a good detective really yet we're supposed to imagine that she is. Not one scene in the film does she do any detecting and she only stumbles upon the killer accidentally when she's at his house and sees the cat. If he had just hidden the cat in the closet or intentionally tried to kill her, she would've never found out anything.

This was a really bad movie. The twist was contrived and I don't understand why these movies always have to make it about someone closer to the protagonist. Sometimes there are just random murderers that you don't necessarily have to know. Also, the acting was atrocious, especially Eliza Dushku's. She stumbles through the entire movie, almost shoots a priest, breaks a poor innocent nurse's arm and then accidentally stumbles upon a killer.

Terrible.

[–] fiete5 14 years ago

Well, it's not ur usual Castle, CSI, Fringe Detective Story...
YES, Elizas Character is a lil mental. That's kind of a part of the plot...

[–] bing-57 14 years ago

> Also, she made a big deal about the initials and the town all starting with the same letters which had nothing to do with the murders until he wanted to try and prove her right afterwards to help her get some credibility.

You are quite correct. She was running around saying, "The chances of this happening is 1 out of 1,400. That can't be coincidence!" Well, I would point out that the odds of winning the lottery are 1 in 40 million, but someone always does win.

In fact nothing she does for the whole movie was worth any kind of praise. She makes the incorrect assumption and decision at every step of the way.

I actually hated this character throughout the whole movie and I never could quite figure out why. You've helped me pin that down.

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[–] momsabeach 14 years ago

Also, the 2nd murder happened two yrs after the first.Wouldnt you suspect that the killer was in prison or something for those 2 years. That lull in the killings were never explained

[–] lmckean 13 years ago

I 100% agree with you, what a waste of time this horrendous movie was, I cannot understand even the 5 star rating, the actual film crew and cast must be doing the majority of the voting!

[–] theunknowntyper 13 years ago

Rating is from 1 - 10... Bad film cannot all be 1. Get over it. You should divide you point average up.

I gave the film a 6. here is why.

Story was interesting but disjointed, so I figured it a 7.

Acting was really quite good. The lead was great playing a schizophrenic. 8

Plot had something going for it, but it did not mesh well... 5

Ending was lacking, after sitting through it I wanted closure or a really good twist... Just damn bad. 3

Average 5.75 Rounded to 6.

6 is not that great. A "meh" film. It had good moments.

A lot of folks rate films badly. "I did not like it, so it is a 2". Most rate based on some form like the above. And then the other extreme that balances the first rate like so "I loved it, and I hate that it has a 5 so I am rating 9 or 10"... They cancel each other out. and as you can see we have a fairly good IMDB rating for this film.

"I am the equal and opposite reaction!" -Unknowntyper-

[–] Vashramana 8 years ago

You gave the acting an 8? Okay from now on your opinion on acting is inadmissible.