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what did he do to her? *spoilers*


I really loved the movie. My only question is when he's on top of her on the kitchen floor and she starts screaming he then comes out later covered in blood. What did he do to her? I'm confused because he doesn't have anything in his hands when he goes into the house and he didn't have anything in his hands when they start kissing. I thought maybe he was going to anally rape her but obvious he did something even more violent to her. Just confused as to what exactly was going on there?

Also, I think it could have done without the best friend killing herself. I know that part of the movie was his "fantasy" but it got a laugh out of the audience I was in.

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I think he rapes her with the kitchen knife that Millie had in her hand in the earlier scene with Courtney. They don't show him with the knife but that was my assumption.

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I also could have done without the suicide that seemed so trite.

But I believe he put it in her pooper and then abused her either with his hands or with a knife.

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Since it was in his mind, to me it seemed that it was just that he was so strong, and dominating that he made her bleed. Ties into the Lord Humongous dialogue that accompanies it later. That was my take on it.

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I don't think it was a suicide. I think the friend shot herself by accident in the moment to be honest.

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This is defiantly what happened. The entire film there was no trigger discipline. Pull a gun that fast and put your finger on the trigger eventually the gun's going to go off. I was confused by this scene though too. Its obvious he raped her. BUT WTF. Lol

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It was the scene that destroyed the movie, turning it into trite misogynist gore porn.

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I don't know, it was more or less that contemplation everyone feels, just to do harm unto others who hurt them. After all she was a cheating bitch.. I didn't view it as misogynist although obviously the characters developed a very misogynist view.

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that bitch deserved worse... but it was all a dream anyway.

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i agree with Gregoire i really like the movie until that scene it was too much and it really did feel misogynistic and in very mean spirits. I was unable to sympathize with Woodrow again after that.

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Agreed. I'd been enjoying the movie up until then. After the accident scene earlier things had gone a bit flat, but when he got his own back with the flamethrower that seemed to make it worth it. When it turned out that the flamethrower scene and everything after it was "all a dream" that was utterly ludicrous. And whether dream or reality, the knife-rape scene was just too sick for me to accept. Somehow making it something he was dreaming about kind of makes it worse.

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Also, I think it could have done without the best friend killing herself. I know that part of the movie was his "fantasy" but it got a laugh out of the audience I was in.


Although the whole violent ending fantasy was pretty over-the-top, the suicide part was rather unbelieveable and too melodramatic. But hey, I suppose it is his own brain-damaged fantasy, so I guess it doesn't have to be realistic...

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I am 99 percent sure she did not shoot herself on purpose. What you have there is a highly emotional girl pulling a gun out of her purse, presumably to point at him to get him to stop, what could go wrong?

Not as sure what he did to Milly but I seriously doubt he raped her with a knife. That action seems way beyond the character and the narrative. I'm thinking he got really rough with her area using just his "hand", if you know what I mean.

There is No Gene for the Human Spirit.

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I agree. This film made a very big deal to show you, on the bed, when they handled the weapon there was no trigger discipline. Therefore, when you pull a gun out of your purse with your finger already inside the trigger guard, it's inevitable to happen...

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I agree. This film made a very big deal to show you, on the bed, when they handled the weapon there was no trigger discipline. Therefore, when you pull a gun out of your purse with your finger already inside the trigger guard, it's inevitable to happen...


I agree, but disagree, too...[Spoilers] This film *did* make a very big deal with the bed scene. However, that scene was foreshadowing. Specifically, the idea of blowing your brains out, as Woodrow said "my whole face is tingling right now". I certainly agree, however, the part in question is a strange and confusing scene (almost melodramatic). But after watching it the third time, I'm convinced she is blowing her brains out intentionally, although it's just a warped/disturbed parallel to reality, evidenced by the foreshadowing scene above. Similarly, there is a parallel between shaving off his beard (reality) and getting a beard tattooed on his face (warped/disturbed fantasy)... I think(?)

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>>>This film made a very big deal to show you, on the bed, when they handled the weapon there was no trigger discipline.

This just isn't true, they actually go out of their way to contrast Woodrow's irresponsible handling of the gun with Courtney's competence with it. She was visibly uneasy with him pointing it at his head and didn't touch the trigger the entire scene. She also checked and replaced the mag in a very comfortable way, she was definitely supposed to know her way around the thing. She also had it out and in her hand for a second before she shot herself, I am 100% sure that it was a deliberate suicide.

Also, as far as it being overly melodramatic, that was very intentional and meant to convey that it was a fantasy.

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What sammythemc said.

And yes, the "suicide" made me laugh too. I think it was supposed to, so therefore its not a bad thing that others laughed in the theater.

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I assumed that he sexually mutilated her with a knife.

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That time of the month?

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