I thought this movie was different enough to be good. In the final scene as the kind older man was piloting the motor-boat across the lake, does anyone know who the cloaked dark figure was sitting next to him?
shareDear Kotowskiwait:
I am uncertain at the absolute end as they are boated away, but Deobia Oparei, was likened to St Michael, the Archangel guarding people against the Devil/demons.
Remember he took the 'Ghost' to the light?
while the answer could go either way, I tend to lean more towards it was the angel, simply going by the guy saying he had a feeling she was in trouble all day and that he needed to go out there, plus I think the demon was kinda taken out by the angel and I don't see him bouncing back so quickly. Also the hooded figure was with the guy on the boat the first time he brought supplies, and the guy on the boat never behaved as if he was suspicious or disliking of the girl, and if it had been the demon whispering to him I think he would have treated her much differently.
she'll come back as fire, burn all the liars, leave a blanket of ash on the ground ~ Kurt Cobain
Yes, I think you are right. It makes the most sense. Just the dark cloak looked a bit ominous to me. Thank you for the input.
shareFor some reason I thought that maybe the fiance had died and it was him. Since he showed up after they were on the boat for a while I thought maybe the guy died on the way and it was him. But that would mean that the fiance was bad all along I guess.
I thought it was the angel, who had been guiding the older man throughout the movie. (Hence the older man had a 'feeling' that Mira needed him, and he showed up with his boat at the right time.)
shareThank you for your input. The figure was there with the man when he delivered groceries earlier in the movie too. The dark cloak threw me off a bit. When the dark figure whispered in the man's ear after a bit he increased the boat speed a bit. Maybe a good guy.
shareThank you for responding. That seems to be the consensus.
shareWell, thank God for that (no pun intended), I thought it was the angel too, but when he whispered in the boatman's ear, I got heebie-jeebie scared! I thought the boat would flip over. So glad it was the angel.
shareI just finished watching this movie for the second time. The first time I watched it I assumed that the hooded figure was the angel but the second time I tried to pay closer attention and I'm as sure as I can be that it was Shane West's ghost or now "her" guardian angel. Watch the end again and really look closely, he does not look black. Oh, and I really liked the movie.
shareThank for the reply Mary, I do not think it was Shane West as that would have put him in two places at once since he saw the other figure sitting in the boat, while looking from the cabin window, when the older man delivered the groceries earlier. Since the older man was doing nice things for her I think he was a good influence and not evil. Interesting way to portray the figure as neither obviously good or evil going by appearances alone. This was different enough to be a good movie.
sharekoto, can I call you koto? - I see your point on being in two places at once at that point in the movie. I was actually talking about the very end of the movie when they are leaving the island. The hooded figure whispers in the ear of the boat "captain", you can see the face from the side and to me it looks like Shane West's character. So I'm thinking he became a guardian angel, of sorts. I like that idea but maybe I'm thinking too much and spending to much time on it.
shareI like the idea of Shane's character becoming a guardian angel, but I think the hooded figure ultimately was exclusively a companion to the old guy in the boat all along. Name is Walt thanks for your reply.
shareI enjoyed these replies very much, just like I did this movie. They always say to listen to "the still, small voice" that talks to you---I'm guessing the whisperers are to be interpreted as such. But....it sure bothers me that evil entities can do a lot of whispering, too!
shareI think the ghost on the boat was the drowned killer who is trying to redeem himself. He was the one who gave the idea to the boatman to come check on the couple.
shareI just saw this movie the other night and I had missed a few mins of it. I think the hooded person in the boat that was whispering to the nice old man was the DEVIL. Devils always are there to engage u in devilment. and since it was so ambiguous I lean toward the devil..... "the devil made me do it!"
shareI got the impression the angel at the end wasn't your standard angel, but her personal guardian angel, and the hooded figure in the boat was the old man's guardian.
"Do not look to the heavens for angels, but to your feet, for angels do not come in robes with wings and a halo, but in fur with four legs and a tail."
I felt the ghost was taken to a good place by the angel.
That the evil presence was destroyed or sent away by the angel.
And that the figure in the boat, a third- who has his own separate credit- was the old man's personal angel.
I think the film is saying that everyone has things whispering at them, good (angels) and bad (devils).
Maybe she could just here them better since she was alone and the outside worlds noise was diminished. Also because she was such a damaged person. You could say she was already affected by her own personal demons.