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Nonsensical

posted 12 years ago by indalay422
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I thought this whole movie was pretty stupid and pointless. Why let any of the mothers live? In reality, wouldn't they have murdered them at the time they were taking their babies? So many stupid things going on in this flick; too unbelieveable, and I'll watch just about anything and make the best of it!!

[–] HeyStupidShutUp 12 years ago

They let them live so their instincts and what-have-you could be evaluated by the clients. It is indeed ridiculous and wacky but there you have it.

[–] indalay422 12 years ago

Well, "heystupid", you're smarter than me!! Thanks.

[–] Drewy 11 years ago

Why let any of the mothers live?

The "game" in which one woman is given the task of killing five others was a test to see which mother was the strongest, had the best survival instincts, was the most resourceful. Her child was therefore deemed to have the best genes and be the best one for adoption.

too unbelieveable

I can think of 100 horror movies off the top of my head that were less believable than this one - zombies, vampires, bad guys who don't die no matter how many bazookas you hit them with, scared teenagers who always go towards danger rather than running as far away as possible etc.

The premise of a baby being stolen from her mother's womb and she awakens in a bath tub with the child missing is an urban myth that has been around for awhile (sometimes it's a missing kidney, sometimes a child). It's not too far-fetched to steal six of them at a time. (The fact that more than 600 were stolen over 20-30 years without alarm bells going off, even in the remotest regions of Australia, is a bit harder to swallow).

Sure it's unrealistic. Horror films since day one have been unrealistic. Just watch it and enjoy or don't enjoy it - it's not compulsory.

[–] MissAnnThrope 11 years ago

According to this article from the Sydney Morning Herald, 35,000 go missing in Australia every year, roughly 1,600 are still missing after six months. So it's not so far fetched that over 600 women had disappeared in at least a 29 year span.

http://www.smh.com.au/executive-style/culture/blogs/all-men-are-liars/ missing-20120927-26mmm.html

Now, back to the movie. Out of those over 600 women over at least a 30 year period, (but remember there at the end of the movie, Beth, who was born in 1950 wasn't nearly the first baby according to her file number,) how many of the bodies were found? We are talking about women who go missing in the outback, not women who go missing walking down the street in Sydney. So it is very possible given the remote location that most of the women were never found and just ended up among the list of the missing without a trace.

[–] delerouxgirl 11 years ago

I agree that this movie made very little sense. It's one thing to not care about a plot in teen slasher movies but in a "this could be real-life" or "inspired-by-true-events" type of horror it really makes a difference.

[–] unknown_soul278 11 years ago

I don't see how it didn't make sense. If you mean it was unlikely I can see that, but everything was completely explained.

[–] MadRotaryOne_DDCgod 10 years ago

yup, these posters are slightly retarded if they think that something
like this isn't at least plausible. and like you said, everything was
explained, if anything with too much detail scooby-doo style, lol.
actually it is a good idea if you are a crazy ass person wanting
to adopt the best. also I don't think some of these other
people
on this board really got the point that the soon to be parents
were always looking for the best killer, which is why I made a way too
long post on this board, cause it seems they missed out on the
explanation. not all the women over the years played this same
game, it was different depending on what the client wanted,
like if they wanted the best chess player, those ladies would
be playing death chess, lol.

http://www.facebook.com/mike.d.keith?ref=profile

[–] tlm557 8 years ago

They are sick and demented and enjoyed watching them fight it out?