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The Ending [spoiler]

posted 13 years ago by jmatrixrenegade
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I'm just going to retype this since I just saw the DVD with director commentary.

The director notes originally he was going to just let him stay in the "what if" universe but instead changed it so that it was provide a possible future, which makes perfect sense. So, when the "what if" vision of sorts ends, he meets up with his old gf again & they start over again.

The director notes that they are about 22 at the start and in their mid-30s as the "what if" begins. Women do have children in their mid-40s, so the ending taking place "eight years later" as she has her younger DAUGHTER is okay enough. The 1989 college jersey (film released in 2010) fits into this time line.

Thanks for the two replies.

[–] dadoffourcs 13 years ago

I interpreted that it was 8 years later, and things didn't "rewind." But things were happening their life similar to what happened in his "what if" life. So they were much older - she was having the baby 23 years after he first left her at the bus station. The movie didn't really lock down their ages, and I don't think it needed to.

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[–] leblumax-940-87243 12 years ago

2nd child was a girl, not a boy.

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[–] leblumax-940-87243 12 years ago

Simple mistake. With movies you usually have to switch off the logical side of the brain.

Kevin Sorbo was 51 when this movie was being made, in the beginning of the movie he is playing a guy who seemed to be going off to an interniship for 8 months that was probably post 4 yr college or at most post Masters. That means a 51 year old PLAYING a 21-24 year old. That is a stretch. Add 15 years and 8 more you get his charactor as 44-49 when the 8th B-day party scene takes place.

She would have assumably been the same age or a couple years at most younger (she is 11 younger in real life) meaning she is 42-47 in the B-day scene. Definately a bit old to be pregnant again. BUT, it IS a movie.

Overall I give it a thumbs up as good clean entertainment. Though I don't like the idea of showing him what he missed then taking it from him. I was worried throughout how they were going to do it.

I laid in bed last night after watching it going over the 5-8 MAJOR "What If...." moments in my life for HOURS.

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[–] jmatrixrenegade 12 years ago

I'm going to retype this per watching the film again.

This is one of those moments I didn't think enough before I wrote. She had the child in her mid-40, a girl and it happens. As I said first, I can think of a few direct examples. And, it is a movie.

The director on the DVD said they were about 22, so apparently right after college. Looked older, but it's a movie, so dramatic license. Some teens also are played by old looking twenty somethings. Katherine Turner played a younger version of her character in a film when she was pretty old too.

As I said first, I liked the film & think those who don't accept all the faith stuff in it might too. The director is the son of the person behind the "Left Behind" books, which has lots of baggage if you aren't into that sort of thing. That might be a red flag, but this has mainstream appeal.