Ok, that might be the best theory I've read on here! It didn't occur to me that it might be for something almost subconscious, which is obviously ironic, lol. Because it did kind of change my feelings about the second pairing, even if I wasn't thoughtfully aware of it.
Although I'm not sure it stuck in my mind the same way it stuck in yours. The first pairing were innocent, because they did nothing that warrented them being killed. Still, I didn't really see them as innocent. They were using each other, making neither of them very sympathetic to me. Maybe it's because I'm a female, who knows. But it was a fair exchange of using one another, so...whatever. I didn't really hold it against either of them other than rolling my eyes a little.
So later on, when finding about the second pairing, I think it probably made me like them a little less, after that revelation. I wasn't thinking, ok, innocent couple so they're probably doomed like the first. I was thinking, great, another skank & dirty older man with zero karma in their favor. Which could mean they're doomed, & therefore less suspicious to me.
But whether I disliked them or you liked them, either way, it threw us a little off track, which could have been the entire reason for it. If you're right, that was genius on the part of the writers!
I loved this movie, so that minor question mark has bugged me for months!
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six-degrez
9 years ago
I think that last theory is correct but I want to add to that. At first I found it strange the movie started with a sex scene. It sounds like she is having a great time until we see HE is the only one enjoying himself. Basically, he's using her for his own needs. Such as, him not even caring if she was getting pleasure. Based on her expression, she wasn't. He doesn't even want to stay in bed with her. Once he's done he immediately takes a shower. That whole scene foreshadows the end. They were showing and not telling what is going to happen. The professor was just using the final girl in all the same ways. He didn't seem to care about her at all. He found a student he mistakenly thought was innocent, and could have his way with. Someone he could mold. That may have been obvious but I wanted to add it just just in case. There is a side note. She grew up a survivalist in the Australian Outback. Being trained to kill and killing as a natural response are two different things. What was her life like before America? The more I think about it the more questions I have. Why did she move to America with her mother? Why did she decide to leave her father? Was that her choice? Was it based on an incident? She was 15 when she left. It almost seems like her mother was trying to rehabilitate her. That possible back story creeps me out just thinking about it. She was force into being the protagonist but accidentally became the antagonist. That's pretty scary itself because she killed a lot of people including a cop all in self defense. No one will believe her, all other witnesses were killed. Her fingerprints are on all the murder weapons. It will look like she was in on it and just decided to kill everyone. If something like this really happen no one would be able to ever tell what really happened. Good post! It got me thinking about the subtext.
After throwing a machete through a guys chest, "Stick around!"- Dutch (Predator)
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CGlMDB
9 years ago
That's a really interesting take on the opening scene, as far as it being foreshadowing elements of the end. I think you're absolutely right. And I also wish we'd delved a little more into her backstory, because there was obviously a great story there, but it was basically used as a plot device. I can understand if expanding on it would have taken the plot a little too far from the main plot, but it could have been touched on a little more so it would have felt a little less convenient. But something tells me her life before these events would have made a great movie on its own!
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six-degrez
9 years ago
I agree, it really would take away from the movie if they stopped to explored her story. To make a movie like that would be to set up an unfairly doomed protagonist. I have no problem with that, many people do though. I like to think her father is the killer from Wolf Creek....after typing that I realize that is a real possibility. Her description of where she grew up matches that killers domain. A place with a wide spread community off the grid with a different set of morals. I wonder....
After throwing a machete through a guys chest, "Stick around!"- Dutch (Predator)
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CGlMDB
9 years ago
THAT is a prequel that needs to happen! Like, immediately! I almost want to start writing it now!
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six-degrez
9 years ago
I like to write, too. Your unexpected enthusiasm has given me some ideas. I even have an idea for a sequel to this hypothetical story. It would be about a father being there for his daughter, after an estrangement.
After throwing a machete through a guys chest, "Stick around!"- Dutch (Predator)
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CGlMDB
9 years ago
It's a great idea! I never would have connected those two movies but there's definitely something there. There are a lot of places to go with that idea.
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