Interesting take on the movie and its ambiguous conclusion..
I must say that I, for once, did not see the dual identity/multiple-personality coming until after Lulu's death.. Upon her initially dying, there in Shea's apartment, I just assumed that it was a way for the main character to escape the entire murderous rampage, and emerge as merely another victim of the crazy serial killer, Lulu. I thought that was going to be the way that it ended with Shea being able to simply return to her life with no blame or fault in the multiple killings that'd taken place over the course of a week.
It actually wasn't until Shea is shown emerging from the bath water that it began to sink in that there was a great liklihood that Shea was in fact Lulu all along..then we see Shea back at work and her entire persona was essentially Lulu..from the hair, make up, clothes, and most importantly the demeanor in which she carried herself and interacted with other people.. at that point I knew that the whole multiple-personality deal was the way in which the film had gone. Though, I must say that had I NOT missed the opening scene where its clearly shown(if even for the most briefest of moments) that the face of Lulu was Shea as reflected in the mirror.. I believe if I had noticed this in the opening scene that my mind would have consumed the entire movie from a totally different perspective(ie.knowing that the main thread of the movie was about dual identity/MPD)..
So, in that regard I'm actually glad that I did miss the quick glance in the mirror during the opening scene because I've actually come to dislike the whole "it was really me" that was the psycho killer "twist" that is all too often used these days in horror/thriller movies.. I was able to see if from a totally different perspective throughout the entirety of the movie, and for me, that was more enjoyable.
Lastly, I must say that I didnt even consider the possibility of all the murders having been merely a part of the main characters "fantasy"..yes, I fully realized the run through of all of the crime scenes being totally "normal" with zero signs 0f there having been brutal murders carried out at each of them, but I actually didn't once see that as indicating that the murders had all been merely a figment of our main character's imagingation(along with the now obvious "Lulu" character having never existed in reality).
After clicking on this thread and reading the discussion and theories regarding the plot it now seems almost certain that we are to believe the entire movie was 98% fantasizing done by main character, Shea, and in reality everyone was still alive&well, even Lulu, who was never truly in existence to begin with, so, in the end she remained where she had in fact been all along, alive&well in Shea's mind/fantasy.
Kinda underwhelming when looking at it from that perspective(all a fantasy, never happened in reality)..and thus the exact reason why I say I am quite glad that I missed the quick glance of Shea's reflection in the mirror during the opening scene..having missed it allowed me to, I think, better enjoy a movie that I quite likely would've been disappointed with throughout had I known the good ol' used-up cliche "twist"(MPD) was once again being used.
All in all I enjoyed it:)
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