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The journal (spoilers?)

posted 8 years ago by jfriesne
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I enjoyed the film, the only ambiguous part for me is where our heroine receives the journal from her grandfather that tells her where the co-ordinates of the ship. That part seemed like it might be a cold-induced hallucination or dream sequence, and yet afterwards she did have the journal. Did the journal just happen be lying in the spot where she collapsed? If not, how did she come into possession of it?

[–] cham313 8 years ago

It was a bit of a stretch, but for storytelling it works quite well this way. Anything more literal or believable would have lost some magic and be more belabored.

Fanny and Alexander has a similar magic moment when they disappear from the chest, in a film that is otherwise quite grounded in reality.

[–] CaptainViggo 7 years ago

That part seemed like it might be a cold-induced hallucination or dream sequence

I would say that it is a very real moment for her, she's just having some kind of, as you say it, cold-induced hallucination way of perceiving it.
As we see later with the flashbacks, presenting us what she's reading, her grand-father really stopped his journey at this spot, in the exact same position as he's found, completely frozen.