The damn scene where she was stuck in the attic and the boy just leaves. Now any other time he enters that damn house freely, no knocking, nothing. Just comes and goes. And now he wants to knock and then not go into the house when she doesn't answer and you clearly have a key. That kind of pissed me off. Anyone else?
shareTrue. He left way too soon, especially knowing that they were going on date. First of all why is he just knocking and calling her name she probably wouldnt of heard him even she was in the bathroom.
shareThe scene makes a bit more sense if you read the original script of the film (which was originally called In a Dark Place) by Stacey Menear. In the film, Malcolm is seen entering the house one or two times without a key or without Greta opening the door. When Greta is stuck in the attic, the doors were supposed to be locked. Brahms (the real one) probably did this. Malcolm talks to Greta the next day and he checks the house for her, and in the original script one of his lines is "The doors were locked when I got here". I guess they forgot to include this detail in the final draft of the script :p
shareBUT why leave? Where would she go?
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Did not Malcolm invite Greta to join him for a night on the town? I guess Brahms (again, the real one) did not want her to leave the house because of this and be out of his sight, spending her time with Malcolm instead of him. He locked her in out of jealousy. Could also explain Brahms hiding her clothes, so she has nothing to wear (and thus she cannot leave the house). Not in order to prevent her from leaving in general, but to prevent her from spending time with Malcolm.
Not sure about all this, obviously, but I like to try to make the most sense out of every scene :p I really enjoyed the movie though
He hid her clothes so that he could put them on the doll her made to look like her.
shareIt is also possible that since he barely knew her, he didn't want to be rude and let himself in, and probably thought she changed her mind about going out with him. After his visit the next day, he started to feel more comfortable around her and started to let himself in.
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I'm kind of split on this one.
On the one hand, it seems really unlikely that she would have just gone off somewhere when they were scheduled for a date. So in that sense, should he have been worried that maybe something was wrong (like that she'd had a fall or something)?
But on the other hand, for a man to let himself into a house where a woman is staying alone is kind of creepy. If she just laid down for a nap and overslept or something and woke up to him coming into that house, that could be really frightening. It's also worth noting that it would be him crossing over from using the key in a professional (and daytime!) role to using the key for personal reasons.
I guess it depends on whether or not you think he should have felt like she was maybe in danger or if it's reasonable for him to assume that she might have gone into town or just changed her mind about the date and not wanted to answer the door.
Agreed, the guy was such a wuss.. I mean who gives up that quickly on an ass like that??
shareAlso that when he was knocking to get in he couldn't her screaming through the open vents in the attic and yet later on in the film he was sat in his car with the doors and window closed yet heard them arguing inside the house!!
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