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Fight Club

posted 8 years ago by shakesgirll
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So this movie definitely leaves the viewer with a lot of questions and I read a few things, notably as to why
she got pulled by her feet on the floor and such things.
Well, if you remember the film Fight Club, Edward Norton's character was persuaded of the existence of Brad Pitt's, and everyone understood that it was his own doing, explained in the film by sleep deprivation, and probably on a deeper level, some rejection of a perfeclty labeled life in the kind of society we live in.

But in The House on Pine Street, the paranormal element eclipsed that for a lot of people I guess.

If it was all paranormal, then fine, the "ghost" did it all, and killed the husband, and the kid could see someone and talked about "there are ghosts in the house" because only 'sensitive' and 'innocent' souls would be receptive to that kind of manifestations.

If it was all in her head, as she would have been able to believe she was pulled by her feet or develop enough strength to vertically break a door (well, a thin and old one), and maybe, fought her husband enough to push him through the window, then, she could also have believed that a little kid, who didn't articulate well, was uttering such words/ sentences; easy to imagine what you want from baby talk.

And then of course, it could have been a mix of both, or something else; I'm not trying to write an essay on the movie, so that's it for me on the subject :)

[–] bluemagicmist 8 years ago

IMO, you're on the right track. That's why this isn't getting a good reception, it doesn't fit either of your first two categories... it's a mixture of both or something else.

I'm an atheist who doesn't believe in the paranormal,ghosts.... but I do enjoy good story telling. Maybe that's why I'm open to it because it doesn't follow specific 'rules' as to what constitutes a 'ghost' story. I thought it was a different spin on a very common subject. 7/10

[–] abbycatt 8 years ago

I agree with you about the little boy and him saying he saw ghosts. The kid was so little he could barely even talk. He was at an age where he repeats things and says basic phrases like hi and bye. A kid that age isn't going to explain to an adult how it can't sleep because there's a ghost in its room. Haha! So either he wasn't saying any such thing, and she imagined he did, or he was repeating things she was saying/asking him.