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Saw most of the movie. 2 questions..

posted 9 years ago by euronymous781
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I gotta admit I didn't get to watch the whole movie. I started watching when he was tossing out his porn collection in anticipation of getting his new wife.

First, what was with the woman across the street from him? He goes to toss all his porn and whatnot and the woman is standing in the window and then she lifts up her shirt. Did she know what he was doing, was she taunting him?

Second, did anyone else get the impression the movie wanted the viewers to think the girls deserved it? Nevermind your personal views. That monologue Avery gives at the end didn't really hint too much that his revenge was unjust. She kind of made it seem like she accepted the punishment, in a way.

Sure, it's easy to feel sympathy or empathy for John, but the movie didn't leave me feeling too much sympathy for the girls. Of course my better judgement feels differently, but the movie was almost preachy with the message it was trying to get across. It also seemed to really heap on the victimization of the lonely computer geek. I really do wonder if the movie was written by a guy who used to be John...

[–] iheartnormi 9 years ago

1. No, the woman across the street was kind of like a do it yourself escort service, she would post ads online and her customers would be into kinky stuff. Or that could have been her cover up towards the end of the movie she is kind of the hero for the girls and eventually sacrifices her life to save them. Some people think she is an undercover cop, I don't know about all that. But, she definitely was a hero.

2. No question about it, the movie wanted you to feel sorry for John. Not saving Kaley (the blonde one) was a low blow even for Lifetime. I have never seen a Lifetime movie where a young girl has not been saved even in worst off conditions. I was shocked, but yeah I felt sympathy for John all the way, even until his death. He was just fed of all the crap he had to deal with all of his life, because society doesn't view him as 'beautiful'.

[–] euronymous781 9 years ago

Thanks for the response. I was thinking this thread was going to get ignored!

Yeah don't get me wrong I absolutely feel sympathy for John's character, but the impression I felt the movie was giving was that the girls "had it coming" I can understand the movie not having all 3 girls getting rescued since I think they were trying to put the notion of a harsh reality catching up with the girls for what they did.

Was just kind of unsettling that the movie didn't suggest (at least in my opinion) that the revenge was too extreme. It's like the movie wanted us to have no sympathy for any of the 3 girls.... Except maybe Avery.

[–] lac925 9 years ago

A darker, more ironic/tragic ending would have been if Avery was the one who wasn't saved and Kaley ending up being rescued because Avery was the first one to walk out of the prank.

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[–] euronymous781 9 years ago

That definitely would have been tragic. However in a way still quite real and very possible. Guilt by association, Avery has to "pay" for someone else's actions...

I'd like to think we all have been in similar situations, where we feel the repercussions of actions a "friend" took... Even if that's not the way the story ultimately ended, it's still a very real possibility.

[–] chrissyko66 9 years ago

Yea how bout it. I almost thought it was true story because Lifetime usually has happy endings. It was weird for a Lifetime movie to end that way.

[–] euronymous781 8 years ago

Yeah I'll say Lifetime has definitely been stepping up with the weird endings lately. Saw a movie on Lifetime called Bad Behavior, had a very odd, unsettling ending. It seems to be a trend they're running through these past couple years or so.