Garp
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Moe_Syzlak said:Garp said:Re: the ending. The indication is that they are now both alien clones, free to carry out the 'annihilation'. It's in the very last shot, and it's a very cliched horror twist, I would argue. 'Whew! Everything's going to be fine. Wait - no it's not!' (See remake of 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers', the first Jason film - even the 'Thriller' video! - or any of these three films I watched in the last few weeks - the 'Nosfertau' remake, 'Count Yorga' and 'The Return of Count Yorga', just to mention ones fresh from my memory.) With the flashbacks to her previous life with her husband, it would have been more interesting if she was considering starting afresh with this blank slate of a husband, wondering whether she could rectify her mistakes (the affair and consequences) and actually love this guy, even if he wasn't the same. The 'preview' line was a throwaway in a very short review - I have no idea, of course, whether that was the reason, nor if this ending is the same as the book, and frankly I didn't care enough to check. Still, the ending, to me, seemed to go in a different direction than the rest of the film, especially with an affair subplot included. As for Portman, that is my own bias, I admit. I can't think of a film I've seen her in where she doesn't appear to be acting. Some actors, to me, can seem so effortless and natural that I can easily suspend my disbelief - they become the character. With Portman, every twitch and movement seems calculated and forced. But perhaps that's just me. My wife can't understand why I feel the same way about Michael Caine.
Me: *rolls eyes*