I loved the movie - it was excellent and very engaging.
While everything else fit in, I have a question. The only reason Borden agreed to part with the secret of his acts to Lord Caldlow, as in return the Lord promised to take care of Jess, who would otherwise go to the state.
However, if he had a twin brother in Fallon(who probably was Jess's biological father), then why did he have to resort to that means? Fallon could've raised Jess, even if he weren't related to her and just by the connection he had to her as her father's aide.
I couldn't piece this bit together.
2006-11-14 05:44:45 · 4 answers · asked by web_researcher 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Well, the fact that Fallon was a twin need not have come out if he adopted Jess. He could've done just because of the fact that he was Borden's closest friend(they're seen together in the movie all the time).
So, it's not about revealing the truth about the twin - I think the scriptwriter didn't waterproof the script...the truth about Angier still being alive and Borden's twin could've been revealed in some other way.
2006-11-14 06:06:08 · update #1
The reason Fallon couldn't adopt her is he hadn't the means financially to take care of her as he was just a squire (of sorts) for Borden. Cadlow was a Lord, with obvious means to raise the child to be something other than a pauper, which Fallon clearly was. Had Fallon come forward as the twin, the secret of the trick would have been revealed and the ultimate revenge that Borden wanted to exact wouldn't have been attainable. The impact of the ending would then have been lost.
2006-11-14 06:07:02 · answer #1 · answered by thewhip74 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The fact that there was an identical twin wasn't revealed until the end of the movie. Revealing this information earlier would have made the ending not so shocking!
2006-11-14 05:53:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Fallen didn't have a twin. He cloned himself and he couldn't adopted his daughter because he was in jail, facing murder charges. Did you even watch the whole movie? Cause near the end it explains everything. How do you think people would react to seeing two Fallen's?
2006-11-14 06:48:23 · answer #3 · answered by Sweet Pea 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If the twin would have come forward, it would have exposed the fact that they were twins, which was secret information, and was a part of the trick that was not reavealed to the lord.
2006-11-14 05:49:10 · answer #4 · answered by a_blue_grey_mist 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋