Okay, so I liked the movie and understood the relationship between all the stories. BUT why did they repeat the telephone call from Brad Pitt to Amelia at the end. Also, why did the girl say her mom jumped from the roof when she shot herself. And what was the deal with her and her dad???
2007-03-19 04:06:36 · 5 answers · asked by lnewitz18 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Besides the obvious message of "guns are bad" was the message of "parents need to keep their kids out of trouble" (the hunter dad was away a lot) and miscommunications. The Japanese gal, communication-blocked as she was, reached out in whatever desperate overblown ways she could come up with, hence her unusual appeals (IMHO). Saying "jumped" also added a lot of tension to the end, from the one storyline that was more on the "comic relief" side.
The phone call from the other side was to show that the kids were OK and that the sitter now had her own trauma to deal with. Ya gotta admit, things sank WAY past the acceptability threshhold, and the reinforced "everything's OK now" helped. In the end, I think the dad may finally give her the attenton she's been craving (good to know she didn't jump -- I thought she might have -- and man, did she write a lot of stuff on that note to the cop).
The ending saved the movie for me; my wife wanted us to walk out before that and check on the kids. My wife did not feel like the end saved the movie. Let's just say that it is not an easy film. "Crash", on the other hand, we were both OK with throughout (still uncomfortable in many places, but not over the threshold).
2007-03-19 04:23:13 · answer #1 · answered by xwdguy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi, I liked the movie, too, and also wondered about Chieko and her dad. To answer your first question, though...I believe the phone call was repeated to give an idea of what the time frame was and for emotional impact.
Earlier in the movie, we saw Amelia peacefully at home with the children at the time of the phone call. Later, we see the other end of that conversation, which, for me, was interesting because it showed how desperate the dad, Richard, was for her to take care of his children.
At this point in the movie, we already know what has happened to the kids, so knowing how desperate the dad was and knowing Amelia failed to take care of the children, we are emotionally impacted here. Interestingly enough, we don't see the parents reaction to what happened to the children. We just hear a comment about how the parents don't press any charges against Amelia.
As for Chieko, I am at a loss. She was definitely going through hell. She's coming of age while deaf AND dealing with her mother's death.
She probably had some doubts as to her dad's role in her mother's death. He had been questioned before and obviously there were many people who thought he had murdered his wife.
Chieko probably avoided the idea that her dad could have had a hand in her mother's death by creating a new scenario for her mom's suicide.
At the end of the movie, I think Chieko finally made peace with her dad because she had reached rock bottom. Throughout the movie, she was trying to gain male attention, except from her dad, and was doing it in all the wrong ways. Finally exposing herself to the cop and being rejected by him brought her down. I think, here, she realized her error and realized her dad really was there for her.
I wish they would have shown what Chieko wrote to the cop!
2007-03-19 05:30:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
RE: in the movie "Twelve Monkeys" who understood the ending of the movie? (Its performed with the help of Brad Pit and Bruce Wilus) I dont rather comprehend the final scene while the two significant characters are in the airport, and if the virus has spead or no longer reason the guy with the virus replace into on the plan. So i will rejoice with some solutions Please
2016-10-19 01:55:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I haven't seen it, just walked out because I couldn't cope anymore, all the emotion and depression and the missing links. I'm a bit sorry now, but it was just too much. I walked out the moment Amalia was arrested.
Misery adds up and never ends, I guess that's the moral of this story.
2007-03-21 12:11:22 · answer #4 · answered by Zoot 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, i totally hated that movie, it made no sense.
2007-03-19 05:16:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋