Watched the DVD a couple of nights ago. Good movie. Initially, I took it at face value and didn't think that the creatures may have been a hallucination, as well. Good analysis by you guys. Nothing like a movie that makes you think.
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Watched the DVD a couple of nights ago. Good movie. Initially, I took it at face value and didn't think that the creatures may have been a hallucination, as well. Good analysis by you guys. Nothing like a movie that makes you think.XBL: Mean Greene
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the theatrical version ended with the girl next to Sarah right? BTW, this movie still sucks.
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can you spoilerize the DVD ending? I saw it in theaters but dont plan on watching it again.Comment
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Basically it shows her waking up after that scene where she's in the truck with the girl she killed. She's still in the cave and she hallucinates that she's seeing her daughter hold up a Birthday cake with 5 candles on it.
All the while the sounds of the creatures are around her.
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I picked up the unrated DVD tonight. I hope I have time to watch it this weekend sometime.
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Great, great movie and puts all recent horror movies to shame. Here's my take:
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I noticed that once Sarah saw her friend Beth die and found out that Juno was boinking her husband she turned from someone who was scared of her own shadow into Wonder Woman knocking off the monsters left and right and out of nowhere became a sadistic psycho when she tenderized Juno and left her to die which seemed also totally out of character. So I think the hallucination begins with Beth dying because with the combination of her best friend dying and her husband's infidelity, it all finally drive her over the edge. It ends with the birthday cake scene where she knows she's doomed and is waiting to die, not knowing what really happened to her friends besides Beth. All the scenes without Sarah mesh as part of the dream sequence in that it ends up as Juno coincidentally being the last survivor with her and allowing Sarah to exact revenge in her mind.
****END OF SPOILERS****Last edited by Seymour Scagnetti; 12-31-2006, 03:56 PM.Comment
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Just watched this movie a few hours ago. Didn't give this movie much thought when I heard about it (actually kept confusing it with "The Cave" which to me still looks like a typical garbage horror movie). Only reason I decided to check "The Descent" out is because my father commented on how good it was when a commercial came on last week. My dad HATES all movies. I mean, the guy never likes anything. For him to say, "That was a good movie", made me realize I had to watch it.
And I wasn't disappointed. Definitely the best horror flick of 2006 (sorry Saw III, you were great, but you were more of a drama this time around compared to the first two. Blzer, don't hate me
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I've read people's interpretations on the original ending and I like the ideas, but I took it differently.
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As soon as I saw the ending I just assumed that Sarah was dead and was finally with her daughter.
Also, with the whole candle deal. There are actually 6 candles in the final scene. There were 5 in the earlier scenes. Some have said it symbolizes the death of all 6 girls. I'm taking it as it symbolizes Sarah's daughter's birthday, considering the descent took place one year after her death. Sarah is at peace and now celebrating her daughter's birthday.
Of course, it still leaves a lot of interpretation open. I understood the meaning of the chain - Juno was cheating with Sarah's husband - but, I'm still a bit confused as to it's true meaning. If everything is a dream, as some people have insinuated, then how could Sarah place the chain with Juno? That would be a wild stretch of insanity.
I'm going to take the stance that the monsters are real. Sarah dies. And now Sarah is spending her death with her daughter.
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There is also talk about a second part being produced. If that is indeed the case then it might kill theories that the monsters aren't real. But, that depends on how exactly the creator makes part 2.
Also, one last thing. If I watched this movie in an US theater and saw the cut ending I would have been pissed and wanted my money back. I can't believe that LionsGate (I'm assuming they were the ones and it's surprising considering they love Horror Films that make you think) would want that ending in America. The original ending makes the movie that much better."It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace
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Yankee, I agree that the original ending was the better of the two, but I still thought the US was let open to interpretation like the original and wasn't bad at all.
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I only saw the uncut version. So, I'm assuming the US Version ends with the girl appearing on the passenger seat, fade out.
I can understand how it opens things up for interpretation, but the way I picture it seems rather sudden.
It also changes the movie dramatically. It makes it about something different. I'm not a fan of a director having to change the meaning of his story to appeal to a crowd that Hollywood feels can't handle the original.
I'm biased, though, because I've seen the uncut version. If I never knew it existed, I'd likely agree with you 100%. Maybe.
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What a piece of **** this was. It wasnt too bad until the monsters show up. Then its just a bunch of hissing and screaming in the dark.The monsters were about a scary as the Muppet Babies. The movie would have been better without them. just a bunch of chicks trapped underground going crazy.Comment
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I agreeWhat a piece of **** this was. It wasnt too bad until the monsters show up. Then its just a bunch of hissing and screaming in the dark.The monsters were about a scary as the Muppet Babies. The movie would have been better without them. just a bunch of chicks trapped underground going crazy.Redskins, Lakers, Orioles, UNC Basketball , and ND Football
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Really?What a piece of **** this was. It wasnt too bad until the monsters show up. Then its just a bunch of hissing and screaming in the dark.The monsters were about a scary as the Muppet Babies. The movie would have been better without them. just a bunch of chicks trapped underground going crazy.
I thought it was great.Comment

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