Originally Posted by
Nobody
You talk like you do understand, so what is it? You do or you don't?
And i hope you realize that as time moves on, especially in TV and movies (which there are new ideas any more, just rehashing of old, tired, replayed shows, getting a new shine- go see any remark of an original show: Dynasty, Beverly Hills 90120, any remake of an older movie or any movie about a TV show), that what was once new, original and innovative 30 years ago, is now common knowledge! Faux reality of the Blair Witch project was new, but as it caught the imagination of thd world, it got out through the spin cycle. "Bullet time" from the Matrix movies was mind blowing, yet it can be done with "30 go-pros & some editing software". So the premise of having thd main character question whether he is the same of what he is hunting, was extremely valid when thd movie was made and when the story was written. You can not look back at it, and say that it was "a junior high level of a movie twist", when soo many other mediums have taken that idea and used it.
Short example. I was watching some old "Dick Van Dyke show" from the 50s like 10 years back. Never watched it, but appreciate the actors. As i was watching an episode, i had a strange feeling that i had seen it before. Never watched it before, yet i knew everything that had or was going to happen. You know why, most any other 30min sitcom show had already done that episode in the 30 years after that Dick van Dyke show premiered. Or, look at how many times "I am Legend" was made into a movie? Or how about the Kirosawa's "7 Samurai"? Remade for the US in the early 60's, as "the Magnificent 7", then remade (poorly and horribly, IMO) nust a few years ago. Even the 4 musketeers has been made from Dumont's novel 5 times. See a theme here?
Hey, go watch "Rosemary's baby" and tell me if you hadn't seen that somewhere before? How about "Stalag 17", or if you want a more modern movie, try "Arlington Road".
And the questions that the movie poses, are for the viewer to ask themselves, not to lay it out in a clear concise way. Even in a film like "Inception", how the totem was left spinning as the film faded to black, let the viewer choose to believe whatever conclusions they wished.