One of the biggest points of debate in Charlie's
film reviews is whether Charlie died in the end? Although Charlie drinks Josh's poisoned wine after confirming the ingredients before drinking it, it is easy to think that he has brainstormed to find a way to detoxify and escape, but after careful analysis I still think that he died in the end.
His death can be said to be the theme of the film. In simple terms, it is an eternal hatred. In complex terms, it is a mockery of fate, a blind choice, and a wrong definition of happiness. Perhaps the essence of the film is that there seem to be so many coincidences and accidental factors, but in fact your own choice determines the inevitability of your destiny.
Remember what was on the radio when he drove to the call center on his first day to work? "Black hole, ... the latest term, coined by American scientist John in 1969", this is to tell us that from this day and the beginning of this work, Charlie's life will change, and what he encounters after that is like a black hole The same, dark and mysterious, sucking everything in, unable to extricate, unable to escape.
In addition, when Charlie and Gass were talking about the plan in the tavern, Gassla joined him and asked him to choose red and blue beans, and when choosing red beans, the film borrowed Gasth's mouth and said: "I have to warn you, if you choose red beans, you will never be able to do it again. There is no turning back." The choice of fate was in front of him, like red and blue beans, blue beans followed the rules, but he was confused by his illness and unemployment, and his wife comforted him "you, me, you and Emily , this is wealth." He didn't understand, comforted him that there must be a publisher for his book, and he didn't insist on the belief that he wanted to leave actual wealth, he chose to take risks, even though he said he was "not criminal material", Still choose red beans.
Charlie was dragged into the water by a plan by Garth, and he fell into a dead end, no matter how good his original intentions were, how much he loved his wife and daughter, but what he did was always a crime, so many lives, even if not If he kills him, he can't get rid of the relationship of the accomplice, especially the one that watched the fat detective die in the end.
This is a foreshadowing in front of the film, and after the film, there is also a mockery and echo of this fateful choice.
On the morning of the second day of the incident (why was the second day of that night, the scattered money in the bag hadn’t been sorted out next to the little girl, and Josh was wearing the same clothes for a ride, all explained that it was the next day), the publisher had a phone call Well, that means Charlie won't be like this if he just holds on for one more day.
The view in the call center is as usual, the camera pans to Charlie and Garth's desk, and it's the same as they were at work that day, and Garth's, with a phone, photo frame, cans of Pepsi, chips (revealed) He's a gambler, cheating character), a "Fork Service" book on everyone's desk, a hardcover folder, and a "G9A-869" job number plate. And Charlie was fired on the same day because he only worked one day, so the table was clean, as if he had never been there. That is to say, things are still there, but people are no longer.
In fact, was Charlie's fall inadvertently, or was he designed in layers for a long time? Why did he meet Garth, why did Garth choose him? In the end, which point was forced, and which point he had calculated long ago, was confusing.
As for Detective Garth
Fat, Garth didn't tell the truth except for the last sentence "You beat me to death". In addition to the lies that Charlie has exposed about his wife and daughter, he probably has two other places that are worth figuring out:
1. Garth spends the day in the call center, and the seat next to him is empty, maybe not by accident , he may have used the same tricks to set up N more stupid boys. What trick? For new employees, deliberately demonstrate in front of them the method of scolding customers after pressing the button. In fact, is there a phone call, and is the caller still on the phone? Unbeknownst to outsiders, it was easy for Garth to play a show on an empty phone. The fools on the other side believed it and did the same, and as a result, he was fired without any accident. With the warm offensive with lunch time), maybe the previous people refused because of fear, cowardice or various reasons, maybe they had done it successfully many times, in short, this time it was Charlie's turn.
2. Did the person who appeared in the pastor's house died before Charlie came? According to Garth, he didn't kill the man, he just went off the gun and knocked him out (Charlie stepped on debris when he entered the door, or maybe something smashed during the fight). But Charlie had checked his pulse. Is it possible that he was wrong? If Gasth's original purpose was just to take the stolen money and run away (bought a plane ticket for the next day), then it's not impossible for him to kill someone in self-defense at this time, but the gunshots rang twice, and the second was in Gas If it's on his lap, there's one more thing Charlie will give him as an alibi. Maybe he saw Charlie upstairs long ago. Charlie was calling and calling and dragging the body. There was always a movement. Garth knew that he helped him deal with the body and took advantage of the situation to clean up the lover's death. Push on Charlie.
In short, Gas is at most a repeat offender of fraud. He is not keen on killing people, but it is absolutely right that he puts his own interests first and will not talk about any affection.
Regarding
Josh Josh 's identity as a "Wyoming Widow", it was really unexpected. It is reasonable to look back and find that there were a lot of foreshadowing for her. When recalling her encounter with Garth in a small restaurant, Jia When asked where she was from, she pointed out the location for the first time, but it was a very loud "Oklahoma", and the lie began. Take the initiative to ask to enter the game, when you call, your lines are sophisticated, and you will overweight. If this can still be regarded as the behavior of a rebellious girl, then the priest's wife will be chopped with an axe at the priest's house. It's really not ordinary. The little girl calmed down. Afterwards, she was overjoyed when she dealt with the death of the guard in the toilet. She proposed the procedure of crashing the police car and transporting the corpse. She also responded very quickly and was very assertive. , wow, what a criminal almighty mm! Pedestal is enough. In the end, after drinking, the house decoration was poisoned. Charlie and Garth believed it was true. She shook her head and said, "You guys are so deceiving!" This is the truth.
There are a few other things I don't understand:
1. Diabetes and eye disease: During lunch at work, Garth lied to him that his daughter had a problem with intraocular pressure and that if she didn’t get a corneal transplant within a year, she would be blinded. On the disease, after Garth said that his daughter did not have diabetes, Charlie's expression became a little bit of pause and doubt. Did he, who is smart and learned, immediately sense the flaw? I googled things like diabetes and intraocular pressure, but I didn’t quite understand it. I don’t know if the intraocular pressure problem in children must be caused by diabetes. I knew from the beginning that Garth was lying, so he was still willing to join, which at least shows that his black belly is much more than the surface of the film. In addition, the fat detective's disease is also designed to be diabetes. Is there a connection between this?
2. Fat Detective and Garth: Before Fat Detective shot Garth for nothing, Garth turned his head and was pointed at by Fat Detective. He repeatedly begged for mercy and said, "We are on the side", why is this? When the fat detective looked at the bag, he said, "This should belong to Uncle Sam, right?" I don't know if it's a translation problem. How do I understand this sentence, or does Uncle Sam refer to US dollars here? But it doesn't make sense
. 3. Josh's wine bottle: Since the two wine bottles are Josh's "eat guys", why would she be so careless that she forgot the bottle jacket at the police station! Even if she was flustered at the time, she was not so flustered by the scenes she had seen. Back there and looked carefully, I knew that she and Garth were still wearing a coat in the corridor that entered the autopsy room. In the next scene, when the fat detective explained to the crowd in the autopsy room, she was already not wearing a coat, why did she take it off at this time? Lose? Even if he accidentally forgot, this dress was passed by Detective Fatty. He later said that he found a wine bottle when he searched his coat, but could it be that he found one wine bottle and not the second one? Wine bottle? Did you find out that when everyone wanted to reveal her identity and force her to drink, they didn't remind everyone? This is really unreasonable.
4. Several guns in total: Since the gun appeared, it should have been the pastor's wife and lover. At that time, Garth said he didn't have a gun. After the lover died, Garth was supposed to be holding the lover's one. But looking back, it doesn't look like the gun that Garth was holding later had a black handle and a silver barrel. The barrel was a bit long. The pastor's wife and lover used to have a short barrel that was all black. Where did Garth's gun come from? of? Then there is the second one of the pastor's wife, which should be picked up by Josh after his death. After watching several shots of Josh using the gun, it seems to be the same model. Fat detective himself. There is no back and forth to study one by one, but these guns - seem to use strings.
5. Beard: The lover said "Salute to the Beard" when he was going to kill the unarmed Garth, and Garth said it wouldn't be Santa Claus. Who is this bearded man? Did the fat detective say something about Uncle Sam later? - Oh, are they all referring to the priest who never appeared in the film? A bearded priest named Sam? But the pastor's name isn't Sam
either. Is it Josh's old friend? In addition, if Josh's usual method is to seduce men and then let them drink poisonous wine and hang up, what is the end of the matter, asking for money? Garth doesn't look rich, and Josh didn't kill Garth? Instead, a big black man came in, why?
6. A Brief History of Time: There are several references to the theory of time in the film. For example, the book Charlie read at home when he was unemployed was Hawking's "A Brief History of Time", and he talked about "black holes" on the radio while driving to work. What does it imply for the film about the hapless police officer who knocked on the door calling himself "Steven Hawking" and arguing with Garth about the theory of time backwards while driving the body? Or is it because the director or writer is purely a Hawking fan?
A few interesting little details:
1. What is the name of the bar where the three meet to discuss the plan? "wrench", "spoiler", haha, wonderful!
2. When he teased the customer on the phone and was found out and left angrily, the signboard of the staff only channel gave a close-up, what is it? "BIG FALLS call center".
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