After reading "The Invisible Guest" with my friends, I have some questions about Laura sending timed text messages. I saw many explanations on the Internet, but I think there are more or less loopholes. I write down my opinion here. Discuss with everyone.
First post the content of this timed short message: "I will tell all the truth, please come to room 715 of xxx hotel". Note that Laura is carrying her mobile phone at the hotel at this time.
Network analysis: As the translator of the subtitles group said, "Laura is afraid that he won't come, write down timed text messages."
After the case happened, Laura's contact with the male protagonist all relied on public communication tools instead of using her own mobile phone. Laura used the public phone to contact the male lead, fabricated a lie to deceive the male lead "there are witnesses", and asked the male lead to go to the hotel. If the male lead does not come, the female lead uses a text message to remind the male lead to go, and the male lead sees this text message and thinks that “Laura can’t use her cell phone to contact herself”, then the person who sent the text message must be a “witness”. The male host who receives the text message will feel threatened and will bring the hush money to the hotel.
According to this statement, there is a more obvious loophole.
Question 1: Obviously, Laura sent the timed text messages in the hotel, and she did not lose her phone, so why did she not send the text messages when the male protagonist did not go on time, but to send the timed text messages in advance.
My opinion: Whether the male protagonist comes or not, he must receive this text message.
Pay attention to the next line : "Laura knows that you will not confess because you only care about one person-yourself"
explain:
1: When the male protagonist received the call and did not come, he saw the text message and thought that the "I" in the text message was a "witness", and Laura was threatened by the "witness", so she brought a ransom to settle the matter. The purpose of sending the text message at this time: to guide the male lead to the hotel.
2: The male lead rushed to the hotel immediately after receiving the call (shown in the film). Laura knew in her heart that even if the protagonist came to the hotel, she could not persuade the protagonist to surrender, because "the protagonist only cares about himself", and even the protagonist may use all means to change Laura's mind to escape the guilt, so Laura sent this text message in advance to ensure that if the persuasion was invalid, the male protagonist would still contact him through the text message. In the process of persuading the male protagonist, it is impossible to use the mobile phone to send text messages, and he will try his best to stop it . In fact, Laura did persuade the male protagonist to be invalid. At this time, the male protagonist received the text message. According to the previous conversation, he realized that the text message was sent by Laura and there were no witnesses. The purpose of sending the text message at this time: Laura has determined to surrender and use the text message to completely involve the two of them. Even if the persuasion is invalid, it will let the male protagonist know that there is no room for maneuver.
You can see that after the male protagonist in the film receives the text message, Laura's expression is very calm, because this is the fundamental purpose of the text message.
3: The police saw Laura's text message and found out the relationship between Laura and the male protagonist, and thought that the "I" in the text message was Laura. The male protagonist killed someone because of the threat of his lover. At this time, the effect of the text message is as follows: Even if Laura is dead, her relationship with the hero is tied tightly. The police will also investigate in depth what the "truth" "I" wants to tell. (It has nothing to do with the reason for timing.)
4: The male lead made up a text message that the third party was holding Lara, which is the version of the lie in the story. At this time, this "I" in the lie is the "murderer in the cabinet", which has nothing to do with the purpose of Laura sending timed text messages , But it has also become a popular trend for the male protagonist to lay blame on others.
Summary: The reason why Laura wants to send SMS:
1. Pretend to be an eyewitness and let the male lead go to the hotel.
2. Persuade the male protagonist to surrender under the pretense of an eyewitness, and let the male protagonist receive a text message after the persuasion is invalid, so that things no longer have room for maneuver.
Reasons for timing:
1. When persuading the male protagonist to be invalid, it is necessary to bind the two by SMS, but the sending of text messages will be blocked by the male protagonist during the persuasion process, and the text messages must be sent at this time, so send them regularly in advance.
Question 2: If it's just to tie up the relationship between the two, why doesn't Laura send a text message to the male lead immediately after the phone call.
This is a question raised by my friend. My explanation is that someone as smart as the male protagonist knows that "witnesses" are only asking for money. If Laura texts him immediately after calling, he will definitely become suspicious. Instead, the threat of sending text messages when he does not show up is more like a blackmailer's approach.
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The above are my thoughts. If you have any different views, we can discuss together.
This movie makes me feel particularly good that everything in the movie is detailed and reasonable, and the final turn of the truth can solve all my previous doubts, such as, "Why is Laura so calm after a car accident, but she is so stupid in the elderly? , Even the phone ringtone pretended not to hear" etc. It turns out that everything is a lie.
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