In Reply to: agreed the swimming pool scene was necessary to sway the boy posted by PhilJ on August 11, 2010 at 21:38:44:
I am sure that I am not alone in this... I can count probably three major decisions in my life that came gradually, with no stupid melodrama. While a profound event might indeed change the course of your life, this is I suspect rather atypical, and any story that reaches for an atypical to make a point is weak.
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- Hardly - Victor Khomenko 06:07:09 08/12/10 (8)
- I guess that would make Shakespeare a hack - Analog Scott 15:29:37 08/12/10 (0)
- Becoming the devoted partner of a vampire is pretty atypical - Analog Scott 15:28:17 08/12/10 (0)
- "any story that reaches for an atypical to make a point is weak" - Chris from Lafayette 08:51:01 08/12/10 (1)
- Well, in a more typical centuries old girl vampire meets boy story.... - Enophile 12:09:29 08/12/10 (0)
- this was to influence the decison that he would be a cold blooded killer to aid the girl - PhilJ 07:12:08 08/12/10 (3)
- The incongruity ....... - afilado 11:03:48 08/12/10 (0)
- "he would be a cold blooded killer " Yeah, but he was cute! :) - Victor Khomenko 10:14:46 08/12/10 (1)
- remember early on in the film we get to see the boys scrapbook of serial killers... - Elizabeth 15:50:53 08/12/10 (0)