I had 2 issues with the end.
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Misery
IMDB_Vits — 9 years ago(May 16, 2016 06:57 PM)
- I thought the transition from
ANNIE
's house to that restaurant was lazy. How was
PAUL
saved? I don't remember
BUSTER
telling his wife that he was going there. And even if he did, she would've waited a long time before getting worried. How would
PAUL
have survived during that time?
PAUL
sees
ANNIE
's face on the waitress. It could've been a nice final scare, but it's ruined because of what
PAUL
says: "Even though i know she's dead, I still think about her once and a while". And he says it without being scared. - I thought the transition from
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jacc1515 — 9 years ago(May 17, 2016 04:37 PM)
- Perhaps Paul crawled out to Buster's truck and used the CB to call for help, or found the keys and simply drove into town. We don't know if Buster told anyone he was going to Anne Wilkes and even if he didn't, his wife definitely wouldn't have waited long before she got worried about him being gone. If he wasn't back in a few hours she would've freaked out. You could tell how much she was still in love with him. All someone would have to do is talk to the General Store guy to find out Buster was asking about Anne Wilkes before someone would head out there.
2.I think he is downplaying how messed up he is now b/c of that whole ordeal. He obviously wants to put it behind him though as he denies his publisher's request to do a non-fiction book on what went on in the Wilkes' home.
Mother is the name for God on the lips & hearts of all children -Eric D. Raven
- Perhaps Paul crawled out to Buster's truck and used the CB to call for help, or found the keys and simply drove into town. We don't know if Buster told anyone he was going to Anne Wilkes and even if he didn't, his wife definitely wouldn't have waited long before she got worried about him being gone. If he wasn't back in a few hours she would've freaked out. You could tell how much she was still in love with him. All someone would have to do is talk to the General Store guy to find out Buster was asking about Anne Wilkes before someone would head out there.
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TheDarkKnightMatter — 9 years ago(January 05, 2017 07:55 AM)
- The store owner. If Buster went missing, they would of talked to everyone in that small town and find out he was asking about Annie.
- I guess you never encountered anything bad in life to understand what PTSD is, doesn't make you scared. Many Marines and soldiers come back with PTSD and I can assure you they're not scared.
I have a friend who's a Marine SGT amd now a fire fighter, he have seen so much that it completely changed him, but I wouldn't say he's scared at all.
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beedoobee — 9 years ago(January 14, 2017 01:34 AM)
I often wondered that himself. Annie took the guts out of the phone. Paul's legs were still screwed up, so he couldn't walk or drive. And the sheriff didn't tell anyone where he was going (or at least the movie didn't show it). Even though he had talked to the shopkeeper, who would have thought to ask him about any conversation with the sheriff. His wife did have an idea that the sheriff thought Paul's disappearance was suspicious and knew he was reading the books, but it sounds like Annie was pretty much unknown to anyone in the town except maybe when she bought his books. Someone investigating the sheriff being missing might eventually go to the store owner but it probably would have been quite a while.