Why did Miles lie to Jack?
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lanis_cupus — 11 years ago(August 03, 2014 04:15 PM)
First and foremost, keep in mind that Jack needs Miles as much as Miles needs Jack. It's an ugly sort of symbiosis, but still a symbiosis.
Jack might have disowned him for a while but he would have gotten over it when he realized that Stephanie was just a sidebar fantasy in his life.
Also, Jack seems pretty "easy come, easy go" which might be his most redeeming quality.
And from my personal awareness: The great thing about people who aren't very deep is that they don't tend to hold grudges that long.
That's the most you'll ever get out of me Wordman. Ever.
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kentor404 — 10 years ago(August 02, 2015 01:07 PM)
He was also dishonest about being a published author and willing to go along with other lies in the movie, so it wasn't completely out of character. Like so many people, Jack and Miles were both willing to be less than honest for self-serving reasons.
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daughterofolaf — 10 years ago(October 11, 2015 10:01 PM)
I think he simply didn't want to deal with the aftermath that would certainly follow and if you think about it, what difference would it ultimately make how Stephanie found out? There would be nothing to gain by admitting it to Jack. Jack would obviously have been angry over it although his anger would be totally misplaced as the entire situation was his own doing. It would just be one more thing to have to contend with after such a stressful trip.
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lanis_cupus — 10 years ago(October 18, 2015 08:22 PM)
Wow, you almost seem like you're defending Miles.
Let me put it this way. Throughout most of the film I felt that Jack and Milespathetic as they arehad a strong and admirable friendship. After Miles' bald-faced lie, I felt that their entire friendship had been a hoax. -
daughterofolaf — 10 years ago(October 19, 2015 12:44 PM)
I don't know that I am defending him, I was just answering the question of possible reasons as to why he lied.
I personally don't think that this one lie rendered their 20+ year friendship a hoax. Sure, lying is generally bad, but Miles didn't MEAN to do it, Jack was the dumbass that put him in the situation in the first place (among many other situations he put him in throughout the film) and it has been established that Jack is not the most rational person and Miles just couldn't deal with anymore issues.
At any rate, Jack STILL felt Miles was ultimately to blame for the reveal (remember, Miles said that the dude at the Hitching Post probably told her because Jack and Miles mentioned it to him the first night out there and Jack screams "Oh, did 'WE' mention it? YOU mentioned it, a******!") so it really doesn't seem like there would have been a largely different outcome regardless.
I am not really trying to defend or blame, I am just answering the question of why he lied.
"Why couldn't the monkey arrange this from INSIDE the garbage can?"
