what happened to the guy who went off with the mermaid?
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dissolute_dog — 14 years ago(November 06, 2011 02:18 AM)
Yah. Granted, the sailors' descriptions were rumors and hearsay (and they themselves even acknowledged their uncertainty with those descriptions), but I agree with you that even still, that is probably what Syrena did actually end up doing to Philip there at the end.
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dabrauer — 14 years ago(December 31, 2011 12:21 AM)
Nobody knows!! The filmmakers purposely made this entire thing a little ambiguous, I think, mostly so that people can draw their own conclusions and hopefully everyone will be satisfied.
I do think it's a little ridiculous how many people are absolutely certain that she lured him in only to take him to his doom because the movie supposedly made it "so clear" that that's what mermaids do. The only time we hear about creepy mermaid behavior is from a sailor's legend that is repeated. How the legend began is a mystery, as no one who had ever been killed by a mermaid would have been able to tell anyone else about it.
I think it very possible that there were good mermaids and bad mermaids, just like men. What legends do you think mermaids had about sailors? That they lure them to land with their lights and dashing physiques, only to torture them for their tears and tie them up to die? True, in some cases, at least.
And how do we know there were no mermen? I bet mermaids would think there were no human females, because the seas were pretty much man-territory back then. It's possible that missionary boy was led to his death, but I think other possibilities are just as likely . There is often beauty in ambiguity! -
bodah-1 — 14 years ago(January 07, 2012 06:58 PM)
she liked him. she said she could save him. so i assume she either turned him into a merman or somehow healed him by taking him underwater. or led him back to the cave for some healing water or something.
i wondered at first if the legends from the movies werent true about mermaids, that when they took a man underwater, it wasnt that they were killing them, but that they wanted them, so saved them by drowning them/kissing them or something like that. but then i remembered it did show the mermaids being very agressive and syrena did say something about him being different or something. -
Crentapa — 11 years ago(April 06, 2014 08:40 PM)
Lets see fish have outercourse as the female releases her eggs into the water and the male fertilizes them with his sperm. I think no "shaging" is involved in that. What is wrong with agreeing with the lore that mermaids are lying fiends that lead sailors to their doom? Are that many people desperate for a cross-species love story ;p.
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curious_and_confused — 13 years ago(May 28, 2012 11:03 PM)
That's what I was wondering! It looked like she drowned him at first to take him to a better place, like he was already dying, but that didn't seem right. I missed the part about the "kiss" so I couldn't understand why they would do that. Now it all makes sense. It's really sweet.
I have to say that whole side story of Philip and Serena seemed almost out of place in the movie but it was still my favorite part. -
Mr_Jack_Frost — 13 years ago(November 08, 2012 02:27 AM)
I think that most likely whatever happened to him was something positive but at the same time ambiguous to everyone else BUT him. I take it from the lore within the movie that what she did with him actually happened a lot and that the part about nobody ever seeing a man again who was taken by a mermaid to actually be true. She didn't put in so many words, but she kind of implied that once he made the choice to go with her, there was no going back
The negative outcome is what everyone else perceives it to be (the legend) because, of course, they never see him again. But what actually happens is something positive that we're only given a hint of. -
lachoy2-1 — 12 years ago(July 09, 2013 02:07 PM)
Really? I thought he was a pain. Who needs a missionary in a pirate film? What the hell was that character supposed to be doing there? I hope they killed him off. He was so dull, when I think of the film I forget he was there. Something I consider the up side.
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cabepfir — 12 years ago(August 15, 2013 02:48 PM)
I watched this movie for the first time today and I agree, Philip and Syrena's was my favourite plot line here. I was just fascinated by how they presented the mermaids in the first scene (when they gather around the pirates' boat) and then was extremely pleased to find a mermaid + human love story. I'd liked it too that the final revelation would be about them, but I can also appreciate the ambiguity.
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insanebasura — 12 years ago(October 29, 2013 07:26 PM)
I just thought it was dumb that she grew legs. Apparently mermaids do that if they get on land. What the beep you prancing around in the water all the time for then? And if they're gonna do that, why do they eat people? People aren't native to oceans. What about fish? Can't be an effective hunting method that either, waiting for light to shine in the night as people are singing on a boat. Took goddamn forever for them to show up too. How are mermaids even made if there's no males?
Stupid mermaids.