Why did they burn the house exactly?
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cmertes-1 — 9 years ago(November 08, 2016 12:59 AM)
Well, I can sort of see that last point. Had they said "let's burn down the house or someone will move in and be a permanent threat if we stay in the area" I'd have sorta bought it, even though these people could just follow the street and find empty houses that are likely to be in a better shape because they didn't have a leaky roof to begin with. Either way, I'm pretty sure this reason wasn't even hinted at. They just wanted to cut emotional ties and that's a pretty stupid reason when your life depends on it.
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BreakingLikeAWave — 9 years ago(November 08, 2016 03:47 PM)
I meanthey went to the treehouse and are obviously scared of threats in the area even before hand, so short of completely spelling it out, "let's burn down the house or someone will move in and be a permanent threat if we stay in the area" is very much implied.
I might have to rewatch, but I don't recall all these empty houses nearby either, since they only passed one on their way into town. Surely if more were nearby the Dad wouldn't have had to MacGyver the car battery and could have just walked to the nearest house to ask for a boost or a ride versus the 3-day walk into town. -
Grimtyr — 9 years ago(November 12, 2016 05:53 PM)
No reason just a stupid movie. Ok we can live without electrified houses but so we just burn down the only shelter in miles and go into the forest with a baby and its like cold and raining Stupid movie and and stupid people.
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BlankTV — 9 years ago(November 18, 2016 08:31 PM)
Just watched it and I agree. As soon as post-partum says, we should burn the house down, I expected Nell to say, maybe you should tend to the newborn.
Cherry picking books and photos to hang in your elf hut? All that planed wood, like beep of it, that Nell used to barricade the house? (And that was a lot of wood from nowhere) Pots and pans, cups, blankets, etc. All things they could have used in their new Keebler Tree and its presumed additions.
Other than that bit of the ending, I liked it. Although I did hope Stan would get shot in the face at some point.
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cmertes-1 — 9 years ago(November 20, 2016 08:54 PM)
I totally agree. And of course I also wanted them to kill Stan at some point but I do like the fact that this movie expectation was subverted. Poetic justice is not what happens to most rapists in real life, so I would have appreciated a movie not giving me this satisfaction were it not for this highly unsatisfactory and overly defeatist ending.
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cmertes-1 — 9 years ago(November 24, 2016 12:13 AM)
I intentionally didn't call it "their house" so anyone reading the title wouldn't exactly know what house exactly they burn down, while still being tipped off not to read the actual post as it obviously deals with some important event. I'm sorry this didn't work as intended for you
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hwoarang45 — 9 years ago(December 06, 2016 12:00 AM)
the question is, why the hell the house break downs in less than a year , did his father hired smurfs to build it with paper and glue? even if it passes 10 years it wont break down just because there is no power available, its not a makeshift hut in a tree stump we are talking about.. oh wait, it seems a makeshift hut is more durable than a bungalow house with modern material and engineering , the writing in this movie is lazy and uninspiring.
90% of the people see this movie because they wanna sneak peak at allen page's goods. -
duongdogg — 9 years ago(December 21, 2016 09:07 PM)
Fresh start and probably so rapists and those bad people won't bother them anymore. The house was falling apart anyways. I would like to see a sequel where she gets revenge on the rapist i spit on your grave style. They probably go to meet her boyfriend.
