I don't understand???

Rating: 8/10 (13 August 2008)

This movie was awesome, but to be honest, I didn't get it. The stirring cinematic performances although brilliant, but they seem to have no purpose. For instance, how does Jack's image wind up in that picture from the 20's? What is the symbolism behind the bartender and the twins? We never really know are they his hallucinations, his past, his present, are they ghosts, is HE a ghost? Why is there a fountain of blood (which they had to do in one take by the way, talk about the work of all that for a shot that makes no sense)? Although cabin fever is a clear component of the fear factor of this movie besides human instinct there really is no enemy. Also, what is up with little Danny talking with his finger, who is Frank? This is portrayed neither as just a little kid doing this because he's weird, nor as a mental illness, nor as him being possessed or being a ghost or any of the above but an odd mixture of the three. And who was murdered? Was it Jack? Is Jack a reincarnation of the murderer? Or, is Jack just crazy? Why does Frank try to warn them of Red Rum when there is no "Murder" to warn them of? Everyone I've spoken to about this film has raved of its genius, without however being specific. When I admit that I didn't understand the plot exactly, the person usually exclaims with great relief that they didn't get it either. If no one gets it, and we're all pretending we understand it...what is the point of the movie? Movie-goers it is time to come out of the fear closet.