Ambiguous endings. I don't mind films with ambiguous endings but sometimes they just don't work and leave me feeling deeply disatisfied. Spoilers ahead.
In Slapface the young protagonist appears to befriend a witch. This witch becomes very protective of the young lad to the extent of killing anyone or anything that appears to threaten him. The film presents us with three options:
1. The witch is real.
2. The witch is imaginary and the boy is responsible for the violence.
3. The witch has been summoned into reality by the boys grief at the loss of his parents.
If the witch is real why did it disappear after the boy apparently killed it?
If the witch is imaginary, how did a young boy kill an entire police station of armed officers?
If the witch was summoned by the loss of the mother, why was it so hostile to his brother? Surely it'd recognize it's all a part of the same pain?
I wanted to settle on a meaning for this film but, because all of the endings were implausible, I just couldn't. There should be plausible conclusions for us to focus on.
In Slapface the young protagonist appears to befriend a witch. This witch becomes very protective of the young lad to the extent of killing anyone or anything that appears to threaten him. The film presents us with three options:
1. The witch is real.
2. The witch is imaginary and the boy is responsible for the violence.
3. The witch has been summoned into reality by the boys grief at the loss of his parents.
If the witch is real why did it disappear after the boy apparently killed it?
If the witch is imaginary, how did a young boy kill an entire police station of armed officers?
If the witch was summoned by the loss of the mother, why was it so hostile to his brother? Surely it'd recognize it's all a part of the same pain?
I wanted to settle on a meaning for this film but, because all of the endings were implausible, I just couldn't. There should be plausible conclusions for us to focus on.