Why did they burn the house exactly?
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BreakingLikeAWave — 9 years ago(November 05, 2016 11:26 PM)
They showed the tarps on the roof even before the power went out, so that water damage was likely going on for a while. And yeah, wet rotten wood, even a few months (especially in the PNW) is enough for those beams to go.
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stephenmonachello — 9 years ago(November 20, 2016 11:18 AM)
To me, the house fell apart way too quick. Even being in the PNW, the house should not have rotted that quick. Maybe in the book they explain what was going on with the house in general. In this film some events happened way too quick and some things that should have happened did not.
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Seth_Rogue_One — 9 years ago(October 16, 2016 02:21 PM)
The explanation given also made absolutely no sense to me. People will think they died in the fire? So what? If they're out in the woods, they couldn't care less what people think when they see the empty house.
I saw it as they partly did it because the rapist might come back for some more tender loving. And if he thought they were dead well then he wouldn't go out looking for them.
And another part was that the house was riddled with mold which can be dangerous to live with, especially for a baby potentially life-threatening for him/her.
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psychotico — 9 years ago(November 05, 2016 07:13 PM)
It was falling apart, recent bad memories of being raped on that property, the fear of Stan coming back and knocking her up with a baby girl, signalling faraway help or just as she said, eliminating the possibility for some hostile person stumbling onto the property and nesting their own habitat in their mouldy falling apart house.
Why didn't they go to another abandoned house? because they would all very likely be in the same condition. It's the natural order of things, nature reclaims quickly. It happens with abandoned hospitals, asylums, mansions, other properties that have been abandoned in real life, you'll be surprised that it only takes less than a year for everything to fall apart, wallpapers peel within months, fungus settles, leaks are invited into the house through the roof. Doesn't matter how the house was built, it could be concrete, steel, or even a building, without proper maintenance nothing can withstand nature. If these girls were taught to be prepared for something like this by their father, they could of pilled up garbage bags or tarps over the roof, would of bought them a lot of time in that house, maybe delay mould for a few more months or longer if they had some silicone sealant for the doors and windows.
They goofed up one part in the movie, they been there for 15 months when winter should of appeared and it didn't. I was expecting snow.
I wouldn't be so quick to write off their fates, humans have survived worse conditions even dating back to the hunter gathering period. I lived a year out in the rockies, so it's not impossible, they are just living on borrowed time until things change, if not they'll die or survive the primitive way with health and hygiene problems, decaying teeth, etc Anyways, it's just a movie based on a book, I'm sure they would of used everything in their garage at their disposal if they are capable of learning to eat from the land. -
BreakingLikeAWave — 9 years ago(November 05, 2016 11:36 PM)
By "people" she means her rapist. If it's burnt, he moves on to another area instead of moving in, especially if he thinks they're dead. It's clear they want to stay in that area for the time being anyway, since they know the land.
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cmertes-1 — 9 years ago(November 06, 2016 05:00 AM)
You're talking about that guy as if he is some kind of roaming tiger or something. And he's so locked in on this one girl that he'd leave the whole area if she was gone? But then he only once stopped by so far? If he was that fixated on her, I'd expect a sicko like him to lock her in his basement or something.
To me it's clear that he's a ruthless opportunist. He doesn't search the woods for months to find two girls who are hiding there. He knew there was this girl in that house, so he went up there and raped her. Yes, he might do it again. Or not actually, because he'd expect them to team up and shoot him next time, which is what they should have planned to do. He was only successful because she was alone and unsuspecting. Had she been either prepared or in company, he probably couldn't have done what he did. But either way when he comes there again and she's gone, well too bad. He goes somewhere else. -
BreakingLikeAWave — 9 years ago(November 07, 2016 08:41 PM)
I'm not talking about him in any way, I'm giving an explanation on her reasoning to burn the house down and the "people will think we're dead" bit. Yeah, it might not make 100% perfect logical sense, but as a rape victim who's now also feeling super protective of her newborn it doesn't have to. They knew they had to leave the house because it wasn't safe for the baby and it's very obvious that when Eva says "people will think we're dead" that she mainly means him. As you can see when Nell hurt her back, Eva's been scared the entire time since it happened that he's still around, and given that they had just smelled smoke they know at least someone is out there nearby - and anyone wandering through is going to take a falling apart house with mold over whatever they're likely taking shelter in currently, if they even have anything at all.
You said "they couldn't care less what people think when they see the empty house" but obviously they would care a lot if they want to stay in the area they're familiar with and don't want perceived threats to be taking up shelter nearby in their empty house. -
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.
