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Ferox13 01-24-2010 02:24 AM

Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a condition in which a person displays multiple distinct identities or personalities (known as alter egos or alters), each with its own pattern of perceiving and interacting with the environment. In the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems the name for this diagnosis is multiple personality disorder.

In both systems of terminology, the diagnosis requires that at least two personalities routinely take control of the individual's behavior with an associated memory loss that goes beyond normal forgetfulness; in addition, symptoms cannot be the temporary effects of drug use or a general medical condition.

cheebacheeba 01-24-2010 03:02 AM

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Dissociative identity disorder (DID)
Funny you should mention that, because it REALLY looks like this guy just posted a conversation he had with himself under two different names...

missmacabre 01-24-2010 08:48 AM

I agree with disliking the ending. I was the exact same way, went back through the movie and triend to make it make sense. There are some parts that it makes a lot more sense after seeing the ending, but also makes other parts seem pointless. (Like you said, the truck.)

That said, the scene with the killer in the truck at the beginning made me extremely uncomfortable. That set a tone for the rest of the movie, so I think it did it's job not as a plot device, but creating atmosphere.

ChronoGrl 01-24-2010 12:45 PM

The ending was bloody awful. The movie should have just been a straight-up slasher. No need to analyze it beyond that. :rolleyes:

Zero 01-24-2010 12:52 PM

after a few viewings - i actually kind of like the ending

ChronoGrl 01-24-2010 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Zero (Post 843483)
after a few viewings - i actually kind of like the ending

Monkey brains. :cool:

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Originally Posted by thebeyond105 (Post 843491)
agree times 10.

But you just started a whole thread about it. :rolleyes::p

cheebacheeba 01-24-2010 05:10 PM

Because he wants people to agree with him...feels as though his own thoughts and opinions have not enough validity without people patting him on the back and agreeing.
There there, it's alright, you're not aloooone

cheebacheeba 01-24-2010 05:38 PM

But why do you want to hear that?
So that you can tell them that they're wrong or likewise?

cheebacheeba 01-24-2010 06:00 PM

My take:
I'm gonna go with "she created that character and story in her mind"...all the scenes featuring the guy, the truck included, was her creating a "villain" so as to further seperate her two ?personalities?.
So while some scenes featured "her as the bad guy as her etc", some were just playing out in her head to further reinforce the personality to herself.
The truck didn't exist. The female headless victim didn't exist.
The crash was just her crashing, perhaps her other personality PUSHING to put them in a situation where she could dispose of her friend.
Notice how though, she only created situations and events for this "bad guy"?
No back story, no name, no reason for being?
This pretty much fits in with it if you ask me...there was no history, as it was just her all along, no reasons, as she was simply fucked in the head.

I'm not sure what other plot holes there were...have not seen it in some time.

missmacabre 01-24-2010 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by thebeyond105 (Post 843520)
also another reason why i didn't like the ending was cuz it was kinda uneeded. it coulda just been a real killer going around and thats it.
i felt they tried to make it hip and cool with the twist ending (i worded that wrong but if u know what i mean then cool).
Like when Fight Club did it, it was like holy shit! kickass.
When Secret Window did it, i was like PREDICTABLE but still cool (it came after high tension)
when this film did it, i was like what the fuck? uh... okay. i guess.

it was just one of those twists that i felt was just more of a what the fuck moment then HOLY SHIT THATS FUCKING AMAZING like the sixth sense twist.

Secret Garden, Secret Window (novella)- 1990
Fight Club (novel)- 1996
Haute Tension- 2003

:rolleyes:


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