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bif

(22,685 posts)
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 04:29 PM Nov 2020

Did anyone see "I'm thinking of ending things"? (Semi spoiler alert)

What did you think of it? I found it pretty entertaining. I got the fact that she was imagining what his parents were like when they were younger and older. But I got the sense that he got near the end of the movie and could figure out how to end it. So he just said, let's give it a David Lynch treatment and bang! It was over.

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Did anyone see "I'm thinking of ending things"? (Semi spoiler alert) (Original Post) bif Nov 2020 OP
I saw it from his perspective KT2000 Nov 2020 #1
Interesting. Here's a take that seems plausible... bif Nov 2020 #2
Yes KT2000 Nov 2020 #3
Haven't seen the film LearnedHand Nov 2020 #4
Netflix bif Nov 2020 #5

KT2000

(20,568 posts)
1. I saw it from his perspective
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 05:15 PM
Nov 2020

that he imagined having a girlfriend in the first place. He lived his imaginary biography before ending things, knowing every detail of what a real girlfriend would have found out about him - his job, his strange parents, etc..

bif

(22,685 posts)
2. Interesting. Here's a take that seems plausible...
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 12:48 PM
Nov 2020

He's actually the janitor and the whole story is in his mind.

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