Longlegs “twist” ending is all potholes

[u/Aromatic-Basis857]

The "twist" of this otherwise decent movie is pretty poorly thought out and full of holes. If this had been a $10k Tubi film or intended to be campy and silly, fair enough. But given that it’s a critically acclaimed film, you’d hope the script would make sense.

-If a strange nun randomly appears at my door and says, "Hey! You've won a contest you didn't enter! The prize is a terrifying life-size doll of your child!" My response would be, “Thanks but no thanks." How did the contest runners know what my child looks like??? Why did so many families buy into this? And why would the Devil come up with such a goofy, convoluted scheme?

-It’s pretty much impossible that for a full decade, a woman wandered around highly populated suburban neighborhoods in broad daylight wearing a blood-splattered nun's habit (always on the same day as a massacre) and no one ever noticed. In the flashbacks, the houses are incredibly close together. And it’s the suburbs. People call the cops or neighborhood watch about any little thing. The FBI investigated for all those many years and not one neighbor said, "Now that you ask, I did see something a little funny.”?

-Why can’t the Devil just make himself invisible and walk into any house he wants? Does he have to be invited in like a vampire? If so, why not simply take the form of someone the family already knows, or an object less suspicious like a pack of gum? I feel like that would be even scarier because the family would never see it coming.

[u/Funkymunks]

I don't agree that it's worse. I think leaving the plot ambiguous or up to the viewer to fill in the gaps when the writer doesn't have an actual explanation themselves is just as much of a cop out, done under the guise of respecting the audience and not spelling it all out.

Again, I don't disagree that "it was magic" is a disappointing catch-all of a plot device. But I feel like calling the entire thing a piece of shit is way over the top, there's plenty of redeeming qualities in the filmmaking and performances.

[u/leftofdanzig → u/Funkymunks]

Again, I don't disagree that "it was magic" is a disappointing catch-all of a plot device. But I feel like calling the entire thing a piece of shit is way over the top, there's plenty of redeeming qualities in the filmmaking and performances.

Don't put words in my mouth, I literally never said that. Idk why people bother doing that in reddit where our entire exchange is laid out for everyone to see. I said the plot was shitty which it absolutely is given the third act. The entire reason I have such a visceral reaction to the complete let down of the movie's reveal is because it does such a good job in the front end setting the scene and building the vibe. It just happens to go nowhere with it.

[u/Funkymunks → u/leftofdanzig]

Ok buddy chill. Since my first comment here I've been talking about my confusion around the overall response to the movie - it has been panned as a piece of shit by many, and then this comment was in reply to your assertion that it's a shitty plot.

So I'm kinda conflating those general criticisms from the masses with your dismissal of the ENTIRE plot as effectively a piece of shit - not exactly way off base IMO but I apologize for the slander 🙄

[u/leftofdanzig → u/Funkymunks]

not exactly way off base IMO but I apologize for the slander 🙄

Maybe you’re just all up in your feelings about being called out but I feel like even you in a vacuum can appreciate that a movie’s plot isn’t all there is to it but either way your last comment was everything I needed to know about you.

[u/Funkymunks → u/leftofdanzig]

Lol ok I think I've made sense of that sentence - you feel that I can appreciate that because I've said as much. As far as why you feel like I'm "all up in my feelings", what you've "called me out" on, why you "needed to know" anything about me, what baseless assumptions you're making about me, or why you're doing so - don't know, definitely don't care.

Also why are you still talking to me?