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It's really changed the way I read books and see movies.
I'm a lot more analytical now than I was before, and I'm more willing to explore and play with ideas outside the standard plot.
For example, I saw The Ring last week, and at the end, when Rachel decides she needs to have Aiden copy the tape, what if she's wrong? What if her conclusions about what saved her are wrong? If she's wrong, what else can we learn from the plot that might pose an alternate scenario? Are there scenes "missing"? Is there any significance to the fact that Rachel, Aiden and Noah all have Old Testament-style names? Are there pieces that don't fit directly into the main narrative that could tell another story?
I'm probably stretching beyond the intent of the screenwriter here in this example, but I've been doing that more and more with books and movies since I got into the old HP.
Usually, if a character is wrong or is lying in a book or movie it's stated in the narrative and is a point on which the entire plot hangs, but not so HP. Yet. :D
:toast: to JK for opening windows that were never open before!!!
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