The Final Destination: What Do You Think?

[Jaer]

Sometimes the struggle is exactly the point, and that can be worth watching the movie for... 
But that's giving Final Destination too much credit.

I agree that the struggle can make the movie, but with the FD movies, what they are struggling against is too abstract and too powerful.  Everyone dies; struggling to survive the current situation is one thing, but struggling against Death (especially when Death is not a personification) seems pointless.

I will say, in Final Destination 2, there's one character from the first movie who has essentially beaten death.  She's in a situation where, essentially death would never be able to get her.  They also discover a potential way to satisfy destiny and not die in the second film.

I thought I saw the second one, but I don't recall this.  That might help me enjoy the movies more.

[Jim H]

***SPOILERS FOR FINAL DESTINATION 2***



Basically, the one girl from the first film has had herself very specifically isolated in a mental hospital at her own volition.  I think she's been there for like two years when FD2 starts.  The way they discover to beat death is to suffer body death (e.g., heart stopping for a while) and then be brought back via CPR.  The lead girl does this and it turns out death stops coming after her



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[BeyondTheGrave]

I liked the concept for the films,even though it wasn't perfect it was fun to see all the crazy deaths. I think that could have did alot more with the films instead having "pretty teens getting killed but a powerful source". Sounds like a slasher to me.