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Movies where the kid's imaginings aren't real, but...

Started by Jim H, October 30, 2009, 02:47:20 PM

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Jim H

...somehow that doesn't quite make sense.

You know what I mean?  Ever see a movie where a child is supposed to be imagining things, but one or two things happen which simply are IMPOSSIBLE without outside help?  As one example, IIRC, in Cloak & Dagger the lead kid's imaginary friend spy guy breaks in to some building and throws an object to him. 

Another classical non-movie example (though it is arguable about the reality of the universe) is a Calvin & Hobbes strip, where Hobbes ties Calvin up in a way even his dad can't understand how he did alone. 

Basically, I'm talking about a movie that shows what is clearly meant to be just in the child's imagination, but somehow this imagining had a real life consequence that is otherwise impossible.

I know I've seen this happen a few times in movies, but I can't think of another example off the top of my head.  Anyone?

Jaer

Forgot about the movie Cloak and Dagger.  Man, I haven't seen that in years!  Kind of want to watch it again, now.

Pan's Labyrinth had a moment which doesn't make sense if it was all meant to be in her imagination: She used the chalk that creates doorways to escape from the room she is locked in.