omnilynx t1_j6inq1x wrote on January 30, 2023 at 4:40 PM

Reply to comment by Ashamed_Ladder6161 in Question about The Menu ending by RollingKatamari

A "coughing fit"? You need to watch the ending again. I can't even find a moment where she chokes or coughs, let alone a whole fit. She sits down, panting (from exertion and adrenaline), gasps at the explosion, gets out the burger, takes a bite, wipes her mouth with the menu, takes a second bite, and a clap signals the cut to credits.

Anyway, this is moot because the director said the fan theory was wrong. Margot survives.

Ashamed_Ladder6161 t1_j6iofqn wrote on January 30, 2023 at 4:45 PM

Ok 2 things; first, I think she lives as well, and I’ve even said the director said as much earlier. But I did think she had a cough at the end of the film- but I’m more than happy to admit I’m wrong on this if that’s not the case. There’s 0 chance I’m sitting through any of that again.

omnilynx t1_j6itbe9 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 5:16 PM

I mean, "death of the author" and all that, you're welcome to interpret the movie any way you'd like. But you can't build a convincing case by saying that the director must have intended foreshadowing when they explicitly said they didn't.

Ashamed_Ladder6161 t1_j6jifa4 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 7:51 PM

He never said he didn’t intend that from what I recall, but I’m clearly far from the only one who saw that as a clumsy piece of foreshadowing. Having already accepted I remember the end of the film wrongly, I’m not quite sure why that got downvoted since much.