Yes, the movie had a lot of extra, unnecessary add-ons, but it seems to me that the entire point of the actual story has been overlooked. And that’s why we, in here, are not film critics.

All in all, the movie told me something I figured out a looooong time ago. The choices you make while you are here are your own. The only threats of “damnation” or rewards of “salvation” are the simple repercussions of those choices.

That being said, who but a selfish, immoral creep would push a button that kills someone for a million dollars? That guy could’ve taken his box and his million and hit the road.

I hope it was digital and saved alot of trees.

I have no idea who was in the window at the end of the movie, with Walter, and anyone that claims it’s an intelligence thing, it’s all just speculation. I’ll stick with “Little Nicky” so at least I know why I hated the movie!

my best guess is that it was to show him theres an afterlife so he would follow through with killing his wife. But why the hell would they give him a choice of three different portals? what is the point of this in relation to the plot?…. then out of nowhere he’s hovering over his wife in the same water bubble….I mean come on. This along with many other scenes seemed to be just thrown into the plot to deliberately create confusion…which is fine if it all leads to somewhere or has some relevence to the story.This did not. Many scenes seemed to be plucked straight out of thin air, or someones arse.

1. I believe, like many others, that he was a child of a couple that had chosen to press the button (based on the fact that he is an employee and that the child left behind by the main couple is then taken to be an employee).
Why didn’t she tell him to screw off? I don’t really see why she should have. Sure, it was thirty years ago and things like that may have been taken more seriously, but what better way to show a kid up than to do exactly what he asked–and come off as the better person by doing so?
He was a waiter. This is pretty obvious… he’s in a waiter’s uniform.

2. Since a lot of this movie has religious connotations (Adam and Eve are represented in the pressing of the button, temptation is Steward, etc), all you have to do is consider that to Richard Kelly, “god” may not be morality. Obviously, the human race is depicted as immoral (which is why they are being considered for extinction) and therefore either “god” is not of morality or we have foresaken the morality of “god”, which would both be reasoning for having a religious scene with no morality.

3. You have a different morality than Richard Kelly. It’s not up to you to dictate how he writes his movies. Personally, I believe that the mother is highly altruistic in giving up her life. The father is as well, because he is giving up both his life by landing himself in prison and his wife, whom, all things considered, is also easily his “life”. He is in love with her in a way that makes her the center of his universe. He gave his life up twice for his son by killing his wife.

4. As pointed out before, most of the employees seem to have been the children of couples who failed the test. They’re likely being “tested” to find out if they, as second-generation “test-takers”, will fail as well.

5. These “employees” were all part of the test, which is made evident when he regards them as redeeming themselves by challenging him and his test. Obviously, she is sent by Steward to test the family.

6. Is Richard Kelly really supposed to spoon-feed you the possibilities of redemption? Only a poor filmmaker would just hand you the answer on a silver platter. Do some work and figure out your own morality. Movies–good movies, at least, and you don’t seem to have seen many–are meant to challenge you, not coddle you.

Also — how many taxpayers do you know that DON’T complain or grumble? How many people do you know contribe to charities secretly, without the benefit of feeling good about themselves and being able to brag about their donations? How many volunteers do it out of the kindness of their heart and not a sense of obligation or, like charity, for the benefit of saying “Hey, look at how kind I am”?
We’re a pretty messed up race. We don’t gave half a damn about each other.

Whoops, I just spoon fed you the point of the movie.