FROM "ORPHAN"
WARNING:THERE WILL BE SPOILERS
Boy do I want to punch her! Out of all horror movies made in the 2000 decade this one is one of the best horror films made that time. Esther is a 9 year old Orphan girl from Russia who now stays in an American Orphanage due to the death of a family who had adopted her and brought her to America. Esther is a sweet girl; is very smart and mature for her age; and is very creative at painting pictures (Which by the way her pictures tell a story) while humming the "Glory of Love". With all that aside, she's very different from the rest of the people in her age group by not only by being intelligent, but she also wears old fashion dresses and never takes off her ribbons on her wrist and neck. She has now been adopted by the Coleman Family and ever since she moved in, all of hell breaks loose. I'm going to talk about her relationship with each of the family members because each member is a victim.
I'm going to start with talking about her life in School because don't we all have a miserable life or go through something tough at School? Esther is mostly being bullied by a little brat named Brenda. She makes fun of her dress ("Oh look, Little Bo Peep text me-she wants her outfit back."); destroys her Bible; and tries to rip off her ribbons. In those scenes I kind of feel bad for her, even if she herself is the real Villain. Her scream also shows her pain by also making the audience feel her pain. When the scene came when she pushes Brenda off the slide which also causes her to break her leg, you feel happy for Esther thinking "The little bitch got what she deserved", but at the same time feel bad for Brenda. Not only is she different in school, but a lot of kids have gotten hurt whenever she's around. Did she do it or was it just a coincidence?
Max is a little girl who's deaf and can only speak in sign language and wants a sister to play with. When Esther becomes part of the family, you feel happy for Max and enjoy watching her and Esther play together; sadly, that all ends fast. Esther treats Max as an assistant by tricking her into helping her murder people and hide the evidence. She also tells her that she'll be just as guilty as her if she tells anybody. There are also scenes that show and hint that she wants to kill Max such as playing on top of a frozen Ice Pond; throwing her in front of a car to stop her victim sister Abigail (from the Orphanage); strap her in a runaway car; and even wants to play Russian Roulette with her. Poor Max, I hope she doesn't go insane.
Boy does Esther hate her step brother Daniel. When they first meet, already he hates her and finds her weird. He's kind of like Brenda only he's likable. He's an ass, but he serves as the second hero in the movie by spying on Esther; finding the evidence of her crime; and even getting Max to help him. Esther however tries to kill him three times in the movie. The first attempt was to lock him up in his tree house and set the tree house on fire which will burn him and the evidence. Her second attempt was to crush his head with the same boulder she used when she killed the bird that Daniel shot with his paintball gun. Her final attempt was to suffocate him with a pillow while he was recovering in the hospital. Every scene with the two of them together is a battle of hatred. My favorite moment with them together is when Esther threatens to cut off his "Little P---k" if she finds out that he is lying of not seeing the crime she committed which causes Daniel to "Piss Himself". Daniel maybe an ass, but he knows the right thing to do.
Since I talked about her relationship with her step
brother and sister, let's talk about her relationship with her step parents.
Esther is very close to her step Father John and is probably a little too
attached to him. When the two first meet it looks normal, but once we get to
the house you can tell Esther has the hots for him. She spends more
time with him; hugs and kisses him longer than any of her new
family members; and even sits a little to close to him when they're
together like in the scene when Max and Esther sleep with the parents because
of the storm. She also has the father on her side by making him think her step
Mother is abusing her (Which will get to later). The scene that sums everything
up of Esther's lust for him is the scene when she tries to seduce him. She
dresses up slutty; puts on make up; gives him a snack; tries to make out with
him; sweet talks him; and this is all happening while John is drunk. John
if I were you, I'd keep my distance from her unless if you want to be on the
News the next day.
Kate (Our hero in the film) is a Mother who recently had a
stillborn child and is recovering from Alcoholism. Whenever she's around Esther
(Just like the audience watching this film) she learns something new about her.
Like in the scene when she finds out she can actually play Piano, while she was
giving her Piano lessons; or in the scene when she knows what a Mommy and Daddy
do when they're alone together....in the Kitchen (Won't be eating at their
house anytime soon). She also goes into Esther's history while Esther goes
into Kate’s history and tends to use it as blackmail. She frames her for
breaking her arm (Which by the way she did it to herself); makes her look like
a child abuser in public; and picks the flowers with stillborn
child's ashes on it (Which the child will live in memory as long as
the flowers grew). Esther will do whatever she can to get Kate out of the
way so she can seduce John.
There's a plot twist at the end of the film I did not see coming but I won't spoil it for you. All I'll say is she's not what she appears. Esther keeps me off guard every time I watch the movie. Her mood swings of being sweet and innocent to a crazy little bitch gives me mixed emotions about her. When I first saw her I was thinking to myself "She's so sweet, how can she be a Villain?" Towards the middle of the film not only did she creep me out, but I also wanted to get her for everything she's doing. I also think she has the creepiest Russian accent ever; it sounds really cold and makes me shiver. I bet after when people saw this film, they didn't want adopt a child, which gave this film a bit of controversy especially the line (That was cut out of recent Trailers) "It must be hard to love an adopted child as much as your own". "There's Something Wrong With Esther", you better believe it.
"MY NAME IS ESTHER"-Esther
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