Have you ever watched a movie where after it’s over, you just can’t stop thinking about it? And each time you re-watch the movie you put more and more things together, until you make a theory that fits so perfectly into the plot, that you can’t view the movie the same as you used to?
A classic, “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” is a movie about a rebellious teenager who ditches school with his best friend, Cameron and his girlfriend Sloane. Kailea Wheeler (12) has a conspiracy about what really may be happening throughout the movie.
“Ferris is just an imaginary friend for Cameron,” Wheeler said. “Ferris is the type of person Cameron wants to be.”
Throughout the movie, Cameron constantly overthinks and is constantly anxious, while Ferris is reckless and doesn’t fear consequences.
“Imagining Ferris was a way for Cameron to be more outgoing and adventurous, and less in his head, and worried,” Wheelersaid. “Cameron had a crush [on Sloane], but he was too shy, so he had Ferris, to make him be more confident.”
In the movie “Shrek,” it was never fully explained where donkey came from, and how he has the ability to talk. Ellee Dana (12) has an idea on why.
“The donkey from ‘Shrek’ is one of the boys from Pleasure Island on Pinocchio,” Dana said. “I think this because he’s the only talking donkey in ‘Shrek.’”
In Pinocchio, the boys were kidnapped and brought to Pleasure Island. The substances they were given eventually turned them into talking donkeys. They were later sold into slavery.
“He escaped from slavery and went into the Shrek fairy tale place,” Dana said.
The movie “Coraline” has hundreds of fan theories. Melanie Aubrey (12) has a theory of her own, that explains how the Beldam, or “The Other Mother” came to be.
“In ‘Coraline’ the other mother used to be a resident in the Pink Palace with her son who passed away,” Aubrey said. “After her son died, she became an evil presence, [known as] the Beldam.’”
This checks out considering that the Beldam is constantly searching for someone to love her, specifically children.
“The painting in the real world, shows a painting of a sad boy, with his ice cream on the ground,” Aubrey said. “While in the other world, the boy is happy eating his ice cream. [I think] the Beldam is showing that her world is happier, and that his soul would be happier with her.”
All in all, these movies, and thousands of others have so many impactful details that can create another story on its own.
“It’s crazy to me that a movie for kids can have so many twisted possibilities,” Aubrey said.