Thin Red Line

Thin Red Line was a very interesting movie for me. I thought that it was a very well directed and acted film, but like you said there was no plot. I found myself waiting for the climax of the film to happen. I was rather disappointed when it never came but I do have to say that I do respect Mallick's out of context way of making a film. Obviously he didn't go with the normal way of making a film and if you ask me that takes a lot of courage. There were an enormous amount of A-List actors but there didn't seem to be a lead character. All of them were kind of in the same boat. This was also a different way of directing a film. Normally you know right off hand, when the movie starts, who is the lead character and this makes you fall in love with the actor in the film and you find yourself rooting for them. In this film I had no feelings for any of the actors. I wasn't able to connect to any certain character because there wasn't enough character build. All in all though I do believe that Mallick did get his point across, in a very different way, but it was still a great film!

Pan's Labyrinth

I believe that the writer/ director chose to use both the real life event along with the fantasy to make the fantasy that much more real. It takes a lot to make a fake world seem real. By using actual events, like the director did, it makes us, the audience, believe more in the fantasy. Not only do we believe more but we also want so much for that "fake" world to be a reality. I do think that in some cases movies that are based solely on fantasy get too wrapped up in that world, and steer so far away from reality that it gets really hard to believe in the end. I feel like in every movie there is always a factor of obedience and disobedience. There is a always a question of should I or shouldn't I? It is the existential question. The main point of disobedience that I saw was when Ophelia ate some grapes when she was told not to, but then of course she was given another chance, which always seems to happen in movies, no matter where they come from. To me this movie wasn't my favorite but it was very interesting to watch.

Robocop

This film was one that I didn't particularly enjoy. I thought the violence was a little over the top and there was too much gore for me to handle, though at times I did laugh. I believe that the violence was somewhere in the middle between realistic and fun. The only thing about this film that I took seriously was when robocop realized who his killers were in the gas station. He was very emotional, and I honestly felt sad for him. Other than that scene, it was all a little too gruesome for me. There was one part where a man was shot in the hand and there was blood just spurting out, which to me was very real violence at the beginning, but then after watching it for a second it became fun violence. I believe that this movie was one that could have gone without going over the top with the blood and gore. I understand the premise of the film but there are times when I just don't get why directors, writers, and producers push the violence to a whole other level. They could have made it a lot classier, which would have appealed to a whole different audience. A lot more girls would have gotten into it and it could have made a much bigger revenue. But tat is just my thought on the subject, basically there was way too much violence!