I don't think that I hated this movie as much as the rest of the class seems to, but I do think that there is a fundamental problem with this movie, and that is the format. I think that this story was far to graphic and vile to have as a film, but as a book where the reader uses their imagination to fuel the story it would be so much better. As a visual, it can seem exploitative and unreasonably graphic, but as a book I think those issues would be negated and it would force the creation of a more developed and elaborate story, something that viewers crave the whole time during this almost 3 hour movie. In all, I just think that a change in format from film to book would make a world of difference for Enter the Void.
I agree with you on the graphic visuals. It would definitely be much better to be able to read the story from a book instead. (Though I still really disliked the movie)
ReplyDeleteI completely disagree. The movie is meant to be an experience and the strong images are meant to push the viewer. The film exposes these dark levels of reality unflinchingly and does not try to protect its viewers by cutting a scene short or moving the camera away as most movies do. Enter the Void accurately portrayed an underbelly of society that does exist and the images that were presented in the film are realistic. This type of movie is suppose to make it's audience feel uncomfortable and if it has not then the movie has not done its job. It
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