Saturday, November 15, 2008

Everything Is Illuminated

Well, I re-watched this movie and I have to say that even watching it a second time it didn't lose the feelings that it portrayed the first time. This movie was captivating and funny and I can't forget serious.

The tone of this movie at first I thought was going to be humorous, then I thought it would be depressing, then humorous; throughout the whole thing I wasn't completely sure which feeling it would eventually settle on. At every turn, the audience as a whole was on the edge of their seats; whenever the movie was turned off, we were disappointed beyond belief.

As for the characters, I have got to say that the main character was rather strange; collecting everything in sight. He may have said that he just didn’t want to forget, but I think he may have gone a bit overboard. Especially with the potato and that poor grasshopper, respectfully they are going to die and rot. He may have changed a bit throughout the movie but he still kept that annoying habit.

And the grandson, he was a hoot alright; most of what he did sent me giggling. His English was terrible but he had great acting, I really wanted to see more of him throughout the movie; I believe he is the one that kept the movie going (with a little help from his grandfather).

Which then brings me to the grandfather; he was a loveable old geezer with his ‘Seeing Eye Bitch’. That had too of been my favorite character name, of course I had to laugh ever time it came on screen.

The rest is going to have to wait XD

1 comment:

Chelsea said...

I have to completely agree with you. I too loved this movie and I hope I have time to rewatch it because I thought it was such a good movie. I liked how it was humurous but also had serious parts. I liked all of the characters and I would have to agree that the main character with his collecting habit was a bit out of hand, I do not understand his reasoning for keeping absolutely everything. I thought it was pretty wild that the old woman who was what was left of the town was also a collector like the main character, I thought that was very interesting. I really liked this movie and I would also love to read the book just to see how similar they are and because the movie was good I am sure the book has to be good as well.