I'm having a day of wanting to talk about films... This thread contains spoilers!
Has anyone seen the 2009 film 'Moon'? I cried so much when he found out he was a clone. I'm not sure why. Maybe because his 'life' had been hard. He's basically marooned on the moon with only the memories of his partner and children probably keeping him hanging on and he finds out that he isn't even real in effect- so- his emotions aren't based on reality either. Like- they're massively intense to him but in effect they're artificial.
I remember once at uni, our teacher said that the Sci-fi genre isn't really about the future. It's more about making social comment and criticisms about the present.
Maybe this is a bit far fetched but I wonder if the despair he feels at finding out the truth is similar to when we wonder why we are alive and suffering. If there isn't an end goal to it. If there isn't a purpose, it's like a whole lot of intense pain only we can feel for no reason in particular. I guess it's that state of finding yourself alive in a sometimes hostile world because others made those decisions for you.
I don't know. I don't think I've explained it very well. Has anyone else seen it though? Or, any other films where a character finds out they aren't 'real'? Was it a sad reveal? Why do you think that is? I think it is because- if we have to suffer, we at least want to believe it's for something genuine. Or, for some genuine purpose. I think that's the main problem people have with God- why create and allow so much suffering? What's the purpose of it all?
Has anyone seen the 2009 film 'Moon'? I cried so much when he found out he was a clone. I'm not sure why. Maybe because his 'life' had been hard. He's basically marooned on the moon with only the memories of his partner and children probably keeping him hanging on and he finds out that he isn't even real in effect- so- his emotions aren't based on reality either. Like- they're massively intense to him but in effect they're artificial.
I remember once at uni, our teacher said that the Sci-fi genre isn't really about the future. It's more about making social comment and criticisms about the present.
Maybe this is a bit far fetched but I wonder if the despair he feels at finding out the truth is similar to when we wonder why we are alive and suffering. If there isn't an end goal to it. If there isn't a purpose, it's like a whole lot of intense pain only we can feel for no reason in particular. I guess it's that state of finding yourself alive in a sometimes hostile world because others made those decisions for you.
I don't know. I don't think I've explained it very well. Has anyone else seen it though? Or, any other films where a character finds out they aren't 'real'? Was it a sad reveal? Why do you think that is? I think it is because- if we have to suffer, we at least want to believe it's for something genuine. Or, for some genuine purpose. I think that's the main problem people have with God- why create and allow so much suffering? What's the purpose of it all?
