13th March 2015, 5:51 AM
That was a detailed breakdown there, and I thank you for it. I still can't say the movie really resonates with me, but I have some understanding of where you're coming from when you see it. I do have to ask though, are you sure that baby's defects are supposed to be taken literally? I mean that's a pretty "real" interpretation of what that baby's all about, considering how unreal most of the scenes involving it actually are. I had assumed it was intended as metaphor more than anything else.
I think the reason I don't really "connect" to this movie is I find the main character extremely unlikable. He just seems like a terrible person, constantly reacting like nothing that's happening is his own fault. To be sure, that's true about some things in this Kafkaesque nightmare he calls a city, but just about everything involving his relationship, especially the baby, is DIRECTLY his own fault and he acts like it's just something that "happened", out of his control. Perhaps it's a matter of perspective, and frankly I will never end up in his particular situation so I don't think I'll ever be able to relate, but that's the thing. If I can't find SOME touch stone where I can connect with the main character, well, that's the problem.
(On a side note, look out for a baby that's a clear homage to this one in the P.T. demo.)
I think the reason I don't really "connect" to this movie is I find the main character extremely unlikable. He just seems like a terrible person, constantly reacting like nothing that's happening is his own fault. To be sure, that's true about some things in this Kafkaesque nightmare he calls a city, but just about everything involving his relationship, especially the baby, is DIRECTLY his own fault and he acts like it's just something that "happened", out of his control. Perhaps it's a matter of perspective, and frankly I will never end up in his particular situation so I don't think I'll ever be able to relate, but that's the thing. If I can't find SOME touch stone where I can connect with the main character, well, that's the problem.
(On a side note, look out for a baby that's a clear homage to this one in the P.T. demo.)
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)