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re: Europa Report (SPOILERS)
Posted on 1/19/14 at 3:40 pm to Erin Go Bragh
Posted on 1/19/14 at 3:40 pm to Erin Go Bragh
quote:The thing for me though is that by the end of the movie, after the reveal of the creature, it projects the idea that the lives lost isn't as big of a deal because "hey! We discovered new life!"
As for actually seeing the alien creature, I like that they showed it without revealing anything about its intelligence or its nature or if it was the only type of life on the moon.
It removes the distress and sadness that I expected to feel at the loss of the crew. If there wouldn't have been a reveal, you are left conflicted as to whether the mission was worth it.
Just my opinion.
The other route they should've gone, IMO, is to not fully show the creature. Kinda like how they never should've shown the monster in Jeepers Creepers. Just show hazy images or it in the shadows. In movies like that where the monster is surrounded by mystery, I think it cheapens them by revealing them.
This post was edited on 1/19/14 at 3:44 pm
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Posted on 1/19/14 at 4:08 pm to Scruffy
Dude, Jeepers Creepers is damn near perfect
Posted on 1/19/14 at 4:40 pm to Scruffy
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The other route they should've gone, IMO, is to not fully show the creature.
I agree that seeing the creature, once it was established it existed, was not essential.
Posted on 1/19/14 at 7:17 pm to Scruffy
If it was a different kind of movie then I would agree with you. But I don't think of it as primarily being a suspense. The very science fiction idea of discovery and answering the great question of whether or not we are alone in the universe is the most central and important idea. Then the final statement that the sacrifice of human life was well worth the outcome of the mission, as depressing and horrible as it must have been for those people. You would lose some of that if it had ended as you suggested.
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