Comments on: Movie Review: Passengers http://www.bloggernews.net/118854 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:52:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: annie http://www.bloggernews.net/118854#comment-1085234 annie Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:03:57 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/118854#comment-1085234 The film somewhat did not satisfy the curiosity of the viewers in terms of justifying the essence of therapy to the victims of a plane crush. There were parts of the film which is quite ironic, wherein the therapist acts as patient and the patient becomes the therapist. The film somewhat did not satisfy the curiosity of the viewers in terms of justifying the essence of therapy to the victims of a plane crush.

There were parts of the film which is quite ironic, wherein the therapist acts as patient and the patient becomes the therapist.

]]> By: andrew http://www.bloggernews.net/118854#comment-852027 andrew Sat, 27 Dec 2008 12:57:09 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/118854#comment-852027 Though the review is well researched, it missed one essential point. That is, that the progress of discovering meaning in life (and death) is generally not one of "thrills, jolts and intellectual rigor" but rather follows the tangential development shown in the movie. One can always rationalize after the point, but the dying thread together a narrative often with confused and confusing elements, involving essential or random persons. Additionally, what the reviewer calls subplots are merely possible intellectual interpretations which the screenwriter places as options which can, in real life as well, lead one astray. Further, the use of the adjective existential seems misplaced as it applies neither to the Heideggerian or Satrian variety (those being the only developed models), and the story lines specifically departs from 'existence' moving rather into a interpreted narrative. Though the review is well researched, it missed one essential point. That is, that the progress of discovering meaning in life (and death) is generally not one of “thrills, jolts and intellectual rigor” but rather follows the tangential development shown in the movie. One can always rationalize after the point, but the dying thread together a narrative often with confused and confusing elements, involving essential or random persons.

Additionally, what the reviewer calls subplots are merely possible intellectual interpretations which the screenwriter places as options which can, in real life as well, lead one astray. Further, the use of the adjective existential seems misplaced as it applies neither to the Heideggerian or Satrian variety (those being the only developed models), and the story lines specifically departs from ‘existence’ moving rather into a interpreted narrative.

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