Movies as Metaphors, and what makes them weak

[Thanee]

They simply overdid the philosophical/metaphoric parts.

It should have been secondary to the story or at least on the same level, not primary and everything else tertiary at best, as they did it.

Just compare it with a great movie like Fight Club, which also had a lot of metaphorics in there (quite different ones, of course), but they did not overshadow the story, they were nicely woven into it. The revelations were actually surprising and interesting, not boring. That's how it's done.

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Thanee

 

[Thanee]

Or take The Cube for that matter. Also highly metaphorical and in the end you are wondering, what the hell happened there, but it does not make the rest vanish completely and overshadow it.

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Thanee