It is such a pleasure to watch a movie without seeing the trailer or knowing much of anything really but the fact that is is a well made film. This is exactly what happened here. Heard many good things about this one. Knew that i would have to focus while watching it (as should be with any film in general).
The setting adds such lovely appeal to the movie. 1982. Snow. Sweden. Middle class. Small working town.
The main beauty of the film is in the acting of the two leading characters. Their interactions, without much words.
Official Zhukowski Rating: 8.3/10
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So the reason you believe your ending is better, even though it could be just as much of a stretch as the others, is because the other endings would be pointless. What I am saying is that they are not pointless. I think alot of people see this movie through the eyes of Eli while others see the movie through the eyes of Oskar. If you see this movie through the eyes of Oskar then you see a person who could go down the wrong way in life but then suddenly someone comes along who seems to completely understands him, doesnt judge him and cares very much for the "true" him. Why? Because this person is very wise. This person knows what lifes about and goes right to the heart of the matter. Why? Because this person is twice as old as the oldest person on earth and has alot more experience in seeing the patterns in life and this person finds out what is true and what is false on a much higher level than us mortals. This person must also kill humans. So you have a person who is smart and must kill. This person sees a lonely boy stabbing a tree saying "die, die". Yes its also true that this person is very lonely, just as lonely as this person is wise and experienced. It is also true that this person is stuck as a young child which compounds the feeling of being lonely and lost. But we cant read this persons mind and differ what is the lost and lonely part and what is the killing/surviving part.So we see all these things that could go either way. So back to the original question, what is the point of Eli being manipulative. The point is that this beautiful thing that happened between them has the possibility of going to complete sht. Its up to you to decide but the possibility makes it like your wondering if the person you deeply love, loves you back but even more worrisome because you could be enslaved by that love and kill innocent people for it. Its the extreme dichotemy of heaven or hell. Another take is that Eli is not manipulative at all but she still could have met Hakan at a young age and they both could have loved each other like she and Oskar love each other. Elis mind though has stayed the same and because she is stuck as a child forgot that she loved Hakan and began to love him as a father. When she meets Oskar, Hakan realizes that he has been replaced. Its not Elis fault though. |
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