Clearing something up - D.I.D, Simon and the ghost story.
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NorthernLad — 10 years ago(October 09, 2015 11:51 AM)
Nah, I'll go on believing what I want to believe regardless of what you say. It was supernatural. Simon even tells us at the end that this is the case and this isn't the first time he has stepped in when he says, "They always dothey always do." Of course he's referring to his victims letting him take control.
I gotta go feed that thing in Room 33. -
beierfilms — 10 years ago(November 17, 2015 06:47 PM)
It's interesting to me how some get strangely angry at any mention of the supernatural. Honestly, the OP is "shocked and appalled" that someone might have a different interpretation of a film which works pretty hard to allow for multiple interpretations. There's a lot of films with ambiguity to them yet I'm not "appalled" when someone has a different interpretation of the top at the end of Inception than I do.
I wonder if people who seem to have such an extreme reaction are perhaps bringing in their own personal vendettas against the supernatural into their viewing of the film. I'm only speculating but I've often seen die-hard skeptics to be as radical as fundamentalist Christians in their unwillingness to listen to other ideas.
I'm not saying I believe that one has to believe there's a supernatural element to this film. I'm only saying that it's obvious the filmmakers intended there to be more than one way for the film to be taken. The only "wrong" interpretation is the belief that there's only one interpretation for the movie.
There's a well known novella called
The Turn of the Screw
(and a great film adaptation retitled
The Innocents
) which had a similar controversy surrounding it. Without spoiling too much, half of the readers of the story leave with the impression that it's a story about a haunting and the other half believe it's a story about protagonist going slowly insane. Most modern critics have since become content that the story wants us to consider both options and decide for ourselves. That's what makes that story interesting and that's what makes Session 9 interesting.
I personally wouldn't have been so captivated by a film had it been a movie about a former mental patient who goes crazy again and murders his family. I also would not have been so captivated by the film if it had been just a story of a haunted hospital. The movie is interesting because it walks the line between these interpretations and that uncertainty gives it a level of real terror. -
NorthernLad — 10 years ago(March 14, 2016 10:32 PM)
It's interesting to me how some get strangely angry at any mention of the supernatural. Honestly, the OP is "shocked and appalled" that someone might have a different interpretation of a film which works pretty hard to allow for multiple interpretations. There's a lot of films with ambiguity to them yet I'm not "appalled" when someone has a different interpretation of the top at the end of Inception than I do.
I wonder if people who seem to have such an extreme reaction are perhaps bringing in their own personal vendettas against the supernatural into their viewing of the film. I'm only speculating but I've often seen die-hard skeptics to be as radical as fundamentalist Christians in their unwillingness to listen to other ideas.
Thank you! So well put! You know I personally don't care if they chose to believe the issue in the movie is more organic, more of a matter of Gordon's mental instability. Yes, I can see that as a point of view and I think it's one of many facets that makes this movie great. There are different ways of looking at it and it only makes the movie more entertaining to me.
I just don't like it when these people close out all possibilities. I for one believe there to be a supernatural cause. And I also agree with you about the personal vendetta argument. I have a friend who is almost religiously atheist. It's bizarre at how devout she is about it. She went as far to argue that The Exorcist had no supernatural theme whatsoever, it was all mental instability. This of course is nonsense.
Anyway, I digress, but I've noticed this same pattern in these posts. It can't be supernatural related and how dare you even suggest such a thing! Such a shame to be so closed minded.
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