Titanic Reference
cristina
shkrmkr98 at yahoo.com
Sat Jun 12 19:48:46 UTC 2004
hi all, i'm coming out of lurkdom which i
haven't quite been in for long, but i figure
if there's something to say, why not? :) so...
> Sophia wrote:
>> Perhaps rhe reason some of us balk
at it is because it may reminds us that
we're watching a movie within a movie-
universe--the meta-reference could
temporarily spoil the magic for us since it
brings us back to the real world by announcing
its ficionality, if you will.
...loved this bit of analysis. it is true that
movie-going is an intensely internal and
personal experience. if one allows him/herself
to be absorbed into the film, it is hard when
something pulls you out briefly. a bizarre
example: i watched gothika at my local theatre
when i was living in france a few months ago.
well i guess the copy they were given was
bad or cheap because you could see the
microphone and even the top of the camera
sometimes. the magic was definitely gone.
/
as for the titanic reference, i don't think there
is one. i believe that having the reaction
harry did is quite normal. i think it's human
to sort of test the limits, and letting go,
whether it's bike handles, a rollercoaster,
the titanic or buckbeak, is in our natural desire
for freedom. i know i'm not the only one who
sticks her arm out of the car window and lets
the wind carry it in waves. ok, if harry had
shouted that he was king of the world, which
i'm sure a few of you feared he would (hehe),
then i can see it being a titanic reference.
other than that, i'd call it a coincidence based
on human behavior.
ciao,
cristina :)
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