So, a metal bird in a world of balloon
objects?
There’s your conflict, but what is the meaning?
What kind of thinking does it provoke?
The short film Pfffirate we saw in class didn’t really provoke any profound
thinking. In reality, Pfffirate is the type of short film that really doesn’t
make people think much when they are watching the film. This short film’s purpose
wasn’t trying to tell us the meaning of life or trying to show us a powerful
meaning of something, all it was doing was telling a story of a balloon pirate
and a mental bird. This short film is in a way, a lot like the many feature
films we see in the theaters today, brainless but entertaining.
Don’t get me wrong, of course I like watching
those types of film too, mostly because they are so entertaining. However, I
think it’s still good to watch other films like Un Jour or Two Sisters once and awhile, to
provoke thinking and to get discussions about the topics they are showing in
their films started. You shouldn’t just watch films because they are brainless
and entertaining, but on the flip side of that, your reason for not watching the
brainless films shouldn’t be because they provoke no thinking. Remember, brainless
but entertaining films might have great technical skills and unique
style that the thought provoking films might not have. And the same thing said
about thought provoking films.
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