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(Relatively) New Review of LTROI

Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 9:12 pm
by a_contemplative_life
By "Toasty Terry"... :D


Re: (Relatively) New Review of LTROI

Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2019 2:51 am
by gkmoberg1
A good review, with an interesting understanding on Eli.

You might watch this and say that, oh, he's partially wrong about Eli. By what he says, Eli is an older person (age not defined, but is much older Oskar) who is in a child's body. This understanding makes Eli the equivalent of Twilight's Edward Cullen (old person eternally stuck in a teenager's body) ~ this we have discussed at length elsewhere (no need to go over it again). Disagree all you like, but what he is saying is his honest understanding based on how he interpreted the film. Keep in mind, for him the two films are his source material. We don't know the order he saw them in, what we're watching is an expression of his understanding based on the two films, although he is trying to address only a review of LTROI (and not LMI). He sees Eli as wise as a result of the long longevity. But he does not express that Eli is yet young, not just in body but mind. Interesting! I'm not going to fault him; he's simply giving us his understanding via this review.

Re: (Relatively) New Review of LTROI

Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2019 1:56 pm
by Jameron
A good review.

I left a comment, and then read gkmoberg1's post here. Unfortunately, I sort of covered the same ground re: Eli's age, as gk. Although I didn't reference Twilight as I haven't seen it (and probably never will). I was hoping he'd reviewed other films, but sadly not yet.

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Re: (Relatively) New Review of LTROI

Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 4:21 pm
by PeteMork
And here's another new one. According to Tom Jolliffe, LTROI is now as old as Oskar was.
https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2020/10/ ... ht-one-in/

Re: (Relatively) New Review of LTROI

Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 3:10 am
by dongregg
Thanks, PeteMork. A brief but compact review. It's good to know that, 12 years later, it's still worth a new review.