The Edukators was a classic european film which tries to depict a form of robin hood but instead of stealing from the rich and giving to the poor, they try to send a message to all wealthy individuals/families that comfortability is not acceptable with regards to their lifestyle. What I feel the “Edukators” are trying to demonstrate with their acts is that they are anti capitalistic and are trying to advocate for socialism. In this respect, I found the movie interesting as they were taking the fight into their own hands. But it is all about perception as how would the edukators know what is too much money to be had? Who gives them the power to decide?

I see the movie as a political movement trying to be created by the youth as they crave a sense of change in the way things are run in that time’s society. The only problem is deciding where to start and struggling with the process of doing so. And so with this combo, a juvenile idea was born of desperation which involved breaking and entering and even kidnapping. What it shows however is the struggle of the people at that time who are helpless and are in desperate need for change. This is all because no real way to channel the pent of anger of politics is being adapted.

The film Los Cronocrimenes was especially good for me as previously I had been watching a new tv show, “Love, Death and Robots” which is an anthology. In this anthology, there is an episode which focuses on the same type of time travel/ loop that Hector found himself in. The suspenseful thriller of a movie started out as a horror film to me as a mummified man was terrorising poor hector after stabbing him with scissors and chasing him around.

The plot twist of the film definitely had me shook because I would have never pegged the movie as the time travel type. The cinematography was minimalistic but understandable as it was a low budget film. The movie definitely did well considering as it ventured into different genres throughout the movie from a horror/thriller into a sci-fi/thriller. But what I found the most interesting about the film was the character development aspect of the movie. Hector develops from a timid, middle aged man in the beginning to a hardened man burdened by accidental murders. His person slowly started to change and it is evident in how he was trying to shape the next hectors that were to come following the same sequences Hector 1 had him follow. I still find it strange that he did not try and break the loop however.

Trollhunter was a generally very amusing film to watch as the mockumentary of films such as The Blairwitch Project, the Paranormal Activity series and all. This film also did it’s job of entertaining as well as having a thrilling aspect to it. I found a lot of plot holes however to backgrounds and whatnot. One example would be the bite of the troll in the start of the film. It was such a small bite that sort of simulated a bear bite. I found this strange because when the trolls were shown, they were gigantic which also showed the inconsistency of certain parts in the movie. I loved the aspect of university students wanting to create a documentary about bears and ended up hunting a mythical creature. It was this whole switch up that made it entertaining because the students were in such disbelief but Hans seemed so non-chalant about it and made it seem like an everyday occurrence.

Films involving mythical creatures and folklore interest me so much. All the different aspects Andre Ovredal brought about in the film such as religion talking about christianity being an obvious and easy way to identify if someone is catholic by the trolls. It was an interesting choice for the students to pick bear hunting as a topic for their documentary as bears are also very tribal and a symbol for primal instinct for tribal people. Hopefully a french film about werewolves is the next idea for the cannes film festival hits because that would be a very interesting take on one of France’s oldest folklore tales.

This film was an extreme roller coaster ride of intense abstract scenes. The film sheds light to the importance of role-playing in one’s life. This helps people really find themselves and who they are. How we as humans would present ourselves in different moments in our lives. An interesting factor of the film is that Denis Lavant is so masterful in his appointments that take him in different disguises and personas that are completely different have no link whatsoever. A puzzle for me was trying to piece them together and make sense of each persona’s link to the other but it was a futile effort.

I had two scenes in the movie that I really found interesting and admired. One was the motion capture suit scene where an abstract dance was done. This scene although abstract and made no conventional sense, had purpose. It portrayed the wild and happy expressions of youth. Then the scene I was most fond of in the film was the accordion playing scene. This was a nice change of pace as it acted as the intermission for the film’s unending abstract storylines. Even though a break was in order as said, it wasn’t going to be a conventional break and this scene really impressed me.

The film “Good Bye, Lenin” is a controversial comedy on the political propaganda on Germany’s divided nation. East Germany’s socialist aspect as well as West Germany’s capitalist point of view.

I feel that it was admirable of the family to keep the secret of the reunification of Germany. Out of fear of losing their mother, they wildly kept the secret in such a messy comedic way.

What I liked most about the movie was the main theme of it was that it was an unconventional love story. When I say unconventional, I mean that the love story is more of a son’s love for his mother. And in this movie particularly it is needed most as the mother was going through a lot with her husband leaving her and her children and so she filled that emotional spot in her life with her love for her political party. And I find it so sweet of Alex to recognise that and maintain that image for his mother as long as he could.

First hearing about this film, I was extremely excited to watch it. My sister who is a huge movie buff highly recommended the film prior to me taking this class and spoke very highly of both directors. She had mentioned about the disturbing factor the movie had. And so, with previous biases from my sister I was expecting the movie and Von Trier to be vaguely eccentric. To my surprise it was a refreshing take at remaking the short film “The Perfect Human” by the director Jørgen Leth. Lars Von Trier who was mentored by Leth had asked his former colleague to help him with his new concept film. The point of the film from my understanding was to recreate the original short film Leth had previously directed and do it in different variations with obstacles or obstructions if you will. The five different obstructions acted as challenges for Leth to see if he could turn his previous short film into a role-playing film.

The film “The Five Obstructions” is not for everyone. It relied on the how the audience/viewers reacted to the persona of Lars Von Trier. Von Trier was notorious for the stunt he pulled in a previous Cannes Festival after the jury did not rule his film the best.

What I loved most about the film was that it was not simply one remake of “The Perfect Human”, it was broken down into five different pieces variations with each obstruction containing a specific limitation.