Sep 17 2012
Short Film Critique Part One: More
I also really love the underlying meaning behind the film, More. It tells the story of a clay figure (let us call him a person in this situation just to make it more realistic) and his desire to want more out of his life. He is searching for happiness in a society where everything is grey and uniform. Where happiness can be found in a box, and people use it as their way out of their depressing world. For the beginning part of the film this person has a “light” inside him, which gives him hope of a better life. When he uses this “light” to create an invention for bliss he loses that part of him that was special and pure. In the end of the film we see our main character look into the distance, where there are people playing and actually having authentic happiness.
This last scene really hit me. I think that it shows that thing in life that we all strive for and chase, but never seem to reach. We are too focused on success and material items that we lose sight of what we were looking for in the start. Our “light” soon goes out and we forget what made us special and unique. We can only hope that the next generation won’t make the same mistakes that we have. That they won’t keep looking for more and will just be satisfied with what they have. It reminds me of the saying, be careful what you wish for because you just might get it all. Even when we get everything we want, we still feel empty and alone. I think Mark Osborne was trying to show his audience that wanting more would only cause you to lose yourself and everything you stood for. It sounds very depressing, and it is. That is why viewers must realize that they cannot let their lives go down this type of path.
I totally agree. This is very similar to the idea that,”money doesn’t bring happiness.” But i don’t agree with the idea of keeping the next generation from making the same mistakes because I think it’s something inevitable and not necessarily a mistake.
I mean I do believe that history repeats itself, but I also feel that we need to learn from those mistakes or else it will keep happening. We do have free will and sometimes some mistakes can be prevented from occurring if people actually stop and reassess what is going on around them.