introducing navorski was a master-class in building sympathy for a character \u2013 fish out of water (see also: mean girls), learns about the destruction of his homeland from far, nobody helps him, nobody cares about him. There\u2019s a great scene where we see him despairing, and then the camera zooms out from him until he\u2019s just a faceless person in a big crowd. one of spielberg\u2019s classic moves?<\/p>\n
nice use of the overall development of the character from unknown to beloved by the whole community. Nobody can give him a job because of bureaucracy \u2013 no social security number, no home address, etc. This reminds me of the Jackie Chan action comedy idea \u2013 starting out encumbered and down, and fighting their way back up.<\/p>\n
despite being in a difficult state he helped the man with the medicine for his father \u2013 he didn\u2019t have to, but he did, because of some underlying decency<\/p>\n
his mission to help his father who\u2019s already dead \u2013 a sense of moral code, underlying belief \u2013 we want to help a person who has that, even if we don\u2019t have that themselves<\/p>\n
dogged persistence with the forms, rather than giving up and being depressed \u2013 we admire that in a person<\/p>\n
learning about the quarters, making progress, but then having that taken away from him \u2013 you have to give your characters something and then take it away from them, now we\u2019re invested, we want to see them get justice<\/p>\n
it\u2019s nice to see navorski make friends with the staff and slowly win them over one by one<\/p>\n
the old indian guy\u2019s character is a bit of a predictable trope but it\u2019s well used. them coming together to help him with his dinner was a nice touch, the dinner ultimately not working out was also a nice touch.<\/p>\n
zeta-jones character was rather flat, seemed tacked on rather than carefully considered. she was a hot-babe-mcguffin, an object of interest for the protagonist. We sympathized with him when she seemed to wave at him but was waving at somebody else, minor cringe. she has a lousy relationship with her partner, who\u2019s married and cheating on his spouse. Her relationship with Navorski doesn\u2019t really feel believable \u2013 it moves a bit too fast, she\u2019s a bit too responsive, it\u2019s just not very plausible.<\/p>\n
learned afterwards that the set was built from scratch, which is pretty amazing. beautifully done set. the immigration\/visa office was wonderfully bureaucratic with its cold white lights and harsh cubicle interior. why do we design places like that?<\/p>\n
The film is a pleasant time-pass but nothing amazing. 3\/5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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