Film Reflection Good Bye, Lenin! Essay

I had mixed feelingings about the motion picture Good Bye, Lenin While I enjoyed watching Alex run into new(a) challenges and add up up with new solutions in scene after scene I felt the word picture became alike long and repetitive. I do even so think the movie succeeded as a comedy, and as a glance into the history of Ger many another(prenominal). I liked how the Becker used comedy to tell a sad story because it do it easier for the audience to watch. There were also many funny characters that accentuated deals views of the political turmoil during that time. I notice that the older generation shared a lingering nostalgia for the East Germany of the past(a) while the younger generation saw a whole new world of opportunities and freedom opening up in front of them. The hurdle race that Alex would go over for his mother made me really connect to him as a character. He was willing to do so much for this birth and he believed so fully that what he was doing was right that you didnt dare question him.In class we talked about how the director could have make more to give us a feeling of suspense and drama. rather of leaving us hanging Becker actually sped up the scenes so we would substantiate to the climax of if Alexs shunning worked faster. I understand why people wanted that feeling of suspense but I believe that this was an delicate choice chosen to give the movie the feeling of things moving too fast. No matter how badly Alex wanted to stay susp final stageed in the past the present and future were rushing towards him. By speeding up the scenes we were given that same feeling, the results were always coming quicker than we expected or often wanted.Something I wish Becker had done different was the end of the movie. When the movie finished I felt conflicted and betrayed. This was because Alexs mother knew of Alexs scheme at the end because she was told by his girlfriend. They then all pretended she stock-still didnt realize for Alexs sake. I dont know why this bothered me but I felt angry at her for ruining all the work and then lying. It angered me the most because he was so close to succeeding. I believe Becker wanted us to feel this way at the end of themovie to represent the strengths of relationships and the reality that Alex could nevertheless twist reality so far. His mother had become confused and in a way it was better for her to understand. I wish however the end had been different and that his mother could have truly passed on in his made up world.