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What's with all the internal dialogue?

posted 8 years ago by d_henderson1810
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During this, every scene is opened by some observation by Whitacre, often some fact which has no relevance whatsoever to the plot of the movie, or what was happening at the time.

If he was internalising what he was going through at the time, it could have worked. But the irrelevant observations, while interesting initially, started to annoy me halfway through the film when it was done over and over.

Those little tidbits took me out of the film, and might have worked better in another film altogether.

[–] PenTheater 8 years ago

Well for the rest of us it gave us insight into how this person dealt with reality while at the same time was off in another world in his head, which may have lead to and helped define his mental issues.

Next thing you know (well not you, but) we understand the character.
And he wasn't just a character but a real person, though he said over all his life certainly wasn't that funny.

And in my case it made me feel a little more normal, because it's pretty much how I spend my day! I just don't make up stories or lie to others.

Ephemeron.