CineTV Contest: 12 Monkeys (Movie about Time) ⏳
When I think of movies that genuinely mess with my head, 12 monkeys 🙉 is top tier.
What I love most about this movie is how it portrays time. It leaves the viewers lost in thought. It’s all about you trying so hard to change the past and then slowly realizing you might only be playing out a script📜 that’s already written.
Quick Overview of the Storyline 🎥
Bruce Willis plays James Cole as the protagonist who was sent through time ⌚ to gather information on the cause of a virus🦟 that wipes humanity and to also stop the tragedy from eventually happening. He found himself in a constant loop where, as much as he tried to change the fate of the world, all his moves were actually playing a role in ensuring the destruction of the world.
What part of it did I find most interesting
I love that the storyline wasn’t linear. 12 Monkeys doesn’t give you easy answers. It makes you sit in uncertainty. I have a nature of trying to figure things out. There were times where I would pause the movie to brainstorm, trying to predict what the author has in stock for us but they always seem to leave me in awe. 12 monkeys is truly a masterpiece 🌟.
The Scene I Can’t Forget
When we realized that James Cole was the one behind the loop.
Imagine fighting so hard against fate, only to become the very reason it exists.
Throughout the film 🎬, Cole is haunted by a recurring dream where a man was shot in an airport as a child watches. The scene keeps repeating, and we assumed it’s just trauma or a scattered memory. But in the end, it’s revealed to be his own death. He was the man. The child watching was his younger self.
Performance of the actors/actress that left an impression 🌟
Amanda Schull played Dr. Cassandra Railly, a virologist. I personally liked her not just because she was pretty but because she brought that fire women typically have. She made sure to do everything possible to stop the virus from spreading.
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Why do I think it's significant and great 💪🏼
You could view time as a prison.
Usually, in other movies, you could fix problems by going back in time, but in 12 monkeys, knowledge 🧠 about the future doesn’t fix things. It just makes things harder because you aren’t even sure what decision you’ve made that has guaranteed the certainty of that future or if you have successfully averted it.
During my reflection after watching 12 monkeys, I concluded that we are pawns caught in the grips of time. There are some situations that shouldn't try too much to change. There is probably already a written script for us all and all our tiny actions would eventually lead to the authors script 📜.
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