Again, open spoilers from here on out. You've been warned.
First off, holy hell what a movie. It's been a while since a film just made me feel completely exhausted by the end. The climatic scene where Young Tom finally gets a glimpse of the light only to completely mentally break and the sounds of his distorted screams are going to haunt me.
With that being said, I feel like I'm going to need to see it a second or third time to fully grasp the themes of the movie and just what the hell is actually going on this movie. The last half hour or so just becomes pure nightmarish insanity.
So, I have my interpretations, which I don't even think are necessarily correct. There's a lot going on in this movie with none of it's questions answered. This movie doesn't hold your hand and it expects you to be paying attention.
First off, both men being named Tom doesn't seem like coincidence to me. Young Tom has a vision about halfway through the film where he finds a body only to discover that the body is him, with Old Tom looking over him ready to strike. Old Tom describes his old assistant went crazy in almost the exact same fashion as Young Tom. I'm thinking that the island and the lighthouse is Tom's purgatory. He's stuck in a loop. I feel like the obvious Prometheus symbolism also alludes to this. In the tale of Prometheus, he is punished by having to endure birds eating at his innards for all of eternity, repeatedly dying and living again only to suffer the same horrific fate.
There is a lot to impact here, so I'd like to read up on what others have to say too. So feel free to discuss. Right now, I need a break.
First off, holy hell what a movie. It's been a while since a film just made me feel completely exhausted by the end. The climatic scene where Young Tom finally gets a glimpse of the light only to completely mentally break and the sounds of his distorted screams are going to haunt me.
With that being said, I feel like I'm going to need to see it a second or third time to fully grasp the themes of the movie and just what the hell is actually going on this movie. The last half hour or so just becomes pure nightmarish insanity.
So, I have my interpretations, which I don't even think are necessarily correct. There's a lot going on in this movie with none of it's questions answered. This movie doesn't hold your hand and it expects you to be paying attention.
First off, both men being named Tom doesn't seem like coincidence to me. Young Tom has a vision about halfway through the film where he finds a body only to discover that the body is him, with Old Tom looking over him ready to strike. Old Tom describes his old assistant went crazy in almost the exact same fashion as Young Tom. I'm thinking that the island and the lighthouse is Tom's purgatory. He's stuck in a loop. I feel like the obvious Prometheus symbolism also alludes to this. In the tale of Prometheus, he is punished by having to endure birds eating at his innards for all of eternity, repeatedly dying and living again only to suffer the same horrific fate.
There is a lot to impact here, so I'd like to read up on what others have to say too. So feel free to discuss. Right now, I need a break.
