A.T. Fish wrote:I'm pretty sure this has been stated over and over again in this thread but I think Shiji's behavior in Q was completely understandable. I'm not quite sure I have fully grasped the motives for all the hate he's getting from people but seriously, as someone who's seen the movie mostly unspoiled I can tell you that his despair is really well conveyed in there, it involved me as a spectator and made me feel a great deal of sympathy for the character.
Thank you. It's always relieving to see someone else who doesn't hate his guts.
Because, I just can't stop imagining what it must feel like, it gets so real in my head, this is the first time a work of fiction hit me so hard that I couldn't concentrate on my real life activities.
Sure, sometimes I'd spent days gushing to my siblings of commenting on how sad something was, but I could... turn out the PC, so to speak.
But Q... It's the first time I went to bet with depressing thoughts and woke up thinking about the same things.
And I've seen others here who had those... feelings, and it is a bit disconcerting to see people who... just don't seem to have that reaction.
I'm not saying they're jerks because of it or anything, but i get this desire to make it comprehensible to them.
Something I was already gonna remark on is that the flow of this movie isn't "End of 2.0, and then... BAM! Here comes your retribution for it, bastard." The revelation comes in the middle, and there were processes going on before it. I didn't get that so much from watching the finished product since I already knew, but the interview describes the flow there.
That's also what that Ogata interview says, and her comments on positive flow/developements there - I wouldn't have gone looking for any such things if not for her statement, but maybe we should.
Maybe we should do a more detailed analysis beyond the mere "Is he as bad as Mao" discussion.