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>the makeshift-martyr aspect of the movie really bothered me. >it was quite self righteous. like, it tried to force me to >feel like he was noble for the sake of trying to be noble. i >wish they would have worked harder to make it more >understanding as to why he chose death (in a very weird way) >than trying to find another way to help.
artistic integrity/irony
its impossible to rationalize with irrational people. havin' to come to grips with the fact that his own arrogance took the life of his wife and 6 other people was too much for him. throughout the film, you get the sense that his guilt driven by the fact that although the accident was his fault, he was the only survivor. once a person truly decides to commit suicide, the only questions that remain relevant are: when, where, and how. once he decided that he no longer wanted to live with his grief, he decided to commit sucide in such a manner that would allow his actions to help save the lives of others. in this case, he found the instrument of choice in the very same thing he marveled at as a child.
>the story with him using his brother's i.d. etc.
his brother worked for the irs, and tim (ben's real name) stole his credentials (and hacked into their system), usin' them to find the 7 people he would eventually go on to help.
> i wish that >was more clear and also his friend (barry pepper). if your >friend told you "hey i want you to help me out after i kill >myself" you wouldn't try to find a shrink for him etc? that >just seemed pretty fucking awkward to me.
again, once someone decides that they truly no longer want to live, there's really not much you can do about it. *this is where the movie ask you to be a bit lenient: imagine your best friend in this EXACT same scenario. he comes to you in confidence and explains that he know longer wants to live with his grief and is determined to help the lives of seven strangers as his dyin' wish. as much as you want to help this friend, he's already informed you that ANYTHING you might do to prevent/persuade/stop him will only delay the inevitable.
>it felt like i was watching 'i-robot' with the car >accident/someone died and he feels guilty aspect to it. and >last but not least, will wasn't charming (he was at times) but >came off as a very weird semi-stalkerish character. i'm >surprised rosario's character wasn't more p-noid. she got >pissed at him, and then next day it was all over.
anger. its very common for people riddled with guilt to display emotional outrage and imbalance. in this case, ben(tim) was emotionally awkward, semi-unavailable when it came to anything beyond his own logic and reasoning. while he could appear to find pieces of himself for short periods of time, the overall weight of his grief was all too consumin' for him. eventually, when he possibly found somethin' to live for (emily), he was again faced with the terrible decision of havin' to choose (which is why he made the final appeal to the heart surgeon)...
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..and miles to go before i sleep...
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