So, I was rewatching Rise of the Guardians. When memory recollection is depicted in the movie, I felt as though the particular person regaining their memories was more detached from the memory than they should have been.
As long as it is done well, I suppose any various memory regaining trope works. It's just that I feel as though it should feel like a grand rediscovery of something you were and become a part of you again, at least to an extent and accounting for context, of course, which could limit the scope of this. The way the movie depicts this makes it seem like the character looks upon it as an outsider.
Maybe it was the run time of the movie that made me feel like this; it went by rather quick in some areas that might have benefited from more development, just a deeper inspection of a theme here and there would have been nice. So, perhaps the scene went by too quick for the movie to establish a deeper feeling of "I remember. That's who I was and who I am", for a viewer with my preferences. It was there and I just needed a stronger scene to believe it. On the other hand, when the character says "Did you see that? I was this! I had this!" it just makes it seem more like the outsider scenario to me than a true rediscovery.
I did overall enjoy the movie, even the second time around, including that scene. It just got me thinking especially now that I've rewatched it.
For those who have seen this movie, what do you think about my ponderings on memory recollection in regard to that scene? Did the movie make the character feel like too much of an outsider to his own past? Or was it the opposite and I just didn't get a sense of it? Or was it neither; was it just another memory regaining trope separate from the one I prefer, one that works just fine and dandy in the context of the movie?
For anyone, if memory recollection is depicted in fiction, is there a better way to demonstrate it/utilize this over other methods? Do you like the idea of memory recollection in general or is it overplayed?
As long as it is done well, I suppose any various memory regaining trope works. It's just that I feel as though it should feel like a grand rediscovery of something you were and become a part of you again, at least to an extent and accounting for context, of course, which could limit the scope of this. The way the movie depicts this makes it seem like the character looks upon it as an outsider.
Maybe it was the run time of the movie that made me feel like this; it went by rather quick in some areas that might have benefited from more development, just a deeper inspection of a theme here and there would have been nice. So, perhaps the scene went by too quick for the movie to establish a deeper feeling of "I remember. That's who I was and who I am", for a viewer with my preferences. It was there and I just needed a stronger scene to believe it. On the other hand, when the character says "Did you see that? I was this! I had this!" it just makes it seem more like the outsider scenario to me than a true rediscovery.
I did overall enjoy the movie, even the second time around, including that scene. It just got me thinking especially now that I've rewatched it.
For those who have seen this movie, what do you think about my ponderings on memory recollection in regard to that scene? Did the movie make the character feel like too much of an outsider to his own past? Or was it the opposite and I just didn't get a sense of it? Or was it neither; was it just another memory regaining trope separate from the one I prefer, one that works just fine and dandy in the context of the movie?
For anyone, if memory recollection is depicted in fiction, is there a better way to demonstrate it/utilize this over other methods? Do you like the idea of memory recollection in general or is it overplayed?