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The Lost Boys, from the Peter Pan stories, are portrayed in some films to have odd names like 'don't ask' and 'too small'. In Hook, especially, one Lost Boy named 'thud butt' explains his happy thought is his mother. They all seem to portray their happy thoughts as actual memories that seem faded. Isn't it interesting to realise that its that 'happy thought' that can give you the ability to fly aw...

When we watch a film for the first time, we get an impression of it burned into our minds that we refuse to let go. Watch it a second, a third, and things begin to meld together, creating a new interpretation or appreciation for dialogue or characters, but most importantly, a character's point of view. The human psyche can present itself strange, unique and interchangeable. And like the clouds in...

It is strange but a beautiful thing that the film Into The Wild chose to begin by Chris' trek through the snow after being dropped off at a certain location. Why? Because the first person you see that wants to help Chris, is the actually the last person to see him alive. This person, like we will eventually see throughout the movie with almost everyone else, gives him contact information, another...

The character Helena, with her ambiguous 'death', could be a death of that version of herself, where she starts a-new elsewhere without Sigrid. This is what Valentine tries to encourage, a more positive spin on an ending that leaves you wandering. Maria, on the other hand, still in the mind of Sigrid, point blank says its a suicide, because she doesn't want to associate herself in this demeaning c...

When we watch a film for the first time, we get an impression of it burned into our minds that we refuse to let go. Watch it a second, a third, and things begin to meld together, creating a new interpretation or appreciation for dialogue or characters, but most importantly, a character's point of view. The human psyche can present itself strange, unique and interchangeable. And like the clouds in...

In the mountains on a hike in Sils Maria, the philosopher Fredrick Nietzsche refined his concept of 'eternal recurrence' in a thought experiment. The question on whether we would accept to live out our lives over and over again with everything the same for all eternity, or gasp in horror of this repetition and wish for something different. A litmus test for individuals showing their capacity to co...

And what could be a thoughtful interpretation of this, is that, the director the play, Klaus, comments on how Helena had once been a Sigrid, and how Sigrid will eventually become a Helena. Sigrid, from what we can gather, is more like an attitude than a singular character. Like youth, that eventually dies to become older, like Helena. And so, for me, under countless metaphors and interchangeable t...

Poetry by Yeats. Enjoy

But what is even more interesting is the conversations between Maria and her assistant Valentine. In these interactions, life imitates art as the text of the play begins to comment on the text of the film and vice versa. Like the Maloja Snake, the ebb and flow of the clouds personify the ebb and flow of age and identity. In these scenes we also realise that the relationship of Val and Maria is als...

Extract from W B Yeats poem 'The Song Of The Happy Shepherd" Copyright to Two Takes

It is not a battle, but rather a duet of science and religion through the connection of the eye, of the soul and of what happens after it leave our bodies. The story of I Origins filters these questions through one man's journey, through his facts, his instincts, and then through his connection of emotion. It is showing the man behind the mask of science, and how, through a personal adventure, som...

What happens when we die? That is the real question. And within the film I Origins, latching unto the understanding of reincarnation through Hindu beliefs, it is the loss of each person that makes it harder to let go. We move on, but through Ian's shame of still feeling attracted to Sofi, even seven years after her death, shows that our minds attach ourselves to this hopelessness of feelings and e...

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In the tales of Peter Pan, why is Hook always trying to go after Peter? Is it the usual aspect of child vs adult, child like wonder vs reality? Or does it have a darker theory where Hook is actually trying to save the Lost Boys from Peter Pan because of the loss of remembering where they come from, and the promise of never growing up in Never Never Land... Copyright to Two Takes

More lore can be found, if one looks for it, making the vicious underground world John has to go back to seem like Alice's fall in Wonderland. Charon, the Hotel Manager of the Continental, reminds John Wick of the importance of neutrality in his hotel, of no rule breaking, no killing or violence within the establishment on punishment of 'termination of club membership'. This can perhap...

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Living on the outskirts of society, in the wilderness could seem like a dream. However, within this story of a father and daughter, it is simply a way of life. It can be observed that there was an unstoppable force driving Will, the father, to constantly move and change his routine, even his walking patterns. His daughter, Tom, trusts his insights and knowledge of how to survive without a second t...

We all know about Peter Pan, the boy who never grows up. But what about the concept of Never Never Land? Why is it even called that? Is it so you can never forget the adventures you have with Peter, or is it so you can eventually forget about where you came from? Copyright to Two Takes

"...John Wick comes from a place where criminals rule. He comes from a place where underground overlords have eyes everywhere. Where criminal masterminds shower themselves in riches and greed. Where the only people 'that matter' are the ones that possess too much power. Where the only people left are either some of the planet's finest assassins or the scummiest dealers. John lives...