Thursday, November 8, 2012

Ben X - Monster X

  From the first glance, the movie was quite intriguing. In fact, a curious combination of autism and video game, <Ben X> is able to grasp the any kind of audience quite successfully. I found myself very engaged in the movie soon enough, and I somehow established a very strong desire to disclose the rest of the plot. Indeed, the main strength of <Ben X> is its power to lead the audience to crave for the next event. Although the plot might be relatively porous as a whole, individual events in the plot is so vibrant and in a sense, graphical.
  So far, I don't have a clear idea about the ending of the movie yet, due to its mercurial nature. Nevertheless, I was able to draw a correlation between Ben X and Monster X. At first I just joked to establish the relationship to imply how they share X in their names, but soon I found a significant similarity. Monster X, a boss monster in the game <Cave Story>, was originally a cat. But it turned into a monster due to radioactive environment. I thought this was somewhat similar to what is happening within Ben's mind. Ben is a "hero" in the video game, but a victim of bullying in real life. This difference between idealistic virtual reality and harsh reality, I believe, will result in a sudden outburst, which may turn Ben into a monster. It seemed Ben in the movie is quite similar to Virginia Cho in their situations, although it is not certain that Ben will commit a massacre as Cho did.

1 comment:

  1. Good observations and comparison. Now that you have watched the entire film, I am curious to know your opinion of the "monster" Ben was set up to become. You may also want to comment on the treatment of bullying and autism in your 500 word final version.

    Also, I am here for Earthlings blog version. Read the prompt again if you are confused about the part 2 blog version.

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