Haven't seen movie, just seen someone I trust really enjoy it - but am not in the right headspace right now and probably won't be for months.
What my friend seems to enjoy, is the showing of how people get caught up in thinking the solution is to bring everyone up in the system and not that the system is both seductive and flawed -- and that what the ending meant to him/my friend's interpretation, is that the system EATS the next generation. It can't surive with chewing them up and exploiting them, and it takes realizing this for the protaganist to finally realize there's no winning, and the people telling him he's become obsessed with 'moving up' rather than 'things being better' are right - and he breaks things.
And yes there's a sacrifice, but it's not about any 'perfect rebellion' and in fact there's a lot there about how the rebellion is instigated a purge of the restless, cause it's controlled decimation via something obvious like 'lines to a slaughter/death house'.
It really makes me want to see it when I'm in the right place mentally. Cause he left me thinking of the fact that some people just want to survive, some people want to do good but become exhausted and seduced, some people want the system to keep going and lie about the damage it does, some people recognize the solution is to get out of the system but have no power to... and more.
Also in direct reply to you Sami; the system 'might work', but who is it working FOR. The movie seems to point that out within its own universe at least.
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What my friend seems to enjoy, is the showing of how people get caught up in thinking the solution is to bring everyone up in the system and not that the system is both seductive and flawed -- and that what the ending meant to him/my friend's interpretation, is that the system EATS the next generation. It can't surive with chewing them up and exploiting them, and it takes realizing this for the protaganist to finally realize there's no winning, and the people telling him he's become obsessed with 'moving up' rather than 'things being better' are right - and he breaks things.
And yes there's a sacrifice, but it's not about any 'perfect rebellion' and in fact there's a lot there about how the rebellion is instigated a purge of the restless, cause it's controlled decimation via something obvious like 'lines to a slaughter/death house'.
It really makes me want to see it when I'm in the right place mentally. Cause he left me thinking of the fact that some people just want to survive, some people want to do good but become exhausted and seduced, some people want the system to keep going and lie about the damage it does, some people recognize the solution is to get out of the system but have no power to... and more.
Also in direct reply to you Sami; the system 'might work', but who is it working FOR. The movie seems to point that out within its own universe at least.