2) relates the disastrous consequences to the history of the world if even a minor piece of the past is altered. The simply expression of the emotions secures their bond and is the main reason that they can walk off into the sunset together at the end of the movie, because it allows them to move past those resentment-based emotions and express to each other the deeper, attachment-based feelings that were always there - just covered up - namely, their love, forgiveness and admiration of each other.Based on the short story from famed sci-fi scribe Ray Bradbury, A Sound of Thunder (opening Sept. Now, the exact content of what they say to each other is not the most polished, kind-hearted or diplomatic, but it doesn’t need to be.
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Quite naturally, as the film approaches its climactic moments, Katai and Cypher have a nice cathartic exchange in which they both express their full range of emotions about this significant ‘Senshi-death’ event in their history - all of the previously unspoken guilt, anger and helplessness underlying the grief process becomes articulated by an increasingly brave son and humble father. One’s willingness to engage in this kind of emotional expression is the central step in re-securing estranged bonds. What’s causing the barrier is their mutual decision not to express these emotions openly and directly to each other. Further, these emotions are not causing the relational barrier that now exists between the once-loving father and son. Now, all of these negative emotions are normal, perhaps unavoidable.
Meanwhile, Katai not only harbors self-hatred and a sense of helplessness from the experience, but is angry with his father for not saving the day. Cypher feels guilty that he was unable to protect Senshi, which also manifests as subconscious disappointment toward Katai for being unable to save Senshi and, by extension, relieve him of his guilt. Subsequently and predictably, all sorts of messy negative emotions arise to fester within each of their psyche's over the long-run (as is the case with all of us when we experience upsetting or tragic life events invovling the important people in our lives). Cypher was off fighting with the Army when it happened he wasn’t present for the tragedy. When Katai was a little boy his older sister, Senshi, was killed in front of him by an Ursa. The backstory, in brief, is that the humans now live in a world in which they are occasionally attacked and threatened by some nasty predatory creatures called Ursas. We can see it pretty clearly early on and we eventually learn what it’s about.
They have unresolved issues there’s estrangement, tentativeness and emotional distance in their relationship. In “After Earth,” for instance, while Katai treks across the hostile terrain, which is the external story, you can take note of what’s happening within him and Cypher, and between their father-son dynamic, emotionally speaking. Learning to use the ‘movies as a metaphor’ tool requires that you follow the internal or psychological story being presented.
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Movie as metaphor – how to ‘secure’ a healthy attachment
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