A New Perspective
My opinion on the movie, “The Sea Inside” is that it is a very interesting movie. This movie enlightened me on both sides of the spectrum on the topic of Euthanasia which is the right to die, or to be assisted to kill yourself. Before this movie I thought that people who want to kill themselves are just weird like that and don’t have any real good reasons, but after seeing this movie, I see that there are many reasons why people might want to kill themselves whether it is to leave with some dignity, or maybe its just because there in too much pain to continue on like they are. This movie was effective on getting there point across because it really persuaded me to a point now where I am unsure where I stand on he topic of Euthanasia.
The Sea Inside was a really great movie due to its many literary aspects it possessed. The main character Ramon was played wonderfully, but I think the best portrayal of any character was done by Ramon’s sister-in-law, who never once had a boring part. She was continuously in the middle of arguments between Ramón and José, but also you could tell that even within the acting there was an internal battle going on between if she wants the courts or anyone else to help Ramon with killing himself or if she wants him to just keep living, since she respects his decisions, but still loves him too much to let him go. The sea is a symbol of both Ramon’s freedom, since Ramon was a sailor before the accident and he loved everything about the sea, and it was also his captive, because the sea is also what caused him to be a quadriplegic.
Although the film had very good literary aspects, I feel it lacked a little bit in the cinematic aspects of the film. I feel that the camera angle while Ramon was in bed did not portray well enough how boring and annoying it would be to see the same things day after day for 28 years, which I feel was an issue for him. During the movie, I also felt that the music was not used to better the scenes, and at times it almost seemed to change the message of the scene to a totally different meaning then what they were trying to portray. Also at the end of the movie I feel that when Javi was chasing after the car it would’ve been more effective to have a medium shot before they zoomed out to a long shot, because the message didn’t really have any meaning to me when it started zooming out more from an already long shot. On the other hand though, I do like how the director put in under water close-ups to show what happened underwater which really showed the importance and magnitude in relation to the story.
Between the movie The Sea Inside and the book The Diving Bell and the Butterfly the similarities and differences are between the main characters. Ramon and Jean-Dominique Bauby are similar and different in many ways. They are similar in many ways like how they both made a book about the condition they both are in. Also as it was evident in both the movie and the book, they were each good with the ladies. On the other hand they were both also very different. First off, the time period in which the accidents occurred were different since Baubys’ happened when he was middle aged, and Ramon’s happened when he was a young man. Also the general outlook on life is difference since Bauby is looking for hope to be able to get a little bit better, while Ramon just wants to die with the dignity he still has.
I would definitely recommend this movie to just about anyone. Whether you are for Euthanasia or even if you’re strongly against it, I think either way it’s a good eye opener. The movie was very touching and well made. The characters were fabulous and people could really relate to them. This movie in specific makes you re-think about your own feelings and position on euthanasia and if it should be allowed or not.
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