Comparing Spoorloos to the Vanishing (1993)

When comparing the difference between the Vanishing (also known as Spoorloos) and the Vanishing (1993) one of the first comparisons is how the story line of the movie starts out. This is a big divider on why I think that which separates Spoorloos from the Vanishing. The storyline starts off with the couple in Spoorloos where as the Vanishing begins with the Chemist. The reason why Spoorloos’s beginning is more important to the storyline is because you become more attached to the couple, meeting them, going through a situation/experience with them and then make up. There for I think when the girl is kidnapped it’s more emotional for the audience and leads a better storyline. Whereas the Vanishing you see him testing his kidnapping skills. This leads into my next point about that Spoorloos has more mystique than the Vanishing due to the chemist is introduced into the story after meeting the couple and not knowing his true intent. We know that it is not a good intent just from the way his is portrayed, fake cast, unknown bottle, and following Saskia into the building. Then later finally show his actions and intent after you are full introduced to him. In the Vanishing you meet him right away and understand his intent right away. My final point for why Spoorloos is better is the Key chain. Yes it seems small but was very important to the movie. The Key chain in Spoorloos starts off as a conflict point because Saskia does not like the key chain and notices the Chemist and want to buy one because it has Rex initial. This seems legit. The language barrier makes the scene more interesting and what eventually causes the kidnapping. In the Vanishing it’s a random bracelet that his daughter made and Bullock notices and wants to buy one for Sutherland. That just seems random and doesn’t give a reason why Bullock would buy one other than he might like it.