Thursday, February 27, 2014
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.
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