Truly an off experience to say the least… I’m still reeling days later. Gratuitous violence and clichés took away from an otherwise interesting plot. I always like a good dystopian movie and perhaps that is why the movie was at least tolerable to me. Yet, that is without saying how needlessly violent it was, through impromptu finger amputations (a prosthetic for Tuesday could have easily been manufactures instead) to ridiculously gory fight scenes, I came shaking out of the dining hall.

I was, however, rather interested in the discussion Magdala tried to foster after the film and to keep in mind the motifs of control and surveillance when watching the film. As Magdala put it, she wanted to “disrupt our conception of reality.” To be fair, it was certainly through provoking, and I appreciated the design and story methods the filmmakers used to convey authoritarian control over the population. And I must say, Glenn Close’s was marvelous at her role (like she is at portraying most of her characters).

It would be interesting to further explore this subject with another discussion, perhaps at a Monday Table Talk, as I’m certain people would come up with interesting ideas of governance and modern culture, especially with recent technological and political developments.