The Sea Inside

I think the movie The Sea Inside was okay. It was kind of repetative where as his answers about life were pretty much always the same, he wanted to die. I thought Ramon's plea to the court to die was his own disicion. I thought the court handled his case in a smart way. The court didnt let him commit a crime himself. I think if the court would have let him have assisted suicide, other quadraplegics, or anyone in general, would think the only way out of a life like that is to kill yourself. With Ramon's friends willing to help him, I thought it was their own choice whether to take that risk and do that. I think helping someone die is not the right thing to do. Just because he wanted to die doesnt mean his friends who loved him had to help him.

The Sea Inside compares to The Diving Bell and the Butterfly because both were quadraplegics and felt like they had no impact on the world and there was no point in living on. They were different because Bauby, in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, didn't commit suicide. He eventually died. I thought it was selfish of Ramon to want to die. He could still talk, while Bauby could not do any of that and he still cherished his life. In my opinion, the most powerful comparison was that they both had given up on life. Bauby and Ramon felt no need to carry on with their lives and as if they meant nothing to the world.

In the movie, The Sea Inside, most of the movements were fast paced. There were a lot of close ups that signified it was a dramatic moment. The camera would closeup on the actor's face to show the intensity of the scene. Also the message being sent by the director was well played. The director tried to make each shot more dramatic using the closeup and longshots of the scene. If there was a longshot it was mostly to show meaning or show backround information to the viewers watching the video.