by Strayed Wanderer » Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:05 pm
I have the instrumental of Freedom (radio mix) in MP3, I actually sent it to Impossible a while ago.
Anyway, now that I finally got a chance to view the trailer... and have the sound on, I liked it.
I think most of it was very well thought out. The parallels from the beginning of the trailer to the end, were very nice.
-Traziun: "You're way over your head" |->| "I don't care, If I don't win, I'll lose her"
-Kloe: "You're a bad, bad man." |->| "I'm all alone, please help me" and Rhue shows up
-Cetsa: "I don't like you" to Rhue |->| "I don't like you" to Cetsa
-Lyrra: "You're not who I thought you were" |->| Rhue (unwittingly) saving Lyrra
The strings of sequences, such as discussing Serena or just yelling "Rhue" fit very well.
We also have the boy telling the girl that he'll protect her while running through the forest, and it flashes to Rhue saving Cetsa and Scatha.
Some of scenes with the lyrics matching up to the events were very nice
-"Sun's gonna shine": Scatha and Rhue discussing the light and dark.
-"Water's gonna rise": The girl being knocked into the river.
-"and I'll carry you home": Rhue carrying Scatha through the caves.
And toward the end, the girl from the dream city: "I was waiting for someone, but I don't think they'll be coming...", which could definitely be foreshadowing for Rhue and Serena never meeting up again.
I also thought that the discussion with Lilah setup the theme of the trailer and concluded it very well.
(I did paraphrase some things in there.)
The trailer definitely accomplished what it was intended to do, the theme was love. Which is really the theme of The Way. If anything, it is a tragic love story, we just tend to think otherwise because of all the turns it makes, and the fact that the traditional female role is absent for the whole story, or is it just taken over by the others?
Impossible, let it go already. I know you like to cry over the loose ends and "plotholes", but that is way it goes. If you can't accept the way a story ends, you'll be sorely disappointed with life.
Anyway Lun, bravo.
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Strayed Wanderer on Fri Sep 05, 2008 9:02 am, edited 1 time in total.