Skellig (2009)

Skellig is a fusion and variety of many different genres, with different aspects of the film corresponding to the different genres. The director and author may have used this technique to make the film original. However this makes the film feel cramped, as if there is too much going on. Therefore making the film fast paced to fit in all the: emotions, events, characters etc. Having said this there is a majority of the film dedicated to the character Skellig as people feel intrigued by him and want to know more about him.

What I liked.

I liked the build up to the end and the idea of all the problems going on and then the lifeless, ungrateful Skellig shows a different side to himself. I liked how you receive the wrong impression of Skellig at the start and then this is all changed at the end! The use of foreshadowing was good but in my opinion the technique was used too much, making the ending predictable.

What I disliked.

I didn’t like how predictable the ending was; the baby had a problem and Michael kept on asking for Skellig to help out. For me this was predictable half way through the movie!

The technique pathetic fallacy has been used to help portray Michael’s feelings in different way as nearly the whole film Michael is sad hence the whole setting being shadowed away by the weather.