Being John Malkovich

Wow talk about a movie that makes you think. Going in, one of the first thoughts I had was "what would happen if John Malkovich went through his own portal?" and the movie answered just that. Of course the movie itself wasn't surrounding JM but rather the people involved and man's desire to live forever; to see how far mankind will go to be immortal and how far love really drives us. The move really drives the question "What is consciousness" and the questions around it. If we were to join others in living inside someone else and that person joins the next generation of people are we really living forever? Do we slowly lose conscious control over our 'puppet'? In the end JM didn't seem to understand anything about the process of 'living forever' leading the audience to believe that this was truly JM back in his old self again. If this were the case then the process of living forever is flawed and the only true reality is that you get to skip death.

The nature of the movie has a 'warped reality' from the get-go. Starting out with the weird speech impediments, inability to understand others and the 7 1/2 floor. The distorted reality really set up the movie for the odd nature of the movie, giving it a strong foundation and a believable story. There was absolutely no need or desire to figure out inner workings on the mechanics of anything, which makes for a rather well thought out and amusing movie.