Post #232081 by aquarj on Mon, May 15, 2006 1:56 PM

I'm curious what others think regarding the filmmakers' intentions in the early scenes like the rooftop party and the pool and the fantastic TVics interior.

Do you think they want the viewer to be disgusted with the extravagance, excess, and debauchery? In other words, look at the sharp contrast with how the have-nots live on the same island.

But if so, why'd they make it look so great? Was it actually intentional to present those scenes in an appealing light, somehow? Maybe the viewer is supposed to be turned off not so much by the environs, but by the behavior of the people in them (decadent Americans and such)?

I didn't watch the whole movie, so maybe this is all obvious. But I was just kinda intrigued by what seemed like conflicting purposes in the beginning.

-Randy