Thursday, April 19, 2012

Moral Ambiguity

A movie that displays moral ambiguity is The Seventh Seal. In this movie they make Death a character, where he is not as evil as he should be. Of course he is taking lives from people, but it is his job. They make him a relatable character in the movie and I believe it is for a reason. Another character is the wife who cheats on her husband. She is wrong for leaving her husband and cheating on him but in the end she comes back to him and begs him to take her back. Almost every character in this movie has good and bad sides and are not just totally bad or totally good. In Seventh Seal the characters are dynamic, portraying the different sides to humans, which I think is more realistic then a movie that portrays only good and evil. The best kind of movies are those in which any person can relate to, not one gained for a particular type of audience. In The Seventh Seal any person can watch it and enjoy it, and most importantly relate to it.