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... With its seemingly simple storyline of a girl trying to save her boyfriend’s life, this film is actually all about life and its never-ending, relentless race against time. ... I myself admit that there are lots of times I get too preoccupied with meeting deadlines that I tend to lose sight of where my life is heading. ... Simultaneously, a narrator is doing a voice-over and shares us his insights and questions about life: “Who are we? ...
The next scene shows a guard holding up a soccer ball, proclaiming that, “The ball is round, game lasts 90 minutes. ... ” After which, he kicks the ball high up in the air, signaling that the game has started and time has already been set. Here, game seems to refer to life as the guard spoke about this, moments after the narrator has posed these philosophical questions about life. And in life, just as how the guard pointed out that everything else is pure theory, we are free to make our own choices according to the best way that we can think of. However, we are now left with the unanswered question: will time be on Lola’s side as she goes through her game or her life, as we can also call it? ...
I think that the concept of game according to this movie is that in order to achieve victory, the players (Lola, Manni) should know how to play the game. ... Next, the players should know how to follow the rules of the game of life. ... Last but not the least, the game of life is conveyed here as a game that will permit second chances. ...
After Lola was briefed about the impossible mission that she was to accomplish in order to rescue her boyfriend, she clearly did not know what to do first. ... However, this does not stop Lola from at least doing something to save her boyfriend. Throughout the whole movie, we see that the main force behind Lola’s desperate search for a solution is her determination and strong love for Manni. With these, Lola answers to this impossible mission by just keeping on running even if she does not clearly know where she is heading.
Unfortunately, even if Lola has the determination and strong love for Manni, these are not enough for Lola to succeed as evidenced by the failures of her first and second tries at this game. ... In the first two tries, as Lola goes out of her apartment, she lets herself be frightened by the dog and be tricked by the kid holding the dog.
Approximate Word count = 2048
Approximate Pages = 8.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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