Movie Review

Movie: Alone

Alone is a 2007 Thai horror film directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun and Parkpoom Wangpoom.

1. Identity the character that you believe played significant role influencing the plot and justify why and how.

The character that believed played significant role influencing the plot is Ploy. Ploy played a very crafty role in this movie. In the hospital, Ploy and her twin, Pim met a boy named Wee. Although both of them loved him, Wee only showed his affectiob towards Pim. Because of jealousy, Ploy willing to kill her own twin and change her identity into Pim in order to obtain Wee's love. Throughout the movie, we can see that Ploy living a happy marriage using Pim's identity. However, no one know about the true story until Pim's mother told the secret before she died. On that moment, the audience knew that the ghost that haunting Ploy was actually Pim's ghost.

2. What do you think the main topic or issue highlighted in this movie? And what that writer belief.

In my opinion, obviously the main topic or issue highlighted in this movie is jealousy and hatred. The jealousy of Ploy towards of her twin, Pim that had made Ploy did something beyond her control. The action finally brought a very bad impact towards her whole family and herself. The writer belief is that Ploy play the antagonist role in the movie.

3. Justify what you believe about the above topic or issue.

From my understanding, when Ploy was full of jealousy and hatred in herself, she could not control her own action. She willing to kill her own twin, Pim in order to achieve her goal-to be loved by Wee. When Pim asked for a surgery to separate both of them, Ploy decided to choke Pim to death a day before the surgery. She did that because she knew once they separated, Pim will continue her love story with Wee. Before that happende, Ploy took a very cruel action to achieve her goal. By living happily using Pim's identity, Ploy finally got her punishment for her own crul action towards he twin, Pim.

3. What is your opinion of the movie?

In my opinion, this movie had taught us a several values. First, in the movie we can see the love bond between Ploy and Pim was very strong. They did everything together abd had promised each other to stay together until their last breath. Second, hatred and jealousy can totally change a person. Because of jealousy, Ploy turned from a protective twin into a very cruel twin to Pim. The plot of the movie had really twist my mind about the whole movie. The Ploy's action was very unexpected.