tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post1609387245002822046..comments2024-03-29T05:13:47.133+00:00Comments on The Speculative Scotsman: Film Review | Never Let Me Go, dir. Mark RomanekAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-10996896337137264812011-11-15T15:33:06.038+00:002011-11-15T15:33:06.038+00:00NO!! I didn't mean to imply Nialblogfail! Abso...NO!! I didn't mean to imply Nialblogfail! Absolutely not. I was just feeling - once again - a little out of step with the general discussion of this (IMHO) subtle, tragic, story. As I said, to me, NLMG was an exploration of self imposed inevitability and the mindless acceptance of one's place in a society which has decided some are worth less than others. I've rarely seen that aspect of the book explored and it makes me wonder if I've just read more into it than is there.Celinehttp://celinekiernan.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-28149474681244533512011-11-15T15:07:55.619+00:002011-11-15T15:07:55.619+00:00I may well be misremembering, but I think in the b...I may well be misremembering, but I think in the book the kids <i>do</i> know what they are and what they're for from a fairly early age, as you say Celine, but we as readers don't realise what it means to be a Donor till a little later in the game... though by then we've probably put two and two together.<br /><br />Or am I off my rocker? :/<br /><br />Agreed as to how unhelpful it is to hear Never Let Me Go described in the same sort of way as movies like The Sixth Sense, which assuredly it is not. I've tried not to do that, but... well. Niallblogfail.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-66487998352291522682011-11-15T14:36:18.339+00:002011-11-15T14:36:18.339+00:00I always find it kind of weird to hear NLMG descri...I always find it kind of weird to hear NLMG described in terms of 'the twist' and the 'revelation' as if this story(I can't speak for the movie) were some kind of esoteric The Sixth Sense. Admittedly it's been a while since I read it, but I recall thinking less that the book was building to a revelation than rolling to an inevitable conclusion. The protagonists, for the most part, being as resigned to their fate as soldiers who know they must go to war (In the book, didn't the clones know what they were from the beginning? I thought they did. Wasn't the purpose of their lives made clear, and presented as a duty and honor from the get go? I thought it was. Surely my memory isn't <i>that</i> flawed? ( though I'm willing to agree it might be!! I'm feeling more and more elderly by the second)Celinehttp://celinekiernan.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com