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I believe Pim is the role that influences the plot. What
made me feel that Pim is the plot changing character is due to her sudden
reappearances in Pim’s (Ploy) life. Her appearances in Pim’s (Ploy) life cause
me to question the real reason for the twin’s sudden death. Was it really
because of the surgery and why were there sudden flashbacks of their hospital
days and meetings with Wee? Did that have to do with Pim’s death? The scenes
that included Pim’s sudden, horrifying scares that at first only haunted Pim
(Ploy) but gradually start to evolve into Wee’s vision looked weird as if she’s
trying to reach out and say something. Other than that, the flashbacks of their
lives as conjoined twins look sketchy as it makes me wonder the need to show it
and question Pim’s (Ploy) reason to move to Korea.
What do you think is the main topic / issue
highlighted in this movie? And what is the writer belief?
I feel that the main issue in
the movie is why sister rivalry over love. It can be seen clearly in the movie
that Pim and Ploy love the same man, Wee. But, Wee only returns Pim’s
affections thus leaving Ploy devastated and jealous. The end result of this is
the death of Pim. On the other hand, Ploy is so consumed by her love for Wee,
she uses Pim’s identity and lives her life in order to have him. Other than
that, my belief of this movie is that the dead twin is unhappy to receive the
short end of the stick from the surgery which is death and has come to drag her
other sister to the same fate as her as they promised each other to be together
forever. Despite being total opposites in the personalities department, Pim and
Ploy are extremely close until Wee comes into their lives which promote a
bigger drive in Pim to be separated from each other even though there are dire
consequences from undergoing the surgery such as death and Ploy refusing to
ever be separated from her claiming that she wants to be together forever.
Justify what you believe about the above
topic / issue.
I believe that the main issue
earlier mentioned gives out a few questions such as, “is guilt the only reason
for Pim (Ploy) to run away to Korea and refuse to return?”. This is because, from what I watched, Pim grew
up into someone who cares more about others than herself which makes me
question her wanting to leave everything behind including her own mother. If
she cares about others more than herself why didn’t she bring her mother along?
Why did she leave her mother to wallow in her own sorrows in Thailand until she
fell ill while she lived the high life in Korea with her boyfriend, Wee? It was
as if Pim’s personality took a 360 degree turn once she was separated from Ploy
and she basically became her twin sister, Ploy. Yes, maybe the reason for her
sister to die in the first place is because she wanted the separation surgery
which caused her twin’s life in exchange for her freedom, but to leave
everything behind and start all over again with clean hands is a little far-fetched
for someone with a caring and soft-spoken nature such as Pim.
What is your opinion of the movie?
My opinion of this movie is that
overall it is a great movie and packs a punch at the end. The suspense and
mystery factors are played out well and it didn’t leave any loose strings other
than leaving the viewers to question the reason why Pim (Ploy) never wanting to
set foot onto Thailand. The movie started rather slow though with lots of
twists, scares and confusing flashbacks but it was redeemed with a backbreaking
plot twist at the end which is worth waiting for. The background story is also
very chilling as it tells the tale of Siamese twins which is a very sensitive
topic itself and contains a lot of myths as it is a foreign topic amongst the
majority of society. Other than that, the additional idea of a conjoined twin
coming back to haunt the other is also pretty impressive and is slipped in well
with other factors that are included in the movie. Even the ending is
unexpected as it ends with the dead twin successfully ending the life of her
living sister.
