Seventh Seal

So far I haven't been interested in this film as I've been for Runaway Train, but Mr Bennett said the first few days might be dry so i look forward to seeing how the movie gets better. The different language certainly makes it harder to focus on the movie and the scenes as you have to constantly read the subtitles. Now, I've been focusing on figuring out how the three main characters are different views of God. So far, it's pretty obvious that Antonius Block's squire Jon is an existentialist as he laughs at the matter of God and shows indifference to the events in his life, as though they don't even matter. I find the concept of playing chess with death interesting, as many films include the concept of the main character trying to cheat death but the lesson is that you can't run away from death. It's interesting to see how this chess match will turn out. Even though I'm hoping for something unique and unexpected to happen, like a stalemate, I feel like in the end, all his efforts will be in vain and death will take what's his. The scene with the prayers and the villagers dressed in black marching through the field is very interesting because after the villagers leave, the camera lingers on an empty field with no sound effects, as if depicting that their act of coming and going signifies that life goes on and their action is meaningless. It's interesting to see how a scene can have such a profound effect of horror and stunning at one time and then switch to represent that it was meaningless.