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Any analysis you would recommend of JVtV? Does the volcano represent that Joe has to overcome the imagined fears that is preventing him from growing in life?

by da02 3y ago

lumost 3y ago
Does it need to? The whole premise is that he hates his “relatively” cushy factory management job enough to think jumping in a volcano is a better use of his life.
- joering2 3y ago
  I wonder if there is a worse way to go? I mean even getting your skull crushed in car accident seems lights out in less than a second. Jumping into a volcano I can imagine you stay alive for some 10 seconds or so before you obviously pass out but not before tasting lava in your stomach.
- DennisP 3y ago
  That's not remotely the premise.
  - DennisP 3y ago
    I guess I should explain. For starters, he quit his job before the volcano opportunity came up. He choice was never "keep working or jump into a volcano." He quit his job because he'd just been told he had just a few months to live, and didn't want to spend them like that. Finally, he didn't have much money. He could either scrape by in his apartment for a few months, or go on a grand adventure and die just a little earlier than he would have anyway.
irrational 3y ago
There is no symbolism. It’s just a fun quirky movie.
- fractallyte 3y ago
  I think this is why the movie is so polarizing! It's full of symbolism and metaphor - check out the movie's trivia on IMDB (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099892/trivia/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099892/trivia/).
  - da02 3y ago
    What does the over-sized luggage/boxes represent in the end? His new self emptied of the fears and misconceptions he had?
fractallyte 3y ago
This is a pretty good analysis of the movie's themes: https://crossingthethemes.wordpress.com/2020/03/13/film-analysis-joe-versus-the-volcano/ https://crossingthethemes.wordpress.com/2020/03/13/film-anal...
- da02 3y ago
  Thanks. This analysis really show me how I didn't understand the movie despite enjoying it on a superficial level. It's even better than my first impressions.

Any analysis you would recommend of JVtV? Does the volcano represent that Joe has to overcome the imagined fears that is preventing him from growing in life?

by da02 3y ago

Any analysis you would recommend of JVtV? Does the volcano represent that Joe has to overcome the imagined fears that is preventing him from growing in life?

lumost 3y ago

Does it need to? The whole premise is that he hates his “relatively” cushy factory management job enough to think jumping in a volcano is a better use of his life.

joering2 3y ago
I wonder if there is a worse way to go? I mean even getting your skull crushed in car accident seems lights out in less than a second. Jumping into a volcano I can imagine you stay alive for some 10 seconds or so before you obviously pass out but not before tasting lava in your stomach.
DennisP 3y ago
That's not remotely the premise.
- DennisP 3y ago
  I guess I should explain. For starters, he quit his job before the volcano opportunity came up. He choice was never "keep working or jump into a volcano." He quit his job because he'd just been told he had just a few months to live, and didn't want to spend them like that. Finally, he didn't have much money. He could either scrape by in his apartment for a few months, or go on a grand adventure and die just a little earlier than he would have anyway.

irrational 3y ago

There is no symbolism. It’s just a fun quirky movie.

fractallyte 3y ago
I think this is why the movie is so polarizing! It's full of symbolism and metaphor - check out the movie's trivia on IMDB (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099892/trivia/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099892/trivia/).
- da02 3y ago
  What does the over-sized luggage/boxes represent in the end? His new self emptied of the fears and misconceptions he had?

fractallyte 3y ago

This is a pretty good analysis of the movie's themes: https://crossingthethemes.wordpress.com/2020/03/13/film-analysis-joe-versus-the-volcano/ https://crossingthethemes.wordpress.com/2020/03/13/film-anal...

da02 3y ago
Thanks. This analysis really show me how I didn't understand the movie despite enjoying it on a superficial level. It's even better than my first impressions.