11-09-2010, 04:10 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-09-2010, 04:13 PM by AceInfinity.)
(11-09-2010, 12:01 PM)Ameise Wrote: I like how no where in the rythm an egg wasn't even mentioned and yet, a film about a killer egg? Well. I'll watch it anyway.
The egg was a metaphor for the puzzle of the rhyme. It's not just some story some random person made up. If you do some research you'll find that the egg was long used as a legend to depict the puzzle of when the object/person fell off the wall they were sitting on, whether it was one side or the other, the person couldn't be put back together. Not being able to be put back together was symbolism for how his life had changed because they couldn't 'place' him back on the wall to make a change to which side he fell on.
Some say this could have been an analogy for decision making, and the fine line in between. Theres LOTS of background history though, thats just one of them that i've gathered so far, and which makes most sense to me.
You're right though, movie makers aren't necessarily historical geniuses
They've gotten a few things wrong in the movie Braveheart for example, in terms of being accurate for the events that went on in Great Britain. Thats just the effect of low budget movies, but in this case, the most common image of humpty dumpty is an egg. So if it was a person, it wouldn't make sense to the common viewer, and would most likely be less popular, and raise less money from the consumers if they decide to make DVD's and all that after the theater preview.