trying to process the ending...when the kid is removed from the school, he is carried away as if on a throne...so perhaps from the kids pov he feels triumphant, that he stood up for his mother and ultimately will attend a new school which is perhaps better for him, all things considered. His solving of the rubic cube suggests he figured out the algorithm to the problem his mother was facing, which consisted of getting rid of the evidence and remaining defiant throughout the ordeal...
The ending was very vague. I think your analysis is excellent. Whatever he did he was very proud of it and he will not be going back to that school. I think as you said he tried everything but in the end he had no choice but to defend his mom and himself from accusations he’s not even sure are true
@@alwayswatching2295 Funny, I felt the cube meaning was a way to say "I do care for you", from the kid to the teacher. I felt the kid really knew her mom did something wrong, but he had to ne loyal to her. That's why he didn't wanted to respond to her mom calling him by celphone. He was mad at her. And also, the act of throwing the laptop to the river could indicate the kid trying to destroy evidence... He didn't wanted to see the video and know the truth... He wanted to erase it.
I have a master's degree in Education and I no longer work as a teacher, it's not worth it, anything you say, do, or don't do is going to offend some student, and you always end up in trouble. What surprises me about this movie is that a female teacher can get in trouble because of a student or students who got offended. In Mexico, if a male teacher says or does anything that makes a student feel humiliated, it is considered violence. But a female teacher can humiliate a student in many ways; whether with comments, accusations or shouting, but female teachers are not accused of violence for humiliating a student. I don't know Germany, but I like the idea that a female teacher can get in trouble just as much as a male teacher for making a student feel offended.
College professor here. There's absolutely no way I would teach middle and high school students. Now, I think Oskar didn't stand up for his mother but for his teacher. He's a math kid, she told him at the beginning that it was either presuming or evidence and when he came back he had his evidence in my eyes, didn't take mom's call and he solved the Rubik's cube which is binary and evidence based, to me that's saying "you're the truth and I'm staying with you" that's why he didn't stay with his classmates but he stayed with the teacher Carla. Anyways after this movie and before it I would never teach kids, maybe only Oskar. Good review😊
Thank you for the comment . I don’t think I could teach kids either . Dealing with the parents would be a nightmare. I liked your analysis . Oskar wanted to believe his mother but couldn’t . However at the same time his teacher was not trustworthy. the fact that he was carried off at the end could mean a number of things but whatever conversation they had cleared things up .
I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. The suspense was greatly conveyed by the main character, who tried her best to address a terrible situation while trying to not lose her students. I think the ending could’ve had more closure, but as you mentioned earlier, the movie was more about how do we find solutions to these complex problems. Great video!
Thank you Maurice 😊 I think the movie was incredibly well constructed. I wish the ending was more explosive. I liked how the main character was a good person but she kept making these decisions that although well Intentioned just made things so much worse
@@alwayswatching2295 Real talk. The kid that played Oskar was amazing as well. I felt so bad for him, especially when he went to give his life savings to help his mom save face. You quoted the good intentions quote, which I think sums up the movie well. She truly tried to do the best that this messy situation would allow, but the politics of the school was overbearing to navigate. Such a shame it turned out the way it did. I expected more out of the ending as well, so I guess there were some themes I missed as it clearly was about the journey apparently. 🤷🏾
I absolutely LOVED the ending! Great movie but letś face it- the whole thing was a storm in a teacup 😀So much essentially unnecessary drama. Seeing the kid being taken out as some kind of king on a throne carried by servants really cracked me up. 😆They managed to hold that intensity till the very end! 😆
trying to process the ending...when the kid is removed from the school, he is carried away as if on a throne...so perhaps from the kids pov he feels triumphant, that he stood up for his mother and ultimately will attend a new school which is perhaps better for him, all things considered. His solving of the rubic cube suggests he figured out the algorithm to the problem his mother was facing, which consisted of getting rid of the evidence and remaining defiant throughout the ordeal...
The ending was very vague. I think your analysis is excellent. Whatever he did he was very proud of it and he will not be going back to that school. I think as you said he tried everything but in the end he had no choice but to defend his mom and himself from accusations he’s not even sure are true
@@alwayswatching2295 Funny, I felt the cube meaning was a way to say "I do care for you", from the kid to the teacher. I felt the kid really knew her mom did something wrong, but he had to ne loyal to her. That's why he didn't wanted to respond to her mom calling him by celphone. He was mad at her. And also, the act of throwing the laptop to the river could indicate the kid trying to destroy evidence... He didn't wanted to see the video and know the truth... He wanted to erase it.
I have a master's degree in Education and I no longer work as a teacher, it's not worth it, anything you say, do, or don't do is going to offend some student, and you always end up in trouble.
What surprises me about this movie is that a female teacher can get in trouble because of a student or students who got offended.
In Mexico, if a male teacher says or does anything that makes a student feel humiliated, it is considered violence. But a female teacher can humiliate a student in many ways; whether with comments, accusations or shouting, but female teachers are not accused of violence for humiliating a student.
I don't know Germany, but I like the idea that a female teacher can get in trouble just as much as a male teacher for making a student feel offended.
College professor here. There's absolutely no way I would teach middle and high school students. Now, I think Oskar didn't stand up for his mother but for his teacher. He's a math kid, she told him at the beginning that it was either presuming or evidence and when he came back he had his evidence in my eyes, didn't take mom's call and he solved the Rubik's cube which is binary and evidence based, to me that's saying "you're the truth and I'm staying with you" that's why he didn't stay with his classmates but he stayed with the teacher Carla.
Anyways after this movie and before it I would never teach kids, maybe only Oskar.
Good review😊
Thank you for the comment . I don’t think I could teach kids either . Dealing with the parents would be a nightmare. I liked your analysis . Oskar wanted to believe his mother but couldn’t . However at the same time his teacher was not trustworthy. the fact that he was carried off at the end could mean a number of things but whatever conversation they had cleared things up .
Wonderfully explained. Thanks
Thank you 😊
I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. The suspense was greatly conveyed by the main character, who tried her best to address a terrible situation while trying to not lose her students. I think the ending could’ve had more closure, but as you mentioned earlier, the movie was more about how do we find solutions to these complex problems. Great video!
Thank you Maurice 😊 I think the movie was incredibly well constructed. I wish the ending was more explosive. I liked how the main character was a good person but she kept making these decisions that although well
Intentioned just made things so much worse
@@alwayswatching2295 Real talk. The kid that played Oskar was amazing as well. I felt so bad for him, especially when he went to give his life savings to help his mom save face. You quoted the good intentions quote, which I think sums up the movie well. She truly tried to do the best that this messy situation would allow, but the politics of the school was overbearing to navigate. Such a shame it turned out the way it did. I expected more out of the ending as well, so I guess there were some themes I missed as it clearly was about the journey apparently. 🤷🏾
Perfromances?
I absolutely LOVED the ending! Great movie but letś face it- the whole thing was a storm in a teacup 😀So much essentially unnecessary drama. Seeing the kid being taken out as some kind of king on a throne carried by servants really cracked me up. 😆They managed to hold that intensity till the very end! 😆
It was SOOO dramatic and it was very entertaining . I’m glad this movie got an Oscar nomination it was very well crafted