{"id":5345,"date":"2018-12-29T13:27:32","date_gmt":"2018-12-29T18:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/?p=5345"},"modified":"2018-12-29T13:27:32","modified_gmt":"2018-12-29T18:27:32","slug":"choose-your-own-adventure-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/read-watched-tapped\/recently-watched\/choose-your-own-adventure-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Choose Your Own Adventure Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"

I loved Choose-Your-Own-Adventure books as a kid. I would always keep a finger in the last page so I could go back when I died. Or was lost.<\/p>\n

I always wanted a movie to change endings or give me a different experience as I went through it. I want to talk about a movie only to find other people had seen a different version of the same film. I thought about what it would be like to have an alternate ending shown at every X showings of the film. You watch a movie expecting the ending, only to have it change without explanation. Then on the next viewing, it would be back to normal.<\/p>\n

28 Days Later had different endings.<\/a> Some of which made it into theaters. But Bandersnatch completes the vision.<\/p>\n

Black Mirror’s Bandersnatch<\/a> is the realization of my childhood choose-your-own-adventure wishes.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XM0xWpBYlNM<\/p>\n

Is it the best movie? No. Is there a lot of foreshadowing and winks to the audience in the narrative? Yes. Am I absolutely struggling to get back to a certain choice I’ve only found once and failed? YES!<\/p>\n

I love following the story and choosing a separate path with each viewing. I am sure there are entire branches I’ve not seen yet and I want too. I am starting to pick up on clues. While I haven’t gotten a notebook out yet, I’m tempted to make notes on my various viewings. Of course, Redditors are already on the case<\/a>. But I am not ready to have the answers handed to me. I want to live the story over and over again. I want to see what I can find on my own before I go looking to the hivemind for help.<\/p>\n

I’m loving the experience on the iPad with headphones. It feels very intimate as I push Stefan through the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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