https://youtube/watch?v=YlEb3L1PIco Arthur (yellow) Vivi (blue) Ben (red) and Lewis (purple) are all a gang that does paranormal research, much like Scooby-Doo. When they enter the green cave, its haunted by a spirit that possesses Arthurs left arm, and makes him push Lewis into the spikes. In the pan out of the scene, we can see Vivi at the bottom, suggesting she saw Lewis die, but doesnt know who pushed him off. Ben was behind Arthur when it happened, and saw the whole thing. He tore off Arthurs arm, trapping the ghost inside of it, and freeing Arthur. The arm was later replaced with a mechanical arm. Arthur looks pretty upset in the flashback from the beginning. This could be because he originally didnt like Lewis that much, or had feelings for Vivi and was jealous (which could have influenced the possession, and pushed him to kill Lewis, though that wasnt his own intention). Ben turning into a kitsune in the picture could have been symbolism, or literally. I dont know what it means, but he turned into a kitsune in order to remove Arthurs arm. In 1:20, all the characters view the mirrors. This is a hint to all of their mishaps/insecurities about Lewis death. In Vivis reflection, her eyes are missing. This is because she saw Lewis die, but didnt see how he died. In Arthurs reflection, he is missing his arm. this is because, of course, he doesnt have a real, living arm there, and that arm is what was responsible for killing Lewis, but that part of him is gone. With Ben, the mirror shatters completely. this is because he knows how Lewis died, and that Arthur, with the demon, killed him. But it shatters because Ben is unable to tell anyone what really happened. In the end, Lewis sees that his life is gone and theres no way to get it back, and moves on (He disappears, along with the house). I think the characters bopping along to the music also symbolizes their connection with the real world, or being alive. After Lewis died, his spirit stayed, symbolized by the beating gold heart, and was connected by Lewis and Vivis relationship, which was symbolized by the picture inside the heart. After the heart broke and Vivi was dragged off by Arthur, the connection was severed and after that part the heart, as well as Lewis, never beated again, while the others still did. We can also see at 3:12 that the spirit seemed to influence the ghost version of Lewis, Vivis pain about not knowing what happened (being unable to see) and in the last bit, we can see Arthur holding back his own possessed side while crying, which also says he was really upset about what he did to Lewis.
Posted on: Thu, 08 Jan 2015 04:04:59 +0000