Connections To Class

The main way I really connected this movie with what we read, watched, and talked about in class was how the telling of a story can affect the audience's perception and the effectiveness of the story.  These two different versions of Alexander are almost completely different tellings.  The order in which the story is told, as well as whether certain details are included or left out, drastically affect the way the story is perceived.  The arrangement of the Director's Cut, along with exclusion of certain scenes makes the movie fall flat.  It makes it hard to follow and hard to really get interested in.  The Final Cut, however, with the inclusion of scenes that had been left out and the rearrangement of the scenes, is a much better watch.  It is easier to follow and gets the viewer more interested in the events unfolding on the screen.  Alexander is an excellent example of how the telling of a story affects the perception of the viewer and the overall effectiveness of the story itself.