A Sad, Evil Story

Something I thought was well done in the movie was the sad and creepy music at the beginning of the film. While this is a sad story you would expect to hear sad music, which you do, but the small twist that is added gives the music a sense of evil or dread. I think this is very appropriate since some things said in the story and film are very evil. For example, when the younger waiter makes comments such as "you should have killed yourself last week" that is just pure evil and sets that tone of creepiness.

One thing I didn't agree with is ow they represented the waiters. The story has them being twenty to forty years apart in age but in the film they seemed almost the same age. Maybe one did look a bit older but not by much, maybe a few years or so. I can understand if the director's resources were limited but I would have liked to see someone older play the role of the older waiter. However, I thought that the old man was perfect for the role of the old, deaf man. He looked old a fragile which is what I would expect to see for an old man who is deaf. That was a wise choice by the director.