Heartless

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I just watched this movie and it is great. It's about this young guy named Jamie who has a huge birthmark over his face. He is really shy and is real insecure about it. One day, Jamie makes a deal with the devil who tells him that all he has to do is do some graffiti and he will remove his birthmark. He agrees and the birthmark is removed, but then it turns out that he has to kill someone. The devil keeps playing all these mind games and makes things really confusing for him and things get crazy. I liked this movie because it has a lot of symbolism that is very applicable to everyday life. What I got from this movie is that people are all good, yet simultaneously, we can also do really horrible things. At first, the world did not make sense to Jamie. He didn't understand why all these bad things were happening in the world. All he could really see was so much hate and violence. His whole life, he had to endure getting made fun of for the way that he looked and has if noone could ever love him. He thought that there was no way he would ever be able to have a family of his own. In the end, the illusion is uncovered and Jamie sees things for what they really are. He realized that it was his fear that held him back and that fear is the root of all the world's troubles. After all that happened, Jamie had nothing left to fear and so the devil no longer had a hold on him. The devil said, "It only works if you're afraid." We can all wear a demon mask sometimes. If you haven't seen the movie, hopefully I didn't give too much away, but I strongly recommend watching it. It is a fantastic movie and a very unique one as well. Heartless (2009), made in the UK.