The movie Slaughterhouse-Five is one of the most intriguing films that have been released so far. The twists and tales in the film that revolve around the life of Billy Pilgrim are riveting and leave the mind begging for more. The adventures that Billy Pilgrim goes through are quite exhilarating.
This happens mainly because these adventures follow each other. There is a lot of activity in the life of the main character, starting from the time he was born right when he envisioned his death at the hands of a hired assassin.
The fact that the plot jumps from one situation to another with no chronological order makes it quite exciting. The intrigues that Billy Pilgrim encounters may make a person wonder if there is such phenomenon as life after death.
This may be noted when he is abducted by aliens, who, in his opinion, are Tralfamadorians from a planet called Tralfamadore. They argue that people pass away in their physical form only for some time. They continue to say that the dead person lives in another time and place.
This may raise serious questions as to the sane and logical explanations that have been proffered to people all their lives. Billy has a difficult time, since most of the experiences that he has undergone hardly make any sense to people. He is at pains to explain his adventures since the world will easily declare him insane.
One fascinating aspect is the fact that Billy Pilgrim seems to survive all threatening situations that he is involved in during his life. This ranges from the bombing of the city of Dresden, where he was held as a prisoner of the war, to the time when he was involved in a plane crash and had to undergo serious surgery.
The planets and lives that he has gone through seem to be quite separate, and what can be assumed is that he has been given an opportunity to be able to remember his entire life at each stage. He has lived in almost all of the lifetimes that a person can live. H
e even lived when he was the son in law of an affluent member of society after his return from the war. His encounter with inmates at a mental asylum marked the beginning of his adventures, when they introduced him to the science fiction novel of Kilgore Trout.
The mental breakdown that he suffered after his marriage was due to the memories that kept coming back to him from the time spent in Dresden. This movie is one of the most thought provoking films. It forces people to look at life in different perspectives that most of the experiences are related to life as it evolves.
The film is quite elating, and each period of time, the main hero lives through spans of several years. The film stretches imagination of the audience, and it offers them a chance to fantasize what it would be like to live the life that Billy Pilgrim lived.
It is a fantastic movie since it encompasses a wide variety of classes of films. It can neither be referred to as an action packed movie, nor as a science fiction film. It may be referred to as an all-inclusive film that takes into account all aspects of film making that range from love, action, and science fiction.