Goodbye Lenin

The movie Goodbye Lenin was presented from the perspective of Alex. The story was completely from his point of view. It is very interesting to see his view on things – growing up, events, his family, etc. Alex cares deeply for his mother and does everything he can to protect her from discovering to truth he was desperately covering up. I think that the story told by Alex was a result of what he perceived. People may experience the same events at the same times but each have a different perception and therefore and different representation of what actually happened. As an audience, we are supposed to believe that what we saw according to Alex was how the story went. However, we do not know his sister’s exact take on the events. Her perspective may have been different and she may have had different things to say about what happened to her, her country, and her mother. The perspective of Alex played a huge role in this film. Overall, this film was enjoyable. It was very interesting to see all the history in the film.