A Hearty Helping of Heartwarming Heart

 

This kid really knows how to keep the opening of a film spoiler-free.

Have I ever mentioned that I love mysteries? Not criminal mysteries or supernatural phenomenon, mind you, but a mystery through storytelling. I love it when you, the reader, viewer, or player, is dropped into a scenario you have no understanding of and are then gradually fed clues as to what is going on around you. Only when it all comes together do you fully understand and appreciate what is being presented to you and all of the effort its creator(s) put into everything.

Passing Hearts is a ‘mystery film’. It isn’t the first time Professor Leeper has shown us a ‘mystery film’; World of Glory was an excellent film that kept us guessing as to what the plot even was right up until the very end when the protagonist was trying to go to sleep. Passing Hearts kept us in the dark as to what was going on until the main character enters the bedroom of the boy that donated his heart, but even then I didn’t pick up on what was fully going on until he finally showed his scar. I loved that, and I imagine a lot of people do; there’s something to be said about keeping standard plot lines for entertainment value, of course, but I doubt few people can resist a good startle once in a while.

I don’t want to know what I’m getting into except for a few recommendations from trusted people on whether or not it’s a good idea. I have loved my time in Intro to DMA because I have no idea what I’m going to see and I enjoy it all the more because of that. Passing Hearts is the perfect example of that; I didn’t know what I was getting into, and I think that was the best way to experience it.