I recently saw the film “Reign over me” in which Adam Sandler plays a character called Charlie Fineman who is sufferering from deep post-traumatic stress after losing his wife and daughters in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Charlie pretty much tries to shut his memories and the world out by playing his I-pod loud, going to all night movie marathons and playing Shadow of the Colossus.
Does the scriptwriter’s choice of Shadow of the Colossus as Charlie’s favourite game reveal something about Charlie’s character? It has been suggested that the repeated knocking down of the colossi recalls the collapse of the twin towers and this somehow relieves the stress of the protagonist. Maybe something has escaped me but I would have thought the opposite would be true, considering that Charlie could hardly be happy about twin towers’ destruction.
Can anybody explain the particular significance, if any, of Shadow of the Colossus in this film?