his sunburn
maybe im overanalyzing things but maybe the sunburn represented him changing, growing into a new skin, and becoming a new person.
shareYes, to say your reaching is being kind.
If you want to work on a more viable image in that scene, try his jumping into the water and its connection to baptism.
I believe that the initial surburn scene is just something that initiates physical contact between leo and tobi, however later in the movie as leo removes the dead sun-burt skin is the image of shedding and old life for a new one
shareOne of my favorite college English profs spent a full class demonstrating that Dickens' Great Expectations was an anthropomorphic allegory of bird life. He did a very convincing job and with a straight face ! Half the students took notes the whole time. So I tend to be skeptical of those who find symbolism everywhere. But given the amount of overt symbolism in this movie - starting with the film's name and culminating with the events of the storm itself - I think it is valid (not imperative, but valid) to see the sunburn as indicative of Tobi's discomfort with his life (once he has been exposed to other possibilities). In this version, Leo is there with the lotion to ease the inevitable pain of the transition. (For which, by the way, Tobi later thanks him by lashing out and injuring his shoulder.) In the end, Leo is there again to help Tobi come out of his old skin.
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