I'm not even sure where to begin with this movie, however I guess I can start with the fact that I honestly really liked this movie. The first thing I thought when the movie was over however was, well if he didn't shoot his mom I would have. Mrs. Iselin is one of those charcters that I honestly wanted to punch through the screen. From the first scene with her I could tell that she was going to be a problem character and that I wasn't going to like her. Anyways, besides me disliking the main character I never saw this ending coming and thought it was a great movie that kept me guessing till the end. I didn't like the fact that he shot himself because over the course of the movie I grew to like his character and pretty much felt bad for him and everything that he went through.
The whole idea of brainwashing people is interesting to me. Theoretically I feel like it would be very hard almost near impossible to actually brainwash someone. There was a story on the news the other day about kids being brainwashed which I could see happening. They were young and didn't know any better. Kids will believe almost anything. What I don't understand is how adults can be brainwashed and especially be made to do things along the lines of killing people. Furthermore, to be influnced by a queen of diamonds is just crazy to me. This is however, one of the parts of the movie that I thought was really cool. Not that I approve of brainwashing people to kill others, but the idea of it for good rather then evil is interesting. I thought about what I would do if I could brainwash someone - some funny joke or prank like everytime you hear or see the number 3, you have to cluck like a chicken. I don't know, but that sounds fun to me.
Anyways, there was so many things that I could point out in this movie that were completely ironic. One major one being that the husband John is a republican running for vice president and his wife is a communist. Do I really need to say much more about this? However, I feel like she is a confused communist because she's on their side but then again at the end explains how she is going after all of them when she's in power. She's crazy. I thought it was also ironic how after this movie comes out that Kennedy is assassinated. I can see how someone would get the idea from this movie.
The reading was interesting also. I skimmed some of it, but the ideas of Momism and demonology were actually interesting to read about. Mrs Iselin is a complete fit for the idea of Momism. She is very controling (not only literally with his actions but who he can/can't marry etc.) and she is 100% corrupting America by being in the communist party and trying to take over. She also controls her husband who in the beginning I didn't care for but realized he is just another prop in her game. In this movie she is portrayed as the demon. The deomonology aspect is interesting too how there are different parts to it and the idea of having to protect the mother and how the white family again was in danger.
Overall I really liked this movie, I could have gone into a lot about politics but I try to stay out of that as much as I can. This movie was interesting though in the way it was presented and how not many people saw that ending coming.
Friday, October 1, 2010
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Atomic Cafe
This movie brought out a lot of different emotions for me. Not only did I think that the movie was funny and ironic, but it was also at times very disturbing. Same went for the article. One of the main things that stood out to me was how ridiculous most of this all sounded. A lot of the movie was dedicated to a variety of different ways that people could try to stay safe in the event of an actual nuclear attack. The "duck and cover" method is obviously the most ridiculous. If you are living within a ten mile radius -or more, ducking and covering is going to do nothing to help you. It also became almost popular and culturally accepted to build a bomb shelter in your backyard. Not only is this something that shouldn't be considered popular, but once again, depending on location it could be a lot of wasted money. Most of these ideas the government came up with as a way to calm the fears of the people so there was mass freaking out. It was stupid for most of these people to believe this also, but they needed someone/something to turn to. So what would you do? I would have probably done the same thing. (Maybe minus the duck and cover).
It also talked a lot in the article about the suberbs and how they came about. It's interesting to hear that they started because a city was a "target area" so they wanted to disperse the population. This isn't neccessarily a bad idea but again, depending on location its not going to matter where the people move to. They also mentioned building highways for people to be able to evacuate the area. I kept thinking though that if they are close enough that they need to evacuate (say if a bomb was actually set off) they probably shouldn't even bother because they have been exposed to the radiation and that's something that no amount of distance can take care of.
In the article and in the movie it talked not only about being able to survive in a fall out shelter but being able to live one. The thought of actually living in one is creepy enough but the image of a woman cleaning the place and adding some special touches is just disturbing (and kinda funny). I thought it was interesting how they mentioned also that its not only enough to be in the shelter but that you need protection from outside intruders also. They mentioned how people outside might try to force their way into a shelter for safety and the famiyl must be prepared. Even letting one person into the shelter will take up oxygen, space, food, etc. and how much is the faily willing to sacrifice to help others?
My very favorite part of the article though was a quote that read, "My mother tells me that my father's whole response to the Cuban Missle Crisis was to purchase a handgun." haha! What the hell is a gun going to help in a nuclear attack?? If anything the gun would provide a sense of safety but realistically not going to help with anything.
Theres much more I could mention about this movie like the different types of women and all the new words that came about which I find ironic (bombshell, bikini, etc.) and how they were (and still are) used in everyday life. I really liked this movie and found it very interesting!
It also talked a lot in the article about the suberbs and how they came about. It's interesting to hear that they started because a city was a "target area" so they wanted to disperse the population. This isn't neccessarily a bad idea but again, depending on location its not going to matter where the people move to. They also mentioned building highways for people to be able to evacuate the area. I kept thinking though that if they are close enough that they need to evacuate (say if a bomb was actually set off) they probably shouldn't even bother because they have been exposed to the radiation and that's something that no amount of distance can take care of.
In the article and in the movie it talked not only about being able to survive in a fall out shelter but being able to live one. The thought of actually living in one is creepy enough but the image of a woman cleaning the place and adding some special touches is just disturbing (and kinda funny). I thought it was interesting how they mentioned also that its not only enough to be in the shelter but that you need protection from outside intruders also. They mentioned how people outside might try to force their way into a shelter for safety and the famiyl must be prepared. Even letting one person into the shelter will take up oxygen, space, food, etc. and how much is the faily willing to sacrifice to help others?
My very favorite part of the article though was a quote that read, "My mother tells me that my father's whole response to the Cuban Missle Crisis was to purchase a handgun." haha! What the hell is a gun going to help in a nuclear attack?? If anything the gun would provide a sense of safety but realistically not going to help with anything.
Theres much more I could mention about this movie like the different types of women and all the new words that came about which I find ironic (bombshell, bikini, etc.) and how they were (and still are) used in everyday life. I really liked this movie and found it very interesting!
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