For Journal two, we're required to talk about our favorite movie and why. I chose the Transformers series as my favorite movie/s, for a couple reasons. For me, it's not about the lighting or the camera angles or any of those things. To me, the most important things about a movie are the plot and the underlying message. Some are obvious, others are not.
Firstly, the thing about Transformers that caught my attention was the fact that it is fiction based on theories that are still unproven. What do I mean? Aliens, of course. We don't necessarily have proof of any alien existence, but Transformers took a much used theory of aliens and gave it all new parameters. Instead of tall, green, bug-like individuals the aliens are depicted as giant robotic organisms that are both against and for destroying the Earth.
Secondly, the underlying message or messages are simple. Good triumphs over evil is the basis, but there are other messages as well. For instance, in the movie, the government knows about the Transformers and doesn't release this information to the public. To me, this is an accurate plot point, because if the Transformers did exist, we, the general public, would have little to no knowledge of these things. The government is secretive, they highlighted that as a plot point, and for those reasons it caught my attention and held it.
When I watch a movie, lighting and camera angles are not at the top of my list either. I enjoy the over all presentation of the film itself. I liked how you explained what you look for in movies and then related them to the Transformer movies.
ReplyDeleteI agree with lighting and camera angles not being as important as the actual plot, however if the lighting and camera angles were completely off, it might make for a crappy movie... I like how you tied a science fiction movie into real life, with how the government would keep the aliens a secrete from the public.
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