essay 3 thesis

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John Paul Bautista

11-19-08

Prompt # 1

In the United States, children, adults, and senior citizens have suffered from obesity. The rate of affected individuals have increased dramatically in the previous two decades. According to the Centers for Disease Control or commonly known as the CDC, from 1991 to 2003, Texas’ obese population rose from ten percent to between twenty and twenty-four percent. In a matter of twelve years, a mostly healthy population has become more and more obese due to several factors. In most cases, obesity can occur due to a lack of exercise, a minimal intake of vitamins with a large intake of fatty foods, or hereditary reasons. Morgan Spurlock tried to address the problem in his documentary, Supersize Me. His plan revolved around a three meal diet consisting of nothing but McDonald’s items on the menu. He would cease to exercise and if the cashier petitioned for a supersize upgrade, Spurlock would be forced to accept. He wanted to address the problem as to how the obesity rate has skyrocketed, and the way diets and lifestyle directly affect it. In a matter of thirty days, his physique, mood, and overall health completely transformed. But the fast food chains are not the ones to be blamed. The connection between obesity and fast food restaurants lies in the poor decision making made by hungry Americans, the faulty lifestyles that they live in, and the capitalistic mind set of those big businesses and CEOs that control such fast food chains.

Thoughts on Momento

Obviously, this is a truly clever and brilliantly made film.  At times it was a little shaky, but his problem greatly impacted the movie.  Connecting the movie with Sobchack’s ideas on violence, I thought that the violence in the movie was necessary to the film’s plot.  It was not futile or exaggerated.  The way he beat on Dodd with the liquor bottle looked very authentic, as if he never met him before.  Unlike a movie like Kill Bill, Momento had its own share of violence, but not in a prop, high death count kind of way.  We saw each murder happen, which creates a sort of connection between the audience and the victim.  This effect was repeated in the movie, Saving Private Ryan, where each death was actually processed and shown. I compare this movie to Saving Private Ryan, because on a smaller sclae, each death has a kind of connection with the audience, and plays deeply into the plot.  It is not just an entertaining, chuckling death.  Leonard seems to be playing the healing hero, since he is trying to avenge his wife’s death, but he is doing it blindly, based on assumptions, since he doesn’t remember what happened.  This phonomena adds depth to the movie.  We empathize with his journey, yet in the end, we realize that the empathy really shouldn’t be present, since he does in fact choose to continue his journey.  This changes his persona to a twisted form of a hero.

Understanding Star Wars

The discussion we had last week intrigued me a lot.  The fact that scholars and writers talk about a certain thing to some extent, in this case Star Wars, makes me wonder if absolutely anything was overthought and over explained, then we can basically connect anything to anything.  Start Wars was a good topic to discuss, however, because of its hype and fame.  Since mostly everyone has seen it or knows about it, it makes the arguements of the scholars a little bit more interesting.  To add, there are more than 1 Star Wars movies. There are so many. All in all they connect, but each movie has a different story to it.  Because of this, the analysis of the scholars extends more, since they are not just talking about one movie. Since there are so many, we get to see exactly what they mean since the Star Wars story can develop even further.

“The Postmorbid Condition” by Vivian C. Sobchack

Vivian Sobchack’s The Postmorbid Condition, argues that violence in Holywood movies have become a mere prop instead of a progressive necessity to the story of the movie.  Unlike before, when violence was much censored and shown in a way that left the situation up to the viewer’s imagination, violence presently is very much more graphic and highly unnecessary (being stabbed in the neck or having limbs chopped off).  Violence is now viewed with less of a cringe and more of content or even a chuckle.  Society has become so accustomed to blood and gore, from video games to even day-time television, that without it, a movie can become boring.  However, every movie has some violence within the conflict to a certain extent.  So in some degree, violence brings a movie to life, just like life comes from death.(?)

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