Analysis Of The Movie Zootopia

The 2016 film Lion, which was first a book called “A Long Way Home”, is a film where a boy named Saroo was separated from his brother in the train station, which leads to Saroo getting on a train taking him thousands of miles away from his family and his home. Saroo, who was only five-years-old when he got lost, had to learn to survive alone in Kolkata, West Bengal. Days after arriving to Kolkata, the city the train left him at, he got admitted into an orphanage, which later turned out to him getting adopted by an Australian couple. But twenty-five years later, he starts to wonder where his first home and family are at the moment. With only his memories, determination, and Google Earth he starts looking and searching where his small

“Zoot Suit” is about a gang of boys that were in the wrong area at the wrong time. Henry, is the leader of the 36th gang. Which includes: Smiley, Rudy, Tommy, and Joey. To start it off, Henry got jumped by the downey gang while Della witnessed it. Della and Henry then left to get the rest of their gang to go back. They went to the party, but the Downey Gang had already left. The people that were still there thought they were the Downey Gang coming back to cause more trouble, so they attacked them right away. They were then convicted of the murder of Jose Diaz, who was there that night and got killed. Two lawyers named Alice and George, thought their trial was wrongfully convicted. So they went to battle for the boys named Smiley, Henry,Tommy and Joey. They wanted them to have justice because they knew they were not the ones who commited the crime. The judge was wrongfully accusing them because they wore zoot suits.

The book Big Fish and its movie adaptation shows the importance of how different factors help to improve the story. This book tells of the legendary stories of Edward Bloom, narrated by his son, William. The tales of Edward Bloom seem fictitious and far too amusing to be real. His son is determined to find the truth in his father's stories in order to understand who his father truly was behind his fantastic stories. The movie does not fail in its interpretation of the novel, in fact the movie could very well be even better. The addition of new scenes and the focus on Edward's love life help the movie tell the story in it's own way, showcasing the brilliance of the art of cinematography. Although the movie takes a different approach from the

This is a reason why utopias are bad in real life. The book “Animal Farm” shows how this is possible. “Animal farm” is about a utopia, called Animal Farm, made for and by animals. Animal farm has a set of rules, called the seven commandments, which controls it. Over time the pigs, who controls everything that happens, slowly corrupts the rules.

Many times animals gave into their stereotypes, like when Nick WIlde and Judy gave up on their dreams. That’s what made Nick turn to being a sly, shyster fox and Judy back to the farm to grow carrots. The community in Zootopia splits during the movie greatly due to the fear instilled in the animals. Assistant Mayor Bellwether masterminded the whole plan of making animals seem to go back to their primitive savage ways. The character that seemed to be essentially innocent and sweet, used fear to make a major part of the society become inferior. She was inspired to do this since she was sick of being pushed around of the predators and wanted to be the superior over this predator population, which only made up ten percent of animals in the city. The theme in these events is analogous to the current presidential election in the United States. Donald Trump typically uses fearful rhetoric to isolate the minority and to unite the majority against the opposition. Trump is uses this fear tactic against Mexicans and Muslims, like how the mayor of Zootopia does with

The Muppet Movie by Jim Henson is a musical comedy that depicts the journey of Kermit the Frog as he sets off towards a show business opportunity in Hollywood. Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie the Bear and Great Gonza embark on an adventure in search of “making billions of people happy” through joking, acting, and singing. Kermit and his friends face a difficult situation against Doc Hopper. Doc Hopper was the owner of Doc’s French Fried Frog Legs. He is determined to have Kermit as his spokes frog, which leads to multiple confrontations. Nevertheless, Kermit and his friends were able to reach their destination and sign off a huge deal in show business. Throughout this musical comedy, producer Jim Henson uses various techniques and styles proposed

According to Aldous Huxley, “A love of nature keeps no factories busy” (Huxley 31). Although this nature he speaks of represents plant life, it may symbolize human nature. In life, instability within society creates difficulties that people must overcome. This instability is caused by human nature, defined as “the ways of thinking, feeling, and acting that are common to most people” (“Human Nature”). In Brave New World’s utopia, people no longer have to face situations that may harm their well-being. To eliminate financial difficulties, society is transformed into a productive community in which all people must work. Even more so, people must have the same beliefs to maintain harmony in the society. In order to do this, the thoughts of the

To be told one cannot do something because they are the wrong gender or race should not be an issue in today’s world. However, this rather unfortunate problem is very prevalent in modern society, so much in fact, that Disney created an animated film based on the subject. In their 2016 film, Zootopia, Disney addressed this issue in the form of an allegory of a rabbit pursuing her dream career: becoming a police officer. The issue with the main character, Judy Hopps’s, dream, is she not considered the right species to be a police officer. Sharing a world with other, way larger mammals, such as bears, wolves, elephants and buffalos, many people repeatedly tell Judy she is too small or cute to become an officer. The film also offers a second character, Nick Wilde, a fox, whose story shows the difficulty of growing up under negative labels based on his species, just as many people grow up under labels based on their race.

She achieves this, however, in her very corrupt method of making every predator go savage and using fear to control the public. When Bellwether’s true identity is revealed to Judy and Nick, she expresses that she intends to make prey oppose predators by making the citizens believe that predators are going back to their primitive ways as hunters. She also admits that her plan was to assume power over Zootopia by framing Mayor Lionheart and become mayor. Judy tells her it would not work, to which Bellwether replies, “Fear always works. And I’ll dart every predator in Zootopia to keep it that way” (Zootopia). As an assistant mayor and a mayor, Bellwether seemed to have worked purely on good intentions, such as when she had helped Judy and Nick find where Manchas went on the traffic cameras, or when she tried to make Judy the face of the Zootopia police force as a heroic symbol for the scared public. This is the typical expectation most people have for sheep characters. However, Bellwether breaks this stereotype and strives to obtain power as mayor of Zootopia through her corrupt

Jurassic Park is an American authorization centered on a catastrophic endeavour to create theme park of emulated dinosaurs who escapes imprisonment and riot on the human characters. In 1990, Universal Studios bought the rights of the novel, written by Michael Crichton, followed by the release of the movie adaption in 1993. Science versus ethics, the main theme of the film, is very polemical and not commonly argued by the media, making the film even more appealing. Steven Spielberg successfully creates a cliff hanger making the viewer entertain and thrilled. To create the unendurable suspense, Steven Spielberg has used different type of shots and angles, colours and light and acting, which all contributed to build the tension in the movie.

Traditionally, animated films have been made for and consumed by children, with the plotlines and themes being relatively basic and forthright. However, recent years have seen the release of animated films that explore significantly more adult themes and thought provoking ideas. Perhaps the most confronting example of adult themes in an animated film is in 2016’s ‘Zootopia’. The film forces viewers to think about concepts such as racial segregation, nature vs. nurture and the debilitating effect of stereotyping. Although Zootopia features anthropomorphic animals, it is easy to draw a connection between the film’s prey vs. predator narrative and racial divide in our own society.

The Bee Movie is a film that shows the never ending struggle between good and evil. After Barry Benson leaves the hive and begins to talk to humans, he sees that the humans have been harvesting and eating honey without the bees’ knowledge. He finds out that bee farms exist and their only purpose is to make bees work and to take the honey from them; from Barry’s eyes humans are grossly mistreating the bees. When he first gets to the farm, Barry overhears two beekeepers talking: “They make the honey and we make the money” (Hickner, Bee Movie). The bees work extremely hard to make honey, so Barry is appalled that humans are greedily taking their entire life’s work. Because of this, Barry decides to file a lawsuit against all humans. The case is set up in a way that presents the humans as bullies and the bees as defenseless, harmless creatures. As Barry explains in his opening statement, the honey companies are “exploiting tiny helpless bees,” and back in the hive bee news anchors tell the public that humans are “packing [honey] and profiting from it illegally” (Hickner, Bee Movie). It becomes very clear that humans are evil and bees are inherently good. Also, during the trial, Ray Liotta suggests that “someone just step on [Barry] and [the people involved in the lawsuit] could all go home,” proving that humans do not care about bees (Hickner, Bee Movie). The theme of good versus evil is supported through the fact that the bees use honey, one of the movies motifs, for everything. They use it as antenna gel, soap, toothpaste, food, and they even fill pools with it; honey is an integral part of their daily life. It is everything they know and humans are taking it without their consent. As soon as bees are eligible, they start to make honey and they work until they die. Honey is literally their life’s work and the bees want a say in who gets to use it.

Utopia is said to be a place where a good society is created, where one can live a good life and where power is not abused. But throughout George Orwell’s Animal Farm, the reader learns that a utopian society is in fact impossible. The reader learns this when Old Major tells of a dream he has where everything is perfect and no humans are involved, however when the revolution occurs and the humans are chased off the farm, the pigs become in charge and start to manipulate their power and the other animals, proving that no matter how hard the animals try, they will never have the good life that they want. Furthermore, in Peter Weir’s the Truman Show, we see that your own utopia can not be shaped by another being, because although being in power, Christof makes everything as perfect as he can for Truman, Christof can never give Truman the good life he actually wants which then leaves Truman finding his life unsatisfactory. The good life is determined by freedom and to be able to go where you want and do what you want to do, thus proving that a utopian society can not actually be made because if everyone could do what they want, there’s no guarantee that people would do the right thing which is why we have people in power.

The film Zootopia, written and directed by Byron Howard and Rich Moore, follows the life of a small, yet spirited rabbit as she endures the trials angst of pursuing a profession as a big- city police officer. The city of Zootopia is a lively, thriving metropolis where Judy Hopps, the story’s protagonist, bravely embarks on her dream of pursuing a career in law enforcement. The writers employ a buoyant, kid-friendly storyline to comment on a myriad of social injustices and inequalities abounding in modern-day society. Feminist literary criticism utilizes feminist ethic and ideology to analyze the way in which male supremacy permeates the language and themes ingrained within literature. It allows readers to observe literature from a renewed, unorthodox perspective, and therefore extends the spectrum of accepted ideas and convictions. Zootopia is wrought with commentary on the pervasive presence of female oppression in the workforce. Oft beleaguered Judy Hopps combats disrespect and prejudice from her colleagues, condescension from her family and community, and gender bigotry that requires her to continuously prove herself as both a legitimate and qualified officer.

Inside Out is a Disney-Pixar film in which a girl, Riley Anderson has her entire world flipped upside down when her father’s job forces them to relocate from Minnesota to San Francisco. Disney worked with scientists to make this as realistic as possible, it is still readerly. There is no room for interpretation of the movie, even if someone noticed something new about it each time they watched, it would still be the same. Regardless of it’s readerly nature, I enjoyed this movie more compared to other Disney movies that are the run of the mill love story.