Critical Film Response (Western Eyes)

Louise’s mother is one of her biggest critics. When Louise was only nine years old her mother told her “in

hardship out of anyone. She has a still-born baby. This was the one thing in Rose of Sharon?s

Although she definitely wasn’t done fighting, something inside of her changed. It shifted her entire outlook on life. She cherished everything so much more. The views of the hospital room, even if it was just a brick wall, she would describe to the people that weren’t in the viewing point of a beautiful parade. Or a lovely little cafe. She always made a point to make others happy, before herself. She seemed to always be a little more late to the doctors.

Just as African Americans are told that their natural hair is not good enough and it is internalized, it appears it is the same for many Asian Americans in relation to their eyes. The film clip about the young girl being taken to have plastic surgery on her eyes at the age of 12 because she felt that she would be more beautiful was a heart-breaking scene to watch. It never occurred to me that a feature that is specific to that particular group would become something that has almost become shameful to a lot of people. To have an eye surgery is a serious decision one has to make and for that little girl to be so sure that she wants her eyes operated on at 12 years old was something that I could relate to, but not understand.

Extreme Makeover mostly presents the working middle class Caucasian women in ages roughly twenty-five to forty-five who are the major target for cosmetic surgery and reasonably, a substantial piece of the audience. Instead of plainly displaying a progression in which the participant’s appearance is suddenly reformed, the show tells the narrative of a normal individual revolutionizing his or her life. Extreme Makeover brilliantly exploits participants’ transformation stories and thus normalizes the audience into thinking their external looks must parallel with their inner ideals. With this mindset, cosmetic surgery is less about becoming physically attractive and more about becoming the inner self: by expanding the space that were disagreed or considered

I used to believe that Rosemary was feeling very sorry for the situation that her children were in, even if she was an unconventional mother. The last part of the story I just read, convinced me that she had mental problems because not even a mother who loves her children would do what she did. Even surviving in such a situation was fluky for the children, and that’s why the government should’ve taken them from their parents.

Next, the evolution of cosmetic surgery overtime has lead to present day uses. In the past, cosmetic surgery was used to help soldiers deformed by war. It was a method used to restore the veteran’s features, in order for them to feel comfortable again. The surgery was purely done to lessen the violent effects of trench warfare. However, overtime, the general public gained an interest in cosmetic surgery, ranging from a positive to a negative approach. This was partly due to increase in different ethnic backgrounds, which ultimately lead to “an emphasis on self -representation and made people feel they had to look a certain way to be ‘perfect’,”(Lieberman, 1998). This integration of different cultures created a drive towards looking one’s best, which caused the idea of cosmetic surgery to stray from a medical/restorative approach, to an opportunity for transformation.

But it seems like Sharon has more than just Steve's back. VanCamp hinted on a possible romance between the two, something that was avoided in The Winter Soldier.

Society’s ideals of beauty differs throughout the world. The American and South Korean standards of beauty are vastly different which is interesting to compare. I was intrigued by this topic because of many Korean shows that I watch and I’ve realized a major difference in fashion and beauty between these two cultures. American and South Koreans follow different trends, and undergo plastic surgeries but they are often influenced by the same source which is the media.

Chinese women believed that fuller lips are thought to bring in good luck and attributed to a fun-loving, calm, and expressive personality. Women who had thin lips were thought to be colder, more determined, and showed calculating qualities that are not considered attractive for Chinese women. Many women in China desired to have a double-eyelid crease. Chinese society discovered that hooded eyes with no crease, called monolids, are to be unattractive as they make the eyes smaller than what they should be. According to Hua (2015), “Around 50% of the Chinese population is born with monolids, and of these people, many choose to get blepharoplasty (eyelid surgery) to correct this problem” (1). Cosmetic surgery has become common in the country that

The western movies are film genre where the scene generally takes place in North America during the American conquest of the West in the last decades of the nineteenth century. This genre appears since the invention of the cinema in 1985 finding its inspiration from literature and painting arts of the American Wild West. This genre reached its first success in the mid-twentieth century during the golden age of Hollywood studios, before it had being reinvented by European filmmakers in the 1960s.

Sharon discusses in the TEDx Talk that she had been in a toxic relationship and wanted to stay in it but it was making her miserable. Her story showed how she regained herself and now being out of that friendship she is much happier and has plenty of friends because she loves herself and people flocks to that. She gave her story to show symptoms of a toxic friendship is so we would not walk around with a bullet (toxic friend) in the head any longer. She said this so people can be liberated and happy once again being themselves and not have someone drag them

Plastic (2008) is a short film that focuses on women’s most common obsession: body image. Body image is an issue many women struggle with on a daily basis. Viewers, especially women, can relate to the topic of insecurities about their own body image. In today’s society, more women are searching for a “quick fix” to put an end to their insecurities. Cosmetic plastic surgery is a quick solution to solve body image issues like small breast, wrinkled skin, and even a nose that is too pointy. Plastic illustrates a scenario where a woman changes her body’s appearance to imitate her idea of beauty. Women are drawn to the fairy tale idea that cosmetic surgery and plastic surgery will enhance their features overnight. Plastic gives a simple

People are more and more drawn into thinking that their identities and bodies are similarly plastic, flexible, liquid. Karen Donley-Hayes, who is contributor to Cosmetic Surgery Times, Dermatology Times, and the Journal of the American Medical Association, contends: "An extreme makeover culture is emerging. As procedures and techniques improve and become more affordable, cosmetic surgery has turned from luxury to a prerequisite in a society that emphasizes appearance over merit. Additionally, global economic and technological forces, promote disposability and constant upgrading; people pursue surgical enhancement to reinvent themselves and remain competitive" (Donley-Hayes, 2011).

Once upon a Time in the West, directed by Sergio Leone, is a story of