Media Analysis Essay

The movie begins 6 months after Graham lost his wife Colleen. He had since given up his priesthood and all belief in God. During this period Graham has been in the first stage of grief, denial. In his couch conversation with Merrill he points out that there

This movie explores issues of greed, human relationships, betrayal and redemption, personal innocence and responsibility as well as the effects on the human mind

The mass media has become a big part of our society and its counterparts. In a time span of 50 years this medium has influenced society to an extent where it has created wonders. This immaculate tool can control almost every action we perform, from speaking to the actions that every human being performs in society. The mass media has brought upon a new era of idea's and changes in the world we live in. As we analysis media in depth we will find many aspects of media which overlap and some of the smallest factors and aspects of media, which create the biggest impact on society.

This movie Directed by Paul Haggis who also directed Academy Award Winning "Million Dollar Baby" and had also won an Academy Award for this movie as well puts a twisted story in this film. This movie is trying to symbolize what goes on in the world today in regards to racism and stereotypes. He tries to make a point on how societies view themselves and others in the world based on there ethnicities. This movie intertwines several different people's lives, all different races, with different types of beliefs. Such ethnicities include Caucasians, African Americans, Hispanics, Asians and Middle Eastern. This movie includes conflicts on both sides of the picture from cops and criminals as well

There is a lot to be said about Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, as it has many overlapping themes. There is the theme of humans becoming as replaceable as machines. It has a theme of class division which leads to a Marxist type revolution. The theme I want to focus on in this paper however, is the religious themes and symbolism that are prevalent throughout the film, as I feel they are the most prominent. Metropolis makes a lot of calls to Judeo-Christian religions and biblical stories, using its storytelling method, characterization, and visuals.

1. What are the main themes, politically and socially, that are portrayed in the film?

4. What was the point of the movie? (ex: a political statement, a moral idea, reflections on society)

From my perspective it’s the judgement of homosexuality that is portrayed in the movie. Riddled throughout the movie is drugs, other deities and violence. Even the main character Che is an alcoholic bully who’s been to prison. How they wrap their heads around these

What role does religion play in the film? Describe the use of different religious symbols, elements or terms.

Graham has many struggles that he overcomes over the course of the movie, the main one being his internal conflict of losing his faith in God. Furthermore, this happens due to the events of his wife’s death in a terrible car accident. Within this happening Graham gets to visit his dying wife, from whom he gets very valuable advice that he did not know would be initially but later finds out.

The movie is about Graham Hess (played by Mel Gibson) who is a former pastor. He was left as a single parent after an automobile accident in which his wife Colleen was struck by a

     If I were a film critic I would give this film four and a half stars. It was well made and the actors were excellent. Although I have little to no experience living in a situation such as the one in the movie, I feel as though the lifestyle of these particular characters were portrayed truthfully. It was a culture shock to me, and the fact that it was most likely taken from real life is amazing in my mind. This movie not only made me think about the world as a whole but made me realize how incredibly lucky I am to have grown up in the environment in which I have lived in my entire life.

In the last paragraph, he says, “I couldn't bear to tell her that I had lied.” The fact that his crying was mistaken shows just how naive his aunt is to the problems cause most people would go and see why someone is crying, but she immediately blamed it on him being saved when that was far from the truth and the fact that he couldn't tell her shows just how much he didn't want to ruin that even at such a young age. After that, he Also says that he no longer believed in Jesus since he didn't help him. This last sentence shows that his innocence and faith is truly broken because before this he believed in Jesus and was even excited to be saved, but when that happened he realized that there wasn't a one.

In the movie Signs one of the main characters Graham had lost his faith in god. While he was tying too figure out if he believed in god or not there was an alien invasion. Graham had woken up to his kids screaming. Graham use to be a priest but when a tragic thing struck happened he wasn’t anymore. He had taken off the cross on the wall. Graham and his 2 kids, and his brother lived on a farm. The farm was a good distance from anywhere. When he heard his kids scream for the second time he ran to look for them. The uncle Marell also woken up to find the kids. The kids where in the cornfield standing there in shock. Bow thought it was all just a dream. Morgan tell them that the dogs woke them up and he thinks god did it; there

The movie doesn’t relate to me because I am Christian. My beliefs are different. As an example, I think there is a God. It also challenges my religion beliefs. The movie and the religion say that there is no God to believe in a person is just trying to reach the inner-self and find Nirvana. In my religion I believe there is a god who I worship. Since I was a little kid I was taught there is a God in school also in the house by reading the Holy Bible. Also Buddhism in movie they say that Atman or soul in not a thing or that it doesn’t exist. In my religion I believe that everyone has a soul. Another thing the movie shows is reincarnation. Buddhists believe that after dying they are born again in another body with the same thoughts that they had in the past life. An example of that would be, when Lama Norbu tells Jesse’s father whose name is Dean about how the contents of mind are that same when a person is reborn. My beliefs are different. When I die I believe that my soul is going to another place which is either Heaven or Hell. I don’t believe that I would be born or at least that’s what my faith tells me. This Movie would relate to someone whose religion is Hinduism. That’s mainly because a lot of things are related to it such as