I watched two movies that shared similarities and also had differences. One film associated with action while the other was a horror and thriller film. The action film that I watched is called “Survivor” and the horror/thriller film is called “The Ward”. The cast of the “Survivor” are Milla Jovovich as Kate Abbott, Pierce Brosnan as Nash, Dylan McDermott as Sam Parker, Angela Bassett as Maureen Cranepaul, Robert Forster as Bill Talbot, James D'Arcy as Paul Anderson, Roger Rees as Dr. Emil Balan, Genevieve O'Reilly as Lisa Carr, Frances de la Tour as Sally, and Sonya Cassidy as Helen. The film was directed by James McTeigue and written by Philip Shelby. The film was released on May 29, 2015. “Survivor” is about a woman (Kate Abbott) who works at the American Embassy in London. Most of Kate’s friends died in 9/11 and after 9/11 she began working in the government. While working in the embassy, she suspected a terrorist and refused to give him the visa. Bill, her co-worker wanted Kate to clear …show more content…
In both movies the marginalized masculinity was represented by the males. One was an assassin and the other was a nurse. Both were defeated from a woman. In the “Survivor”, the watchmaker is an example of marginalized masculinity. The watchmaker tried everything to kill Kate. First, he placed a bomb in the restaurant, but Kate survived from the blast because she was in the other store buying gift for Bill. When the watchmaker saw Kate alive, she tried to shot her but he was unsuccessful in doing so. He followed Kate everywhere in the intentions to kill her, but he failed to kill Kate every single time he tired. He was the most wanted assassin in the world, but was failing to kill Kate, which was hurting his ego. At the end of the film, when the watchmaker was about to trigger the bomb, Kate came in to stop him. Kate defeated the watchmaker and eventually he died. The most wanted and strong man was killed by a
Connell (1995) developed this concept to describe how masculinities are always relational and, thus, one’s identity is continually constructed in relation to “otherness.” Crucially, Connell sees masculinity as integrally connected with power and constantly negotiated.
One of the most noticeable differences between the Aaron Schneider directed short film adaptation and the original short story Two Soldiers, which was written by William Faulkner, is that of the expanded significance of the shikepoke egg. In the short story, the shikepoke egg is used as a one-off, a minor example of the narrator not quite understanding how typical civilization works. In the short film, the egg is part of a greater, overarching theme of Pete being compared to the shikepoke bird. The short film ended up using a more succinct theme, that of Pete and his brother being like shikepoke birds, whereas the short story had no such theme.
In The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and And Then There Were None, they are many similarities displayed about human nature. Both stories share motifs of being trapped. They also prove that humans can be very savage and very sadistic.
The original King Kong (1933) was fairly different from the new 2005 version. In the new version, Kong was much more humanized. For example, in the end when Kong falls off of the building and dies, it is heartbreaking. But in the original, there is a sense of relief when Kong finally dies, after terrorizing New York City and especially Ann. Kong and Ann share a more profound bond in the newer film. That is shown when Kong is finished fighting the three Tyrannosaurus Rex, she willfully goes with him, after he saves her. Also, towards the end you see Kong and Ann having fun playing on the ice back in New York. Ann wasn't afraid of Kong in the remake.
It is an unimaginable thought that something so similar can be missing so much. They can be both so unique and incomparable. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee the main character, Scout and her brother Jem fight prejudice through a young person perspective. The main characters go on a journey against Bob Ewell throughout the sleepy town of Maycomb, at the 1930’s. Bob Ewell has falsely accused Tom Robinson of a crime. On the process the characters grow a lot and find things that spark their curiosity. This makes an interesting plot with many turns. The movie, To Kill a Mockingbird, has many differences from its book, many plots and characters are missing which greatly impacts the movie directed by Robert Mulligan.
No matter what, we are almost always talking about violence masculinity in America. Whether we are talking about the horrifying, high-profile mass shooting we have seen over recent decades, the far greater rates of murder and gun violence we see on a day – to – day basis that barely register in the national news, or the epidemic of sexual violence and domestic violence, the vast majority of this violence is committed by men, young men, and boys (Jackson Katz, 2013). Throughout this essay the topics covered will be how culture defines masculinity, according to the film, violent masculinity as a cultural norm, agents of socialization that teach boys how to be men, the cool
The book Slaughterhouse-Five, written by Kurt Vonnegut, is an anti-war book about Vonnegut’s exposure to the vivid events that unfolded during his time at the slaughterhouse in Dresden, Germany and how it affected him. The story is told by Vonnegut through the perspective of the main protagonist, Billy Pilgrim. Billy was a survivor from WWII and the Dresden bombing, but after returning he claims to have traveled through time to explicit memories from life and had been abducted by Tralfamadorians (aliens). However, in the film Slaughterhouse-Five, directed by George Roy Hill, viewers see slight changes to the storyline. Viewers notice that in the opening scene that Vonnegut’s friend Bernard O’Hare and his wife, Mary O’Hare, are never
I cannot speak for the 1960’s or 1970’s when the book and movie were released, but in 2018 toxic masculinity is neither common nor promoted in society. The type of masculinity promoted in modern movies is a direct reflection of the values masculinity holds today.
To understand either work’s take on hegemonic masculinity, it is important to identify masculinity as a gendered hegemony. In her definition of gender, Judith Halberstam notes that gender is socially systematized, performed, and reproduced in cultures, institutions, and individual identities (Burgett, Bruce, and Hendler, 116). In a like manner, in her article on gendered violence, Mimi Schippers notes R.W. Connell’s research on masculinity to expand this definition, implying that masculinity is central to gender relations. In short, Connell defined masculinity as “simultaneously a place in gender relations, the practices through which men and women engage… in gender, and the effects of these practices on bodily experience, personality, and culture” (Schippers, 86). Here, masculinity is classified as a social position, the set and practice
Based on a true story, the movie ‘Lone Survivor’ features four Navy SEALs that set out on a mission to Afghanistan with orders to capture and kill Taliban leader Ahmad Shah. The Navy SEALS are detected by villagers and the mission was compromised. Ultimately, the mission had been discovered and the men found themselves surrounded by dozens of Taliban soldiers. One of the Navy SEAL soldiers managed to dispatch to base and retrieve assistance but the Taliban shoot down the helicopter. During battle, three of the Navy SEAL soldiers were killed leaving one still alive.
…offers up particular notions of agency in which white working class and middle class men are allowed to see themselves as oppressed and lacking because their masculinity has been compromised by and subordinated to those social and economic spheres and needs that constitute the realm of the feminine.
I would like to state the importance of an actor performance and mise-en-scene of the male hero to portray the representation of masculinity in this film. Connells (1995) addresses that Bruce Wayne’s character is the definition of the hegemonic representation of masculinity which embraces and exploits the over exaggerated standards of masculinity of them being serious, unnaturally strong, wealthy and cool. His facial expressions also help contribute to this
The definition of masculinity shows young males that in order to be respected, power must be applied upon others and intimidation is the only method of gaining this respect. Through the use of this power and intimidation, females are often oppressed and kept under the control of men. Woman has need of the male in order to gain human dignity, to eat, to enjoy life, to procreate; it is through the service of sex that she gets these benefits; because she is confined to that function, she is wholly an instrumentality of exploitation (De Beauvoir, 360). Males use power over women to reassure their manliness and to portray their masculinity. This violence is not only present in households. It is also present in masculinity versus nature in a capitalist society, where the environment must be altered and destroyed for economic gains. It appears that violence against nature-that is, the impossible and disastrous drive to dominate and conquer the natural world-is integrally connected with domination among humans (Kaufman, 7). Another example of showing this power is through rape and sexual abuse. Through rape, men display their dominance in the most violent and gruesome ways. As Kaufman notes, in the testimonies of rapists on hears over and over again expressions of inferiority, powerlessness, anger (15). By committing this crime, males display their physical strength upon the victim and this is what masculinity is defined as, a display of power and
Masculinity, a seemingly simple concept. Yet, when examined more closely, it is clear that masculinity is constantly changing in its definition as well as in its most basic essence. Throughout the years, one can see this evolution firsthand by looking back at the men who have been portrayed in popular media in the United States of America. From the suave Don Draper types of the 1950s to the more casual, educated, and easygoing men- with perfectly chiseled abs, of course- that are portrayed in media today, the difference is clear. This drastic, yet unsurprising, shift in ideals, as well as the exponential increase of media consumed every day, has led to a change in how “masculinity” is perceived, as well as how it is enforced by society in the modern day. Alarmingly, this trend has led to the birth of so-called “toxic masculinity”, a bastardization of the original ideas behind masculinity which has created an enormous, detrimental effect on society as a whole. As defined in the article The Difference Between Toxic Masculinity and Being a Man, toxic masculinity is “manhood as defined by violence, sex, status, and aggression. It’s the cultural ideal of manliness, where strength is everything… where sex and brutality are yardsticks by which men are measured,” (O’Malley) This is a clearly displayed truth, and it’s astounding to see how even from a young age boys are taught not to show emotions other than anger, conditioned to believe that being “like a girl” is the worst possible
The series “Designated Survivor” is based on a cultural message of cultural diversity. The plot of the series is based on the United States of America and the President of the United States. I chose cultural diversity which relates to the differences within society, and different cultures live together with one another. The first episode is located at the White House, and the White House is a place where there are different cultures living together to protect others. The plot changed once the President of the United States and others were killed at the Capital from an attack. Therefore, the Designated Survivor which was the former Secretary of Housing was appointed as the new President of the United States. He was thought as the lowest man