The film ‘Twelve Monkeys’ is a 1995 American net-noir science fiction film directed by Terry Gilliam. The movie is about a mysterious group called Twelve Monkeys are believed to be behind the virus which wiped out almost all of humanity in 1996. James Cole a prisoner is selected to collect the information on the virus in order to help the scientists to develop a cure to save the world.
I think the film is trying to remind us of how we should be aware of the things that might have a devastating effect on our living environment, such as the Ebola virus and global warming. These things might not appear to be a huge problem now, but it will eventually become a big issue in our living environment. This is shown in the film that in 1996 a deadly virus has wiped out almost all of humanity, and all the survivors have to live underground. This film is important to us as year 12 students because it can teach us how we should be aware of little things that might not be significant to us right now, but it will eventually become a trouble to us. For example, our homework is the virus, if we don't care about meeting deadlines, ignore and not doing our homework, this might not have a huge impact on us right now, but it will come back on the exam. This can also link back to our society today. There is a research shows that there are only 62% of people
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When those little things add up, there will become a big trouble. And also help us understand that being different to people around us is not wrong, don't give up your own opinion and follow the most popular opinion. Lastly this film reminds us of the dangerous of the biochemical weapon, how we should be aware of it, how we should all do our best to make a safe, clean and peace living
This movie explores issues of greed, human relationships, betrayal and redemption, personal innocence and responsibility as well as the effects on the human mind
If you are unable to find any information about the social impact of the film, explain the personal impact it has had on you.
The rest of the film is about the obstacles that main character has to face because of racist remarks against black people and stereotypes. I like the way the director exposed common stereotypes, represented in the movie as the
The movie has good representations of the collectivism point of view like what ants always talked about the betterment for their colony rather than for individuals. In the movie, equal chances
This movie was another parallel of war, war is a topic that is timeless because it’s constantly around us. The basic humanity and the lack thereof, brought it into a more modern light. Every person has a drive in them at a primal and instinctual level, that makes them fight for what they believe in or run away. Little parallels like that definitely brought this into a modern light. and showed that they were just trying to survive like the rest of
This movie gives us a perfect example of how a conflict was not handled effectively because assumptions were made, the character jumped to conclusion, due to this the issue became worse than it should have been. The communication dynamics in this was always done through someone else therefore one person would get upset, because he misunderstood the person that was giving him information.
It analyses scientific, historic and social information to decipher how and why the myth of race developed. The film maintains that race persists as a category of social difference and inequality even though it is socially constructed and not biological. This is because the notion of race is ingrained in everyone’s brains, even the non-racist brains to conclude there is a hierarchy. The film indicates that race is an idea that we ascribe to biology, as well racial lines justify past and present wrongs; slavery, imperialism and genocide. As well, a lot of scientific work on race was individually and culturally influenced, therefore social differences become naturalized or biological i.e. infant mortality, living conditions etc- even in today’s society we ignore poverty and social neglect of health; not real science. Race does not relate to genetic diseases a way to show that we are able to have or not have
From the film one can learn the importance of taking chances and making choices. The film also teaches us about disobedience. Are desobidance puts us at risk, but is important to do what we feel is right. The film also teaches the harsh reality's of war and how it can cause men to do terrible
This film presents an individual that chooses not to conform to modern society, and the consequences of that choice. The main character
The storyline is about the fictitious African nation of Wakanda whose country is rich in Vibranium and is advanced in technology. Beyond this point, is that the movie focuses upon the power of men and women who through working together rule and reign. Moreover, the movie highlights peace not war,
The film represents violence of destruction as associated with masculinity, and it shows this as a negative attitude, and
“12 Monkeys” is a sci-fi movie set in a post-apocalyptic future in which humans live underground to scape a noxious virus that was supposedly released by an organization called 12 Monkeys. In this future, time travel has been invented, and the protagonist, James Cole is forced to go back in time to collect information about the virus.
As a culture we are obsessed with the concept of the end of the modern world as we know it. We contemplate what would happen if everything we love and care about were to suddenly disappear and never come back. The everyday commodities we enjoy gone in the matter of days, and left in its place is a sinister survivalistic world where no one is safe and the only thing that matters is surviving day by day. Doesn’t matter what caused the world to come to an end, only matters what we do after in order to survive. This genre of movies and films is known as post-apocalyptic. Although the film may delve into the causes of the apocalypse through flashbacks or memories, the film will generally revolve around the characters struggle to survive the aftermath. The genre is riddled with hundreds of films with unique twists and turns, but the majority share similar patterns that help us identify the fears of our culture. The major fears of our culture which post-apocalyptic movies portray is the fear of loneliness, major change in routine, losing our humanity, and losing the feeling of security present in our modern day society.
For some inexplicit reason, people are obsessed with the idea of an apocalypse. Steven Soderbergh 's, Contagion, depicts what could really happen if a viral outbreak lead to a worldwide pandemic. What makes this piece so unique to the apocalypse genre is the director’s ability to focus on the societal impact rather than the virus itself. This pandemic leads to a momentary collapse of social order, commenting on how self-absorption plays a role in times of disaster on both a small and large scale. Soderbergh uses numerous cinematic and narrative elements to attempt to display how an ultra-realistic viral outbreak would spread and ultimately impact society.
As mentioned above, the people of the film are not known to a world without disaster. One thousand years have passed since the Seven Days of Fire, an apocalyptic war that ended human civilization and up raised the Sea of Decay, a wilderness of poisonous plants, insects, and creatures. The