I really enjoyed the film Demolition Man because it had a perspective on the world in the 90’s that can still be said in the 21st century. I feel that the film revolves around this whole ideaof the future and the director depicts his ideas of it very visually appealing. The film brings youinto this prediction of the future world, a place where violence is no longer a big issue. Yes, inthe world today violence is becoming more of a occurrence and problem but to say that we canbe able to rid of it in the next ten to 20 years is inaccurate.
I don’t think we can live in a perfect society where profanity and weapons do not exist because it would cause a much bigger problem. We wouldn’t understand the ways to defend ourselves, our lives would be sheltered andwe would all live very mind-numbingly. The police officers in the film are naïve to everything around them, much like today we too are naïve to important things. I feel that “the man” is always above us controlling what we do and that causes us not to know the truth about important matters. I would compare Dr. Cocteau in the film as “the man” because he was leading the city of San Angeles and all of his people praised him but was unaware that he was unleashing a criminal killing machine behind the scenes. My favorite shot was the medium close up shot of Simon Phoenix because with how director set it up and with lighting, you could tell that he was the antagonist of the film. I also thought the performances by the actors were well portrayed. My favorite scene was when Dennis Leary gave a whole speech about the things he enjoys to do that are frowned upon. The whole quote was almost an exact summary of what our civilization is today.
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