Theme and Moral

Wow, the chapter on "Theme and Moral" felt like the most repetitive piece of homework I have ever read. I felt like I was reading a chapter of the bible over and over in different translations and versions….well, anyways…

I really liked the part where it talked about music having such a big effect in movies. Coming from a musical background and playing multiple instruments, it always fascinates me how people use music to complete a movie/scene. I often find myself listening for what kind of music is going on in the background throughout movies, skits, plays, etc. One specific movie that comes to mind is “The Dark Night”. In that movie the villain is “the Joker”, played by the late Heath Ledger, and although he does a very good job at being disturbing and menacing, that wouldn’t be enough without the music. For me, the eerie music that plays in the background during his scenes pretty much “makes” his character. The cool part is, most people probably don’t even notice the music and how it complements the movie. So next time you watch a movie, I encourage you to make sure you listen to the music and try to figure out what effect it is adding to the scene and if you think it complements the movie as a whole or not. I have yet to find a movie where music takes away from what the movie is trying to portray.           

            On a little side note, I find it very amusing that in “The Girl and the Wolf” the author states that the girls these days have gotten smarter and harder to fool because she shoots the wolf, but it still killed her Grandmother. So the girl apparently wasn’t smart enough to keep from telling the wolf where she was headed and that her grandmother would be there.