The film "Captin America" has many archetypes embedded with in it, but before my analysis I read the title and it makes me think of a super hero. Luckly I was right, and the trailer seems to be the classic "good vs evil",but it doesn't seem to give you an ideia of who the enimey is. The trailer begins with a scrawny man who seems to have had a bad past, but he's given a second chance as he is morphed into a super hero through a machine.One archetype I noticed is "the task", and usally when somone has a task it referes to people who are speacial or have super abilities (EX-Superhuman). When looking at the main hero, the color of his clothes represent the American flag, and if we know anything about the American flag the red stands for hardiness and valor, white is innocence and purity, and blue is vigilance, justice, and perseverance. So I am guessing the colors would represent his characteristics and morals. One strange thing about the movie I found out is in the beginning he is using a garbage can lid as a shield from the guy because he doesn't seem to have selfconfedence in protecting himself, and though out the movie he uses a shield. Could this mean inside he still thinks he's weak, that he's hiding behind the shield ignoring what he really is?
Note: This character has been reborn many times in movies, comics, and books. This is not the first time this character has been released.
Note: This character has been reborn many times in movies, comics, and books. This is not the first time this character has been released.
I agree with your idea of the shield. I think the reason that he has a similar shield throughout the movie is to demonstrate that even though his appearance and physical ability has changed, he is still the same person on the inside. I think this is a very positive attribute for the superheroic hero to possess. This is because he won't take is powers for granted and he will always remember what he once was like. On the other hand a character like Superman doesn't have this perspective so he might not know how to handle adversity as well.
ReplyDeleteThroughout the preview you can see the change in the man character, he starts out as a scrawny man like you said then he starts bulking up and developing a new physique. I also agree with the comment about the shield, why do you think the director chose to involve such symbols as the shield and others? And with the classic plot line fading out near the end how do you think the movie would end?
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