Ong-Bak "Headed" your way

Ong-Bak is one of a kind movie. It has the best fight scene out of all the movies you see combined together. Ong-Bak is played by Tony Jaa, and the story goes that the head of a sacred statue is stolen, a young hero is sent out in the big city and takes on the underworld just to retrieve it. He encounters many friends and foes as every day is a struggle for life. What interest me in the movie is the symbolisms it carries, so i will be focusing on it.

So the movie starts off with all the dudes playing capture the flag on a tree (a tree represent life or growth) and, at the end of the game the winner was Ting (who's our hero). So heres where the issues start theres this man who wants to by a precious gem or necklace (i forgot what it was) and, to him money was no problem but, the Buddhist priest refused to sell. So at midnight he stole the head of the Buddhist statue that was sacred  to the people of the land because it was considered luck and gave life to the land.

From then our hero is realised like a mad dog hunting his prey. He enters the capital of the country (Bangkok). He continues his search for ong-bak but, while doing that he has to find his friends son who is corrupt and, only cares about money. While he continues his search for the stolen head he encounters many enemies in the club risking his life where on the other side his friend George only cares about the money he wins. Money seems to be big in the movie because every one he encounters fights for money or kills for money, so basically the money represents the greed of a man as it controls them making them lose their morals.

Ong-Bak(name of the statues head) seems to have its own symbol not, just one but, many. It symbolizes power, trust, sacrifice, and bravery. All these traits that I listed are found in the hero Ting and George. Ong-Bak seems to change people as it changed George from a money addict to a great companion as he helped Ting in his adventure. At the end of the movie I noticed Ting is more than a hero with courage, determination, and humility. He doesn't seem to act like other heroes who call the people helping them their sidekick. He considers George a friend a companion and top of that one of his kind not, just a sidekick.By the way the tree in the beginning of the movie seemed to represent Ting as he grows in every situation and learn and adapts to the environment.

I you seem to catch a really important symbol that is found in other movies that can be related to this or if you can add on to a symbol I already know Please free to post.

Hero or Anti Hero

May,29,2010


Came back from a long day of school, and I really needed a rest. My mom saw how tired I was and she let me go by a game. I was searching for a long time trying to find the perfect game, and I found the GAME INFAMOUS. So i played it for a while and found out some patterns that occur with heroes or villains

 How The Story Goes...
So the story goes a person named Cole (main character) was caught in a blast. Later on he wakes up and finds out he has the ability to use electricity. As a result the city was quarantined and it was considered a health hazard to the country. Guards patrolled the outskirts of the city to make sure no one escapes, but Cole finds a person on the other side who is willing to let him escape if he finds the women's husband. So he does things that make him a hero but also things that make him a villain.

 His Heroes Side....
The city was isolated from civilization and sooner chaos and gangs started to rule the city. The police were getting weaker and they started to run away from criminal activity. So he sets of his journey trying to eradicate the gangs that have taken the city. Some patterns I that Cole has done that other heroes have done is hurt him self to save others such as cleaning the water system from the oil contaminating the people fresh water(He basically feeds on electricity and if he comes in contact with water it hurts him) or taking gun shots from villains just to save a hostage. One of the most old fashion thing a hero can do is save a bunch of people from a train that going to fall off the cliff. SPOILER- At the end of the game when your a hero you abandon the quarantine city and leave all the people, gangs, and friends to rot in the city.

His Bad Side.....
As much as he sounds good, he can be bad guy. You decide what to do in the game, and your decisions affect how good or bad you are. One of the most baddest thing you can do is kill the man who owns the only T.V channel in the quarantine city.( think of it a life with no T.V) The more evil you become in the game you start to look evil to. You grow red veins all over your body and your skin color starts to look like a grayish pale tone. I noticed that one element that a villain has is his desire to destroy a entire civilization or in this case a city because of someone else that has affected him negatively.