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Reflection On Topics In Cinema

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During the semester, I was excited to take the English course: Topics in Cinema. It was simple – I love movies, it was the perfect class for me. However, there was one problem, it was all about Star Wars. Part of me was thinking that I wouldn’t survive, just because I don’t particularly love the movies. However, there was another part of me (my sister who loves this saga) was telling me that everything was going to be okay. So, I matriculated, and I spent the entire break being laughed by my sister, telling me that I should know who shot first because they were going to mention it in class.
While watching, and analyzing the fan base and meaning of the films, I finally understood why people were so captivated by it. Star Wars was groundbreaking cinema, just like Avatar was for 3D movies. The casting of the films was phenomenal, especially with Harrison Ford (who continues to play cult classic characters) and Carrie Fisher (one of my favorite feminist role model). For me, Star Wars was just another “geek culture” film that I just didn’t enjoy. My sister thought it was ironic that I saw Star Wars: The Force Awakens two days before the official release and I wasn’t even excited about it. However, after taking the class and doing my research so I could write the essay about the fandom. I see the entire fan base in a different light. One of my research was to …show more content…

I just thought that the whole, underdog becomes the savior and then returns to his hometown where the citizens applaud him was just a Hollywood cliché. And so, did Joseph Campbell, who wrote seventeen stages of the hero’s journey. Some of the stages were: meeting the mentor and the demise of the mentor, which allows the hero to step up and put to practice his new-found knowledge. When the professor explained that, every single character death made sense to me: Dumbledore, Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Han

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