Great Movie, But Also Ironic

Rating: 9/10 (10 September 2014)

The Truman Show is an amazing movie that makes you think of how we live our lives differently. With the main problem being that the main character is trapped in the same town by a fear of water where the whole world watches the every second of his life, the purpose of the film is to show how the media can manipulate people's lives. It's ironic how Hollywood would be displaying promoting this message, when they do the opposite. The movie really inflates the importance of being yourself, while deflating the idea of having a life where you act on the will of others. It targets other sources of media who manipulate events of people's lives, including plenty of bias on their opinions. The audience of this movie could be the general public, to raise awareness of the problem, but also other mediums of media to show them how they can affect people in an extreme way. The satirical technique of ethos and pathos are used very often in the film, such as how the viewers see the wrongness of how Seahaven is using him without consent to make lots of money and popularity from a TV show. Overall, I really enjoyed the movie's point of view on the subject and how the director portrays the message as a movie taking place on an enormous movie set.