American Beauty Lester Burnham, the

American Beauty Lester Burnham, the main character in American Beauty, is responsible for the choices that he makes, this being one of the most important themes in the film. While he initially feels that his condition was made possible as a result of a series of unfortunate circumstances, it is him who actually chose to be the person he is and have the life that he has. The choices that he made across his life practically made him the prisoner of his own story. There is nothing personal about Lester.

He is uninteresting and similar to many other simple people who are scared to do something to improve their lives. It is very probable that he is in this condition because he was too scared to act across the forty-two years he spent chasing the American Dream. The fact that he masturbates on a regular basis in spite of having a wife serves is meant to emphasize his isolation from the outside world.

Lester's sexuality is actually the very thing that saves him from posing in someone that he is not. His attraction to Angela pulls him out of his confined world and makes him observe reality. Lester's struggle to attract Angela can be considered a campaign of self-discovery, given that he changes his personality and abandons previous conceptions in his quest. It is eventually revealed that, in order to rediscover himself, Lester needed to employ an adolescent's view in regard to life.

No Country for Old Men While one might be inclined to consider that this film puts across yet another account concerning violence, bounty hunters, and drug-related concepts as a whole, the film is actually meant to address more complex ideas. One of the most important elements in the motion picture deals with people wanting to get rich over night without experiencing difficulty doing so. One of Llewelyn Moss' first thoughts at the point when he finds the money is related to him no longer being bounded by financial problems.

This reaction is frequently seen in people consequent to spending most of their lives working for a miserable salary. Moss simply wanted a way out and the two million dollars provided him with the perfect opportunity to escape depression. He did not stand to think about the complications that might arrive along with such a large sum of money or about the consequences of taking drug money. It was as if he was willing to risk anything in order to get a chance at changing his lifestyle.

The film brings on a moral dilemma and has viewers identify with Moss at the time when he takes the money. After all…it is what most individuals would do if they were to find themselves in such circumstances. One's own well-being seems to be more important than the well-being of a Mexican drug dealer in need of water. It is thus difficult to determine whether Moss should be condemned for his deed or not.

Either way, karma gets back at him at the point where he exposes himself by returning to the crime scene. Full Metal Jacket Dehumanization is one of the primary messages that Stanley Kubrick intended to transmit through this film. The Vietnam War setting provided him with the perfect opportunity to present the world with the effects that war has on people.

While private "Joker" seems prepared to deal with any situation at first, regardless of its gravity, it is later revealed that nothing and no one could prepare an individual for warfare. The character of Leonard Lawrance is particularly illustrative regarding this. Although he did not actually reach the front line, Gomer Pyle (as the commander nicknamed him) saw army training from a first-person perspective and was severely affected by his experiences in the army.

Whereas the gunnery sergeant's attitude seems typical at first, his severity is gradually revealed and perfectly manages to present viewers with the dehumanizing process that he is in charge of. It appears that the sergeant is insensible to the suffering of his men, as training is presumably meant to prepare them for the war zone.

Pyle is, however, unwilling to cope with the situation that he finds himself in and realizes that he has to kill the sergeant in order to prevent others from going through the same experiences that he did. The fact that he commits suicide supports the belief that he is unable to live with his memories in boot camp, given that he was permanently traumatized.

The film's general character changes significantly after the sergeant and Pyle die and one can almost say that it turns into a typical war movie from that point on. The Hurt Locker Although the action in this film revolves around the Iraq War, it is not actually meant to discuss this conflict. Its main purpose is to have people acknowledge the effect that war has on soldiers and on their failure to integrate society properly consequently to taking part in a conflict.

While the film uses the character of William James to exemplify a soldier's experience during warfare, it can be considered to portray sentiments felt by soldiers everywhere. The masses typically see soldiers as fierce warriors capable to make it in any environment. However, some of them are, in reality, unlikely to be assimilated into a normal community as a result of their experiences and because of their values.

The moment when James returns home and finds that it is difficult to perform some of the most menial tasks is extremely significant in revealing his personality. It is not necessarily that he is introverted, as the events that he went through prevent him from behaving like a normal person. A war veteran is thus perfectly able to avoid being shot and to defuse bombs, but he is less likely to make it as a simple man in a normal world.

One of the reasons for this is that James was perfectly aware that most people at home had nothing to do with the war. They were not familiar with the fact that Americans and innocent civilians from Iraq were suffering. Simple people are caught up in their daily commute and provide soldiers with a somewhat indifferent environment. Casablanca This classic motion picture discusses a frequently debated topic regarding people sacrificing themselves in order to serve a greater good.

Humphrey Bogart's character, Rick Blaine, is initially fueled by his determination to experience as little distress as possible as a consequence of the war. His former lover disrupts his harmony as she intervenes and claims to be still in.