A movie date with DOD and Ironman2
We laugh when we see films like “the Battle of the Midway” created by John Ford because it SO in your face and almost obvious that it’s a film propagating the war effort that it leaves you almost yelling at the screen “HOW CAN PEOPLE BELIEVE THIS!” but in the last 80 something years since the second world war we have seen unbelieve advances in filming technologies that blockbusters have become these 3 hour experiences that leave us in silent awe while walking home from the theatre. Because of these astounding movie creations there leaves a massive gap for creators, investors and government agencies to perfectly embed messages and ideologies for very participating viewers to pick up on.
In the opening scene of Iron2 we are brought to some undisclosed location in Moscow, Russia. Where we are introduced to a mean looking Character played by Micky Roark. Now looking back onto Mickey Roark’s history he wasn’t exactly a perfect person he struggled from drug abuse and consistently was portrayed in Hollywood as this deadbeat actor that always …show more content…
The essay will Argue and provide examples of how Ironman2 is a result of War propaganda. The first part of the paper will define propaganda and produce examples of how Ironman2 is a result of U.S military war propaganda and produces very particular messages and ideologies for the world to view. The second section of the paper will take very specific scenes from Ironman2 and examine how the film represents the following militainment tropes; clean war, Techno fetishism and Support the troops. Lastly the paper will assesses the extent the Ironman2 film shifts from spectacular to interactive militainment. The paper will conclude with an evaluation of Ironman2 and how media like this affects our citizenship and democratic
We laugh when we see films like “the Battle of the Midway” created by John Ford because it SO in your face and almost obvious that it’s a film propagating the war effort that it leaves you almost yelling at the screen “HOW CAN PEOPLE BELIEVE THIS!” but in the last 80 something years since the second world war we have seen unbelieve advances in filming technologies that blockbusters have become these 3 hour experiences that leave us in silent awe while walking home from the theatre. Because of these astounding movie creations there leaves a massive gap for creators, investors and government agencies to perfectly embed messages and ideologies for very participating viewers to pick up on.
In the opening scene of Iron2 we are brought to some undisclosed location in Moscow, Russia. Where we are introduced to a mean looking Character played by Micky Roark. Now looking back onto Mickey Roark’s history he wasn’t exactly a perfect person he struggled from drug abuse and consistently was portrayed in Hollywood as this deadbeat actor that always …show more content…
The essay will Argue and provide examples of how Ironman2 is a result of War propaganda. The first part of the paper will define propaganda and produce examples of how Ironman2 is a result of U.S military war propaganda and produces very particular messages and ideologies for the world to view. The second section of the paper will take very specific scenes from Ironman2 and examine how the film represents the following militainment tropes; clean war, Techno fetishism and Support the troops. Lastly the paper will assesses the extent the Ironman2 film shifts from spectacular to interactive militainment. The paper will conclude with an evaluation of Ironman2 and how media like this affects our citizenship and democratic