Today in class, I learned that the word pregnancy was not allowed to be said on TV when TV first became popular. Clearly, the content and use of words have changed in television and movies over the years, becoming dramatically worse (or better? entertainment-wise...). This idea made me think of the content of a movie I just watched called Awake. This movie took a very morbid subject, displayed it, and then made it even worse by adding human cruelty at its worst.
Awake is about a young billionaire residing in New York City who experiences anesthetic awareness during heart surgery. This means that the patient who is supposed to be in a deep sleep ends up waking up but being completely paralyzed, and thus not being able to do anything but lie there in agony. The main character, Clay, realizes, while still in surgery, that the entire surgery team and his own wife (whom he'd married the night before) are plotting to strategically kill him--to get his money. The surgeons planned to make it look like just a failure that naturally can happen to heart transplant patients.
The movie takes some crazy twists and turns and leaves you wondering until the very end. The essence of human cruelty is very obvious throughout the surgery process. This is way worse than using the word pregnant in the script. It just goes to show how far entertainment has come and makes me wonder if it's gone too far. I thought Awake was a thrilling but also very disturbing movie. The beginning of the movie shows Clay having a close relationship with his fiance and his surgeon/doctor. Once I realized that they were plotting to kill him, I couldn't believe it. I thought, "How could they be so cruel?" A scene featured Clay literally crying during his surgery and it made me think of all the people that have actually experienced anesthetic awareness (though hopefully not like that in the movie!).
This movie was very well-written and made a seemingly boring subject one of the most thrilling movies I've ever seen. For a movie that features a man going through surgery nearly 75% of the entire show, I wasn't bored for one second.
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Hey great post Heidi, it is crazy to see how much more is getting by in entertainment today. It seems like the shows i would watch 12 years ago were innocent compared to todays standards. Movies have also gotten alot worse, with the making of the Saws, and Hostels etc. I would be intrested to see the exact standards of movies 10 years ago compared to now, such as how gory scenes can be, number of cuss words allowed, dress codes etc. And also what determines whether a movie should be PG, PG-13, or R.
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