The Truman Show
For a movie to be worth 5 stars it must be able to show something new to the world. The movie The Truman Show can be seen as a masterpiece but to a real show creator it can seem as much different. The show is unrealistic in many ways, but it shows an interesting way about how media has influenced our society, but with an ending that leaves you confused.
For the main character Truman to not discover that his life is a setup is unrealistic for real life. For example, the weather in Seahaven changes very quickly. When Truman is a young boy he and his father go sailing, the island is supposedly in a bay. The extreme weather on the water that happens is unrealistic to the weather patterns in a real bay. Also, throughout Truman’s life many people break onto the set in attempts to tell Truman that his life is a fake. Even for a character on the show such as Silvia to not be able to tell Truman about this, and the speed at which they react when she tries to is not like real timing. For Truman to not understand why certain things in the town don’t work, and why some buildings don’t seem quite right is not normal. He would have known something was very wrong, which he does by the elevator, but he is unable to explain this to people. He becomes suspicious of what is happening but for this show to be true reality TV he would be looking in more ways than just like he did for answers.
Reality TV has grown in many ways since the making of this movie. When The Truman Show was first created this idea of following the life of a person seemed ridiculous. To create a world that is not real for pure entertainment and no storyline was unheard of. You see hundreds of reality TV shows popping up on many stations. In today’s age we really do see children grow from birth in shows such as Teen Mom and 16 and Pregnant. Many people have grown addicted to watching other on TV instead of going on with our own. For some this persistent watching of reality could even be described as an addiction that needs professional help. Within the next 10 years you may start see support group for reality TV addicts. When a little kid watches shows like this they can get the idea that acting in that way is real and acceptable in the world today. But the way in which we move on is up to us, and Truman must also make that transition from reality TV to the real world.
The ending of The Truman Show to me didn’t seem very good. For this to be real life, he doesn’t seem very emotional for finding out his entire life was a lie, and that he had no real friends of family to turn to. He has no place to go, no way to escape this massive set on the moon to get to earth. This movie is set in modern day, 1998. The technology in Truman’s world is not up to date, and he does not know what is happening in the world he is soon to go to. I would have like to know more about if he finds the character which he falls in love with on the show Silvia. The creator does show her trying to find him, and one must assume that he is looking for her but they do not say whether or not they find each other or not. I think that the movie could have done much better in explaining what will happen to him, where he will go, and if he will find who and what he is looking for.
The show is unrealistic in many ways, but it shows an interesting way about how media has influenced our society, but with an ending that leaves you confused. Overall I wouldn’t give this movie 5 stars, but maybe someone else will.
