Ernesto
Perez
Waggoner
9:30TR
English
20803
27
March 2014
Brother Bear
Watching animated films is and used
to be the most exciting attraction for young children. Children pay complete
attention to the cartoon or film they are watching. They understand what is
going on in the movie, which leads to learning directly and indirectly about
the real world. When I red the assignment, I instantly decided that brother bear,
a movie from Walt Disney Productions, had a great ethical message. Since Walt
Disney Productions is globally known for its amazing children’s movies, I was
excited to watch this movie again and understand what the producers really are
trying to communicate to their target audience.
First of all the movie Brother Bear takes
place in the post ice age North America where a tribe of Native Americans live
where Kenahi (a member of the tribe) and Kodak (a young bear) are the
protagonists. The main message of the movie is about brotherly love. Several
scenes show this message. In the beginning of the movie, Kenahi chased a bear
because it ate all the fish that was collected for the tribe’s supper. After
being almost assassinated by the bear, Kenahi’s big brother sacrificed his life
for the safety of his two young brothers. This scene shows how an older brother
should always take care of his little brothers and that family is the most
important thing in people’s life. The rest of the movie has several other
scenes about how important it is to have someone who will always be there for
you. Another important message of the movie is forgiveness. At the end of the
movie Kodak the young bear finds out that Kenahi killed his mom in a fight.
Kodak runs far away from the Salmon River. After meditating the situation,
Kodak understands that his intensions were not bad and that he has to forgive
his brother. After this, Kodak saves Kenahi’s life before being killed by his
older brother. Furthermore, the reason why Kodak mom died was because Kenahi
did not forgive that his brother was dead because of her. This story
effectively transmitted these positive two messages, which were really straightforward
and understandable for a younger audience.
Brother
Bear has a relatively small amount of negative subliminal messages, which
could be understood by young children. This movie has some tense scenes, where
two main characters are killed. This is not a good message to children, but it
helped to enhance the feelings and emotions of the public audience. As in Everything’s
and Argument says, “You may sometimes want to use emotions to connect with
readers to assure them that you understand their experiences.” (Lunsford, 51)
When Kodak found out that his mother was dead, both the scenario, and the way
he reacted were really sad. He left the Salmon River and ran towards the woods
by himself. The producers effectively communicated the feeling of sadness in
the animation, and enhanced it with excellent music produced by Phil Collins.
Furthermore, the way Kenahi was chancing and killed a grizzly bear is not a correct
message because bears are protected animals that are in danger of extinction.
The messages were easy to
understand, and were effectively communicated to the public. The producers used
a great choice of music and created a great animation that enhanced the public’s
emotions. Brother Bear is a really
good movie to watch with a great ethical message. The positive messages
definitely outweigh the negative so I will award Brother Bear with three slurpees.
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