Much of Hollywood blockbusters fail to capture the attention of the audience for a good story, plus special effects. However, experts and aficionados say that behind many of these tapes is a hidden agenda for messages and symbols are not as evident in their frames.
Spider-Man - Tobey Maguire plays the tape in 2002 Peter Parker, a shy young man who gets superpowers after being bitten by a spider. The boy uses his new skills to do justice. However, critics say that the story of Peter represents puberty. To prove that point to start the film the young only speaks with his uncle, it is very shy to share with the girls. After being bitten by the spider, Peter begins to experience physical changes as a muscular body and the ability to produce spider, which they represent sperm. The film's director, Sam Raimi, spoke of these similarities in an interview: "As is the story of a teenager who is assimilating great power and going through a big change, it must be a metaphor for guys they are going through puberty, which is what happens in the teen years, "he said.
Robocop - In the 1987 film, Peter Weller plays the cop Alex J. Murphy, a good and decent man, who when he was killed by a bargain is used for an experiment that turns him into RoboCop. Experts say the robot has many similarities with Jesus Christ. To get started, Murphy was tortured by bandits who first gave it a shot in one hand, while in a similar position to be crucified, was killed by a shot to the head. Then it was resurrected as Robocop, who did good and justice. In one of the last scenes, Robocop seems to walk on water. In 2010, 23 years after the film premiered, director Paul Verhoeven admitted similarity.
"Robocop was a story of Christ. It's about a man who crucified in the first 50 minutes after it is raised and then the supercop of the world. But it is also the figure of Jesus walking on water, "he said.
E.T. The Extraterrestial - This film also has many similarities with Jesus Christ. E.T. is an alien who comes from heaven courtyard of a house in which a separate mother and her three children live. One of them, Elliot, rescues him and hides him at home. E.T. teaches children values, mainly the love of family, that is affected by parental divorce. The dialogues are several Biblical references as the child's siblings when they see it for the first time and say "have eyes to see and ears to hear." E.T. also chased by people in authority, like Jesus was Herod and Pilate, and has the power of healing. The most symbolic scene of the film, to make the comparison is when ET will be mounted on the ship that will take you back to your home and has a white sheet like a cloak. When your heart starts beating seems the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Despite the many comparisons its director, Steven Spielberg denied.
X Men - Since 2000 the series has proved battles mutants, mainly Wolverine (Hugh Jackman). But while the public confrontations striking presence, experts say the real message of the show is the struggle for gay rights. Among the symbolism is the fact that both the acceptance of being gay as the transformation process of the mutants usually occur in adolescence. Some dialogues and manifested for example in X Men 2, when Iceman confesses to her parents that this is a mutant and ask him if he has tried not to be. The director of the tapes, Bryan Singer, who is Jewish, homosexual and adopted, confirmed the significance.
"I'm part of several minorities. I grew up a child horribly complicated. A terrible student. Now I'm a filmmaker, and you feel alone in the world because you are separate from others. So it does have to do with the scene where Bobby Drake (Iceman) confesses to his family, until Wolverine reveals his past. Wolverine Crossing has always been very personal, "Singer said.
Avatar - Created with expensive special effects and three-dimensional, the plot of the film is based on an old history; a power group that travels to another ethnic group at a disadvantage to take over some natural resource. In this case it is a corporation that wants to take over the mineral that is in Pandora, a planet where the Na'vi live. Although several interpretations have been given to the history of James Cameron, most inclined to a political reading. Invasion corporation making the Na'vi compared with the Iraq war. Some critics have highlighted the ability that Cameron had to make a reference to the September 11 attack on the Twin Towers in New York, through the destruction of the Na'vi home tree of the Corporation, representing America.
Inception - Reality and dream are difficult to discern when wrapped in the plot of the film by Christopher Nolan, 2010 Leonardo DiCaprio plays Dom Cobb, an expert in stealing information from the subconscious of people, which makes it. a fugitive. In his hands comes the opportunity to claim if he can insert into the mind of the heir of a business idea. However, some say that the plot represents the film industry, mainly how a film is made. All team members have a specific task Cobb beginning because he is the director, as it gives you the instructions to others. Eames (Tom Hardy) is the actor, because it changes your face, especially when facing a mirror. Ariadne (Ellen Page) is the writer who designs it is the dream, Saito (Ken Watanabe) is the studio executive that is funding the entire mission. While Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is the producer because he is aware of all the details and know how everything works. Many dreams have designs showing details of subtle tricks used by industry to make movies. On the subject, Nolan said in Wire magazine interview: "I did not try to make a film about filmmaking, but gravitated to the creative process that I know," he said.
The Big Lebowski - The power of money and the mafia are an important part of the tape from the Cohen brothers, starring Jeff Bridges. However, critics claim that the true meaning of the 1998 production is castration. All the male characters have some kind of weakness. The Dude (Bridges) is a man who does nothing until it is confused by thugs with millionaire Jeff Lebowski. His daughter keeps him and his wife have control over your life. Despite being surrounded by weapons, Walter Sobchak (John Goodman) is dominated by his former wife. The rest of the male characters also show different types of weakness, while female are those with power. Other acts such as urinating and threaten to castration appear in certain scenes.
Aliens - This time, James Cameron made a movie with aliens a reference to the Vietnam War. The uniforms, ships and weapons of the soldiers have similarities to those used by U.S. troops. In the plot, the soldiers faced the "aliens" with similar tactics and attitudes that were used in Vietnam. The principal criticism of the authorities launched and presented as incompetent and responsible for the deaths of thousands of American soldiers.
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