Us

Us was a very suspenseful and thrilling horror movie with many aspects that made it different from any normal one. The film suggests many different themes throughout it, one being that the evil we usually portray in the world or movies is not real. The real evil in the world is us as people. We are the ones who create all of the hateful crimes and madness in this world and we are also the only ones that can stop ourselves. By this I mean that you cant change the world unless we change ourselves. Overall the movie I believe was a masterpiece and served as showing many hidden themes of what happens in our societies.

One scene I found ultimately fascinating was the scene of Jason playing with his dark half in the closet. The lighting is tremendous in this scene, the only light is from the flame of the lighter that the child plays with. The filming also switches back and forth from both of their perspectives as well as a view of both of them from the side to see each of them. Throughout this scene the sound is made from both the children’s breathing, as Jason gets more nervous his breathing gets heavier. Usually kids are also not meant to play with lighters or fire due to it being dangerous but this dark half of Jason does not know that due to the way he has grown up in anarchy.

I think this scene also represents the fact that children have the sense of innocence to them, but could also be dangerous. What I mean by dangerous is that with older generations shedding influence down on our youth this could make them just as dangerous or lethal as an adult. If an adult tells a kid that doing something wrong is right, they will do that thing while not knowing the wrongness of it or consequences. Having a child who knows nothing of consequences or right or wrong could being looking at life through a completely screwed up lens. An example of this is children who grown up around terrorists. They are told that if they commit the most horrific acts known to man to other humans that they will be rewarded for it. This theme I believe runs throughout the movie and in other scenes.