GaMer

I did not expect to like the movie as much as I did-but i enjoyed it A lot. While watching it I was like whoa this looks alot like one person shooters that I have seen people play. I guess that just means that our video games have gotten that advanced that they can be compared to a film. Especially with what we are talking about-especially the cycle of oppression, the film had a lot of things that I think we learn from a young age that are not necessarily true. We saw the gamer himself:overweight, eating away while playing video games. Not only that but he had a scooter to limit himself that much more. No, not everyone who plays video games is overweight andhome ridden because of their weight. Then we have the "hero" he is in fact a murderer whetherhe had control over it or not. But he has been glorified because he has survived so many levels. yes he is white. The main "bad guy" is black and seen as this monster who only wants to go after Gerard Butlers character... why does he have to be black? The other gamer, is a rich kid who gets whatever he wants because his family is well off. once again he is white. Althoughsouthern people are usually seen as dumb-it was nice to see that Michael c. Hall's character the genius who created those games is in fact southern. Ludacris was also a hero type figure in the film, we do not see a black hero that often which i enjoyed seeing. An Asian was snuck in there! and he was the another genius who can hack the system and fix things as needed. I think at one point or another we learn all these stereotypes at a young and a refuse to use the liberation theory and unlearn them. Most of these characters are proof that these stereotypes do exist. The film was very intense and visually stimulating. and just like Americans like.... the hero wins in the end!!!