Today in Introduction to Literature we watched a movie called, “Dr. Horrible.” It is about a man named Dr. Horrible and the love he has for a girl named Penny. One day Dr. Horrible goes on a mission and things to terribly wrong. His arch nemesis Captain Hammer saves Penny. Penny and Captain Hammer go on a date and Penny falls in love with Captain Hammer. Penny works at a shelter and Captain Hammer helps Penny raise awareness for the shelter. Dr. Horrible cannot handle this so he attempts to kill Captain Hammer. Things go terribly wrong and in the end Penny dies.
I think the film is genius because it takes the current timeframe and creates a comedic tragedy full of humor and wit. The opening scene shows irony when Dr. Horrible gets a letter from a viewer that writes, “Hello Genius.” Dr. Horrible laughs and says, sarcasm is so overdone. The film is full of other scenes such as this where there is comedy, such as when Dr. Horrible is talking and four cowboys come into the background and begin to sing.
This whole film is very creative and in a way everything is backwards. It appears that Dr. Horrible is the good guy and Captain Hammer is the evil villain when in reality Dr. Horrible is the one trying to take over the world and Captain Hammer is the one saving it. It is backwards because Dr. Hammer is portrayed as a gentle, sad, and genuine man while Captain Hammer is conceited and selfish.
I also thought it was interesting how everything was backwards...it was a bit confusing at first to understand this but after I realized it, it suddenly made the moral of the story a lot more clear.
ReplyDeleteGood insight.. I didn't really think about it that way. I was feeling more sympathy towards Dr. Horrible than Capt. Hammer and here it's Dr. Hammmer that's saving the world, even if he's a little cocky about it.
ReplyDeleteThe reverse of roles with an evil genius protagonist is very in genius and cleverly makes the point.
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