The Fly - Reaction Paper

Jonathan Idolor
2013 - 14792

The movie was quite interesting, being acquainted with the more recent version, it was nice to see what the first version looked like. The flow of the story was made to confuse or most probably get the attention of the viewer from the very start. The ending was anti-climactic though and just seemed to aim to eliminate any possibility for the story to continue for the human fly.

The concept of teleportation is very familliar of course. One thing I was expecting to see was how the concept of the soul would be explained in line with teleporting people or living objects. But due to the focus of the story, they focused more on disintegrating and reintegrating matter.

Their views on scientists showed the general public's skepticism for new and profound inventions. It was apparently expensive to be curious back then. People were also very afraid of change and of things they could not explain and understand, which explains why they so abruptly killed the fly.

The overall feel of the movie seemed to be directed towards the concept of playing with science. How human experimentation was, and still is taboo. On how being too skeptic can hold you back from great things but without understanding the limits, can destroy you.