Concussion: Movie Analysis

Peter Landesman’s movie Concussion portrays the importance about a serious topic that wasn’t even talked about before. “Concussion” manages the subject of brain harm endured by expert football players. By making a movie discussing the topic, Landesman managed to create a controversy about it and help people be aware of this new discovery. Sure, most people were aware that receiving so many hits per game in the head wasn't a natural thing. However, no one really understood the magnitude of this and how it could affect ones life indefinitely. Rather than a movie, Concussion is an eye opener not only for Football players but also to everyone who supports the sport. In the movie Dr. Bennet Omalu discovers a rare and new brain damage in football …show more content…
Courageous Landesman took charge of illustrating the story that absolutely had to be told some day. Not many people are brave enough to take on against a corporation as big as the NFL. It is quite interesting what it is like to call out such a big American institution. The director of the movie, as well as from New York Times Magazine journalist, is used to tackle such arduous topics. This multifaceted man has written from genocides in Rwanda, to Russian arm traffickers and sex trafficking. It’s not much of an astonishment that he did not think twice about sharing out sensible but important topics to the NFL on his …show more content…
Omalu shows the importance of persistence through this entire movie. At the beginning he was aware that no one, even the other pathologists on his team, where not on his side. At one point of the story his family was at stake because of the threats coming from football fans and he decided to keep going and finish what he had started. However, he kept on talking to others trying to find someone to finance his investigation making it possible to talk them into how he could change this sport forever. It’s noticeable that at the beginning of the movie the doctor is very naïve about Football. Even though he lived in the US where this sport is what gets people going, he paid zero to no attention to it. When mike Weber died, Dr. Omalu’s co-worker in pathology tried to make him understand the magnitude of his death because of the legend he was. Dr. Omalu doesn’t seem to care how famous his new “patient” was, but what had happened to him. He shows this innocence through the entire movie, not caring who he was facing (in this case the NFL and the rest of the world). Someone else would have decided to avoid the inconvenience of going against such a mass of people, ignoring the greater