Slaughterhouse Five Film Analysis

lieve is that sometimes it is necessary. Those who tend to believe such commonly agree on the thought that one side of the battlefront deserves it. This thought is often reflected in films, media, and other social mediums. While films claim to be anti-war, they subliminally invoke emotions that promote war. Kurt Vonnegut in Slaughterhouse Five gives his take on war being represented through a secondary medium. Vonnegut believes that war, despite its purpose should not be revered as the effects of it prove detrimental to those it involves. However, he attempts to write a war novel, making sure to stand neutral to the opposing forces , give not too much detail l, and most importantly, stray away from glorifying any aspect of war. Through analyzing his methods you are able to contrast that with the methods of the Ridley Scott in his 2001 film, Black Hawk Dawn. Vonnegut’s dissatisfaction for the way films portray war would most likely derive from the reoccurring theme mediums, such as films, tend to portray. The soldiers tend to be seen as heroic and full of gallantry, which is simply the result of blatant propaganda. The negative actions of these …show more content…
This goal is almost never realized, in part because film makes use of only two of the five senses, seeing and hearing. This failure is explained in part by technological limitations. (David)
What the audience isn’t brought into focus with are the smells, touch, and taste of the war. If anything, films seem to belittle the actualities and gruesomeness of war. If the viewers were able to experience the sense of pain as the soldiers did or the smell of death, their emotions would be much more intense and thus less accepting of war. Instead, we are presented with the braveness and heroic behavior of soldiers, which is partly due to the limitations in