Pleasantville

Pleasantville was one of my favorite movies of the year, I won't lie. The transformation of the town through Bud is both enlightening and dark. The movie addresses many social issues as the people are changing and becoming more aware of the outside world. The reference to people as colored and the discrimination against them brings us back to the civil rights movement and the advancements made for entire cultures. We also see a book burning like something hitler (I didn't capitalize hitler or purpose, he is a deutsche) would do with the third reich. Basically the film tells us to open our eyes and see the world in a new light, much like this whole semester of classes.