The Island

I chose to write about these topics:

For what reason do you think Doctor Merrick’s decided to start the facility? What do you think The Island is really saying about the human cloning? Are you surprised by this is a Hollywood film?

What is the message of the film regarding the value of human life? How does this work with the fact that the film contains a lot of violence?

Nowadays people are all about the money. As soon as they find a opportunity to make it they will do whatever it takes to get rich and famous. I think that’s the first thought Doctor Merrick had while starting the facility. The second thought must have been the fear of death. The fact that we die is something we can’t stop or control, which scares a lot of people and sometimes makes them do weird and stupid stuff, exactly like money does. 

In the movie we hear the ”owner” of Lincoln six echo saying the price of getting a clone is 5 miljon dollars. It’s a lot of money which clearly shows us how much a human being is ready to spend for knowing he or she will live forever. Of course not everybody can afford that kind of investment and only very rich and famous people can buy themselves a clone. The fact that this is a hollywood movie doesn’t surprise me at all. For most people Doctor Merrick lives a perfect life with a perfect job which let’s him save lives everyday. That’s what usually caught’s the attention from people and makes them enjoy the movie. And that’s what makes the movie a perfect hollywood movie to earn money on. 

The movie shows us how much crazy things humans are ready to do just to know they will live forever. It shows us how every single human is so scared of death they will even kill other people to live. Which makes it funny how much violence there is in the movie. If life is so important to them, why are they ready to kill other people for in. My advice to these people and Doctor Merrick would be to use the huge amount of money they use to clone people to maybe save lives in a different way like making a better environment around them making people live longer naturally. Also, if they want to live they have to make peace and not kill so many people around. Because it’s not only them who are scared of the death.