On the Waterfront

On the Waterfront

            When deciding what to do, man factors come to mind. But the main two that come to mind is lie and take the easy way out and not get in trouble, and the other is to use morals and tell the truth and suffer the consequences. In the film, a man named Terry Malloy is faced with this situation. The decision to tell the truth is always good, but the effects may affect many people. As in the movie, many people would lose their job since the head of the corporation is the mastermind behind it all. I truly think this is the main theme of the movie: even if it’s hard, use morals and make the right decision.

            Starting this movie, along with Casablanca, I had many prejudices. First of all I had the thought that these are old movies and they are going to be terrible. But the book helped me get past this prejudice. Since it was an old movie, it brought many more thoughts. One big that the booked helped me was that do not go into a movie with high expectations, because if it is too high, you can only receive disappointment. So I went into this movie with the expectations low, so it could only get better. The second prejudice I had was personal bias. I usually do not watch these kinds of movies. I look past the quality of the movie and look at the message that is trying to be portrayed, so I can use it in my everyday life.

I also went into this movie well prepared. I read the information about the movie, so I well informed of what it was going to be about. This helps so you can start to put the puzzle together right away from the begging. But from being well prepared, and looking past the prejudices, it was actually a really good film.