Reaction Paper on The Fly

                The film ‘The Fly’ was indeed entertaining. Admittedly, I expected it to be a bit boring at first, but as the story started to unravel, I found myself paying more and more attention to what would happen next. I also found it interesting because it is far from the kind of films that we have today. It has a simpler storyline but has a greater emphasis on the lessons it can teach the viewers. It was the first old, if I may call it that, movie that I watched and it didn’t disappoint me.

                The film showed how science demands perfection and how scientists are willing to reach that level of perfection in their inventions and discoveries. It shows how scientists and experts strive to make a mark in the world of science and technology, even if it means risking their own safety.

I think the film can be called a morality play because Andre, the main character, could somehow represent the never-ending curiosity of mankind and our thirst for perfection. It teaches viewers that there are some things that we just shouldn’t mess with and that we should be able to face the consequences of every action we make.

‘The Fly’ also gives viewers a peek into how simple everything was back then. People weren’t used to encountering and handling complex situations which they aren’t used to. Inventions and discoveries, like the one Andre made, would be treated like oddities and would be met with a lot of criticism, that’s why it was so hard back then to come up with something that would be immediately accepted as something good.

- Clarice Alyanna Adeva