Saturday Night Fever

This film was very straight forward and did not sugar coat anything like many movies do. The whole movie you follow Tony Manero (John Travolta) through New York in his day to day life. In many movies that you see today the main character has a close to perfect life, there is usually a struggle that the character goes through but it is almost always overcome at the end. That is not the case in this movie, there is nothing that could be mistaken as perfect in Tony's life. He is working a dead end job that he doesn't enjoy, he is a part of a very dysfunctional family where his brother is favored by his parents and he is seen as the black sheep with no vision for his life. The only thing that Tony had to look forward to was going to the disco on the weekends.

I like how real this movie was, if this movie came out today Tony would probably either have a job that he absolutely loved or be so wealthy that he wouldn't even have to work. I feel like Hollywood is trying to make everything seem to be perfect and create a false sense of security for the viewing audience. When in actuality it's almost more depressing to watch a movie where everything is perfect because that isn't how life actually is in most cases. It's kind of refreshing to see a movie where the "hero" has problems that are relatable to real life.

The ending of this movie is optimistic but in no way perfect. At the end Tony decides that he is going to move to the other side of New York to get away form everything that is dragging him down and try to make a better life for himself. There is no guarantee that he is going to make it but he is taking a step in the right direction. In the end Tony still has a long way to go before reaching his ultimate goal, which sticks to the realistic theme to a movie. You are really able to relate with his situation because there is always going to be something that you need to work for and instead of it all falling into you lap at once, it will come to you one step at a time.