Journal 5: Sept. 19, 2013
Write about the film you think works the best for the hero’s journey.
I think most Pixar movies would work for the hero’s journey, and also this project. These movies are all pretty well-done and all (excluding recent films) have a good story with a hero that follows the hero’s journey. I think the best options, would be either Toy Story or A Bug’s Life.
Toy Story follows Woody as the main, central hero, and his task is to get back to his owner when he and his family moves. The toys, obviously, have huge obstacles to face being so small, and they are tested often. There is also an abyss when it looks like Woody has given up his quest when Buzz Lightyear and he don;’t get along. But then, the transformation occurs, they get out of their abyss, and become great friends in the end and for the sequels.
A Bug’s Life also works fairly well, and follows Flick, a “loser” ant who no one believes in. He goes on his adventure all alone, which is a little more true to the hero’s journey than Toy Story, just because Woody has all his friends come with him. Flick also has to face challenges with predators like the grasshoppers, and berating from his own colony. He also faces an abyss when it looks like there is no hope and he gives up altogether, deciding he would never return to his colony. This might not be his only abyss, though, because when the colony finds out that the circus bugs are not heroes, they give up on Flick and he again gives up. But he conquers this as well and comes up with the plan to dispel the grasshoppers.
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