The themes i recieved from this movie are Love and Brotherhood. There are four brothers of different race and color but they cared for each other as if they were the same race. Why? Because of the love they sure for their mother. But the love they had for their mother wasn’t the only bond they sured. the love they had for each other is very strong too. After the dealth they became closer then ever, and this shows love towards their mother and towards each other which is brotherhood.
I really like this movie because it shows i perfect example of Dr. Martin Luther Kings dream as far as racism goes. With the four brothers of four different effnict backgrounds working together without any problems is a beautiful thing. Also a lot of people don’t cherish the time their parents like they should, and this is a perfect example of “you’ll never know how much you’ll miss someone or something until its gone.
June 30, 2008 at 3:40 am
John Singleton is not as good a director as everyone thought he would be after Boyz in the Hood – and that’s ok. Why? Because this movie was good. The ensembel cast (Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Andre Benjamin, Terrence Howard, etc.) did a great job. Their chemistry was fantastic! Although you had this black and white group of guys you believed early on that these guys were really bro’s.
Singleton did this through some many subtle ways. Like putting the brothers in the same frame together or color coding their clothes (you peep that) to symbolize synchronicity. The screenwriter brilliantly through in scenes of brotherly interaction. Like when Tyrese’s character asked his brother to check is d@$& to see if he had an STD, something you would only ask your brother to do because your brother would be the only mothafucka to do it. Or when Andre Benjamin started slappin’ his brothers up for accusing him of setting up their mother – and they took the ass whoopin.
Characteristics like these turned what could have been a lame movie to a really cool night in front of the television or if you’re lucky a great day at the cinema.
The only problem I have is – when you consider all the things in the movie worthy of critical discussion or analytical praise – you didn’t mention any of it…
July 1, 2008 at 3:09 am
I haven’t seen 4Brothers in a minute, but I would like to know why they killed the gma. your reflection showed the over all message of the film, but what was the film even about? That would help further justify your point. But, from what I remember from the film, you are right. The main theme is love and brother hood. I also think that maybe leadership could be an underlying theme (mark). There has to be an alpha male to keep the group together. Because without him, I really dont think they would have stuck the way they did
July 1, 2008 at 6:14 am
I like the themes you presented and shared with us. I also like how you connected the movie to social justice. Some of the post was a little difficult to understand and i would have liked to have heard more analytical responses about different aspects of the movie so i could understand it better.
July 1, 2008 at 6:28 am
You start off the analysis really well but you start getting a bit off topic. I like how you interpreted the love and brotherhood theme because love is an important part of our society that people just figure is in every movie but never really analyze. but also like grace said i think you should input a bit more analysis, and maybe a BIT of plot summary for people like me who haven’t seen the movie. i guess i’m just too white =[
July 2, 2008 at 12:56 am
I liked the themes you got and brought up on your analysis, but you could’ve gotten more in detail about how the love between the four brothers are that strong. It’s nice how you connected the movie to currents issues and to history with MLK, and again could’ve given an example of how. My favorite part of your analysis is your last sentence: “Also a lot of people don’t cherish the time their parents like they should, and this is a perfect example of “you’ll never know how much you’ll miss someone or something until its gone.”, because I agree with it. People don’t want to “know what they lose until it’s gone”, because that really sucks.
July 2, 2008 at 9:49 am
I totally agree with you on the analogy you made to Martin Luther kings dream. I also agree with the fact that a lot of people do not cherish their parents….but lets scratch that because people don’t cherish their families any more period. I thought you could have wrote a bit more but the fact that you understand the themes an motifs of the movie is evident so thats good!……Ronnisha
July 7, 2008 at 3:19 am
good post, its good how you pointed out the main themes in ths movie which are love and brotherhood. also how you talk about MLK’s dream. kinda short but whatever.