PROOF

PROOF REVIEW

 

The Proof is not most Hollywood movies. The audience may have been bedazzled by its special effects, however, through deep scrutiny, the movie has many deeply embedded messages for us to decipher. The movie was able to make the viewers feel as if they were watching the past, present and the future. Its filmmakers were able to integrate visual techniques, a symbolic plot and reality all rolled into one, producing one massive hit of a movie.

 

Science and mathematics usually connote the study of phenomenon, creatures, people, and things as well as the laws that govern their ways and existence.  Science and mathematics provides explanation, clarifications and understanding on things that cannot be comprehended at face value.   Such studies and interests provide rational and empirical approach of appreciating the otherwise complicated realities of things.  It is a valid way of understanding the creation of life whose application can be utilized in a wide range of discipline. Science and mathematics are methodological disciplines in which observations, studies and researchers are conducted and facilitated in order to develop and examine theories and principles that will act as guiding knowledge of depicting reality.  They discern records and manipulate physical data so as to reach into valid and reliable findings from which conclusions will either confirm or contradict the claims of a particular theory.   

 

The film is a masterpiece tackling the most controversial beliefs regarding life and reality which makes the film even more compelling. It presented claims and arguments that question the grounds of man’s existence as well as the possibilities of a multi-dimensional world. It wittingly disrupted the distinction between fact and fantasy as the movie transcended the audience to cross socially and culturally defined beliefs. The movie lured the viewers to think outside the confined notions of reality and existence by illustrating possible impossibilities. Interestingly, the factual and scientific information in the film were presented as fantasy as the plot narrates that process of discovering the Riemann Hypothesis. The real themes of the movie on the other hand are the common beliefs that people hold today regarding the process of discovering new mathematical models, the dreamlike present time, and the liberated connotations of the future of mathematics and science. Actually, the philosophical aspects of the film were strategically manipulated in order to bring confusion to the audience thereby drawing their attention and heightening their interest.  

They say that the only permanent thing in this world is change.  Life is a constant hello’s and goodbyes.  Whether you like it or not, things do happen beyond your control.  The reality speaks of endless possibility that makes the life of every man very complex.  Our powerlessness to understand and thereby adapt to the changes makes it more difficult and troublesome to grasp the system and function of our being. The lack of knowledge on things, animals, events and people is supplemented by data and information that will fill the void of rationalizing why things are the way they are.  Chaotic amount of available facts that explains a phenomenon are made clear through detailed analyses and interpretations guided through the use of rational explanations.  Understanding is the ultimate goal of science and mathematics.  The elucidation that science and mathematics offer to the community keeps the people on firm grounds making them logical, wiser and strategic in performing their everyday function as human beings.  Things that coexist with men are likewise understood through the accounts and logical reasoning that science and mathematics give.

 

In this sense, The Proof movie was able to demonstrate the capability of film as not just an entertainment source but also as an educative tool. The movie was made popular not just by its highly technological film effects but the contribution of the story line and the arguments and claims of the plot. Questions regarding the cultural and social context of the audience realities were cultivated in the film almost threatening the general belief of our existence. As such, The Proof was applauded for boldly analyzing and critically analyzing the order of our reality as we know it. The film is highly cultural and socially-relevant in this aspect as it left the audience wondering and thinking of the possibilities that were tackled in the plot. But in the process, moral and ethical issues became obvious with respect to the religious beliefs of the public. Religiously speaking, the claims made by the film makers regarding the existence of God were significantly amenable to the teachings and doctrines of most religious beliefs. This resulted to the impact ethical impact of the film in its alternative portrayal of a possible reality.   

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