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Martine Marie Q. Dimalibot May 18, 2014
2012-61190 Reaction Paper
SCIENCE IS A FRIEND
When you see something as big and
scary as Godzilla, all you can think of is how it wants to destroy anything in
its way and how you’d escape its wrath once the creature is right in front of
you. But as a saying goes “Never judge a book by its cover”, and it was truly
seen in the film Godzilla (2014). It
seems unbelievable that the King of the Monsters would be the one to save
mankind but Dr. Serizawa figured out this valuable information, among others,
through none other than science.
Ford Brody’s father has spent years
trying to figure out what killed his wife. The death was attributed to an
earthquake, but he never gave up because he believed it was more than that.
Ford even thought that his father was already bordering on crazy; but what made
him realize that his father’s theories were right was again, science.
Science also helped the military
figure out their next move in order to prevent further destruction from the two
creatures who were feeding off radiation. Through the combined knowledge from
Ford Brody’s father and Dr. Serizawa’s research, they learned about the
creatures’ intentions of meeting up and mating, therefore it made things easier
for the military team to find them, and eventually defeat them.
More than the film’s heart tugging
message that we should value our loved ones like it’s our last day on earth,
more than the stunning visual effects that leave you hanging on the edge of
your seat because you feel like the monsters on screen are actually going to
eat your face off, one realization that stuck with me which I will always
remember is that no matter how crazy happenings around us get, science will get
us closer to the answers to our questions. It is truly the reason why this
world discovers something new each and every day.
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