Power In Iron Man 2
Iron Man 2 is a popular superhero movie, but underneath the action and explosions, it was affected by the American beliefs of their political system. Tony Stark is pictured as a very successful individual, and without his unique ideas and brave actions, the people would find themselves facing a corrupt company called Hammer. Stark has a successful weapons business, and these privately owned business and companies are shown to be important to capitalism’s success, this is shown by Iron Man being chosen over the government. The government is pictured as the adversary because corruption plagues many nations and even in a first world nation, people are still fearful of corruption within organizations of power. On a political level, Iron Man 2
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Stark says,”My bond is with the people,” as he leaves the Senate meeting, and the crowd cheers for him, showing the distrust in the government and its belief that Iron Man is a threat. This hints that society should trust private protection, rather than a secretive government controlling them. This is proven beneficial, when the government’s alliance with Hammer completely backfires, and Stark must become the hero. Karl Marx believed that moving up in social class was nearly impossible, proven to be a common belief in the US.“You come from a family of thieves and butchers, and like all guilty men, you try to rewrite your history, to forget all the lives the Stark family has destroyed,” was a comment made by Ivan to Justin Hammer. In our culture it is common for people born into wealth to have more opportunities in life to succeed, than it is for a man like Ivan. Tony Stark was a billionaire, able to become a hero; Hammer, also wealthy, was successful in life, but inevitably failed due to him becoming an enemy of Stark. Yet, our culture believes that capitalism is the best, and anything else is not an option; communism would not have allowed for Stark to gain so much power and become a hero. The film portrays the possibility of becoming powerful and wealthy, like Stark, because of the system the US has in
Stark says,”My bond is with the people,” as he leaves the Senate meeting, and the crowd cheers for him, showing the distrust in the government and its belief that Iron Man is a threat. This hints that society should trust private protection, rather than a secretive government controlling them. This is proven beneficial, when the government’s alliance with Hammer completely backfires, and Stark must become the hero. Karl Marx believed that moving up in social class was nearly impossible, proven to be a common belief in the US.“You come from a family of thieves and butchers, and like all guilty men, you try to rewrite your history, to forget all the lives the Stark family has destroyed,” was a comment made by Ivan to Justin Hammer. In our culture it is common for people born into wealth to have more opportunities in life to succeed, than it is for a man like Ivan. Tony Stark was a billionaire, able to become a hero; Hammer, also wealthy, was successful in life, but inevitably failed due to him becoming an enemy of Stark. Yet, our culture believes that capitalism is the best, and anything else is not an option; communism would not have allowed for Stark to gain so much power and become a hero. The film portrays the possibility of becoming powerful and wealthy, like Stark, because of the system the US has in