Film Analysis

Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
Ordinary World:Cylde Shelton is a Engineer, and a very smart man. He is a happy Father, with a beautiful daughter and wonderful wife.
Call to Adventure:Clyde owes some money to a man by the name of Darby and fails to pay up, so Darby comes to his home, knocks Clyde down, kills his daughter, and rapes his wife and kills her as well while Clyde is laying on the floor, watching,unable to move.

Refusal:At the trial there is not enough evidence to convict Darby, and only his accomplish Rupert Ames is sent to the death row and Darby only has to serve three years in prison. After Clyde pleads with his lawyer, Nick Rice, he's only disappointed to find out there is nothing he can do because there's no evidence and the justice system just doesn't work that way.

Mentor:To me, Nick Rice in a way is Clyde's Mentor. By telling him that it was just how the justice system works in america it set him off to show the country how terrible their system really was.

Threshold: Ten years later,Clyde becomes a violent sociopath and is arrested as the chief suspect for Darby's death.

Test, Allies, Enemies: Clyde is a very smart man and his only allie is himself. Where on the other hand everyone involved in his wife's and daughters case is his enemy.

Approach:In order for Nick to get a real confession out of him, Clyde makes a deal. He wants a new mattress with a soft pillow. Once in Jail he makes another deal in order for them to find a detective that he has buried alive. All he wants is a steak from a certain restaurant delivered at 1:15 and he will tell them where the body is. He uses the T-bone from the steak and kills his cell mate and is then sent to solitary confinement.

Ordeal: Clyde has secret tunneling in solitary confinement and sneaks out to place a bomb in city hall right under a very important meeting. Nick finds the bomb and takes it back to Clydes cell and hides it under his bed. The bomb is triggered by a cell phone. Clyde thinks the bomb is still where its suppose to be so it triggers it and kills himself.

Reward: He no longer has to suffer with living without his wife and daughter.
Return with Elixir: Clyde has been able to show in some way how off Americas Justice System is and that it needs to be fixed.

Archetypes:

Hero- Clyde Shelton

Mentor- Nick Rice

Threshold Guardian- Judge Laura Burch

Herald- Nick Rice
Shapeshifter- Mysterious Co-worker

Shadow- Clarence Darby

Trickster- Nick Rice

Ordinary World

Her names Lemoses Pepperseed.
Every morning she drags herself out of bed and puts on that stingy smile that hides all the pain she really feels inside.

The house she lives in is the farthest thing from a home. 

Seeing as there's no male figure present anywhere in her life she falls easily in love,
but it's only a matter of time before she gets her heart broken yet again.
At night she sits in her bed and cries where no one can her hear.
She carves things into her skin hoping it will take the pain in her heart away.
She knows she isn't perfect, and regrets many of the choices she has made in her life.

After a year and a half he tells her he is done with her. Just like that.
This time it's too much.
He doesn't deserve her tears, and she doesn't need him.
This time she's going to take a different approach.
Fixing all the mistakes she's made, and most importantly, she's going to be happy.

Blurbs.

I Gave You All - Mumford & Sonss

A girl with Cystic Fibrosis, a lung disease, has given her all to her body in fighting for her chance to live. She has always loved to dance and has dedicated her life to it, pushing herself to the max, but still keeping her body as healthy as she possibly can. Until one day she can't fight anymore and her body takes over.


Let It Be Me - Ray LaMontagne

A classic story of love between a boy and a girl. They have a perfect friendship and neither of them have ever been more comfortable with another person than they are with each other. One day the girl lies to the boy, and their trust is broken. After that everything seems to go down hill. Will love be enough to overcome the hell they've gotten themselves into?


Falling Slowly - The Frames
A girl that has been to hell and back has finally hit the end of her rope. She backs up her bags, takes all her well earned money and leaves to travel the world. Throughout all the places she makes new friends and has her eyes opened to what the world is really like. She realizes that her trials were nothing compared to the people of the world, and she finds true happiness along the way.