Relevancies on Falling Down The movie Falling Down was a story of a middle-aged man going through a lot of turmoil in his life. He was recently divorced from his wife and daughter. where soon after he was given a restraining order against them. He was then fired from his job, this was the culmination of his problems. He went throughout Los Angeles and decided to make his point heard in several different ways. He shoots up a burger place and beats up a convienence store with a bat just because he is unhappy. Our class looked at this movie in several different ways. There were many relevancies pointed out in our book that I would like to discuss.I personally enjoyed this movie. I thought the points that were being expressed were issues in everyday society. I think one of the main relevancies is that of timing. His wife and daughter left him and he lost his job around the same time. This also comes up that when he walks into the burger place. He wants breakfast but he is 5 minuets late to get breakfast and he gets real upset but the manger still won’t give him breakfast. So he decides that he is going to make a point that he should be heard and he decides to shoot the ceiling till he got his way. Even though he scared everyone in the place to think of him as a robber he pays for his meal and then he leaves. Timing is also a large part of Detective Pendergast’s character in the movie. He is about to retire that day when this case comes up. He works on the case the whole day and by the end of the day he realizes that he isn’t ready to retire just yet, that he still loves what he is doing. Another large relevancy that I came across was that of unexpectedness. Throughout the movie D-Fens ( the man) does things that are completely unexpected. He is sitting in traffic when all of a sudden he decides to get out and leave his car and walk away. After he does that he goes into a little convienence store whe...
