G.I Joe the new hit movie for teenagers all over. It is not just a movie it has a message behind it. The army is using this movie to help recruit men to go to war. As we discussed in class that your typical audience that would be watching this movie would be about 14 years of age and they would be boys. The military is targeting this audience so that they can get them when they are young and have them enlist when they turn 18 years-old. A fourteen year-old will watch G.I. Joe and think wow it must be fun to be in the military fire guns and do whatever you want. This movie also shows as we discussed in class that there are no consequences for your actions, and if you are in the military you can go around and blow things up. Any early teen would love the fact that there are no consequences for your actions. The way this trailer shows all the violence makes it seem exciting, they use this tool to embed in young teens minds that the military and going to war is exciting.
Young boys love G.I. Joe and want to be like him. Through all the media sources whether it is a doll, movie, or billboard they want to teach young boys at an early age that it is cool and fun to go to war. Especially now that we are in wartime they found the best time to come out with this movie. It is amazing how the media can come out with a doll or something and make young kids want to grow up and be just like that doll. For example, if you ask young girls who would they like to be like when they grow older a lot of them will say I want to be like Barbie. The media controls the whole world and even young ones minds. Not only do they control everything that is around you, but in the same time they use it to make lots of money. All around I found this movie more as a message to young boys than just a simple movie. Lots of movies created by the media effect others ways of thinking it is just one of the many techniques they use to send messages.
