Blog # 6: Hero

A hero is someone who puts innocent lives first instead of his own, sacrificing himself to save people from dangerous situations. In the movie Hero, two guys Bernie Laplante and John Bubber, Laplante being the real hero who saved the people and Bubber the homeless guy that pretends to be the hero. In the movie we see they way the media and the masses really made a big deal about this guy who just save the people from the burning plane.

In the movie Bernie Laplante a petty crook who pick pockets at every chance he gets, was on his way to pick up his son when his old car started acting up and a plane crashed right in front of him on the bridge. He went down to plane to open the door, but before he did he took his shoes off. So he open the door to let the people out and he saved them. When he was trying to leave, a little boy begged  him to go back and save his father. So he went into the plane and he didn’t find the boy father, but he found a lady stuck in between seats, so he saved her from the burning plane. So he went back to get his shoes, but only found one side. So he left the seen of the crash. Later he was driving on the high way and his car broke down. Then this homeless guy John Bubber, picked him up, and so he stated telling him his story about what had happed at the crash site and he also gave him his one side shoe since he lost the other side. Later on the lady in the plane Gale Gayley a reporter wanted the to know who save her, so she posted a picture of the hero on television and asked if they would come forward. Soon the whole America wanted to know who this mysterious hero is. So the news channel Gale worked at wanted higher ratings so they offered a one million dollar reward for the hero to come out and give an exclusive interview. Then she later said that they have the other side of the shoe and so many came forward, but John Bubber had one side shoe as well, so he came forward for the money. 

 
The media instantly makes a big deal out of him by turning into a celebrity who saved people in Vietnam and they boy in the hospital. Soon John Bubber was idealistic hero, because people saw him as well dressed, good looking person who had great hair. In today’s society we would look at the news and believe every thing they say. Just like this movie made it very believable, although we knew that Bernie Laplante was the real hero, and John wasn’t, people wouldn’t accept Laplante because he wasn’t this good looking, in shape and strong guy that looks like he could save people. The media made John into this guy who could do anything. I don’t think it was fair for John to get the credit for been a hero, but in the movie we see that Laplante didn’t want to be in the spot lights. He wanted to be left alone, but he wanted the money so he could help his family, his son. 

We all want a hero that can save us from this world we live in. Full of violent killing, cursing, lies and betrayal. In the end of the movie John Bubber couldn’t handle lying to people anymore so he wanted to jump off the building to his doom. Then Laplante comes to talk him and save him from jumping off, but then it becomes clear to Gale who’s emotionally attach to Bubber that he isn’t the guy who save her. Then she talks to Laplante who confesses that he was the one who did. But she went along with the story and never told the people who the real hero was, because she knew that people out there wouldn’t accept a person like Laplante and if she had said anything then the rating would of drop significantly.