The Warriors

I really enjoyed watching the Warriors. The movie was filled with suspense and action. The film took place in New york city and it was really nice to see how new york city looked at that time period. The warriors going to a gang meet up and the top gang leader was shot and killed. They were accused of killing the leader. So now the Warriors are on a mission to make it home to Coney Island from the Bronx by taking the train while many gangs are looking for them. That is a long train ride home and to have gangs ready to fight you makes it 10 times harder. The skinheads were the first gang encountered and all they did was chase the warriors to the train station. The orphans were the second gang that they encountered. They were not at the meeting and were very lowkey. They were confused about not being invited to the gang meet up and they had a newspaper to prove how bad they are which is funny. That is when we also meet Mercy who just wants to witness action happening so she tags along. Next gang encountered was the baseball group who were ready to ball. Half the gang fought them while the other half encountered an all women gang who played them harder. All member of the wanted to stop to have sex once during the whole movie like they werent in a rush to get home safe. Then there was this epic bathroom fight scene that had me on the edge of my seat. One of my favorite scenes was when Mercy and Swan were on the train and two couples walked on the train and you can tell that they were of another class and they were just staring at Mercy and Swan and mercy tried to fix her hair and Swan stopped her. Swan didn’t want Mercy to feel less than or insecure while he was with her. Enough of my over analysis. 

In the reading The Cultural Economy of fandom By Fiske we learn about the importance of fan and how the support of fans makes a strong community. Fans are an important aspect of the release of films and more. People have to want to go out to watch films and want to buy and support industries after something is put out. There is an accumulation of fan art, art collectors. Fans go as far as making their own content just to put another idea of how the story can go. The part that stood out to me in the Jancovich and Snelson reading what the part about the women becoming more dominant. The women had to go out into the workforce to provide for themselves because their husbands were at sea. In the reading of the Warrior, we learn that The Warriors was based on a novel but the film is different from the novel. New York is portrayed as being grimmy. People wanted to ban the movie because there was a violence outbreak. 

This film reminds me of the show The Get Down. They both take place in New York City and their different groups of people fight to prove they are the best at something. The Get Down just involves music but both the Warrior and The get Down have teens looking for love and fight for what they believe in.