Bend It Like Beckham Essay

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The author is conveying the message that the rules in life a made to be broken or bend. Through out the movie all the main characters are constantly changing the rules and moving beyond the expectations set by their parents or their cultures. While Jess’s parents are expecting her to be a perfect Indian daughter, she has other plans. She sneaks out of the house multiple times to attend soccer practice and play soccer games with her team. In the end all the rule bending pays off as the movie finished with Jess leaving to university to play soccer. The director relates the title ‘Bend it Like Beckham’ back to the movie through the use of the character’s dialog. Gurinder Chadha the brilliant director, directs the film in a way that expresses the character’s dialog to show the feelings and controversy towards the set expectations and orders. As an example, Jess is talking to Tony about how her parents won't let her play soccer. She mentions how anyone can play soccer but no one can bend it like Beckham. Jules also comes …show more content…

The way you perceive the character is feeling has a huge effect on the way you perceive what is happening in the movie and the feelings that you have toward it. This relates to our theme of the title relating to the movie because there are several times in the movie where a character says the title, Bend it like Beckham. There are also times where a character is talking to another character and they make references to the title. It makes the audience stop and think about if the title is totally related to just soccer or is there another meaning behind it. In this clip Jess is standing up to her parents and friends about how she wants to play soccer. The use of dialog and tone in the clip makes the audience know exactly how Jess is feeling and makes them feel it

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