The corporate logos were used as commentary on our culture. The scene in the aquarium is very tragic. You see a deep connection and love between the Josie and male character, but in the distance there is an evian logo. Even in such a beautuful and pure enviroment, like a deep sea aquarium, the youth could not escape the corporate capitalistic system they have been born into and don't even realize. This film is more of a tragic black comedy than a silly kids movie to me, where all the characters act oblivious and silly, when the world around them is not entirely what it seems. Really the world they know has been brainwashed into their skulls by marketing and advertising companies since they were children. Think, the younger generations have been born into this mass culture of self absorbtion and delusion. They can't remember a simple time, where the stuff we see on a daily basis was not as dominant in our lives, because they weren't born in that time. And with each generation this "normalcy" of our culture just reinforces itself with each new batch of kids being born each year.
"I'm bleeding, making me the victor."
- Wimp Lo (Kung Pow 2002)
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