12 Monkeys

This film, 12 Monkeys, is about a man time traveling back into the past to find out more about a deadly virus that killed 5 billon people. James Cole, the main character portrayed by Bruce Willis, sent back in time to collect information on this deadly virus. To earn a pardon, James Cole allowed the scientists to send him back into the past multiple time. There was a scene in this movie that references another movie, Vertigo. The scene in Vertigo that was shown was the Muir Woods scene. Judy was acting like she was possessed. Looking at the ridges of the trunk and saying when she was born and died. Talking about the past and future similar to what was happening in 12 Monkeys. Like the scene from Vertigo where Judy pretends to be blonde Madeleine, Railly transforms herself with a blonde wig. The theme throughout the movie was time. James ends up in 1990 and World War I time period, before ending up in 1996. James gets confused if he is mentally unstable or he is traveling back and forth in time. A photo and the bullet removed from his leg are the only two physical proof that he is actually traveling back in time and is not crazy. Other evidence is Cole, predicting that the child who felling in a well was hiding in a barn. Another piece of evidence was when Cole repeats the phone conversation. He was too far away to hear but he knew word for word.