Twilight: Breaking Dawn

I want to talk about the id. See, Sigmund Freud, the crazy granddad of psychology, had a theory. The simple (and mercifully short) version is that the mind is broken up into three areas; the superego, ego and id, the last of these being a sack of basic animal desires and emotions. I feel this last part comes in very handy to explain the appeal of properties such as Real Steel, Transformers and Twilight, as these films’ sole aim is to connect straight to the id of their audiences. Continue reading →