Dr. Becker- The Jacket

        John Maybury's 2005 film ,The Jacket, was my favorite film we have watched in class all semester. It was so suspenseful. I sat in awe with hundreds of questions running through my mind. Jack Starks, a man who claims to have died twice, experiences extreme torture in an insane asylum lead by a doctor by the name of Dr. Becker. I want to focus my blog post on Dr. Becker because I had such a hard time reading him throughout the film. Dr. Becker's techniques are unethical and downright cruel. The hardest part for me while watching this film was watching Dr. Becker. He seemed to truly believe he was helping his patients by attempting to "reset" their minds and put them in morgue drawers for long hours. While Jack is in the morgue drawer, the viewer is lead to believe he is able to time travel. Jack travels into the future and meets face to face to Dr. Becker as he is leaving a church service. Jack laughs at Dr. Becker and claims that he and the other patients he mistreated are all ghosts that will haunt him for the rest of his life. Dr Becker responds to Jack with what seemed like a genuine response. "I was trying to help you." Although Dr. Becker's treatments were unorthodox, I do not see why he would waste his time with them if he didn't actually believe that they were helpful. I had a hard time hating Dr. Becker in this film, especially when he got angry at one of his nurses for leaving Jack in the drawer all night long. His mannerisms throughout the film lead the audience to believe he is evil, but I saw some good in him.