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Plot Summary for Level Up Me
(2005)
Why are the Japanese so bad at English? Two
words: Nova Corporation.
What would happen if you learned
nothing but Nova English for an entire year? Filmmaker Morgan
Spurlock does just that and embarks on the most perilous journey of
his life. The rules? For 365 days he can't learn or speak anything
that isn't on Nova's menu; he must take at least three lessons a
day; he must use every kind of technique offered at least once and
Man-to-Man his lesson if asked. |
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Spurlock treks across Japan interviewing a host of experts on
education and an equal number of regular folk while chowing down
at the Pink Bunny/Gaijin Factory. Spurlock's grueling 40 minute
english lessons spirals him into a physical and emotional
metamorphosis that will make you think twice about buying another
load of Nova tickets. |
While doing this, Spurlock also provides a look at the culture
of learing English in Japan through it's schools, corporations,
and politics as seen through the eyes of regular Japanese people
and education advocates. "Level Up Me" is a movie that sheds new
light on what has become one of Japan's biggest learning problems:
gullibility.
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You haven't seen the movie have you?
The
premise hinges on the statement made by Nova, as the basis of
their defense in court, that their lessons can be consumed as a
primary education without ill effect: which is false.
The
experiment itself only serves one portion of the movie, and the
rest is an examination of the gullibility and ignorance found not
only within Japan but also in the many University Graduates from
english speaking countries that sign up to work at
Nova.
Personal responsibility and common sense is openly
discussed in the film, and even if you had seen it, you would have
realized as much.
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Spurlock concludes that the ill-effects of working for this
company is equivalent to a spoon full of mercury every morning,
hence the high turn-over of instructors and staff.
For employees: either insanity kicks-in, or the mind-control techniques
eventually work and they find themselves a position on the
Hierarchy-of-Sewage.
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