3 Movies You Can OrComplicate: Movie Recommendations for OrCom majors
Written by Marri Cagande
Organizational Communication can be adapted and applied easily into multiple contexts, may it be corporate or everyday life. Sometimes, it can even find its way into your relaxation time! So if you’re itching to watch a movie but also feeling really OrCom, here are 3 movies that you can analyze and apply your OrCom knowledge to.
OFFICE SPACE
This movie showcases a lot of themes and issues that we tackle as OrCom majors. The movie centers around a group of employees who rebel against their upper management and the company itself due to workplace dissatisfaction. This movie can test your interpersonal communication knowledge as well as organizational behavior. Bonus: Jennifer Aniston is in the movie, too.
HER
Her has a simple premise: a recently divorced man falls in love with his advanced A.I. operating system. Though the premise may be simple, it packs a lot of variables for analyzation about the nature of interpersonal communication, and if you’re feeling particularly existential, the nature of love itself. If you need a good brain boost, this movie provides enough elements to keep you hooked and get your brain pumping.
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
This one’s a bit of a curve ball but hear me out. Guardians of the Galaxy is about a group of intergalactic “criminals” banded together to save the galaxy. Common enough plot, isn’t it? But what can it teach an OrCom major such as yourself? Simple: Crisis Management.
The movie showcases proper action plans, how to be adaptable to sudden changes, the right attitude in a crisis, and the importance of communication. The list goes on. So if you’re feeling for a Marvel movie, why don’t you try this. Plus, the movie playlist is something you’ll want to keep for yourself.
So these are movies that can help liven up your movie night while at the same time, show you how OrCom is everywhere. You just have to know where, how, and what to look for. Happy watching!
