Film Vs. Real Life: Ted Bundy

Arguably, this is a significantly more traditional and healthier upbringing for youth compared to the one described in the movie. Regarding his academic narrative as portrayal in the movie versus real life, Ted Bundy’s character is a failing, hopeless student whose struggles are used to entertain and heighten the emotions for its audience. However, Bundy was more than a satisfactory student with high ambitions which eventually drove him to go to law school and motivated his pursuits in politics. Bundy was noted for being granted a scholarship by the University of Puget Sound after graduating from high school. And eventually transferred to the University of Washington where he graduated with a Bachelors in psychology in 1972. Even more contradicting to the film’s portrayal was the fact that Bundy was an honors student who was well liked by his professors. Ted Bundy was notorious for his successful escapes from prison. The movie recreates the scene by exaggerating his rapid take-off after finding himself unguarded at a courthouse in Aspen, Colorado. The scene shows Bundy jumping out of a window where he jumps onto another rooftop before painfully plummeting to the ground. After reading and interpreting police reports and newspaper articles from the time, it indicates that his high-risk escape wasn’t as dramatic nor dangerous as what the movie makes it out to be. In fact, Bundy jumped out of a second-floor window
His legacy is eternal and will continue to support new theories and arguments in future trials. In the scheme of popular culture, Ted Bundy will continue to be the source of inspiration for mass produced films and other cultural artifacts in the entertainment industry. It is not uncommon that there are a multitude of discrepancies between Hollywood products and real life, and the 2002 Ted Bundy movie is an example that is indicative of this