Date Viewed: 14/1/10
Director: Mark Herman (male)
Cultural Perspective: German
Genre: Drama
The movie The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is quite an interesting movie and it intrigued me. It’s about a small boy called Bruno whose father is a Nazi commandant who’s just moved next to a concentration camp which Bruno refers to as the “Out-With”. To begin with, Bruno is a bit unsure about moving to the “Out-With” and leaving all his friends back in Berlin. His sister Gretel has also moved with the family and Bruno refers to her as “the hopeless case” and at the time isn’t very fond of her.
As the movie progress’s Bruno runs out of things to do and decides to start exploring. One day Bruno goes exploring and finds a big long fence going around the perimeter of the house. While he’s walking around it he spots a small boy on the other side of the fence. Bruno walks up and starts talking to him and despite their differences they actually get along well. But what Bruno doesn’t know is that the little boy, Shmuel is actually a prisoner of the concentration camp that Bruno’s father is the commandant of. Throughout the movie Bruno and Shmuel friendship grows until Shmuel’s dad goes missing. Bruno decides to dress up as a Jew and go into the concentration camp to help Shmuel find his dad. It doesn’t turn out well.
If I was the director of this movie I wouldn’t change much because I think it was a good depiction of the book and was a well made movie. I maybe would have showed more of Shmuel’s life to see how he lived instead of just seeing it from Bruno’s point of view.
In my opinion this is a good movie and is worth seeing if you are looking for a deep movie. I wouldn’t recommend this movie to younger viewers because it wouldn’t make complete sense but is a great one for a more mature audience
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Where the Wild Things Are
Date Viewed: 15/12/09
Director: Spike Jonze (Male)
Cultural Perspective: American
Genre: Fantasy Drama
A movie that has just hit the big screen recently is Where the Wild Things Are. This old childhood classic picture book has been transformed into a mean, dark and scary movie. In the advertisement it showed a happy movie that looks suitable for kids. But actually throughout most of the movie it is quite angry and makes you feel almost uncomfortable. The movie may have followed the same main story line but some small important details make the movie different from the book. It’s basically just an exaggerated version of the book. The small boy in the book, Max who is the main character is an out of control small child who is a little bit messed up. His mum has started dating new people and Max isn’t happy about it.
Near the beginning of the film Max runs away after a fight with his mother. When he runs away from home he finds a small sail boat by the sea, and like any curious child he gets in the boat and sails away. Max ends up at an island and he finds the group of “Wild Things”. He spots the main “Wild Thing”, Carol reeking havoc and I think in a way it was his imagination showing a similar version of himself. Even in the first 10 minutes of the film is shows scary violence, with Max and Carol smashing up the small village that they just made. In this movie it has small parts of happiness but it never lasts and get interrupted by anger. This movie wouldn’t be suitable for a child at all. It is far too dark and scary. I wouldn’t suggest that big fans of the book go see this movie; the idea of the story is very different.
If I was the director of this movie I would have made it more like the book. If this was done it would have meant everyone would have enjoyed the film. But instead they targeted an older audience. The advertisement people didn’t do a good job in my opinion. They portrayed the movie in the advertisement differently to how the movie actually is. In the advertisement they showed all the happy parts and made it look suitable for kids and a happy movie. They didn’t show the movie how it actually is with its dark and angry scenes. I think they might of made it a bit angrier than the book just to please a wider audience, instead of just making it more of a childrens movie. In my opinion it didnt work out well.
This movie was an unusual one for me; I think you would have to have a particular taste to like this movie. So if you like dark angry movies go for this movie, but I wouldn’t recommend going to this movie with children expecting the old classic happy book.
Director: Spike Jonze (Male)
Cultural Perspective: American
Genre: Fantasy Drama
A movie that has just hit the big screen recently is Where the Wild Things Are. This old childhood classic picture book has been transformed into a mean, dark and scary movie. In the advertisement it showed a happy movie that looks suitable for kids. But actually throughout most of the movie it is quite angry and makes you feel almost uncomfortable. The movie may have followed the same main story line but some small important details make the movie different from the book. It’s basically just an exaggerated version of the book. The small boy in the book, Max who is the main character is an out of control small child who is a little bit messed up. His mum has started dating new people and Max isn’t happy about it.
Near the beginning of the film Max runs away after a fight with his mother. When he runs away from home he finds a small sail boat by the sea, and like any curious child he gets in the boat and sails away. Max ends up at an island and he finds the group of “Wild Things”. He spots the main “Wild Thing”, Carol reeking havoc and I think in a way it was his imagination showing a similar version of himself. Even in the first 10 minutes of the film is shows scary violence, with Max and Carol smashing up the small village that they just made. In this movie it has small parts of happiness but it never lasts and get interrupted by anger. This movie wouldn’t be suitable for a child at all. It is far too dark and scary. I wouldn’t suggest that big fans of the book go see this movie; the idea of the story is very different.
If I was the director of this movie I would have made it more like the book. If this was done it would have meant everyone would have enjoyed the film. But instead they targeted an older audience. The advertisement people didn’t do a good job in my opinion. They portrayed the movie in the advertisement differently to how the movie actually is. In the advertisement they showed all the happy parts and made it look suitable for kids and a happy movie. They didn’t show the movie how it actually is with its dark and angry scenes. I think they might of made it a bit angrier than the book just to please a wider audience, instead of just making it more of a childrens movie. In my opinion it didnt work out well.
This movie was an unusual one for me; I think you would have to have a particular taste to like this movie. So if you like dark angry movies go for this movie, but I wouldn’t recommend going to this movie with children expecting the old classic happy book.
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