This week in class, we watched Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth. I liked the film, and thought it had an interesting twist to a classic fairytale. When I was watching the film, certain aspects of it reminded me of the film Peter Pan. One big thing that I noticed between the two films was that in Peter Pan, they went to Neverland, which is a different world. In Pan's Labyrinth, Ofelia goes into the labyrinth, which reveals to me that she has a whole different life in a whole different world. I thought it was interesting how these two different films could share a similar aspect.
I think it was interesting how Guillermo started the film with the end scene. It really added something to the film because it gave me a chance to imagine what happened, and it added some suspense to the plot. Something that was interesting to me was that Ofelia's mother thought that she was too old to believe in fairytales, even though Ofelia was in a fairytale. There was magic throughout the film, like when the fairy leads Ofelia into the labyrinth. This scene reveals that Ofelia is really Princess Moanna, and she has to complete these tasks in order to reclaim her kingdom. It is interesting to wonder what would have happened if Ofelia never met the faun, would she still have be able to complete her task.
One thing that was an interesting aspect of the film was how Guillermo del Toro used a lot of goriness. I did not really lot that because during some of the scenes, I had to look away because it was too gory. The one scene was when Mercedes stabs Vidal in the mouth, then he has to stick the needle through his mouth to give himself stitches was not my favorite. Even though, I do not like the goriness in the film, I really do believe that it adds to the fairytale style of the film. I think the goriness adds to the plot and Guillermo did a good job implementing it into the film.
I thought Guillermo did such an amazing job creating these monsters that were in this film. It added a lot to the story of the film, and helped create that sense of magic. The monster's makeup was very well done, especially the Pale Man. Pale Man had only one scene in the film, but he made me scared because I did not know what was going to happen between him and Ofelia. Guillermo did a great job paying attention to the details of these two monsters. It was interesting how he made the Faun very muted colors, which is interesting because I think he wanted the Faun to represent the Earth. I think both of these characters added something unique to the film.
I really liked this film because it was something that reminded me of magic and fairytales. There were so many different elements that helped make the story really come alive. I think that Guillermo del Toro did a fantastic job directing this film, and I would recommend this film to someone who has never seen it before. I like how we continue to watch different styles of films in class because it helps me expand my knowledge of the different types of film. I cannot wait to see what we watch next in class.
This week we were assigned to watch Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation. I thought it was an interesting movie that had a slow build to it. It was hard for me to get into at first, but as things started to build up with the main characters, I found myself getting more interested in the film. Coppola did an excellent job directing and I think she picked a great cast for this film. One of my favorite parts of the film was that it was shot in Japan, so that was something unique that I have never seen before. I have never seen a film written by Sofia Coppola, so it was interesting to see how her style of film compares to other film directors' styles of film. I think that it was cool to see Bill Murray play such a different role than we saw him play in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. The film portrays Murray as this movie star that travels to Japan to do a whiskey commerical. He seems like this lonely guy, just lost because he not only is he all alone but he does not understand...
This week in class we watched Jaws, directed by Steven Spielberg. It has been a long time since I saw Jaws for the first time, so it was nice to watch it again. I really enjoyed the film because of the excitement of the action on the screen as we watched the film. Jaws had many different things in it that made it fun to watch. Something interesting about this film that I thought Spielberg did great was incorporating different sound effects into the film. I like how thrilling Jaws was at times because I enjoy a film that has me on the edge of my seat. While watching Jaws, I made a connection to another film that we had watched earlier in the class. The film that in my mind was similar to Jaws was The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. Both films had started with someone being devoured by a shark. In The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, it was his best friend, and in Jaws, it was a random girl. Something that both films share in common is that throughout the course of the movie th...
The first film we watched was Dr. Caligari, which is a very old film. It has a little bit of dialogue, and has some color in it. Something that I found interesting about this very old movie was that it was a completely silent film. I think the music choices they picked were interesting because they were like a different type of jazz music that I had never heard before, so it was cool to hear something new. Dr. Caligari is the oldest film I have ever watched, so it was very crazy to me just to see how movies used to be filmed back then. The next film that we watched was about Snowy, the turtle. I thought it was a cute little film and it made me laugh a few times. I thought it was cool how Snowy has been alive for 25 years and remains alive today. I did think that they got some great shots of Snowy in the film, especially when he was outside in the grass. Another thing I thought was great was that they went to see the turtle expert, and she gave them some tips to help with Snowy and I be...
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