I recently watched The Woman in Black, and I found it to be
one of the worst “horror” or “thriller” films I have ever seen. I am easily
scared by pretty much anything, and I was expecting to be on the edge of my
seat for this movie… I was sadly mistaken. Daniel Radcliffe only said about 40
lines throughout the whole movie, and the remainder of the movie he was
meandering around a backyard forest chasing after a woman dressed in black garb
while making distressed faces. Really
Daniel?! Your first movie outside of Harry
Potter and you do this? I’m disappointed.
I was scared a total of, maybe, two times in the hour and a half long
movie. After our time we spent dealing with visual rhetoric, I approached this
in a more analytical way, which is why I may be just a little bit more critical
about this movie. Or maybe it was just a sucky movie. Either way I think it
could have been executed much better by means of the dialogue and also the
visual appearance of the set. I couldn’t really get and understanding of what
time period the plot happened in, and it really confused me leaving me unsure
about this movie as a whole.
Now on the other hand, I also
watched the movie Titanic last night
I was, as always, extremely pleased with what I saw. Not only does Leonardo
DiCaprio do an outstanding job playing Jack, but the movie as a whole gives the
right idea about the time period and interactions that existed in that
time. In comparison to The Woman in Black, I think Titanic upstages that movie in more ways
than one, and it’s not just because Leo is much more attractive than Daniel
(but it was a contributing factor) but it’s plot line and set was more
explicable and understandable to the audience.
To sum it all up, Daniel Radcliffe needs to stick to magical fantasies
and Leo needs to marry me. Yep, that’s it.
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I thoroughly enjoyed reading this blog. First off: meandering? nice vocab. And I definitely thought The Women in Black was going to be crap, now I'm glad I don't have to see, and can just your opinion. But I don't know how you can talk about Titanic without mentioning Kate Winslet. Maybe its because their was plenty of room on their little raft at the end, and Rose shouldn't have been so selfish and just let Jack on.
ReplyDeleteI love the Titanic! You should've invited me to watch it.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad that you noticed that you have been applying analytical skills to more popular culture texts! This makes this teacher very happy. :)
ReplyDeleteAnd your right about being critical of both dialogue and settings in films. The tone of a movie is very important for the audience's interpretation. While it might ruin watching films solely for entertainment, it is a wonderful thing to recognize the richness (or lack-there-of) in popular texts. It's a way for us to think critically about the texts we "read" in everyday life.
Also, I love the Titanic. I just had to say that.