Aw shucks, right in the feels. Well, in Whoville they say - that the Clyde's small heart grew three sizes that day - I had to have a transplant.
There weren't any available donors at such short notice though, and I died in the hospital before they had a chance to put me on the machine. They called it at 6:54am and the funeral was held the following week. Not a huge amount of people came, and I wouldn't have recognised many of them.
*'Spanish Flea' plays as my coffin is lowered into the ground.*
*'Spanish Flea' plays as my coffin is lowered into the ground.*
[Cut to black]
It's a tear-jerker, is what I'm saying. Not my favourite kind of movie, but this one boasts an engaging set of characters and a solid plot. It's all about race differences in the American south during the 50s. The area seems to be a century behind, and almost every major character (Major Character) works as a maid for an irritating white family. Not all the unemployed wives totally suck though, and to be fair the film paints most characters in shades of grey (apart from that shit eating one - what's her problem? I guess she's still bummed out about not getting to make all those dalmatian puppies into a coat).
The plot jerks about in pacing a little, the conclusion is a little flat, and the viewer doesn't really learn anything (unless their a flaming racist, I guess). Those are the only real problems that I could find though, and they're not big ones. The central characters are all very enjoyable, and their interactions seem as natural as a teenage Scottish boy who's never been to Mississippi or time traveled would imagine them to be.
I particularly liked the bossy maid and the dumb blonde, their scenes were a fun role reversal, and I'm glad they ended up together in quite a positive way. The writer lady was alright, and I'm glad that her mum didn't turn out to be the devil - shades of grey and all that - but her stubbornness and tomboyishness felt a little overdone and cliched, and took up too much of her character. I liked the two main maids and the blonde far more.
Good movie overall, though. I have a vague memory of doing a scene study on the final few shots in Media Studies, so at a certain point I went "hey that looks familiar... aw no, so I know how this ends", but you can really guess anyway. It's all about how we get there though, and the characters are fun to watch, and everything ends as happily as can be expected - a little too happily, for me. It's not close to groundbreaking, but it's fairly uplifting and seems historically accurate (going mostly by costumes). Watch it if you need some cheering up.
Side note - maybe don't tell every kid they're important? What if they all get to talking, and figure out the conspiracy? What if some actually are, but never find out because they all now believe that effectively none of them are important? And they will find out, because they're smart - you just told them so... unless... my god, maybe you're lying about that too... you're more cunning than I had anticipated. Kudos.
The plot jerks about in pacing a little, the conclusion is a little flat, and the viewer doesn't really learn anything (unless their a flaming racist, I guess). Those are the only real problems that I could find though, and they're not big ones. The central characters are all very enjoyable, and their interactions seem as natural as a teenage Scottish boy who's never been to Mississippi or time traveled would imagine them to be.
I particularly liked the bossy maid and the dumb blonde, their scenes were a fun role reversal, and I'm glad they ended up together in quite a positive way. The writer lady was alright, and I'm glad that her mum didn't turn out to be the devil - shades of grey and all that - but her stubbornness and tomboyishness felt a little overdone and cliched, and took up too much of her character. I liked the two main maids and the blonde far more.
Good movie overall, though. I have a vague memory of doing a scene study on the final few shots in Media Studies, so at a certain point I went "hey that looks familiar... aw no, so I know how this ends", but you can really guess anyway. It's all about how we get there though, and the characters are fun to watch, and everything ends as happily as can be expected - a little too happily, for me. It's not close to groundbreaking, but it's fairly uplifting and seems historically accurate (going mostly by costumes). Watch it if you need some cheering up.
Side note - maybe don't tell every kid they're important? What if they all get to talking, and figure out the conspiracy? What if some actually are, but never find out because they all now believe that effectively none of them are important? And they will find out, because they're smart - you just told them so... unless... my god, maybe you're lying about that too... you're more cunning than I had anticipated. Kudos.
The Help: 52.8