Just an opinionated essay on the 3 films I watched recently

Now is this a good essay? No. Do I care for it? Not really

Today I’ll be discussing and giving my personal opinions on 3 movies I watched in class: Rear Window, Interstellar, and 500 Days of Summer. Just remember it’s my own personal opinion, and there will be spoilers ahead. Now to start off, I personally think that Interstellar is an overrated movie. It’s a good movie yes, the soundtrack sounding like it was meant for a father and a daughter missing each other. The emotional beats between the two, the twist of the books falling down actually being messages from the father in the future, and the emotional breakdown he has is great. However, it’s just that the film, in my opinion, is not my cup of tea. To me, the movie is just too long, I kinda get that it’s the point to show the themes of time and space. Stretching the film’s movie length and displacing the character’s perceived sense of time makes for a fun way of enjoying the film, because if you played the film chronologically, the film take place on Earth before it gets into space. Interstellar is a sci-fi film about a father leaving earth to try and find new planets for his daughter’s generation, while also trying to communicate back with his daughter on Earth. Now imagine that you’re going to see a film about space exploration but most of the movie is about a daughter growing up and sending messages to her potentially dead father up in space. Then it cuts to the dad’s adventures in space. Could it be a good idea for a film? Sure, if executed well, but that’s not what happens in the actual film and I’m kind of glad for that choice. I’m rating it an 8/10, it’s a good just not for me. If you like sci-fi films about space exploration and a good soundtrack, I’d recommend Interstellar.

While I say that Interstellar is good both visually appealing and audibly appealing to the eyes and ears. I believe it doesn’t really get down the sound part well. Mostly because it’s a sci-fi film, so the noises may not seem realistic to some. But a film that does encapsulate the realism of sound and visually enhances it is Rear Window. Now it is a film made in the 1950’s, so you’d think that I’m lying when it comes to the sound, but I’m not. Let me paint a picture of the story, you’re a photographer whose leg is broken and you live in a bustling apartment, where you can hear almost every conversation going on. When suddenly, you hear a scream in the night and now one of your neighbors is gone, you suspect the husband did it and so you stake outt from your window in hopes of finding out the truth. Now with the setting you’d think it’s impossible for them to replicate the sounds of a city or even get permission to film in a location. Well no they weren’t able to get a license, instead they built a set to look like an apartment from afar. They even added plumbing to give it realistic sounds of water. Speaking of which you can hear each single sound from each apartment during the film, you can hear cars going on in the back ground, the piano being played in the background from another neighbor, you can even hear some conversations. Honestly it’s quite impressive for it’s time, even if the film wasn’t the best I’d still rate it a 7/10. Decent film overall. But the film I’d recommend the most out of these 3 is 500 Days of Summer. Now remember this: 500 Days of Summer isn’t a romance film. It might play out like a typical romance film between a guy and girl meeting falling in love. But instead of the happy ending you expect from a couple, instead you an ending where they break up. It’s a bittersweet film that incorporates not only a good soundtrack but great visual colors and cues to represent what our main character is thinking. When the two are together it shows how happy and bright they are, but as the relationship starts to deteriorate and fall apart, the colors are more muted and grey. It’s even visually connected with the characters, our female lead is mostly seen wearing blue through the eyes of our male lead. However as their relationship goes down the drain, the colors that our female lead wears become more muter and darker. On top of that there’s also the sounds in the film, the film takes place in a city with bustling nosies just like Rear window. While I do believe that Rear Window did the noise aspect better, I think that 500 Days has better connection of it through the characters first meeting and bonding over music. What I also find great is through the use of a musical dance scene to show both the emotions of our male lead and visual of how much he thinks of the female lead, with the background dancers wearing blue like her. Overall I like 500 days of Summer and would recommend it to romance enjoyers, if they understand it’s not a romance film, 7.5/10. And those are my hot-takes on these films, hope you enjoyed it.