Post by Vits on Apr 1, 2020 14:25:09 GMT
ALL THE BRIGHT PLACES opens with a boy named Theodore Finch seeing a girl named Violet Markey about to jump from a bridge. Her jacket is the same color as the background. Since she already looks small due to how wide the shot is, it's hard to make her out at first. Don't worry. It's the only instance where a shot isn't well-composed. Rob C. Givens' cinematography is overall very good. Anyway, Finch saves Violet. It's very clear that they'll eventually fall in love. Most fictional teen romances tend to follow the same path. If character A is traumatised for something that happened before the plot began, character B will be used by the writer as nothing more than a healing tool, not feeling like a real person. If character A is a traumatized and brooding boy and character B is a girl with a real personality, then character A will be portrayed as a "bad boy" (which is positive) and character B will feel an urge to fix him, which isn't really healthy in a relationship. If the writer does choose to not have them get together at the end, there will be an epilogue where they've gotten better, maybe even ready to be in a relationship. If one of them dies during the last part, it's due to an accident or (what's been popular for the last 6 years or so) a disease; not because they choose to kill themselves. Suicide is usually employed as the event that starts a plot.
7/10
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Well, in this movie, Finch does appear to be a manic pixie dream boy at first, but we soon learn that he has traumas of his own. In fact, there are times where Finch's desire to help Violet becomes too intense and where he crosses boundaries (she even calls him out on this). It seems like healing will be mutual. Finch starts to disappear without letting people know where he is and he even gets in a fight with another student. Before you screech and say how sexy it is to be mysterious and dangerous, Violet doesn't give him a pass. The movie gets deep into how troubled he really is. And just when we think he's getting back on the right track ... he kills himself. Off screen.
These were all narrative risks. If that wasn't enough to convince you that this screen adaptation of a Y.A. novel is unique, get a load of this: There isn't any narration whatsoever! I didn't think that could be possible! The makers understand the difference between movies and books and also between movies and other forms of visual art. That's why dialogue and music are only used whenever it feels necessary. That being said, a lot of scenes could've been shortened/cut and the epilogue could've been a little longer.7/10
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