Amélie begins with random scenes introducing the likes and dislikes of several of the main characters, setting up the background for Amélie's life in an attempt to explain why she behaves like she does. As a child her dad, a doctor, thought Amélie had heart issues because she would get excited every time her dad would touch her when giving her a checkup. As a result of this she lived a very sheltered life with no real friends as a child. The film then transitions to her quirky life as an adult where she works at a restaurant named "The Two Windmills". The story progresses as she finds a box full of children's toys. Her life changes as she searches for the boy, now an old man, so she can return his box to him. After seeing the satisfaction the man had from this nice act she attempts to bring happiness to other people's lives. The rest of the plot includes more romance and mischief as Amélie messes with a man she feels is rude. She also both sets up a short romance between a coworker and a customer and enters into her own relationship with a man she was trying to help.Amélie is an excellent film with both an interesting storyline and beautiful scene designs. The film is worth watch just for the pretty backdrops created for each scene with bright, matching colors with intricate patterns. The scene design and narration style was also copied by Pushing Daisies, a popular TV show in the US on ABC. The rich colors give a sense of a larger than life world and the use of the narrator gives a nice alternative to the typical way films from Hollywood are made.
The story focuses on three main themes of romance, the freedom of women, and helpfulness.
Overall, Amélie is a great film that has an interesting story and is a wonderful example of French cinematography.
This is a pretty good review. However, I thought there was a lot of plot summary. You should have expanded on the last paragraph and analyzed the film a bit more. I liked your comments on the mise-en-scene of the movie, although you could have analyzed it a bit more as well and connected it to the themes of the movie or something.
ReplyDeleteNot bad. You need to describe the character's personality which is important to the movie. Amelie enjoys the little things in life and the movie seems to emphasize that the little happy things in life is what really matters.
ReplyDeleteThis is a good review that helps explain the plot, especially for a foreign film, that an audience might question reading. The summary of the story was a bit long, giving away some of the "surprising" aspects of the plot, yet the beginning about her family history was important.
ReplyDeleteThis was more of a plot summary than an actual analysis of the film. The conclusion wasn't in conjunction with the rest of your writing because it never described how this was a wonderful expression of French cinematography. It addition it didn't show how any of the cinematography helped to focus in on the three main themes he mentioned.
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