‘Finding Forrester’ was a long and boring movie. It was boring for me because of its slow moving pace. It has the famous actor, Sean Connery whose voice I love to hear. The movie shows a relationship between a black school boy who is intelligent for his age (16) and how a writer (Sean Connery) helps him to write better. This movie might not be so inspiring for a teacher because Sean Connery doesn’t come to the school and teach. So he is not involved with all the students but only one kid who is bright.
One fine day, Jamal's basketball friends dare him to walk into William Forrester’s (Sean Connery) house. William Forrester lives as a recluse; when Jamal walks into William's house, William scares Jamal with a knife and Jamal runs off, leaving his backpack behind. When Jamal returns to retrieve his backpack, he finds that all his pieces of writing were commented on. After Jamal's attempt to retrieve his backpack, Jamal goes and asks William if he could help improve his writing skills. William made a deal that if he helped Jamal with his writing, Jamal would keep William's identity a secret, never to take the writing that he does out of his house, and never ask anything about William's family. Jamal agreed and they both became friends.
Another reason why I am not into this movie is because I am not sure about what is happening. I lose track at times because their speech weren’t clear because the boy has the ‘black way’ of speaking. It is a good movie but not a movie that inspires me in any way. Rob Brown the sixteen year old boy gave a good performance for a first movie. When I researched about him I found out that he never studied acting and had no professional acting experience.
In my opinion, this movie would be enjoyed by writers who have stopped writing for sometime. It sure will inspire writers then teachers. Overall it’s a fine movie but the length and its slow pace makes it a boring movie to watch.
One fine day, Jamal's basketball friends dare him to walk into William Forrester’s (Sean Connery) house. William Forrester lives as a recluse; when Jamal walks into William's house, William scares Jamal with a knife and Jamal runs off, leaving his backpack behind. When Jamal returns to retrieve his backpack, he finds that all his pieces of writing were commented on. After Jamal's attempt to retrieve his backpack, Jamal goes and asks William if he could help improve his writing skills. William made a deal that if he helped Jamal with his writing, Jamal would keep William's identity a secret, never to take the writing that he does out of his house, and never ask anything about William's family. Jamal agreed and they both became friends.
Another reason why I am not into this movie is because I am not sure about what is happening. I lose track at times because their speech weren’t clear because the boy has the ‘black way’ of speaking. It is a good movie but not a movie that inspires me in any way. Rob Brown the sixteen year old boy gave a good performance for a first movie. When I researched about him I found out that he never studied acting and had no professional acting experience.
In my opinion, this movie would be enjoyed by writers who have stopped writing for sometime. It sure will inspire writers then teachers. Overall it’s a fine movie but the length and its slow pace makes it a boring movie to watch.
Agree with Naomi..Yes..it is indeed a dull and boring movie~But, i like the friendship between William Forrester and Jamal!Their friendship touches me!They treat each other sincerely~
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ReplyDeleteI understand how you feel about the movie being boring and all, but I think it deserves a second chance-a second viewing, and I bet you will find it rather interesting. I watched the movie again today, and boy there was a lot of strong points in the movie that I missed during the first screening. One that I want to point out here, and I think you would find interesting too is when Jamal's public high school literature teacher asked the students if they are familiar with Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven. Of all works, why The Raven? Ok maybe you are not familiar with the work, I will explain to you briefly. I seriously think that The Raven was the film director’s inspiration for this movie. In the poem, Poe is distracted from his depression and grief over the death of "the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels named Lenore." In the poem, an ebony raven comes rapping at Poe's window. In the movie it's Jamal who enters Forrester's window (first) and door (second). When Poe, the recluse writer, lets in the insistent Raven, it perches upon a bust of Pallas, the Greek God of wisdom. Similarly Jamal comes into Forrester's life in search of wisdom. This reference is doubled in the movie when Forrester, a bird watcher, videotapes a bird outside his window that has "strayed from the park" as Jamal has strayed from his urban culture into Forrester's. Poe's raven is a symbol of sadness and depression that will not go away, because the hope that love has offered has gone away. This film actually explores what would happen if the raven, which enters the sad writer's life, were to renew hope, rather than reinforce sadness. My point here is, is Poe's (and Forrester's) reluctance to mount the courage to leave the land of destitution and enter the land of hope. If this movie was supposed to teach us anything, than the only thing I understood from it is that our fear comes from ignorance of the unknown, and our inability to enter the unknown with courage.
naomi......,
ReplyDeleteI don;t agree with you. I feel this movie had a very deep meaning and it shows how special relationships can be.Besides, husband and wife, friends, and lovers their relationship was something really special. The way he treated Jamal really shows his love and care towards him. Other than that, we also learn that spoon feeding do not teach us nothing and its best to learn the from the root. He taught Jamal how to write rather than just giving him his scripts. We also have a chance to see the struggle of Jamal...
NOva i agree with u :)
i feel that this movie is boring too. however, i am touched by their friendship. Forrester use special ways to teach Jamal in writing. I think we should learn from him, encourage our student who has difficulty in writing.
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