1/3/17
In the past few films we have watched, Winter's Bone, Alien, and Crooklyn have all had a strong female protagonist character. The same goes for Beast of the Southern Wild, the story was about a 6 year old girl, named Hush Puppy, living in "The Bath Tub" (outside of Louisiana) with her father. After living there day to day life: going to school, feeling the animals, and spending time with the community at parties. Everything started to turn south as Hurricane Katrina was coming. As the storm comes people and animals start to die, houses get ripped apart, and slightly prior to that we find out that the father has some mysterious but serious health problems going on. The film ends up being a drama what covers the struggles of recovering a life threatening storm and also, leaving with an unorthodox way of love/parenting.
These ideas shown in the movie dramatically bring out the independent, strong female protagonist that Hush Puppy is meant to portray. When all of the adults were drinking and having a good time and all they children were interacting among themselves, expect Hush Puppy who was with the adults learning to deconstruct a crab, showed her willingness to be mature and grow up faster than the others. Also, the multiple times that Hush Puppy stood up to her dad was a who representation that she is willing to speak her voice to him and tell him some stuff ins't okay. Even the little things that Hush Puppy would do would bright out her independence that much more. Her ability to make herself dinner, live in her own house, learning to fish, and while her father is gone take care of the animals and herself to the best of her ability. Hush Puppy was an amazingly strong character and gives a heart warming and intense feeling to the movie.
I thought that the filming style had it's ups and downs. I thought that at some points the story line picked up a little faster than I'd like it to, and some moments could have been elaborated on. But on the other hand, I thought some moments in the movie were completely brilliant and creative. For instance, the cutting shots to the icebergs, boars, etc. Each cut away shot helped to enhance the tone of that scene of the movie. For example, when they iceberg was shattering, it representing the fact that everything was going downhill and collapsing. They was a hidden message between all of them, like when I liked how the boar one actually encountered Hush Puppy at the end of the movie, it gave closure in a way to the views.
Beasts of Southern Wild was a great representation that no matter the age you can be independent and strong, it only depends on how you are raises and your willingness. The movie was great but the filming style was only enjoyable if you pay attention to the story line.
These ideas shown in the movie dramatically bring out the independent, strong female protagonist that Hush Puppy is meant to portray. When all of the adults were drinking and having a good time and all they children were interacting among themselves, expect Hush Puppy who was with the adults learning to deconstruct a crab, showed her willingness to be mature and grow up faster than the others. Also, the multiple times that Hush Puppy stood up to her dad was a who representation that she is willing to speak her voice to him and tell him some stuff ins't okay. Even the little things that Hush Puppy would do would bright out her independence that much more. Her ability to make herself dinner, live in her own house, learning to fish, and while her father is gone take care of the animals and herself to the best of her ability. Hush Puppy was an amazingly strong character and gives a heart warming and intense feeling to the movie.
I thought that the filming style had it's ups and downs. I thought that at some points the story line picked up a little faster than I'd like it to, and some moments could have been elaborated on. But on the other hand, I thought some moments in the movie were completely brilliant and creative. For instance, the cutting shots to the icebergs, boars, etc. Each cut away shot helped to enhance the tone of that scene of the movie. For example, when they iceberg was shattering, it representing the fact that everything was going downhill and collapsing. They was a hidden message between all of them, like when I liked how the boar one actually encountered Hush Puppy at the end of the movie, it gave closure in a way to the views.
Beasts of Southern Wild was a great representation that no matter the age you can be independent and strong, it only depends on how you are raises and your willingness. The movie was great but the filming style was only enjoyable if you pay attention to the story line.
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