Thomas Ortega

Rebel Without A Cause-

A Review by Thomas Ortega

March 13, 2014

 

The 1950’s teenage drama film “Rebel Without A Cause” infiltrates the lives of three non-typical teenagers and expresses how they attempt to find themselves and deal with all the family issues they have.  This film being released in 1955 is the basis for teenage-based films and it being great in its own right make many new teenage-based films with an essence of this film seem even greater. The three main characters of this movie Jim Stark (James Dean), Judy (Natalie Wood), and Plato (Sal Mineo) all combine to become friends and a group of somewhat runaway kids who come together and somewhat become closer than friends in that they have a strong bond to each other.

All of them meet in a police station and they all have a problem with the police whether its Jimmy who was found drunk on the side of the road , Judy who ran away from home because her father called her names such as “tramp” , and Plato who shot puppies with his mother’s gun. They all are present in the same place and are not there for the same reason which I thought was a good representation of the togetherness that was foretold to come.

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 When it comes to teen movies I’ve seen every cliché you can think of, from the epic party, the popular kids, dumb jocks, chess nerds, to the sports car normally driven by the antagonist. “Rebel without a cause” directed by Nicholas Ray should be the role model for every teen movie already made and those in the future. The story is based around Jim stark (James dean) the new kid in school who just moved in town. Jim struggles to make friends just like every kid in today’s society. The movie goes over many challenges teen experience today such as loneliness anger and the ability to fit in.

Normally I stay away from the bad graphics and the cheesy jokes old movies have to offer but this movie catches the feelings of modern day teens while keeping you in your seat eyes wide wanting the movie not to end. While going through problems of teens using characters the director never comes out and tells the watcher the characters feel lonely or if a characters fear to be alone, he uses symbolism like the candles at the mansion. The director also uses this method for describing a characters’ personality like Jims jacket.

All in all I vote rebal without a cause a 4 an

Rebel Without A Cause: It was worth watching!

In a time period when the main protagonist was primarily focused on someone with a mind full of knowledge, it’s refreshing to introduce a whole new viewpoint. The film, “Rebel Without A Cause” brings out the somewhat realistic and underestimated life an American teenager. It’s safe to say that a few components in the film appear unrealistic. I’m pretty sure that if a loved, or even a respected man like Buzz (Corey Allen), died in a terrible accident people would mourn. It’s not like it’s the norm to go fine a new love interest like Judy (Natalie Wood) did with Jim (James Dean). There are other heartwarming scenes when the protagonist Jim Stark (James Dean) tries his best to comfort Plato (Sal Mineo) by offering Plato a jacket to stay warm.

The 1950’s film, directed by Nicholas Ray, targets the time when teenage culture began. In what appears to be set in Los Angeles, California, Ray immediately shows his audience the main conflict in the film. Three misunderstood teenagers are found in a police station, each with their own conflict.

Throughout this captivating film, Nicholas Ray portrays multiple scenes containing strong symbolizing that deeply connects to each character. Ray creates a deep meaning to each object given causing the audience to pay close attention. Whether it’s with how Ray angled the camera of even how he spaced each scene, there was a purpose.

There are numerous things that could be said about this film, but let’s focus on one thing. In the opening scene where we are focused on Judy (Natalie Wood), we see Judy focus on her mirror. One could easily say that Judy is a “diva” and only caring about herself, but that’s easy. Because of Ray’s insightful mind we see that Judy is concerned of this image of looking strong. Never in this film, do we see Judy with any physical flaws. Later in the film Jim (James Dean) gives Judy a mirror. It’s the little things that we have to notice in order to fully understand her character.

Now the question is, would I reccomend this film? Of course I would! This film truly captures what it feels like to be a teenager in the 50's. there maybe a few things that seem unreal, but overall the film was truly amazing.

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Rebel without a cause

A Review by Selena Mendoza

March 13,2014

In the old times teenagers didn’t concern things that were good or bad, they would do things without thinking about risking their lives for others or just competing with other to impress people surrounding them. Also there is people who depend on others because they have problems. Just in the movie “Rebel without a cause” there’s teenagers who do wrong things that drive them crazy making other mistakes. Also they have problems with their parents who don’t really get a lot from them because the parents think their already growned up.

  Jim (James Dean) rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding new friends and enemies. He has been in trouble elsewhere; that’s why his family has had to move before. Here he hopes to find the love he doesn’t get from his middle-class family. Though he finds some of this in his relation with Judy( Natalie Wood) and form of it in both Plato’s Sal Mineo)adulation and Ray's real concern for him, Jim must still prove himself to his peers in switchblade knife fights and "chickie" games in which cars race toward a seaside cliff.

Rebel Without A Cause –

A Review by Safeya Medina

March 13, 2014

 

In this extraordinary film, the director, Nicholas Ray, does an amazing job portraying the orientations within these lost teenagers. Although these adolescents do not feel united with their real family, they explore new boundaries in friendships that allow them to experience the meaning of family. In the beginning of the film, it shows Jim (James Dean), Judy (Natalie Wood), and Plato (Sal Mineo), all integrated inside a police station ready to be investigated on their own predicament. This particular scene shouts out to me personally because you can see all these troubling teenagers in one room, all seeking for some sort of affection.

James Dean starts as Jim Stark, a high school student who is always at the face of trouble. He is the new kid in school and starts off his day recklessly. He tries to ask the “cool kids” for directions, and he steps on the school sacred seal. From this, you can clearly tell, this year might not be so well for him. Since he is always moving schools, because of trouble, he develops a habit of isolating himself from friends, which is soon broken. His best friend, Plato, is the first person he encounters because he recognizes him from the police station. They both go on an adventurous journey to find who they really are, while overcoming family obstacles. Judy, who tags along after a tragic event, realizes that Jim and Plato are the closest to family she has. Plato becomes emotionally attached to their “family” and feels abandoned when Jim and Judy leave him alone, after he fell asleep in the gazebo. One selfish event leads to another and their, realistic and hopeful family, becomes divided.

This tragic but exciting film catches the audience at the first glimpse of action. I would definitely recommend this film to everyone. Action, family, tragedy, and much more is seen throughout this magnificent movie. There definitely will be an exciting moment for everyone.

 

 

Rebel Without A Cause: Dislike or Like?

The idea of watching a movie set in 1950’s isn’t put up as positive, especially when you’re watching the film from touch-screen technology. Yet, the film “Rebels Without A Cause” isn’t as bad as you might seem to think. Being a 15-year-old girl I’ve actually enjoyed the hearing the petty smack talk and watch cliché social hierarchies (which represent fantastic symbolism throughout the film).

The way Nicholas Ray set the whole movie up seems pretty simple, but every single detail sketched out comes together to create a mind-blowing moment. One of the main protagonist we’re introduced at the first scene is Jim Stark (James Dean). He seems to be a caring by the sight of him protecting a toy monkey on the road, and in the police station scene he also offers Plato (Sal Mineo), his jacket to keep warm in. Although we’ve seen Jim give a nice sense of hope for everyone, of course he’s going to be fresh bait for the “cool kids”.

Jim additionally meets Judy (Natalie Wood) in the police station too, but like any other girl, she wants her daddy to come in for the rescue. Even if Judy might seem like a child wanting kisses from her Dad, she’s not the only one with parent troubles. Just like Jim having a deal with his father being submissive to his mother and Plato dealing with no-father figure at all. Maybe that’s why all of three of their names begin with a J (Plato’s real name is John Crawford).

Not to mention all three kids are placed in different social hierarchies. Jim is of course the new guy in town that messes up on the first day, Judy is the “Queen Bee” of the high school, and Plato is the weirdo outcast that talks to nobody. At the Planetarium, that’s when Plato and Jim become more of an acquaintance with each other as Buzz (Corey Allen), the bully, threatens with Jim with a knife fight and a round of Chicken Run. Unfortunately, that round of Chicken Run was the end of Buzz’s life and the start Jim’s and Judy’s relationship. More of the end of the film, we notice how all three of the teenagers settle aside their differences and come together to create the family they wanted. For Judy, she received the affection she wanted, for Jim, he got to recreate being the man of his house since his dad isn’t the dominant one, and Plato got the parent figures he never had in his life.

Although this film might seem cliché for some audiences, that’s where it all started and re-create a more dramatic version of a teenager’s life.

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Rebel Without A Cause –

A Review by Jose Ruiz

March 13, 2014

 

Being the godfather of teen movies, “Rebel Without A Cause” explores the adversity and the search for identity of mid-1950’s adolescents. Nicholas Ray’s film was released in 1955, and despite its’ different take on teen life, modern teens could learn something about themselves when viewing the film. The movie dives into the hearts and minds of three teens: Jim Stark (James Dean), Judy (Natalie Wood), and Plato (Sal Mineo).

The three adolescents meet in a police station, after opening the film with Jim, lying in the middle of street, drunk and taking care of a toy monkey. Each character has their own reason for being at the station: Jim got drunk after his parents left him to go to a party, Judy ran away from home because of her relationship with her father, and Plato had killed puppies with a gun he found in his mother’s drawer. Jim’s caring personality reaches out to take care of Plato as he offers him his jacket. Throughout the film, Jim is a new student in high school, interacting with Plato and encountering a similar internal-conflict with Judy.

What sparked an inner interest was the film’s ability to ignite emotions that several of teens have gone through nowadays despite the film’s fifties sensation. Like many films today, most teens live a certain way with advanced technology and a modern society. The film captured the emotions felt by teens at the time and it could be seen through the film’s depiction of high school and the hardships that come along with being different. James Deans’ work in the film was great, and his acting was surprising because it was the first film I have seen of him.

Simply put, the film dives into the problems that adolescents felt with being different and searching for who they really are. The cinematography of the film was surprising, and it felt ahead of its’ time in terms of angles and symbolism. If you enjoy observing the different styles of film, this movie provides the feeling of a fifties movie. The message of the film is to find yourself through hard times, especially through adolescence.    

Rebel Without A Cause Lauren Ramirez

What comes to mind when you hear the words “teenage movie”? High school. New kids. Outcasts. It is never a surprise to see that the main character is a new student or a group of kids that don’t quite fit. Being the outcast, the new kid, is actually nothing new. In Nicholas Ray’s “Rebel Without A Cause”, there are three young teens that, wouldn’t you know it, each feel like an outcast and incomplete.

Dealing with both parental issues and neglect, Jim Stark (James Dean), Judy (Natalie Wood) and Plato (Sal Mineo) star in this 1955 teen movie. Jim is the new kid at Dawson Highschool in California who has recently escaped the consequences of getting in a fight at his old school by moving towns. The night before his first day of school, Jim is picked up by the police for being publically intoxicated. The police station is where all three teens first meet, Plato being called in for shooting puppies, and Judy for running away from home.

The next day Jim approaches Judy in a friendly manner, little does he know that Judy is the ‘it’ girl of the school, and she treats him like the new kid he is. Judy and the cool kids then bully Jim, and Judy’s boyfriend Buzz (Corey Allen) challenges him to a cliff race. Plato, a lonely bystander, befriends Jim and creates fantasies within his mind that involve Jim acting as a father figure. Jim, Plato and Judy all feel neglected by their parents. And after the death of Buzz at the cliff race, they all three come together and form their own version of a happy family.

Despite the stereotypical aspects of the movie that cannot be ignored, “Rebel Without A Cause” is certainly enjoyable. Its focus on troubled teens opens viewers’ eyes to what may inhibit teen’s minds. It allows insight and clarity into the teen mind.

21 Jump Street By Andrew Ferman

In this police comedy two cops Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) go undercover as high school students and start to relive high school and how much it has changed since they went. Jenko is an athletic tall and handsome guy who in high school was one of the popular kids who bullied and made Schmidt’s life hard, when they go undercover Jenko realizes and learns how bad it is to be the unpopular kid and becomes sort of an outcast like Schmidt was. Schmidt who is a short chubby lovable guy who is really intelligent and had problems getting bullied growing up in high school. When Schmidt goes undercover he becomes one of the cool and popular kids and becomes a jerk like Jenko was in high school. Although these two guys seem like an unlikely pair they become great friends and complement each other’s weaknesses and strengths. I liked this movie because it showed how two very different people could become close partners and how high school is very difficult and how peers pressure affects even the kindest people, and it does this in a very comedic and funny way.21 Jump Street was Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. It Stars Channing Tatum as Jenko and Jonah Hill as Schmidt. The movie was filmed Riverdale High School in Jefferson Louisiana. The film was released in 2012 and received positive reviews and generally made 7/10 across the critics. The movie Follows, Jenko and Schmidt, across their undercover case in a high school to stop the spread of drugs. They soon realize that high school has changed and that their roles in their own high school experience were very different from today’s high school standards.

Hannah Rodriguez : Gossip Girl ( I Wasnt Here to Finish Movie)

Welcome to New York's Upper East Side where the wealthy and connected mingle at benefits and try to deal with their always dramatic love lives, not to mention picking colleges. Blair Waldorf, played by Leighton Meester, is the so-called toast of adolescence in her world; she and her friends, Kati Farkas and Isabel Coates, go to a prep school and fancy parties with their rich parents. Blair is envied by her adversaries because she is thought to have the perfect life, not just because of her gorgeous boyfriend, Nate Archibald (played by Chace Crawford), but because she's also planning on getting into her dream college, Yale. With everyone worried about college(or procrastinating on worrying, which everyone seems to be doing), and junior year dragging along, her seemingly perfect life is interrupted by her ex-best friend, the beautiful Serena van der Woodsen, played by Blake Lively, coming back into town after getting kicked out of boarding school. Serena comes back into her life, and into the eyes of Blair's boyfriend. Serena and Nate Archibald begin their affair and Blair is humiliated. Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick) and his family are also one of the very wealthy. Chuck is known as the guy who cant be tied down by anyone, however, that all changes when he and Blair W. finally begin to come close due to their master minds. After many tries of seducing Blair, Chuck finally receives the opportunity to prove himself different. Although he knew he loved her, he didn’t want to seem weak and tell her. He found out that she meant more than anything to him, and that he’d rather seem weak and complete than to be the heartless Chuck Bass everyone sees. Later on, his father, Bart Bass, passes away and the only person who never leaves his side is Blair. Serena and Blair re-build their relationship and meets Dan Hmphrey (played by Penn Badgley). Dan is/was Serena's first true love and thier relationship lasts about 2 years before things took a major turn in the opposite direction. Dan's father (matthew settle) marry's Serena's mother, Lily Van Der Woodsen ( Kelly Rutherford).

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Rebel without a cause

A review by Bryan Tamez

March 13, 2014

In all the movies about teenage life the movie “Rebel without a cause” is one that can show why some teens act the way they do and why they can’t always do everything that you want them to. This movie shows that there are lots of things that can negatively impact a young teenage boy trying to find out how he’s going to do for the rest of his life.

In this movie that was directed by Nicholas Ray in 1955 staring James Dean who plays Jim Stark: a boy who is new to the school and is trying to fit in but can’t because he does not know how the school works. A younger boy who becomes his friend named Plate who is played by Sal Mineo and also Judy who is played by Natalie Wood.

In the movie Jim Stark make enemy’s with the most popular kid and is asked to a chicken run. A chicken run is when two (stolen) cars are raced towards a cliff and whoever jumps out first loses and leads to the one who jumps out last second wins. In the movie something goes seriously wrong and someone ends up dying. With all this happening Jim Stark is near his breaking point and decides to run away to this abandoned mansion. While all this is happening he meets this boy called Plato who is played by Sal Mineo who is younger than him but in his view they are now known as friends.

In the movie I like the idea of symbolism and how any little tiny bit of detail can have a whole meaning behind it and can symbolize something. The red jacket that Jim whore through the whole movie symbolized trouble because it showed that every time he had it on something bad would have happened or someone would get hurt. Also I like the idea of light being the real world and Plato not wanting to see the light because he knew that the light meant that he was going to have to face the world again for shooting the teenager and also facing the world without parents and the end for him pretending to have Jim and Judy as parents.

I would recommend this for all audiences because it shows  ((did not finish))

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In the Movie Rebel without a Cause, portrays of teenagers lost confined in a world where life was a struggle. The movie shows teenagers lives during the 1950s era and how their stylish way of living and their way of declaring dominance over one another. The Movie “Rebel without a Cause” takes the viewer into the lives of teenagers in the 1950s. This movie has relatable situations in where students come into an unknown environment of feeling pressured coming into a school where they don’t seem to know anyone. Like they say “Always make a good first impressions,” first impressions always seem to have a lasting impressions. Rebel without a Cause shows us how difficult high school can really be such as fitting in with the cool kids, which is almost every high school students dream .

Rebel Without A Cause Review

Rebel without a Cause-

A review by Carol Villanueva

March 13, 2014

I know what you’re thinking, “Why watch a movie made in the 50’s?” That was my first thought when my teacher first announced we were watching it. The cover of the movie shows Jim Stark, played by the gorgeous James Dean. Jim Stark is the one of the main characters in this teen centered, drama filled movie.

Jim Stark moves to a new city, and is seen in the first opening act as drunk and sleeping in the middle of the road. He’s taken to the police station and encounters the other two main characters of the movie:  Judy played by Natalie Wood, and Plato, played by Sal Mineo.  All of these teens are in the police station for different reasons. Judy ran away from home and Plato shot puppies. I think what really ties the whole movie together is the amount of symbolism that you encounter while watching this movie. To me, Judy is symbolized by the mirror she looks into while she’s crying at the station, showing how much her looks mean to her. Plato is symbolized by the gun he used to shoot the puppies, explaining how dangerous he can be. Jim is symbolized by a couple of things; his red jacket that he seems to wear while he gets into trouble, and a toy monkey he takes care of showing off how much of a considerate person he is.
                Jim messes up on his first few days of school, stepping on the insignia of the school, asking for directions, and just encountering a school gang. He gets himself into a lot of trouble even when he tries not to.  The director of this movie, Nicholas Ray, really tries to capture the feel and emotion f every scene. For example, when Jim was at the police station getting questioned, in the background, you can see the other two teenagers; Judy and Plato.  In another scene, when all three teens are hanging out at the abandoned mansion, there’s a shot that shows them all leaning on each other. This shows how much they depended on each other in my opinion.

                This movie is just one of the best movies from its time. I think it doesn’t matter whether you’re a child or an adult or a teenager, like me. There are elements in this movie that appeal to everyone. Rebel without a Cause sends a message of friendship and family problems. This is definitely a must watch for everyone who hasn’t seen it. Don’t let the time period fool you.

Miguel Rivera's Review

“Rebel without a Cause”

Miguel Rivera

March 13, 2014

Movie without a Cause

                Out of all the old school movies I’ve seen, I believe that “Rebel without a cause” is by far one of the worst I’ve seen. Although the actors were great, for example James Dean (Jim) and Natalie Wood (Judy), the movie had no real plot.

                It is confusing to know exactly know what the plot really is because the movie keeps switching between three different main characters, Jim (James Dean), Judy (Natalie Wood), and Plato (Sal Mineo). They all have different lives. For example Jim, his parents keep making him move a lot because he would always get in big trouble, like big fights. Judy’s dad does not like that his daughter is growing up and dressing up like a grown woman.  Plato’s life is the worst of them all. His parents are split up and he never sees his mom because she is always away. He has no friends until he meets Jim.

                The movie is also cheap. I say this because the special effects were not all that “special”. Throughout the whole movie they play the same siren that is heard in the beginning, causing the siren to lose its effect.  Also when Buzz Gunderson (Corey Allen) and Jim do the “chicky run” whenever Buzz’s car goes over the cliff the explosion has no real effect on what happens in that scene.

                Out of the whole movie (almost two hours) the only interesting part was really just the ending. There was nothing other than that scene that caught my attention. A good movie should catch the viewers’ attention from the very beginning, which obviously this movie did not.

               

                I do not recommend this movie unless you were born in the 1900s.This movie is not for modern audiences because they are used to better special effects and much more action and intense music. So if you were born in the late 1900s and 2000s this movie will not be entertaining to you.

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Rebel Without A Cause

A Review by Israel Herrera

March 13, 2014












In ever ones life that have that  thrill of being rebellious in Rebel Without A Cause portrays this by the main characters Jim (James Dean), Judy(Natalie Wood), Plato(Sal Mineo) having to meet at a police station for acts of crimes they did as Jims parents come to the police station like all family's we have are troubles Jims dad as the trouble to not stick up for himself while his mother acts as the dominate parent and tells the dad what to do and because of Jims act of behavior he tends to get into trouble a lot one of the reasons why is because he was called "chicken" and then got in a fight and in his in counter with Buzz for the first time they ended up playing the knife game and chicken run and because of his recklessness his family has the tendency to move around a lot as for Judy's parents her father see her all grown up but Judy wants to remain as a child as in one scene Judy had wanted a kiss from her father but he said she was to old for that but she gave him a kiss anyways this angers her father and he ends up slapping her Judy . Now for Plato parents his mother is usually  

Harley's review

Rebel without a Cause

Review by Harley Dugan

March 13, 2014

The great 50’s movie

            In the new era of outstanding racing movies with the continuous films of Fast and Furious and the new film coming out with Need for Speed most likely the linchpin of these movies started with the outstanding film of Rebel without a Cause. With the beautiful star James Dean and co-star Natalie Wood the director of the film Nicholas Ray portrays James Dean the new student as he misconstrues his place in the school with difficulty understanding the customs and several ways to gain popularity whether to impress Natalie Wood or the popular kids his way in life is very confusing and difficult. James Dean who stars as Jim Stark a young man who is troublesome in life and fights through the fighting of his parents and the difficulties of going to new schools and fresh places. In 1955 the year the movie was filmed and directed by Nicholas Ray portrays the struggling lives of Jim Stark (James Dean), Judy (Natalie Wood), and Plato (Sal Mineo) these three troubled teens who struggle with their personal lives and the life they have at school.

            All the teens throughout the movie have problems with their personal lives with the beginning of the film mostly taking place in a police station where all the teens explain their personal problems. Jim Stark a troublesome teen whether it is his personal life between his dad and mom continually fighting throughout the film or his life away from home in school trying to fit in to the school and following the popular kid’s steps into gaining honor from them to be accepted in school. Judy a vibrant teen is easily stirred with her father not treating her any more like a kid and tries to gain her father’s acceptance through stepping out of the house and leaving to attain his attention. Pluto the nickname for John Crawford is a shy and lonely teen with no place in life and feels alone without his parents always being absent.

           

               

 

Alexia Flores Rebel Without a Cause Review

Rebel Without a Cause; classic vs. monotonous? When posed with the challenge of classifying a 1955 film ones first task would be to determine weather or not it continues to intrigue an audience as much as it did at its prim. Regardless of outdated special effects, lack of HD images, and the quirky 50's situations, Rebel Without a Cause continues to capture the audience by providing emotional connection in both its comical achievement and it tear jerker potential.

Now the cast in itself provides the film with the potential to be a lifelong classic for ever generation. Jim Stark is played by the undeniable James Dean, a fantastic actor who's persona infected the audience both during his lifetime and long after. Its one thing to watch an old movie and a completely different one to watch a classic James Dean film. Lets not forget to mention Natalie Wood (West Side Story), who plays the supporting role of Judy, a vulnerable young teenage girl who becomes Jim's love interest. As well as Sal Mineo who plays Plato, John Crawford, a lonely young boy who finds a role model and friend in Jim Stark. The cast of Rebel Without a Cause implements the traits that this movie needed to make it an absolute classic.

Jim Stark is portrayed as a handsome and caring teenager who is desperately searching for what it means to be a man and what it is that he must accomplish to posses that role. Similarly Plato is also a young man who is looking for the role of a man in his life to teach him, and offer him protection and care, seeing as his own father has been absent from his life. Judy unlike Jim and Plato has a clear understanding of who she is, however is struggling to discover someone to accept her for the young woman that she is. It is these current situations that ultimately create the bond between these three characters.

In the movie Nicholas Ray utilizes character development to enlighten the audience on the realities and struggles of teenage life. The 1950's provided society with the first generation of teenagers, seeing as prior to this there was World War II, which meant that their parents generation did not really go through the adolescence part of their lives. They where out in war and working to help with the war effort. Consequently when their own children hit that stage of there lives they had no clue of how to handle them. the effect of having the films plot revolve around three teenagers Nicholas Ray emphasizes the everyday combat that teens faced, particularly in the 50's.

The beginning scene of the film where all three adolecents are found at the poliece station further emphasizes the turmoil that teens battle and how difficult it was to deal with it considering  their parents ignorance to their situation. James Dean famously yells at his parents that they are draging him further down to the nadir of his life when saying "You're tearing me apart!" which illustrates the desperation of not only his character but Plato's and Judy's as well.

Will every one who sits down to watch this movie share my delight and agree that it is an absolute classic? Chances are no. However what is iundeniable is that the plot is a classic plot, that has indeed been referanced by many other directors, authors, and screan play writers wheter it be consiously or subconciously. The idea of three teenage friends who's bond is formed through their struggles to survive in a world where they're misunderstood will never get old.

The movie rebel without a cause the director uses amazing .I liked the movie considering that it was filmed in a very early time its effects were very good for the 1900’s also that live areas were used to make the movie more realistic. Using the culture of that time also gave the movie effect on how the movie was realistic. The style used in the characters allowed the viewer (me) to be more focused to the movie by how it was filmed.

            The camera work Used in important scenes like the scene were Jim was upside down and in the end when john Crawford got shot it added

In the movie UP, a disney pixar, brings not just only a Jocular feeling, but also a sentimental feeling inside after watching it fully. Knowing that the movie gives you all different mix emotions, its a movie that one should watch even if its a Disney Movie. A disney movie is for all ages not just for kids. Russell the main character makes the film very Jolly, because of the particular positive attitude he has towards wanting to help the "Elderly" (Carl).  Carl yet makes the movie so sentimental because the viewers interact with the movie and gain the feeling that they have as well lost their love one in life as Mr. Carl has lost Ellie. The romance and attachment Ellie and Carl got at the very beginning of the movie continues till the very end, even if Ellie was not present,  because  Carl was so in love that he was willing to still fulfill the adventures Ellie wanted to  Create during her life.
Disney Pixar is one of the most popular movie creaters in the industry of movie. Disney did an amazing part on the animations of the movie.  A part that gets one thinking about all the emotions UP brings is when the House of Mr. Carl flys off  the side of water fall, and Russell wants to help yet Mr. Carl doesn't want his help. After a while Mr. Carl knows that in order he has to stay safe, he needs to take funiture that means alot to him out of the house. Mr. Carl realizes that even if he takes furniture out of the house Ellie will still be in his heart.
UP, is a movie to watch, because it not only brings emotion and life thinking of how even after one passes away, society still thinks of them, yet it also is a family movie for all ages to watch.

In Rebel Without a Cause

Eric De Los Santos

I can say it was plot twisting and turning of heads for my generation. If you watched the movie you would like the racing scene and the fighting scene in this movie. The movies fast pace was good and the characters are made for this time scene not from the present trying to play in the past.

The character Jim played as (James Dean) was the main character that came into a new school and didn’t know any rules about high school .Judy played as (Natalie Wood) likes Jim emotionally but is hiding it from Buzz (Corry Allen) the director Nicholas Ray set a nice time piece of the movie and the points of the set was to show friendship love and the matter of caring for somebody that you didn’t know before.

Buzz challenges Jim but Jim just wants to fit in and doesn’t want trouble. Buzz calls Jim a chicken and Jim reacts to it and the race is on! Jim jumps before Buzz but Buzz can’t jump because of his jacket gets caught on the handle bar of the door and he flies over the cliff. Dominance is the main point of this movie with romance and the fact that the characters are very good looking make the scenes in this movie outstanding I say watch on your own time if you got the chance.

Rebel Without A Cause Review

If you like movies that are old but still have have good detail and good graphics with a bit of humor then Rebel Without A Cause is a movie you would like. In this movie, Jim was a young teen boy who would always get in trouble. in this film, Jim and his family moved to a new place so Jim had to go to a new school and start all over again. He finds himself in more trouble than you would expect all becasue he wanted to fit in with the "cool kids".

In this movie, Rebel Without A Cause, Jim (James Dean) had just moved into a new house, new school, had to make new friends. The director, Nicholas Ray directed this movie great because he added lots of detail and made the movie easy to understand. Being a new student at a school Jim knew nothing about the school. His first day was not the best, he was lost at what was happenning at the school most of the times. While trying to be friends with the cool kids, Jim just found himself in trouble with them.

Jim had no friends when he moved into this school but he did try to make friends. He tried to make a good impression on the cool kids but seems like they didn't want anything to do with him. Pluto (Sal Mineo) has a hard life with not having his parents by his side. Pluto and Jim met at the police station before they even met ast the school. Once Jim arrived to the new school, Pluto seemed to become a bit too attached to Jim. He always followed him everywhere and always wanted to be with him.

Jim finds himself in trouble with the cool kids when he tries to fit in with them but they dont want him. The leader of their group, Buzz (Corey Allen) challenges Jim to a chickie race. He gets stolen cars to race so that they wouldn't mess up their own cars. In this race, Jim and Buzz are racing to the end of a cliff, the first one to jump out of the car is the chicken. Things dont turn out as expected in this race which causes one death.

This movie is a movie that mainly adults will like. Little kids will probably not like this movie because it doesnt have much color and they would probably not understand what is going on. I personally liked this movie because it had lots of detail and it had some funny parts which made me not be bored throughout the movie. There is always something interesting going on.

Rebel Without a Cause: Epitomy of Racing Movies - Alexia Donnelly

Racing movies tend to be very tritely filled with cars, money, pride, threats and girls with very little depth to the meaning of the movie in all, however, "Rebel Without a Cause" actually seems to be the epitomy of racing movies. "Rebel Without a Cause" is something more than what the stereotype of racing movies have become to be. One clearly sees that it is infact the start of the racing movie evolution. For the time period that it was made, and the situations that it presents to its audience, the movie seems to be a very realistic and interesting.

James Dean, who is a very attractive actor for that time period, plays a troubled adolescent boy who struggles to find a place and make friends in high school. He is introduce in the movie first as a drunk young man who is then brought to the police station. Unlike many movies that portray a drunk young man to be violent and easily provoked, James Dean easily plays the drunk Jim Stark whom is very caring and nice to people and toys alike.

Jim Stark (James Dean), Judy ( Natalie Wood), and Plato (Sal Mineo) are all troubled teenagers who all have some sort of issue with their family and thus their problems influence their actions and decisions in the movie. Buzz Gunderson (Corey Allen) is Judy's boyfriend who is the leader of the "Kool Kids" gang-like group that pick on Jim Stark on the first day, thus leads to a bunch of trouble and issues for Jim, Judy and Plato. Plato tries to make Jim and Judy his family is a way which brings trouble because he freaks out when he thinks they abandon him.

The key idea of this movie would have to be that sometimes all it takes to get the family that you really want/need is to create it yourself. "Rebel Without a Cause" is a very deep and meaningful movie. It takes all this drama and more for Jim and Judy to get close to what they are looking for and change not only their family but also themselves. Jim tries to do the right thing in the end by putting himself at risk to keep others safe, and even though he is successful at getting what he was looking for in the beginning, his goal near the end was not met in full.

"Rebel Without a Cause" is by far a great movie worth the time to watch and more because of the ingeniousness of the plot, decent graphics for that time, well developed characters, deep meaning, and let's not forget James Dean, who could be considered the Leonardo De Caprio of that time and one of the most beautiful people in the movie, being apart of the movie. Let's face it, most of the time we watch movies to see the beautiful people in them, "Twilight" and "The Hunger Games" being no exception. one could say that "Twilight" or "The Hunger Games" is the "Rebel Without a Cause" for the 21st century, while "Rebel Without a Cause" is a very good movie for its time period.

In full, the message that "Rebel Without a Cause" provides would be that sometimes things have to get worst before they can get better.