“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.
I mean....It was the 50's, of course the special effects weren't that great.
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