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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