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.
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.
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