Foxfire (film)

Yesterday was not a good day for me. It started with my Neuroanatomy exam. You see next to my want to revive my "lost" passion for the arts, my interest and love for Neuroanatomy is about the nearest to that level of passion I used to have for literature. Long story short, my test did not go well despite all my best efforts and I got let down... anyway, this is how this film comes into the picture, it was on HBO. Simply put, I watched it because it was on and it had Angelina Jolie in it. As you would already guess, I am a big fan of hers probably more because of her looks than her talent though her talent is something to be admired as well.

Anyway, on to more pressing matters and one that would actually mean something to my blog. Briefly, I would like to say that this blog is supposed to encompass different arts and well, film and script writing are on top of my "need to learn" list in order to make a good one of my own. So, finally, the film.

I have to admit that I was pretty distracted with how young Jolie looked and how it was nice to see an old movie of hers. The movie was great, I wasn't quite sure if it was a teen movie but ok... it was. The dealt a lot about teenage rebellion, finding strength for yourself, leaving your comfort zone and maturing. For me the whole flow and experience of the movie was in itself much like teenage life. I felt like nothing was falling into place and everything seemed to have just been thrown in. The film felt like it was just giving you bits and pieces of plots, not sure whether they will be elaborated on and they make you feel like they're about to give you something big about it, and it just falls. I felt like the characters were a bit poorly used and maybe the plot itself was poorly used. It just felt like it could go that extra something to make it absolutely brilliant.

The film was near to what teen rebellion would have been like during the year it went out. Reminded me a lot of how the movies and "teleseryes" of the 90's influenced me to think that maybe I was caged up and cooped up and I wasn't thinking for myself. I did not particularly liked the movie that much. At the end of the day I was left with the impression that the movie seemed to aim at nothing. It did little to provoke me to think.It did do more for my ever growing fan mania over Angelina... but anyway... that's all I have to say about this film.

I did not like the lines that much nor the way the screen adaptation went. I am not so sure however if that would have been the fault of the screen writers or the director. Maybe I should start understanding the processes and nitty grittys of film making to make a solid comment on them. After all, I am here to learn about the techniques behind these arts. :) Here's a comment on the film which describes it in a more detailed and analytical manner, I guess... http://www.proyouthpages.com/foxfire.html. The blogger said it was based on a book... might as well find it during the summer... and start reading.