Brotherhood In The Outsiders

Despite the fact that the actors portrayed their parts astonishingly, the special effects, camera angles, and lighting made the movie a disappointment. The Outsiders, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, is a movie about the life of the lower class called greasers. They grow up in a rough neighborhood where it's normal for a fight to break out. The upper class, Socs, live a great life with a great education. In the movie, Ponyboy and Johnny have to run away because of a murder. Due to this, there is tension between Ponyboy and his brothers as well as the decisions of his gang. The themes of brotherhood and loyalty are shown throughout the movie that it is hard to miss one of these moments. It is sad to see the greasers grow up with a poor education,

but life is not fair.

The casting of the movie The Outsiders was a perfect fit.

The best fit was Rob Lowe as Sodapop. In the book, Ponyboy described Sodapop as good looking, and indeed he was! Rob Lowe has a caring personality and he portrayed that in the movie. When Ponyboy came home late and Darry was yelling at him, Sodapop stepped in and told Darry to stop. Another great actor that did a wonderful job in the movie was Matt Dillon as Dally. In the book, Dally was described as a tough guy. Matt Dillon perfectly played this role because he showed his tough side most of the time but also showed his caring side towards Johnny. A poor choice for the actors in this movie was C. Thomas Howell as Ponyboy. He looked too old for his role. An example of this was when Johnny was cutting his hair and C. Thomas Howell's reactions was poor. Finally, when Ponyboy would talk, it was hard to understand him due to his accent but mainly because fact that he didn't articulate his lines well

enough.

Although the music had a deep meaning and the camera angles made the punches look realistic, there were many parts of the directing that made the movie poor.

Some of these include the special effects, lighting, costumes, and makeup. Throughout the movie, the music sent a good meaning. In the beginning, the song was happy and slow, showing that the greasers had a soft side. Other examples of the great choice in music were when it was suspenseful during the fire scene, upbeat before the rumble, strong, fast, and suspenseful during the rumble, and glorious when they won. During the rumble, there were a lot of punches. Thanks to the angles of the camera, they looked real. However, there were many parts of the movie that were poor due to directing. The special effects made the fire scene look fake because there was no smoke. Also, when Dally, Ponyboy, and Johnny were in the car, it was obvious that the directors used a green screen. A third example of poor special effects was when Johnny killed Bob. The blood in the fountain just looked like a few drops of food coloring. In addition to the mediocre special effects, the lighting was very dark and hard to see. When Johnny and Ponyboy were sitting at the fountain after the murder, you couldn't tell who was saying what because it was too dark. To add on to poor directing, the costumes looked funny. Instead of having rich and preppy clothes, the Socs had almost everyday clothes. The greasers clothes didn't look worn and they looked

very new. A third example of the fail in directing was the makeup. After the rumble, the greasers faces weren't beat up. They were supposed to be bruised but all that happened was a black eye. The directing was too cheesy to believe.

My biggest criticism of the movie was the comparison of the novel to the movie. The movie would have been better if the director followed the script of the book more. A lot of important scenes were cut out. Some of these scenes included when Ponyboy got jumped, when Johnny got jumped, when they got off the train, and, when Sodapop cries about Sandy and also how Darry and Ponyboy fight a lot. Some scenes were added in that didn't move the plot along at all. A journal scene was added at the beginning for no apparent reason and also when Ponyboy and Johnny were at the church, there were random animals that were not mentioned in the book and then not move the plot along.

Although the movie The Outsiders had a fantastic choice of actors and a wonderful and meaningful choice in music, there were many reasons why I would give this movie a 5/10. One reason was because they cut out too many important scenes. Even though this movie was made in the 1980s, the special effects were poorly put together. There are some movies that came out during the same time period and have way better effects. I would recommend this movie to someone who has read the book. Even though they have already read the book and they will be disappointed, the fact that the characters weren't introduced in the beginning made it confusing. An example of this was when they left out the part in the beginning when Ponyboy walks home from the movie theater and he introduced himself his brothers and the Socs and greasers. Ponyboy talks about the conflict between both social classes.