Empire Of The Sun

Empire of the Sun The immensity of war inevitably changes all of its victims. War changes the perspectives and priorities of all those related. People will watch themselves make the choices they would never imagine themselves doing to attempt survival. Additionally, war changes children more than any other group of people. It twists their perspective of the world as it tears them from the life they know. The film adaptation of JG Ballard’s book Empire of the Sun, directed by Steven Spielberg, explores this development as it tells the true story of how Jamie Ballard lived and survived while he was imprisoned at the Soochow Creek Internment Camp. The film begins with young Jamie Graham (Christian Bale) living in Shanghai China with his wealthy

The best performance in the movie was done by Christian Bale. He does a excellent job as a child actor of portraying the actions a real child would make and by speaking as a child would. Additionally, It never hurts a movie to have the best performance be done by the actor who plays the main role. The other performances in the movie were good but none were exceptional. Although, there were a few scenes where actors played their role overdramatically. No single actor had more than one of these faux pas but it still took away from the movie. The dialog of the movie was very realistic but was not a huge part of the movie. The costume design in the movie is used in very interesting ways. Steven Spielberg uses the costumes in the beginning to show contrast between Jamie and the other people who were living in china at the time. Then He is able to use the custom design to show the growth and change of Jamie. Makeup also shows Jamie’s growth. Christian Bale’s make up makes him look especially young in the beginning of the movie.Then as the movie progresses, makeup is used to make his complexion darker and Christian Bale looks older. This adds in Jamie by adding changes to his physical appearance to match is personality changes. The sets of the movie are very realistic and match the setting very well. The setting is very useful to understanding the wealth of the graham family and the conditions of the prison