Natalie Portman once again enters the Oscar conversation with “Jackie,” Pablo Larraín's English language debut detailing Jackie Kennedy after her husband's assassination. The biopic is a daring and slicing look at a complex person when matched with Natalie Portman performance becomes an immersive experience that you will not forget. Told in flashbacks during a magazine interview, “Jackie” explores the complex life the First Lady lead. It gave an inner look at the grief and tragedy she faced from her husband's assassination and how she dealt with the constant media attention. As the film shows the events of the assassination and the subsequent funeral, it also gives Jackie a life. One that being the First Lady didn't grant her. Instead of …show more content…
I knew her as the widow in the pink pill dress and nothing more. In a way, this helped me understand her a little more. While people who knew of her saw her as a fashion icon (which, let's be real, she was ahead of her time) and a widow, I got to see a human who had to face so many difficult choices all at once. I understand that the film wasn't a documentary, but the actions and conversations felt as if they could've been from a transcript. The film didn't pad or soften the bleak sadness of Jackie’s situation and didn't try to make her likable or unlikable. The unwavering portrayal of Jackie Kennedy made the experience a worthwhile story of a girl who didn't want to be the center of …show more content…
She plays the former First Lady with a depth that very few could achieve. Portman weaves between grieving widow, upset mother, and a determined woman who's going to chose her own future. While Jackie Kennedy’s husband did not get to decide his legacy as most presidents get to, Portman's determined performance of a woman who will stop at nothing to make her husband be remembered as a great man is heartbreaking. Portmans performance also makes it very clear that Jackie Kennedy never wanted the life she fell into. After seeing the film, it's easy to see her spending her days in a small quiet town with her family until she got old, instead, she became the center the attention that the whole of America had their eye on. Larraín’s skills as a director come into play immediately as the film begins. The score blares to a black screen, giving a hint of what is to come. His direction is a large reason the film didn't become a standard biopic that is good, but forgettable. The style and intercutting scenes make it hard to look away, even through the most difficult parts of the film. The giant and sweeping score also maintains the intensity and grandeur of Jackie. The close cut frame also makes it hard to look away from the pain of Jackie Kennedy, which Portman brings to life in an elegant and wonderful
In “Jackie’s Debut: A Unique Day,” is written by Mike Royko, and appeared in the Chicago Daily News on Wednesday, October 15, 1972, the day after Jackie passed away. This article is about one of the most famous and cultural African Americans to ever play the game of baseball. In the beginning of the story, there were wise men sitting in the tavern that had something to say about Jackie. They weren’t the kindest words and said that he would ruin the game of baseball. Jackie was going to be at Wrigley Field and the kid had to see him perform. Him and his friend always walked to the baseball games to avoid streetcar fare. On that day, Wrigley Field was packed. He had never seen anything like it, there were about 47,000 people there and at the
I found the movie to be very informative but slightly too long. It set the mood of the times and showcased some of the hardships faced by Jackie Robinson wonderfully but it had periods of what I can only describe as dullness throughout. Despite the great cast and characters it seemed to drag on at times making it more of a chore to watch all the way through in one sitting. If you are looking at learning about that time in history then 42: A Jackie Robinson Story is a great choice but it may be best to consume it in a couple of chunks with some breaks between.
When Martha Ballard died, she was definitely missed and even though her diary sat in the back stacks of a library for a very long time because authors thought it was useless, her story was told and it was a good one at that. It wouldn?t be a surprise to me if her story has inspired women and I know it has definitely educated people about women?s lives at this time. It?s just a shame that more women?s stories from this time will never be told. I?ve learned from Martha Ballard?s story that she must have been a very good, decent, and smart woman and I would have loved to have met her. She is a good example of what some women were like back then and it?s good to see that not all of them were powerless housewives as some people think and how I, myself, thought before I saw this movie. I saw her struggle and her get through the hard times. The things she had to live through throughout her life were astonishing and I?m really glad I got to see this woman?s work. I realized how easy we have it now and how women like Martha paved the way for us and we have to appreciate them for what they?ve done.
People might say that Racism is a part of life in history and you have to deal with it, but it fails the support because back in the day, there was a thing called the middle passage and was very harmful. The middle passage was where people chained slaves to the bottom of a ship and barely fed them and they also went to the bathroom on themselves. The theme is racism is not acceptable and can cause a lot of issues between human beings. Jackie Robinson was a person who was humble and treated all humankind equally.
The way she speaks and interacts with others is very distinct; it is what most would call “ghetto talk”. This is apparent when Jackie asked herself “I wonder how long it’s gone be like this?”. Jackie’s life is far from ideal. Throughout her life, she’s had to face one adversity after another.
She seemed confident and strong (Frontline Video, 2013). She inspires people to live to their full potential and enjoy life (Frontline Video, 2013). However, this was just an act (Frontline Video, 2013). Jackie didn’t want anyone to be worried about her or have a negative outlook based on her experience (Frontline Video, 2013). It upset her deeply when she would have to turn to help from others just to get some food to feed her family (Frontline Video, 2013).
He showed people that with patience and courage, time will change for the better. Jackie didn’t do anything wrong in society besides wanting to play baseball and change everyone for the better. Jackie still has an impact even though he passed away. He shows people that it doesn’t matter if you are black, white, yellow, orange, tan, or any skin color. Jackie shows a lot of love through his foundations. “After his death, his wife established the Jackie Robinson Foundation dedicated to his life and work. The foundation helps young people in need by providing scholarships and mentoring programs”(bio). Jackie shows that if they put their mind and head towards what they want to do in life, they could achieve
In one particular scene, director was truly a great one, featuring special focus on his dad life and the Colorado River. It was so cool to highlights of the movie by one of his favorite poem written by his dad when he was born, the Important Place. Also, this film was a good length, not excessively long but long enough to tell the story. This is really important today there were no such unwanted scene in the film, which literary the most closely and accurately delivered. In my opinion, this film is forced to possess the characters of a great aspect, and turns to make for quite the adventurous. There was no special character encounter rather than his dad, learned something from the secret Colorado River. Another great aspect of the film was the special footage that were introduce in this film was an enjoyable aspect to be a good documentary film, and that’s how this film is different from the rest.
With the help of superb editing, sound, mise en scene, and cinematography, this film cannot be topped. The fist scene of the movie creates an atmosphere that helps the viewer know that he/she will enjoy this wonderful classic. Throughout the movie there are surprises and fun that makes this a movie that people will want to watch again and again. Gene Kelly said it best when he said, "Dignity, always dignity. " That is what this movie has from beginning to end, dignity.
The film I have chosen to explore the micro features on is The Pianist (2002) which is directed by Roman Polanski. Polanski assures that the audience gets a sense of belonging to that period of history and gets to explore the theme of discrimination through the characters life risking challenges that they face throughout the film. This micro essay will explore the following features, framing and camera movement in a 5 minute sequence.
Discrimination played a major role during Jackie Robinson’s career. Throughout the movie there were many places he could not attend. Jackie’s
...movie that I fell in love with. But most of all I love how the story line is a great overlap into the cinematically engaging movie. There is a great use of camera, timing, shots and story line that are portrayed in this movie without being too overwhelming. This allows the audience to relax during the movie and just take in the scenes as a story from reality. To this day, and even still doing this paper I still come to find different aspects of the movie that I missed the previous times I have watched it.
The film retells the story of how Jackie Robinson overcame racism, prejudices’, and all together hate from whites. Its shows that when playing a sport, it doesn’t matter the color, because you are playing the game cause’ you enjoy it. All of the players have that in common. Jackie is told is not allowed to defend himself, and he would have to take people’s vulgar, rude, nasty, and inhumane commentary. Also, his teammate Eddie Stanky stands up for him against the Phille’s, and fans start to accept him.
Due to the film’s quality and interest it became an award winning film. The film had excellent sound effects such as the battle scenes. The image quality was also outstanding; it used many different angles to depict the actor to make you feel involved in the scenes. In the action scenes the most common viewpoint used was a close up shot which allows the audience to see and feel the intensity of the scene. The second viewpoint mostly used was a tracking shot due to the actors c...
despite him being my favorite director and I just watched it few weeks ago. By watching that film you can see his unique style and the technique he used to shot that film which is amazing.