The Outsiders Movie Review

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“The Outsiders” movie review I enjoyed “The Outsiders” movie because the acting was good and they covered the important parts of the book. The book was published on April 24, 1967 written by S.E. Hinton. The movie was filmed March 25, 1983. It was directed by Francis Ford Coppola. This movie is about two boys from a greaser gang: Ponyboy curtis, and Johnny cade. The Socs are the rivals of the Greasers. Ponyboy and Johnny get into a fight with a group of socs-ending in a death of one of the Socs. They go into hiding where no one will find them. It has a tragic ending. The actors in this movie were effective to portray the characters, but they didn't match the descriptions in the book for their looks. I think Ponyboys actor was good at acting …show more content…

example during the scene where the church was on fire, they used real flames, making it a lot more realistic. This had the effect of felling suspense for the characters. However, there were some ineffective creative elements. For example, in the scene where Johnny killed Bob, there was fake blood across the screen. I would do the opposite of what they did in this scene. I would have dramatic music, and not have fake blood. The plot of the book is the same in the movie, but with less detail. For example, the movie doesn't include the first scene of the book, where PonyBoy gets beat up by the Socs. The actors in the movie didn't match their looks in the book. For example, in the movie, Dallys actor was tall with black hair, and in the book he has blond hair and is shorter. Most of the movie follows along with the plot in the book everywhere but the beginning. A scene that I loved was the scene where Johnny, PonyBoy, and Dally save the kids from the burning fire at the church. I liked this scene because it shows them being heroes before they were going to turn themselves in to the police, which made the police not arrest them. The filmmakers made this scene suspenseful and dramatic compared to other scenes because of the fire and smoke with the kids screaming. The filmmakers made this scene well with Dally being worried and coming for help also making more

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