Joe Leggett's Film Blog

Under the Skin is a movie released in 2013, starring Scarlett Johansson. It is directed by Jonathan Glazer and fits under the drama genre. The movie had a budget of 13 million dollars and produced a box office of 7.2 million dollars. There are many talking points surrounding the movie, including the question 'what does it mean to be human?'. There are dark themes in the movie surrounding murder and sexual violence. These link to predators and victims. In the latter stages of the movie, the protagonist character who is played by Scarlett Johansson begins to show human traits and finally show signs of human life. She runs through the woods to escape a man she earlier met, only to be forced into a sexual assault scenario. As an alien, the situation confuses her, so it is interesting that the character still instinctively struggles and tries to escape the situation despite having little experience of knowledge around this. We also learn about empathy and kindness from the movie...

We need to talk about Kevin is a film released in 2011. It was directed by Lynne Ramsay who had previously made the short film, 'Gasman'. The film was released under BBC films with a budget of 7 million dollars. The film profited with a box office of 10.8 million dollars. The film can fit under both the thriller genre and the drama genre. With themes of betrayal, jealousy, relationships, love, violence, mental health, parenting and isolation, the film is rather dark and goes into a few topics which others would not go into. The film is about a woman named Eva (played by Tilda Swinton), who seems to have an enjoyable, active life. This changes when she is pregnant and starts to evidently become depressed. The situation grows worse when the baby is born, and shows clear signs of evilness from then on. The opening scene of the movie shows Eva enjoying herself in some kind of tomato festival. It is here that we start to see the importance of the use of colour throughout the mo...

Brazil is a film made in 1985, directed by Terry Gilliam. It is of the dystopian genre and is set in a future which ironically turned out to be rather inaccurate. The plot is very unclear throughout the whole movie, but this is done with clear purpose. Although the plot is hard to follow and often leaves the viewer wondering why they are watching Brazil, it is very thought-provoking and interesting to watch, which is why the film is so watchable. The plot was not believable at all but this was all part of the genre. The central goal of the movie was probably to express the opinions and views of the people who made the film, more so than to deliver a message or entertain the viewer in a certain way. A lot of symbolism was used in the film and there are many theories as to what the symbolism actually represents. An example of this is the flying scenes and especially when the ground begins to rise into the skies. The characters were complex and hard to break down. The acting was ...