The Adventures of Huck Finn
May 12th 2007 15:08
One of my absolute most favourite movies of all time was a movie that took its source material and tore it apart then remade it into a bloody masterpiece. Of course it was overlooked and declared a failure simply because it didn't rely on its source material very much (read: at all).
But damn well if it wasn't a powerful, thought provoking movie in its own right. Exploring issues of morality and friendship, it was as complex as you wanted it to be. You could ignore Huck Finn (played by that elf guy from LOTR) and his moral dilemmas and simply enjoy a great movie, or you could enjoy the movie that much more as you actually see Huck defining his own morals and slowly realizing that morals are not right just because everyone follows them. Using his own rebellious character he comes to a very sane conclusion, that "all men should be free".
Let me tell you folks, if movie adaptations are to be judged by their source materials this one ranks low, way low, in the land of the negatives, but if a movie is to be judged in its own right this is undoubtedly the best damn thing to have come out of Disney. Ever.
Believe you me I want to go into it, explaining how unbelievably awesome each and every single scene in the movie is. This is one powerful scene after another which only starts dying off as the movie draws to a close, the last two villains just don’t feel real enough.
My favourite scene would have to be where Huck is at a cross between apologizing to Jim, his friend, or saying 'you deserve it' to Jim, the slave. It lasts a good straight three minutes, no camera cuts or anything and is extremely well done with a beautiful angle and amazing colours which somehow don't manage to offset the grim undertone of the scene.
Here are a few stills from the movie I just took (from the DVD I own), there’s nothing on YouTube or IMDB to leech off. Enjoy.
I highly recommend you buy it, it's only $12 from Amazon.
But damn well if it wasn't a powerful, thought provoking movie in its own right. Exploring issues of morality and friendship, it was as complex as you wanted it to be. You could ignore Huck Finn (played by that elf guy from LOTR) and his moral dilemmas and simply enjoy a great movie, or you could enjoy the movie that much more as you actually see Huck defining his own morals and slowly realizing that morals are not right just because everyone follows them. Using his own rebellious character he comes to a very sane conclusion, that "all men should be free".
Let me tell you folks, if movie adaptations are to be judged by their source materials this one ranks low, way low, in the land of the negatives, but if a movie is to be judged in its own right this is undoubtedly the best damn thing to have come out of Disney. Ever.
Believe you me I want to go into it, explaining how unbelievably awesome each and every single scene in the movie is. This is one powerful scene after another which only starts dying off as the movie draws to a close, the last two villains just don’t feel real enough.
My favourite scene would have to be where Huck is at a cross between apologizing to Jim, his friend, or saying 'you deserve it' to Jim, the slave. It lasts a good straight three minutes, no camera cuts or anything and is extremely well done with a beautiful angle and amazing colours which somehow don't manage to offset the grim undertone of the scene.
Here are a few stills from the movie I just took (from the DVD I own), there’s nothing on YouTube or IMDB to leech off. Enjoy.
"I am your father!"
I highly recommend you buy it, it's only $12 from Amazon.
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Comment by JohnDoe
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I havent seen this version of the story..But I did ofcourse love the book.
The Disney version made in the 60's was pretty cool too when I was young. Haven't seen that for ages, may go on a quest.
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