The Graduate (1967)

Rating: 10/10 (24 November 2014)

Dustin Hoffman was awkwardly funny in this film, I loved it. Mrs. Robison was by far my favorite character in this film. She had this presences about herself that just made you stop and watch her every movement. When she tells Ben that she doesn't want him dating her daughter, I found that one scene to be the most interesting out of the whole film. In my head I'm thinking she said this because she wants Ben all to herself and perhaps she is falling for him but she doesn't speak out loud. If she felt that way, it would've have been great to see her speak her mind about her feelings and perhaps we would have an entirely different film on our hands. I thought that maybe just maybe Ben was falling for her as well. Unspoken words, ahh man. The use of imagery in the film was amazing, we're brought from one scene to another using one item in each room, this one item brought us to an entirely different scene. I loved the use of water in this film. It was Ben's "thinking hat." The ending scene was pretty great too, these two characters take each other as they are and in some ways end up realizing that maybe they had just done the wrong thing. The lack of eye contact said it all. In the end I felt so bad for Mrs. Robinson's daughter...the final scene was heavy.