Another point of view

Rating: Null/10 (15 January 2004)

To Kill A Mockingbird
As soon as I saw To Kill A Mockingbird, I started to understand the book better. Since seeing the movie, I realized one thing - to see a movie is to look at something from another point of view. If we take a look at the movie, we see that the director, Robert Mullingan, makes the movie and it contains his ideas. Most of the director's ideas come from the book it self, but the way the movie was produced makes it seem totally different. One thing that made me like the movie, was the way that Mary Balham and Philip Alford played Scout and Jem Finch. Second I also liked the setting, the cars and the houses are old. These things make the movie very real. The main idea, which is related to discrimination against black people, doesn't lose. It remains the same like in the book, and it is shown very well. This thing makes the ending of the movie to be good. Gregory Peck, who plays Atticus Finch's role, is the man who never fights back. He fights for goodness. Peck was not an anti-semitic man. He liked to be kind with every body. He also made a lot of good to people. This fact is proved by that he had a lot of friends. Gregory Peck is the man who insisted this movie be made, knowing that it was controversial. This movie shows white men with a bad face. Because he insisted to make the movie, he proves that he didn't care about the racial barrier. Peck was dedicated to be kind. Goodness characterized him because he choose to play the Atticus role. Atticus is a man who helps poor people like the Cunninghams or black people like Tom Robinson. To Kill A Mockingbird, the movie is made from somebody's point of view. If I should change something in the movie, first I would put more events from the book. One example was when Jem, then Scout found in tree some things, or when Nathan Radley shouted in the air. The movie would be longer, but it would be complex. Another thing that I would change is clothing for people who are supposed to be poor. It would be more like in the book. To make the movie closer to the book I would replace Robert Duvall, who was Boo Readily. I would change him with another, uglier actor. One thing that made the movie to be real was the setting. The setting was very good realized, with old houses and cars. The town was fictitious, but the movie is so good that you cannot figure out that the setting is not real. The next thing that made the movie real is the actors. The children act and look almost like the book describes them. Scout and Jem are children, with who is hard to make a movie, but they acted like they were in reality. In conclusion I want to emphasize one idea. To understand To Kill A Mockingbird, you have to look at the movie from another point of view. The movie is real because it contains the main idea from the book. The actors act very realistic. A good example is Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch.