My review of "The harder they come"
Hello, this is my review of the jamaican film "The Harder They Come" (1972)
1. In general, what did you like and dislike about the film?
I really enjoyed the story, the characters and the general atmosphere of the film. Despite all of the problems Jamaica seems to have, it stills manages to feel like a really cool place to be.
Knowing that there was barely any film industry in jamaica when this film was made, makes it quite impressive. There is a high quality cinematography, there is clearly a great deal of technical skill and talent involved, and quite a big cast, the script for the most part is also quite good. Is is very inspiring what the filmmakers managed to achieve in this movie.
Unfortunately there is also a lot of problems with it. Despite having a good cinematography, sometimes the camera movements are straight from cheese 70s B-movies from america. As well as the terrible special effects, like they were very influenced by those types of movies. Those elements took me out of the movie every time they happened.
2. Who is your favorite character from the film?
I dont think i have a favourite character. Maybe the most memorable for me was the Preacher, mostly for how over the top he was, even though he was kind of a bad guy, i guess the actor really sold the character to me, every time he was on screen he took over the scene. Maybe in a certain way my favourite character was the music, the way its present through out the movie and is so important to all aspects of the movie from the setting, the atmosphere, the story, etc.
3. Would you recommend this film to someone, why/why not?
I would recommend the film the certain people. I study film so i know a lot of people how would be pretty interested in watching this movie, mostly for its themes and iconography. I would not recommend it to my mom or someone like that though hahahaha.
4. How does this film contribute to postcolonial identity?
The way the movie portraits the jamaican culture, it is very authentic and, i guess i could say, "proud of itself". It doesnt shy away from its problems, and it doesnt romanticise the culture. It is just very pure, and that speaks for itself. The filmmarkers arent trying to do some propaganda about how great they are, they just show who they really are, and its up to the spectator to create an opinion.
1. In general, what did you like and dislike about the film?
I really enjoyed the story, the characters and the general atmosphere of the film. Despite all of the problems Jamaica seems to have, it stills manages to feel like a really cool place to be.
Knowing that there was barely any film industry in jamaica when this film was made, makes it quite impressive. There is a high quality cinematography, there is clearly a great deal of technical skill and talent involved, and quite a big cast, the script for the most part is also quite good. Is is very inspiring what the filmmakers managed to achieve in this movie.
Unfortunately there is also a lot of problems with it. Despite having a good cinematography, sometimes the camera movements are straight from cheese 70s B-movies from america. As well as the terrible special effects, like they were very influenced by those types of movies. Those elements took me out of the movie every time they happened.
2. Who is your favorite character from the film?
I dont think i have a favourite character. Maybe the most memorable for me was the Preacher, mostly for how over the top he was, even though he was kind of a bad guy, i guess the actor really sold the character to me, every time he was on screen he took over the scene. Maybe in a certain way my favourite character was the music, the way its present through out the movie and is so important to all aspects of the movie from the setting, the atmosphere, the story, etc.
3. Would you recommend this film to someone, why/why not?
I would recommend the film the certain people. I study film so i know a lot of people how would be pretty interested in watching this movie, mostly for its themes and iconography. I would not recommend it to my mom or someone like that though hahahaha.
4. How does this film contribute to postcolonial identity?
The way the movie portraits the jamaican culture, it is very authentic and, i guess i could say, "proud of itself". It doesnt shy away from its problems, and it doesnt romanticise the culture. It is just very pure, and that speaks for itself. The filmmarkers arent trying to do some propaganda about how great they are, they just show who they really are, and its up to the spectator to create an opinion.
I had the same problem with the B class film codes though they were really funny also. The knife fight! wonderful scene haha (of course not, but still).
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