Characterizations of Viola and Duke!

She’s the Man

She’s the Man (2006) is an American romantic comedy film. The film is directed by Andy Fickman, based on Twelfth Night, a play by William Shakespare who lived in the 15^th century.

Viola (Amanda Bynes):

Viola is a teenage girl, she is in high school and plays soccer at Cornwall, the team of her school. One day the girls’ team got cut and Viola and the others girls on the team wants to play on the boys’ team, but they got refused by the boys’ coach. Viola has a boyfriend at the boys’ team and he was being an idiot, so she dumped him. Then Viola got an idea. She wants to play for Cornwall’s rival, Illyria! Her dream is to beat the Cornwall boys’ team and humiliate her stupid ex boyfriend, Justin.

Viola has a twin brother, Sebastian. Sebastian is supposed to enter Illyria boarding school as a new student, but instead he is going to London to play his music. Viola covers Sebastian and decided to pretend to be her brother. With a little bit help Viola quickly becomes Sebastian! In the movie we see how Viola is trying to be a part of the Illyria boys’ team. At the boarding school Viola/Sebastian gets in the middle of a series of love affairs. For example she falls in love with her roommate, the handsome Duke.

Viola is a pretty girl. She has a natural look and long brown hair. She has a very boyish look and she hates make up and nice dresses. Viola has a lot of friends and she loves soccer, which is the only thing she wants to do! Viola is a very sensitive and romantic girl; this is almost the only thing she can’t hide when she pretends to be Sebastian.

All the time when Viola pretends to be Sebastian she tries to talk boyish. But she only sounds weird. She says things like “yo bro” and other creepy things all the time.

  

Duke (Channing Tatum):

Duke is a teenage boy, he is also in high school and plays for the Illyria boys’ team at school. Viola/ Sebastian become Duke’s roommate. Duke sees that Sebastian is a bit different than other boys, but he also likes he’s new roommate. The two of them connects and gets a really good chemistry.

Duke is a good looking guy! He’s tall, wide shouldered and has a great body. A typically dream boy! Compared to other guys, Duke is very sensitive. He likes to talk about all kinds of stuff and he is a really good friend. Duke is also a great soccer player and got a lot of friends.

Duke thinks he’s in love with the schools prettiest girl, Olivia. He is only in love with the thought of her actually.  It turns out that Duke and Olivia have no chemistry at all, and that Olivia in fact is in love with Viola/Sebastian.

Viola and Duke

Similarities between Viola and her roommate Duke are that both of them loves soccer, they have a lot of friends and they are very sensitive! I think the only difference between the two, is that Duke is a boy and Viola is a girl.

Duke and Viola both gets more open and sensitive with each other in the end of the movie.

One day Duke is going to a Tivoli, so is Viola. She had put on a nice red dress and let her hair down. They finally met in the kissing booth and had an intense kiss.  In the end of the movie, everyone finds out that Viola really is a girl during the big soccer match. After this the connection between Viola and Duke develop to something more than just and friendship.

Message of the film

I believe the message of the film is that you can do anything you want regardless of your gender.  We don’t want gender discrimination at all! You can still succeed in soccer if you are a girl and you can of course be a great dancer if you are a boy.

I think this play is very interesting and relevant because everyone should be able to live out their dream despite their gender. I love this movie; it’s funny, romantic and meaningful all at the same time. J A great film!

Review of the movie ”David Copperfield”

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"David Copperfield"

The director of the film is Simon Curtis. He has directed some more movies and is most known for “My week with Marilyn” (2011), “Five days” (2007) and “A short stay in Switzerland” (2009) I haven’t had the chance to see any of them but I have heard of them. Another movie Curtis is well known for is “David Copperfield” (1999). We saw this movie at school and here is my review!

The main character in the movie is David Copperfield. Young David Copperfield is played by Mark Doran, I don’t know anything about him. David Copperfield in his youth is played by Daniel Radcliffe, well known of the Harry Potter films. Ciaran McMenamin plays David Copperfield as a grown up, I myself have never heard of him. In the movie David Copperfield has an aunt, her name is Betsey Trotwood. Betsey Trotwood is played by Maggie Smith who also plays with Radcliffe in the Harry Potter films. David Copperfield mother Clara Copperfield is played by Emilia Fox. Emilia is known for the movie “The Pianist” (2002). I think the actors are perfect in their roles. They act really well. And Mr. Radcliffe now has become a great actor!

In 1820 a little boy named David Copperfield was born. Little David lived with his mother Clara and their beloved nanny, housekeeper and best friend Pegotty. David’s father died before David was born. At the age of seven his mother re-marries to Mr. Edward Murdstone. He is a cruel man and David had no reason to like him at all. Edward and his sister Jane trashed David for falling behind with his studies. After the trashing David bites Edward. Because of this Mr. Murdstone sends David away to boarding school.

While David is living the hard life at boarding school, his mom and Mr. Murdstone gets a little baby boy. Not long after the boy was born, both he and David’s mother died. Now Edward sent David to start his own life in London, he had to work in a factory and was living the pore and lonely life until he met his landlord Mr. Wilkins Micawber. After a little while Mr. Micawber was sent to prison. There was no longer someone to care for David in London so he ran away.

David walked all the way from London to Dover, and luckily he found his only living relative, his aunt Betsey Trotwood. His aunt agrees to raise him and she renamed him. His new name was Trotwood Copperfield! After a while David had to live for himself and became best friends with the new housekeeper’s daughter, Agnes Wickfield.

We watches David grow strong and he becomes an adult. Late in the movie he marries the beautiful but naïve Dora Spenlow. Dora dies during a miscarriage early in their marriage. Now David understands that Agnes is the love of his life, and that she had always loved him too. The two of them finds true happiness and gets several children.

The Genre of this movie is Drama. I think it has a melancholy mood throughout the film. It makes me kind of sad actually. Every time David accomplishes something in his life it gets ruined time after time. Luckily the movie ends well and David finds his true and only love! The film did not fit my expectations for the type “drama”. When I watch a drama movie I expect a kind of peak in the movie. This didn't happen in this film, I think. it was just ups and downs all the way..

I didn’t notice the music, but I guess it fitted well to the movie. The movie was OK, but I wouldn’t recommend it to anybody. That is because I think it is boring and way too long! This was not my kind of movie.

- Vilde Andersen

Another Brick in the Wall

This is an interpretation of the song "Another Brick in the Wall" of Pink Floyd. 

In the song they sing about how the kids don’t want any education and that they want the teachers to leave them alone. They also say in the song “It’s just another brick in the wall” who is also the title of the song.

I think they mean that the wall is all your life and the little brick is school and education. With this i think they mean that the kids think that school and education is just a small bit of life, that it doesn’t matter. (Like a little brick in doesn't matter on a big wall) 

Actually this song is a protest song about the strict schools, especially private schools. “Another Brick in the Wall” was banned in some countries, but it was still number one hit in the UK, USA, Germany and several other countries.

I think the song is interesting. It's also a song full of meaning. I still think the text is very repeating, and this makes it a bit boring. But this is only my opinion!

- Vilde Andersen