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Smoke Signals Movie Analysis
We’ve all seen a bad movie at least once in our life. When you’re watching it, it’s everything you can do to keep your eyes open. You’ve also probably seen a lot of really good movies. When you’ve seen an example of both, it is really easy to point out the odds and ends that make each movie good or bad. The movie, Smoke Signals, written by Sherman Alexie, is not a terrible movie, but it isn’t one I would recommend to all my friends if they were looking for a good movie. The acting was probably the best part of the film, closely followed by the script. The main thing that I noticed that ruined this film for me was the use of flashbacks. It was a little excessive and it made it harder for viewers to follow along. Smoke Signals is a movie based on the book The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. The film begins when infants, Thomas Builds-the-Fire and Victor Joseph, were saved from a house fire in the middle of the night on Fourth of July. Victor’s dad, Arnold Joseph, was the hero that saved the boys. His dad threw Thomas from the window of the burning building. Eventually, his wife kicked him out of the house, where he then moved to Phoenix, Arizona. Years after he left, Victor hears of his father’s death and needs to find a way to get to Phoenix to retrieve his fathers ashes. For financial reasons, his only option is to take …show more content…
The producers couldn’t have hired better actors for the roles of Thomas and Victor and the script was as if it wasn’t even a script. It seemed like it just came so naturally to the characters. If someone came to me asking for examples of a movie with really good acting, I would probably recommend this movie, but otherwise. I would say not to waste your time and watch something more enjoyable, like the romantic comedy “The Wedding

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