The pendulum
She isn’t a very good man! Andy Fickman’s She’s the Man did indeed hit the fan.
In this film review I will be going to talk to you about the relevance of the film to teenagers, the quality of film techniques and the quality of actor performances. I will also be talking about Shakespeare intent for the original play, and how is this achieved in the adaption of "She's the man". The social, moral of ethical message conveyed in the film and its value to teenagers.
Shakespeare's original play had the theme of love, appearance vs reality, madness, dramatic irony, through the portrayal of a female losing her brother and who is trying to make her way in life as a man because she knows that women could not make their way because the society back then was sexist, rude and extremely cruel. Andy Fickman's ‘She's the Man’ had the same relevancy as Shakespeare's play but did not quite reach the standard of Shakespeare's work , it seems like he wanted to get as close to Shakespeare’s original intent but just went in the complete opposite direction. He failed miserably and made a horrible movie.
She's the Man is about Viola Hastings, a girl whose passion is Soccer. She then finds out that the Girl's Soccer Program gets cancelled at her school. She then tries out for the guy's team, but they tell her that girls aren't good enough. So when Viola finds out that her fraternal twin brother, Sebastian is sneaking off to London for a music tour, instead of going to Illyria School, Viola decides that she can take his place, and pretend to be him, to be able to try out for their Soccer program. After a makeover and help from her friends, she gets to Illyria, but then finds that she likes her roommate, Duke. Things get messy when a girl who Duke likes falls for Sebastian, who is Viola in disguise. Everything falls apart when Sebastian goes home from London early, and things start to fall to pieces.
Duke
In this film review I will be going to talk to you about the relevance of the film to teenagers, the quality of film techniques and the quality of actor performances. I will also be talking about Shakespeare intent for the original play, and how is this achieved in the adaption of "She's the man". The social, moral of ethical message conveyed in the film and its value to teenagers.
Shakespeare's original play had the theme of love, appearance vs reality, madness, dramatic irony, through the portrayal of a female losing her brother and who is trying to make her way in life as a man because she knows that women could not make their way because the society back then was sexist, rude and extremely cruel. Andy Fickman's ‘She's the Man’ had the same relevancy as Shakespeare's play but did not quite reach the standard of Shakespeare's work , it seems like he wanted to get as close to Shakespeare’s original intent but just went in the complete opposite direction. He failed miserably and made a horrible movie.
She's the Man is about Viola Hastings, a girl whose passion is Soccer. She then finds out that the Girl's Soccer Program gets cancelled at her school. She then tries out for the guy's team, but they tell her that girls aren't good enough. So when Viola finds out that her fraternal twin brother, Sebastian is sneaking off to London for a music tour, instead of going to Illyria School, Viola decides that she can take his place, and pretend to be him, to be able to try out for their Soccer program. After a makeover and help from her friends, she gets to Illyria, but then finds that she likes her roommate, Duke. Things get messy when a girl who Duke likes falls for Sebastian, who is Viola in disguise. Everything falls apart when Sebastian goes home from London early, and things start to fall to pieces.
Duke