Imagine yourself finding out your whole life and the people around you have all been a lie. In the movie The Truman Show, this is exactly what happens. Throughout the movie I found many things that I liked such as its different story line and plot, the editing and what I did not like so much.
The Truman Show movie was what I think, a creative and unique story. The plot was not your average story line. A majority of movies tend to go down this one track road but The Truman Show is a lifetime movie within itself. It was something that was unique and stuck out to me which made me like it and grasp my attention. Not only does The Truman Show have a unique and creative plot, it also has a unique setting. I remember when I was around seven or eight years old I imagined what it would be like if we were able to have our own bubbles around our houses and to be able to control the weather. This movie made a connection with my 7/8 year old self. It seemed as if someone made a movie specifically for me and made me enjoy it even more. The unique
Secondly, what I liked about this movie is the editing. Along with the unique plot, the editing was different from any other movie that I have seen. Many of the camera angles came from many places and angles. I thought the most creative and unique placement of the camera was from the buttons on shirts of people that Truman was talking to. This angle offered a different viewpoint in a movie. I also thought that the camera inside Truman’s car stereo. Another editing aspect that I liked in the movie was the music. Since I began watching the movie towards the middle, I did not know exactly if the movie was a serious one or not. The music helped guide me into what the movie was about and guide emotions. I thought the best part of music playing what when Truman was on the boat after the storm and sailed into the wall. When he was sailing after the storm the music seemed triumphant. I like that as soon as he ran into the wall the music immediately stopped, affecting the viewer and making him running into the wall more abrupt.
During the movie there were a few things that I did not like. First, I did not like the fact that Jim Carrey was the lead character in the movie. As an actor in a semi-serious movie I could not take him seriously due to his past roles in movies such as The Mask. What I also did not like in this movie was that it was also very unrealistic. I thought the most unrealistic part of it was when Truman was in the boat and Christof created the horrible storm and waves. Controlling the any body of water or the ocean is very unrealistic and impossible. Also, during the storm and the idea of keeping someone in a bubble to tape their lives is highly unethical and inhumane. An additional factor that I did not like was that the product placement seemed too pushy and obvious. The scene that I thought that product placement was too obvious was when Truman would go to work and would get pushed against the wall and there was an ad behind Truman’s head.
All during the movie there were many things that I liked and a few things that I did not like. One thing that made me like the movie was that it had a different and unique story plot. Another thing that I liked about the movie was its editing and the effects that it had on the viewer. Opposed to the majority of things that I liked about the movie, there were a few things that I did not like such as the choice of actors and how unrealistic that the story was.
