Stand By Me and Newsy Stuff!
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008Just a point, I have been having lots of late minute work to do so, I will have the site completely updated by the time it is Friday/Saturday. Also, I am having a 3 week brake from school because Australia is better than America. But, since you wont have a comic for a few days, enjoy this Review of “Stand By Me” I did:
Stan By Me Review By Ben Wilson
Stand by me is directed by Rob Reiner. Rob has been an actor, writer, producer and director for many films and TV shows. Stand by me also has a wonderful cast that was carefully and nicely picked out such as Wil Wheaton and river phoenix and many other great cast members.
A big part of stand by me makes it an adventure type film. But, at times I feel like it is a mystery, especially with the flashbacks of Gordy and stories of the dead boy.
4 boys set of on an adventure to find the dead body of a boy who had gone missing but the boys were going to find, but they knew he was hit by a train and had the life knocked out of him. On their journey they run away from trains, survive a leech-fest, getting chased by a dog, talk about things important to 12 yr olds before they discover girls. They even fought each other at times. But in the end they got through it because even though once school went back they all just went their separate ways, they had been the best of friends for a time and it was wonderful to see that that is what can be possible for a group of 12 year olds.
There are many great techniques, themes, effects and things that actually make the film unique. For example, when they are running away from the train they filmed the train and the filmed the boys running away from Rob(Director) and merged the two. That was a wonderful technique and effect that I found interesting.
In the end of the film where they get to the body but so do the older boys which are with a gang of about 6 tough guys. Even after being threatened by the main guy of the gang, Ace, Chris (River) stands up for the body and says “you are not taking him!”. He wouldn’t budge. When Chris is about to get terribly attacked by ace, Gordy (Wil) grabs the gun they had stashed for a moment like this and does something completely unexpected! He stands up to a big, tough bully who could actually kill him and the 4 boys get the body. In the end Gordy convinces them to do the right thing and make an anonymous phone call.
Stand by me shows an adventurous and emotional trek into the complicated world of pre-teens mixed with the simple life of the mid-1900’s. It is a good film for anyone weather it be A Yr 9 class or even just a Family or Friends thing!