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The Outsiders Movie Review Essay

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“The Outsiders” is a movie about a boy who lives with his brothers, Darry and Sodapop along with a group known as the greasers. When watching the movie I saw that the camera angles were unique and impressive, and the set really puts the images you get from the book to life. The director, Francis Ford Coppola, took the information given about the characters and illustrated them beautifully in the movie. In the movie Ponyboy Curtis is a Greaser, and he’s in a gang with his two brothers Sodapop, and Darry, and four others. On the other side of town there are the Socs or the Socials. The movie is about Ponyboy’s journey of finding out that maybe Greasers and Socs aren’t that different. When watching the movie I saw that the actors took time to get into their character. The role I thought was off was Dally. The actors did a good job pursuing the roles and I think he brought his role to life, but when reading the book it says ‘Dally has a elfish-face with high cheekbones, a pointed chin, small, sharp …show more content…

The costumes in the movie have a big impact because you have the rich and popular, and then you have the wrong side of town greasy haired kids, and they put that into the story very well. When I looked at the costume designs, I saw how they are opposites. I could see that they took the book's description and put it to life. The greasers have jean jackets, long baggy shirts, and the iconic greasy hair, while the Socs have that preppy look with blue madras shirts. The movie differs than the book in many ways. For example, a big part of the book is Ponyboy, his brothers and their life at home, where in the movie it feels like the main part of the movie is the death of Bob Sheldon and when Johnny and Ponyboy go to the church to escape charges for murder. By skipping the home part, the movie doesn’t have a lot of character

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Also the little things that caught my attention like when Sarny screamed after Nightjohn lost his finger and when Mr. Waller made Mrs. Waller slap Sarny. In the book their was less things going on, their was less descriptions, and it was not as specific. I liked the movie more than the book because in the movie you can see how the characters looked. In the movie you can see the kind of person each character is like if they were nice or mean. Also in the movie you could see the pain in a slave’s face after they were whipped or if the got their finger cut

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In 1983, Francis Ford Coppola created the film version of S.E. Hinton’s book The Outsiders. In the movie and the book, the story takes place in a town where people are segregated by where they live. People on the east side were called greasers, and people on the west side were referred to as the socs. The main character remains the same in both the movie and the novel; his name is Ponyboy. In the book, and the story basically the same thing happens to Ponyboy, with a couple differences sprinkled here, and there.

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For example, in the book, only one person drowns Pony, but in the movie, three people drowned him. This is different because in the book Pony is being drowned at the water fountain by only one person. On the other hand in the movie Pony is getting drowned by three people instead of one like it is in the story. Another comparison between the book and the movie would be when Ponyboy goes to court and doesn’t testify in the book, but in the movie he does. These are different because in the book when Pony has to go to court for the murder of Bob he doesn’t testify in the movie when he goes to court he does testify.

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The movie and novel share similar qualities. For example, both feature all of the same characters. Ponyboy, Darry, and Sodapop are brothers.

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The author really proves a point on Dally’s personality and who he really cares about in the movie. “Ponyboy” says Dally after he was shot like 13 times like everywhere as everyone around Dally is screaming with sadness and terror. I don’t think that this was in the book but it helps us understand that he cared about

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Pony and Johnny were in need of help which lead to a death of a Socs. In the book the other seven main Greasers help them escape, and go into hiding till the ongoing feud calms down. The book, and the movie had similarities and differences as well. The movie along with the book when I comes to the setting it is quite similar, and the plot.

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While getting jumped, the Greasers jump in and save Ponyboy from the Socs. The Greasers consist of Darry and Sodapop Curtis, Steve Randle, Keith “Two-Bit” Matthews, Dallas “Dally” Winston, and Johnny Cade while the Socs consist of Sherri “Cherry” Valance, Bob Sheldon, Randy Anderson, and Marcia. In brief, both the film and the novel are both similar, but they also have many differences between the two.

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