Now reviewing:
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Diary of Anne Frank (movie), is well known, but more well known due to it being based on the actual diary from the young teenage girl who wrote it during World War II. All should know what occurred during those harsh times, and if not, go back to elementary school please.
I myself have not read the diary, though this movie has forced my mind into wanting to. I am, however, familiar with the story, thanks to my eighth grade reading teacher, and therefor knew what happened at the end.
If I hadn't, I most certainly would have reacted much more than I had.
The movie itself, as a movie, was quite dramatic, yet it went on so quietly that I had a hard time keeping myself from being distracted, but most times I wanted to keep watching to see what happened.
Now, I refuse to give spoilers. I knew what the ending would be, but the movie still had me on the edge of my seat (hypothetically, as I was out in the living room watching it via Wii, laid out on the couch), awaiting the very worst to happen to the poor families stuck in an attic for two years while the war went on.
Love stories are my favorite, to be expected, right? This one, although not a love story, infuriated me to the point where I was downright upset at the girl, Anne Frank, for what she acted like in the movie towards the only boy in the house, whom she became involved with. However, while watching the credits scroll up the screen, it finally set in that it had to of ended like that. She couldn't possibly have acted different, and I don't blame her.
The movie itself opened my eyes to what it was like during those times --for Jewish people I mean, as well as anyone else targeted. Every moment that they had to keep quiet because they didn't know if someone had found them, those moments had my breathing stopped.
Overall, the movie was intense in the softest of ways, and I am almost proud to say that I had tears at times during it. As a rating, a four and a half out of five. I've seen better movies, but this definitely was quite a good one and I plan on watching it again in the future.
I myself have not read the diary, though this movie has forced my mind into wanting to. I am, however, familiar with the story, thanks to my eighth grade reading teacher, and therefor knew what happened at the end.
If I hadn't, I most certainly would have reacted much more than I had.
The movie itself, as a movie, was quite dramatic, yet it went on so quietly that I had a hard time keeping myself from being distracted, but most times I wanted to keep watching to see what happened.
Now, I refuse to give spoilers. I knew what the ending would be, but the movie still had me on the edge of my seat (hypothetically, as I was out in the living room watching it via Wii, laid out on the couch), awaiting the very worst to happen to the poor families stuck in an attic for two years while the war went on.
Love stories are my favorite, to be expected, right? This one, although not a love story, infuriated me to the point where I was downright upset at the girl, Anne Frank, for what she acted like in the movie towards the only boy in the house, whom she became involved with. However, while watching the credits scroll up the screen, it finally set in that it had to of ended like that. She couldn't possibly have acted different, and I don't blame her.
The movie itself opened my eyes to what it was like during those times --for Jewish people I mean, as well as anyone else targeted. Every moment that they had to keep quiet because they didn't know if someone had found them, those moments had my breathing stopped.
Overall, the movie was intense in the softest of ways, and I am almost proud to say that I had tears at times during it. As a rating, a four and a half out of five. I've seen better movies, but this definitely was quite a good one and I plan on watching it again in the future.
