Review of East of Eden (1955) by Blake P — 09 Jul 2016
James Dean starred in three movies before he died. I saw the other two (Rebel Without a Cause and Giant) about 15 years ago, so I was due to see the third. The movie took a while to draw me in. At the beginning the characters are pretty one-dimensional and hard to identify with.
But as it went on I started to warm up. Two scenes in particular I liked were the scene where Cal asks his mom for money and the scene with Cal and Abra on the ferris wheel. At times this feels like it's missing big chunks that would better show how the characters develop.
That's one difficulty with adapting an epic book, unless you make it the length of Gone With The Wind. It really is a shame that Dean died so young because you could tell that he was just coming into his own as a star.
This review of East of Eden (1955) was written by Blake P on 09 Jul 2016.
East of Eden has generally received very positive reviews.
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