Review of Pleasantville (1998) by Bonbon1987 — 26 Feb 2015
Most movies are adaptations of another idea or story. In this case, Pleasant Ville is an adaptation of Adam and Eve. The movie was directed to be symbolic and artsy for the purpose of showing the Adam and Eve story. Here and there, some tweaks were movie, but still will show the similarities between the two.
The overall themes in Adam and Eve are kept and used truly in Pleasant Ville. Themes include change, rebellion, and curiosity. Change is shown by the people’s attitudes changing, color developing, and emotions. Rebellion is shown by the acts people do based on the changes. Lastly, curiosity is the people exploring new things with their feelings, emotions, interests, etc.
The characters in Adam and Eve are the inspirations for Jennifer and David. Both Jennifer and Eve are rebellious and curious. Adam and David are both followers. The TV repairman represents God, when in Genesis, God is God. The characters are most key in the process of retelling a story because they have to stay true to the original.
The settings are entirely different in the movie than In Genesis. Genesis is back in BCE times. Pleasant Ville is set in the 1950’s. The purposes of these differences are to re tell Genesis in a different society and time period. Besides the setting, most things in Pleasant Ville stay quite true to Genesis.
Overall, Pleasant Ville is a great adaptation of Genesis. The Director symbolically retells the story of Adam and Eve very well. For ratings, I would give Pleasant Vile 4 out of 5. Other Professional critiques would agree or even give it a straight 5 out of 5. It’s an artsy well directed film.
This review of Pleasantville (1998) was written by Bonbon1987 on 26 Feb 2015.
Pleasantville has generally received very positive reviews.
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