To Kill A Mockingbird

 

To Kill A Mockingbird is a meticulously-made and critically- acclaimed movie. It not only truthfully depicts the goodness of human beings, their courage as well as innocence but relentlessly reveals the depth of their ugliness and racial intolerance. With the marvelous and natural performance of each character, carefully-crafted dialogue, and good structure and pace, To Kill A Mockingbird stands the test of time and never fades out of this capricious film market.

 

As soon as the movie starts, the audience feels as if they were sent back to 1930s Alabama. The acting is incredibly excellent, vivid, and convincing. Every character is true-to-life, even children, whose performance is usually flawed due to the young age. Jam and Scout, the two main characters, are neither the stereotypical,  ridiculous good-for-nothing brats, like Dudley Dursley in Harry Potter, nor the angelic and somewhat super-powerful prodigies, like Potter himself and Frodo in The Lord of The Ring. Jam and Scout are just two normal and innocent kids that we can see everywhere in our daily lives—so real and thus touching.

 

The dialogue was wittily written. Humorous. Meaningful. For example, when Atticus compliments the old woman, “You are like a picture,” the children behind his back mutter, “A picture of what?” Children’s wittiness and a father’s tolerance are fully displayed in this short dialogue. This movie is powerful in its language. In the courtroom, when Atticus is leaving, the old man demands Scout to stand up, saying “ Your father’s passing.”  Those three words tug at my heartstrings.

 

In addition to the attractive acting and dialogue, the structure and pace of this film also deserve high praise. Every scene and every event has its own place, functioning properly and closely with each other – Nothing is trivial, unimportant, and grotesque in this film.

With marvelous acting, dialogue, structure and appropriate pace, To Kill A Mockingbird outshines the rest of movies which also deal with the clichéd topic of “racial discrimination”, and proves itself as a timeless masterpiece.

 

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