Say Anything 1989
Director: Cameron Crowe
Lauren Potts
Charming
Taking a
chance on something that seems impossible can be very possible. Say Anything
is a romantic comedy about an average boy who falls in love with and
extraordinary girl. This film brings on
the idea of carpe diem, seizing the day, living in the now and not the future.
Lloyd is
your average high school kid, who had a crush on the school valedictorian Diane. On their graduation day he decides to go on a
date with her. Eventually he goes out on
a date and the two become involved. Diane’s
father urges her to end her relationship, he feels that Lloyd his not good enough
for his daughter. Lloyd’s character
spoke to me, he never really looked too much into the future, he was more focused
on the now. He even said in the movie “no
one know the future” when Diane father ask what are his life plans. This made me think, I have no idea what is
going to happen in the future but I can focused on the now. In my mind I am always thinking about
tomorrow, next week, next month…etc. But
for what? I’m seeing that sizing the day
is far more important than planning tomorrow.
Along with the
theme of seizing the day, the movie speaks on judging. Diane’s father forbids her from seeing Lloyd
merely because he thinks that is not going anywhere with his life. He judged him purely on his outer personality
but he did not see how much he loved and cared for his daughter, to me this
seems to be more important. Lloyd’s
character is able to see people for who they are and not judge them for
it. Diane father goes to jail for tax
fraud and instead of Lloyd criticizing him for that, he helps him and his
daughter reconnect; I thought that was very admirable. Those scenes remind me of how important it is
to not judge someone; you never know when you might need that person in the
end.
The film played
out well, in one shot the camera takes on the point of view of Lloyd when he
and Diane go to a party. The camera is
used as Lloyd’s eyes, I see all the drunken people at the party, people dancing
etc. What I thought was interesting the first
shot it was an establishing shot of Corey’s house one of Lloyd’s good friend. Later I connected this shot to him not having
a home; he stays with his sister while his parents live overseas. It added a sense of loneliness to his
character and showed how important Diane meant to him. A cutaway that I noticed was Diane giving her
speech at graduation, the scene cutaway to parents focusing their cameras and
taking pictures. It was quick and cute it showed how funny most
parents are on graduation day. The film
was entertaining and made me reminisce on high school love, how innocent it can
be.
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