Assignment 16: Hooray for Hollywood

I am not a very critical movie viewer. I mainly go to the movies for fun and unless a movie is just out of this world fantastic (Interstellar, August of Osage County) or downright awful (2012), I rarely even remember what I saw. So I choose to do the comparison. Be prepared for the classic teenage girl movie stereotype, I will be discussing Nick Cassavetes who directed, you guessed, The Notebook! He also directed My Sister's Keeper. Now both of these films are tear jerkers. The Notebook is obviously a love story and My Sister's Keeper is about a family dealing with the cancer of their daughter. Both were originally books. The Notebook stayed truer to the book, while My Sister's Keeper's ending deviated and in my humble opinion ruined the movie. Cassavetes utilized bright colors and upbeat songs to show the hopefulness of life even in the worst situations. In both films, Cassavetes had to focus on several characters which he executed with close up shots of individuals to create emphasis. Ultimately, neither of these films are outstanding award winner, but whenever its late at night and I am looking for a good cry, these are my go-tos. And in all honesty, that is their purpose, so job well done.