So today I watched an... interesting... movie called 'A Room with a View' by James Ivory. Quite frankly it was a pretty god movie all in all. Many of my favorite actors are the main characters in this movie including Helena Bonham Carter that plays Lucy, the leading lady, Julian Sands playing George Emerson and Maggie Smith playing Lucy's older cousin and chaperone. The movie is centered on the typical period drama of girl comes abroad along with a chaperon and meets boy, boy might have hidden agenda, situations arise and boy and girl develop feelings for each other and plot twist girl is actually engaged to another and is confused but will do her 'social duty' and will marry to whom she was promised and ends her relationship with boy and after a brief time girl ends relationship with fiancé and boy and girl finally give into their feelings and stay together. However the interesting concept that the movie allows us to see is the differences in social classes that existed in that period and how clearly marked it was. You had a clear sense of what your place was and no one would ever let you forget it. With Lucy being a young middle upper class lady and her fiancé being a full blown snobbish upper class man, you can see how different the country folk, that even Lucy was friends with, are treated by the fiancé whom is a clear depiction of how society would have treated them.
I find this both interesting and sad to the fact that we see those same divisions in class now a days. In today's society you fall under the categories rich and powerful, middle class and hard working and poor and trying. Its sad to see how even in this day on age we all still tend to stick together and try to keep to ourselves in our little social standing group. Sure, we might see one or two exceptions and that's a very positive thing but sadly you are still marked by that social group in which you belonged previously and no one will let you forget that. It duly does make you think about how little progress we have actually made when it comes to society.,,
Hello, in this particular post I really appreciated how you included your opinion in the way you presented the characters. For me it was as if they were closer and more alive and made the writing more interesting. Good job!
ReplyDeleteI have to agree when you say how sad it is that still nowadays we have to deal with social divisions and discrimination with this. Apart from this I will like to say that I like the way you analysed the movie, and you have good writing. Like your work!
ReplyDeleteI really liked your opinion. It's sad that we have to keep seeing this kind of discrimination since its something that is really hurtful for some people.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, in Puerto Rico, society is divided in: Politicians that live out of everyone, rich that live out of the hard working class, hard working class that lives out of itself, and the poor that lives out of the goverment. The one that's paying for everyone is the hardworking class.
ReplyDeleteHello Angel... if you look at my last paragraph you'll see that I gave a similar description in terms of the social classes and their tendencies.
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