Ok. This last week I finally had time for the first time in weeks to actually sit down and watch a movie. I was so proud of myself that I could finally watch something. I feel like I have been living under a rock for the past couple weeks. Before those couple weeks, I did a personal read. I decided to read the book Dumplin’ that I saw in the bookstore and I am not gonna lie, it sounded pretty interesting. After I got the book, I finished it in two days which is a record for me when it comes to reading. But anyways, I talked about it with one of my coworkers and he then told me that it was now a movie on Netflix with Luke Benward (kinda my childhood, Disney Channel crush) and Jennifer Aniston. Ergo, how could I possibly pass the opportunity to watch this movie?
The story takes place in a little town known for the Bluebonnet Pagent. The Bluebonnet Pagent is where the first ever pageant in Texas has ever taken place. The main character, Willow Dean Dickson (Danielle Macdonald) is the daughter of the 1991 pageant queen Rosie Dickson (Jennifer Aniston). Rosie Dickson is now the pageant director of the Bluebonnet Pageant. So it turns out that Willow Dean is a rather larger woman. After a recent death of her Aunt, she decides to sign up for the pageant learning that her Aunt had tried to once but never did. It was meant to be a revolution against the pageant to prove that women of all sizes could be in a pageant.
Personally, I really enjoyed the book because of its overall vibe wasn’t very cliche when read. However, when I saw it on screen I was a little disappointed because I read it and thought to myself: been there, done that. I was rather disappointed in the overall execution because the book was raw, emotional and empowering regardless of the over obsession with Dolly Parton. When I saw the movie, I wasn’t empowered at all. Don’t get me wrong, it was funny, but the book was a little more serious about the overall theme of self-acceptance. The movie gave off the impression that self-acceptance is a bit of a fantasy joke. As an audience member, you want to believe it when you see it. I simply was not given that feeling. So I give this movie a Bad, Bad rating because the overall filmed in a cliche way and the themes weren’t touched upon enough. I was very disappointed.
Lots of good language in this review, Bailey! Think about how you can reshape some of the content of this review. Your opening story/context is charming, but it's taking up a third of this review! The second paragraph is summary/crediting relevant artists, and that's important, but you leave yourself one paragraph to do allllllll the work of evaluation. Keep pushing the objective evaluation and thinking about how to "spend" your words. Nice title.
ReplyDelete