Sara Martinez
February 7 , 2010
WALLE
Lars and the Real Girl – Review
This was an interesting movie. It was interesting to see how someone can react to a certain event. It was also interesting to see how they were affected and how the community pulled together to help. This movie was directed by Craig Gillespie and it was written by Nancy Oliver. Lars lived alone and he cringed at the touch of someone. He found comfort in the doll he named Bianca, whom he said was a real person. When he first introduced his brother and sister-in-law to Bianca they were shocked and worried. The whole town began to talk and snicker behind his back. His family took him to see a psychiatrist and she told them that when he didn’t need her anymore she would go away or “die.”
The whole town became aware of this and became sympathetic. Though it was awkward they all tried to make Bianca feel welcome and Lars as well. The whole community pulled together to accept him and help him. This makes me think of our church today. Many times when someone is going through something we just point and laugh or turn away. Instead we should welcome them with open arms and help them work through their problems. We should not criticize, we don’t know what that person my be going through. What they might need is just someone to accept them. If we were in a situation like that we would want to be accepted and helped, not looked at with scorn or ridiculed. I believe this movie can should everyone a good lesson about how to b community.
Nick Villegas
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Lars And The Real Girl
5 February 2010
Lars And The Real Girl
Lars and the real girl is a movie based on a shy man, Lars Lindstrom, who appears to be quite socially awkward and because of that has no real friends at all, leaving him lonely. He even has trouble interacting with his own family and especially the girl at work, Margo, who likes Lars, but gets turned down by him because he refuses to talk to her. One day Lars decides to order a blow up sex doll on the internet, but not for that specific use. He wants to use the doll as an emotional companion of sorts, developing a friendship with it, and introducing it to the other people in his life. As the movie progresses so does Lars’s relationship with Bianca(the blow up doll). Lars and Bianca continue in their relationship until Lars one day decides its time to end his “thing” with Bianca by telling everyone she’s dying. After Bianca passes away and the funeral is over Lars decides to pursue the real girl, Margo. The movie was written by Nancy Oliver and directed by Craig Gillespie. It was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on October 12, 2007 and nominated for many awards not long after its release.
I didn’t really notice any special techniques used to attract a viewers attention other than a very unique plot never before used, not something you see much of these days. It was very creative to use something as controversial as a blow up doll for a person to develop a relationship with in the way that Lars did. I feel that this plot is enough to intrigue someone to watch, just to see exactly how this relationship would go about. A young child should not see this film due to its obvious weird relationship with a sex doll that children would definitely not be able to understand until they mature. A mature teen will understand the message of this film but will still likely think the movie a little weird because they still might not be able to comprehend the situation fully. An adult will understand the message of this movie fairly easy, they might have to think about it for a bit, but eventually it will become evident.
The message I found most recurring while watching this movie was that of a judgmental one. We see over and over in the movie Lars introducing Bianca to different people, and nearly every person gives off a face like they are judging him and his actions. Instead of accepting his out of the box type of thinking they just label him as the shy, socially awkward, crazy man they know. Certainly Jesus would not be one to label Lars into a category and make fun of his reasoning. God made all of us unique, even the people we as a society might not be able to understand. It is our job to accept these people for who they are, and show them the love God intended them to be surrounded with.