Where the Red Fern Grows
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Movie Reviews of Where the Red Fern Grows
Movie Review: movie review
Summary: 5 Stars
Our daughter has truly enjoyed this movie. She has watched it numerous times since receiving it in the mail.Movie Review: why did Disney have to touch this?
Summary: 4 Stars
A good, but a flawed movie. It moves way faster than the book, not that this is a bad thing, but a good chunk of the book is spent on the tedious tasks the boy goes through to earn money to buy his dogs. The books is a little slow to the punch. The movie rushes right through to the point of the boy buying the dogs. This is probably good from a movie stand point, because you would probably get bored. However, by them not developing the time the boy spent earning money and practically "obsessing" with owning these dog, I think it took away from the emotions of the movie a bit. It almost seems like a fly by night idea this boy has to own a dog when in fact the book shows how long he desperately wanted these dogs. Next, the mother is a terrible actress, and the other actors are either above average, or just "o.k" Not having the best actors in the world took away some of the seriousness of the movie just a little bit. Next, I know this is nit picking, but, come on how clean are these farmers? If you watch the movie you will notice they are all very clean, bathed, have new cloths with no rips, work hard, never sweat or have dirt on them. At least in the old "little house on the prairie" series they would muddy the actors up and sweat them up (if you will) to look like they worked off the land. This aspect made the movie seem a little fake to me. Finally, I must restate, I did think this was a very good movie, probably the closes your going to get to the book. HOWEVER I have one major complaint about it that annoyed me to no end. It is the fact that Disney got their hands on this and made it into a movie. In doing so, they censored out the violence which made for some bad editing that was absolutely ridiculous. Yea, yea, I know the movie is for kids, but come on, this is a movie about hunting! You will only see one gun fire in the whole movie (and that is because it represented the start of a race) other than this, you watch the dogs corner a raccoon just to guess how they got it down from the tree. In one scene, the boy cuts a tree down to get to the coon. After that you begin to wonder if he cuts down every tree because they never show him using a gun. I read this book a long time ago, but I swore the boy had a gun. In keeping with the same complaint: the hatchet scene was so badly edited in order to hide the violence. I actually had to rewind the movie to see what happened. I said out loud, "what just happened?" I had to do a second take that it was so bad. still keeping on the same complaint: the mnt. Lion fight was cheesy and generic. All you see is a stupid trained cat swatting at a camera, then a scene with a fake coat (representing a dog) in its mouth. I have seen better FX in a b-horror movie. I just have one thing to say to Disney: "Old Yeller" remember? A movie where a kid had a gun, they showed the gun being fired, and they showed the dog really fighting the local wildlife? I really wish another movie company would have picked this upMovie Review: Red Fern Review
Summary: 4 Stars
Where the Red Fern Grows Review
Where the Red Fern Grows movie was very exciting, sad and interesting. I thought it was exciting because things would come up when you least expected them. For example, when Grandpa asked Billy to enter the contest for coon hunting. It was also very sad and heartbreaking such as when Old Dan gets mortally hurt from the mountain lion. Its interesting, too, like Billy only wants Redbone coon hunting dogs and he has to have not one but two. I liked like the movie better than the book because the book moves to slow, in my opinion. For example, the movie didn't explain the beauty contest as much as the book did. I liked Where the Red Fern Grows book and movie.
I also thought there were bad things too along with all the fabulous things. One of the bad things was filming during the day when the script said the scene was at night. Also I thought they showed a weak bond between the dogs and Billy, unlike the book where it talked a lot about the bond. I also noticed that they didn't have Sammy the cat in the movie, but Sammy was in the book. Now for some fantastic things about the story, like the way Billy helps people to earn money to buy the dogs after reading an article about the people selling pups in the city. I also liked the way Billy went to his grandpa to buy the pups for him not his parents because they wouldn't like him to buy the pups. I thought it was interesting how after Billy teaches the dogs to hunt, Billy's grandpa starts bragging about how good at coon hunting Billy and his dogs are. Later on in the movie I liked how the grandpa asks Billy to be in the coon-hunting contest and then Billy ends up winning even though his grandpa got hurt. I thought it was very heartbreaking when Little Ann dies of devastation after Old Dan is killed by a mountain lion. I thought it was very nice that the Red Fern plant grows where the dogs were buried. Where the Red Fern Grows is a very exciting, interesting and sad movie and book.
Movie Review: Where the Red Fern Grows
Summary: 4 Stars
Billy Coleman, an old man, finds an old hunting dog fighting against younger, stronger dogs. He helps the hunting dog and brings him to his house to stay and get stronger. As he helps the dog, he starts to remember his childhood. As Billy goes down memory lane he picks up many happy and sad memories.
The film has many differences compared to the book. However the film follows the same outcome as the book. One of the differences: in the book Billy wins the annual coon hunt but in the movie Billy is given the award. He was only given the award because he would've gotten the most coons if his grandfather didn't sprain his ankle. This gives the movie a little more meaning. I recommend watching the movie first then reading the book. The movie is a little bit more moving and the book tells you what should've happened.
This inspiring tale tells about a boy who has a deep interest in dogs. He longs for hunting dogs but his parents won't let him get them. Secretly Billy saves up money for hunting dogs. His grandpa helps him order the dogs. When the time comes to pick them up he is forced to travel to Tahlequah to pick up his dogs.
On the way home he encounters adventures such as meeting a bobcat and being in a fight. In the book when he meets the bobcat he finds out that he has one smart dog and one brave dog. His parents weren't mad because the sight of him torn and his presence made them forget their madness. He buys his dad new overalls, his mom a fabric for a dress, and his sisters candy. Billy uses this to bribe his parents so they wouldn't be as mad at him.
After he reaches home he has many adventures, most with his dogs. The most important adventure is the process for Billy's family to move to town. This is a moving tale for all ages to enjoy about a boy's love for his dogs.
Movie Review: A review for Mr. Miller's class Brianna L. period 1
Summary: 4 Stars
The 90-minute Disney version of the movie Where the Red Fern Grows is based on the classic novel with the same name. While the movie brings sound and sight to the scenes and characters in the book, it is also limited by reality of movie making. In the book, the author can describe freely any scene or situation, or write about a character's feelings and thoughts. In the movie, it is not always easy to show complex feelings or personalities in the characters, especially if the characters are animals!
The story takes place near the Ozark Mountains. The scenery is very pretty there, and the movie was able to show that natural beauty visually. However, some things are harder to do in a movie. For example, in the book, Billy hunts with his dogs in the woods at night, but in the movie, Billy hunts during the day. It must be harder to film in the dark.
The movie doesn't have very much time to develop the personalities of its characters, especially the dog's. In the book, Little Ann and Old Dan had very distinct personalities, but in the movie, they were hardly distinguishable. It is easier to write about someone's personalities than it is to show it in a movie.
The movie omits a lot of details from the book because the movie is limited by its' length. The movie left out a few scenes from the book so it doesn't give you the whole story. It's a good thing that the scenes left out in the movie were not major scenes so doesn't affect a person's understanding of the story.
I think the movie is entertaining if you want to get the story in a relatively short period of time, and don't mind losing some details of the original story. However, if you take the time to read the originally novel, you will find your experience to be much more memorable.