Where the Red Fern Grows
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Movie Reviews of Where the Red Fern Grows
Movie Review: Where the Red Fern Grows: Review by Cody Dunn Mr. Miller's class
Summary: 4 Stars
Where the Red Fern Grows Movie Review
I thought that Where the Red Fern Grows was pretty good. However, I think that I would have appreciated the movie more had I not read the book. I thought the book was better because it had more details and explained more about the dogs' relationship with each other. The movie did not show Little Ann in the beauty contest, Billy learning how to trap a coon without dogs, or Billy sliding out of the fire escape. Also, in the movie, the characters would talk about hunting at night but the movie showed a lot of the hunting scenes in the daylight. In the book, Billy hunted at night and spoke about hunting at night.
The movie was not always faithful to the book. In the movie, Billy did not win the cup and money fair and square. In the book, he beat all of the other hunters without somebody giving him the cup and money. Another thing I did not like about the movie was Rubin Pritchard's death. It looked unrealistic. At one point he was running with an ax and in the next he was lying on the ground with the ax in his stomach.
There were also lots of things that made the movie interesting. I thought that the movie had good cinematography because the picture was very clear and none of the scenes were too dark. I also thought the actor who played Billy's grandpa portrayed the character well. The movie had great sound effects and the music. I thought the songs fit well with their scenes. One of the sound effects I thought was cool was the noise made when the wind blew over the tree Billy was cutting down. I also thought that the camp scenes were fun.
Overall, I thought that the movie was good, but the book was better.
Movie Review: Were the red fern grows review for Mr. Millers class By helena cassilly pr.1
Summary: 4 Stars
There were alot of differnt thing going on in this video but there were also alot of similarities.
In the movie there was no Samie which was the cat that would get cought in the traps for the coons, in the movie there were also no coon traps either. A humongouse difference waa that Billys grandpa never told him that racoons were attracted to shiney tin. When billy was saving for his pups he kept his money in a sock not in a baking soda can in the hay stacks. An ever going list of differences is right here, The pritchards bought a dog at Billys grandpas store, Billys mom would make him do school work, on the way to get his dogs Billy took a shortcut in a no trasspassing zone and someone tried to shoot him but failed, in the book Billy tried sliding down a slid in a school yard that he passes by in the movie he sees it but doesnt go down, overnight Billy and his pups did not sleep in a cave they sleept out in the woods, and Billy has a bike. billy bought shoes in tealequad. In the movie Billy only calls his dogs Ann and Dan not Old Dan and Little Ann. Billys dad gave Billy a huge axe and gloves to help him chop done this huge tree. Billy and his grandpa never made a scarcrow. Both of the Pritchard boys were skinny, and they betted $5 not $2. Billys family ate dinner ate grandpas house. During the hunting contest there was rain not snow like in the book. Billy gave all of his trophy money to his mother. Also Billy dod not kill the mountain lion. Billy buried his dogs by the river. All the rest of the movie was the same as the book. Both the movie and the book were good, but I liked the book was better in my opinion.
BY: Helena cassilly 12
Movie Review: Great Updated Movie... But Nothing Beats The Book!!!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
My teacher read the story to me and I'll always remember it as THE book that hooked me into reading. Now, 20 years later, I read this story to my 5th graders every year and find that it hooks them as well. It is one of my students' fondest memories of 5th grade and our year together. Every one can relate to loving a special pet. I always follow up the book with the movie. Needless to say, they always say that the book is way better. I was so glad to see the new version of the movie come out on DVD. The older version always had a dark picture that was a little hard to view at times (technology issue). I watched the new version last night and must say that the book is still so much better. I guess for the sake of time, they have to leave out certain parts, but the book really spoils you. I am glad that the movie still included the spiritual aspects from the book. It reminds one to have faith and to try to meet GOD half way when asking HIM for help. So many people/movies/books fail to share this message to keep from offending people. "Hats-off" to the producers for taking a stand and including the spiritual aspects as a vital part of the story. This is a wonderful message that we should never forget. I'll continue to read and show the DVD year after year. I am really happy that I have a more updated video to show my students. If you have never read this book, I hope this review will inspire you to do so. Even if you have already seen the movie, before reading the book, you'll still be surprised throughout the story. It is truly an emotional, life-changing story. Upon reading it, you'll never forget the way it made you feel.Movie Review: Where The Red Fern Grows
Summary: 4 Stars
Billy Coleman's dream is to have 'coon hounds, but his family is too poor to buy them for him, so he works hard to earn the money himself, and in so doing finds out what his Grandpa meant by "meeting God halfway". Old Dan and Little Anne are two Red Bone coonhounds, the incarnation of his childhood dream . . . and, as it turns out, the answere to his mother's prayers that God would take their family to a place where her childred could go to school, and to church, and build themselves a future. Billy is a good kid, and this movie is something the whole family can watch together and enjoy. To families with small children, I would reccomend this new version by Walt Disney over the older version. There is a sad part where a boy named Rubin falls on a hunting axe and dies, and another part where a Puma fights with Old Dan and injures him. In this newer version, these parts are soft-soaped, whereas in the older version, they can really freak you out. To adults and older children, I would reccomend the older version. The story just draws you in in a way this new one doesn't. The charactors have more depth, and the acting is convincing in such a way as to make you forget it IS acting. How interesting that even some of the kids who reviewed this movie seemed to notice the false note, and the dependancy on hill-billy music to achieve a feeling of authenticity . . . This younger generation is nobody's fool.Movie Review: Adapted from an American Classic
Summary: 4 Stars
Billy Coleman, a ten-year-old boy, wanted a pair of hunting dogs. Following his grandfather's advice, Billy worked hard and saved until he had enough money to buy them. The movie does not really show you that it took Billy two years to earn this money. Once he gets the dogs, Billy patiently trains them to hunt and they become the best in the state. Being best, however, is not always enough as love given and returned form the basis of true caring and courage. The hunting dogs, Old Dan and Little Ann are the true stars of this movie.