Dead Kids Reviews Analysis
What is the Aesthetic Assessment of the Critics?
In the first review written by Oggs Cruz, he believes that this film was a parade of sound, sight, and mood. He also thinks that the movie was a technical marvel that makes Mikhail Red’s peers, who have been making films for decades, look like amateurs. To summarize, Ogg Cruz thinks that this movie looked and felt great.
For Nicole Cruz’s review, she believes that the movie was presented with colorful lights and upbeat music. This renders almost a ethereal scene that shows the foolishness and recklessness. The writer of this review thinks that the aesthetics of this film helps articulate the dreamy chase towards a problem-free life.
According to Each Review, what is the Political Agenda of the Film?
According to the review from rappler, the movie touches on problems of the division of classes. The movie does this through the framework of the familiar inequities happening in a private highschool. The review also says that the movie is not fueled by the need to say something profound about the state of society, but by a compulsion to depict teenagers who are as confused about their uncertain future as their fractured moral stance. I believe that the reviewer thinks that the political agenda of the film is the problems of the division of classes.
For the next review, I believe that the writer interprets the film as a reflection of Manila’s society, a glimpse into the larger scheme of things. The movie was poking fun at this generation’s idiosyncrasies. The exaggerations are served as foils to the larger reality at hand, where drugs, politics, and money are all rolled into one. The movie also shows the social disparity between the rich and the poor.
Based on Each Review, how is the Film Related to Its creator’s Background, past and Social Histories?
Based on the reviews that I have read, I think that the creator is related to film because Red is in the middle of his comfort zone, communicating attitudes, anxieties and apprehensions of his very own class and generation. Red is fluent in his story because the characters are from the same generation as him. The film is full of familiar immaturities of Red’s generation.
The film talks about youth and growing up. I believe that the movie is related to Red because Red is also part of the youth and facing the same problems. The movie
talks about the anxieties and problems that Red is also facing.
Based on Each Review, how Does Each part of the Film Contribute to Its Whole Quality?
The first review believes that the creator of the movie is trying to mature fast enough to keep up with a national cinema that is so invested in issues, which I believe affects the quality greatly. The film lacks the anger and passion that render their social impulses compelling. The movie is not the best representation for the nation’s angst and concerns. The first review also believes that this film was a technical marvel that makes his peers look like amateurs but they never gave a glimpse of what Red stands for as a filmmaker.
For the second review, it believes that the movie was a breath of fresh air. It says that this is a different movie, which I think is being compared to other Filipino movies. I believe that this is because of the difference of quality in most Filipino films compared to this movie.
According to Each Critic, Does the Film Support an Oppressed Group? If Yes, How?
From my understanding, I believe that the film does not really show support for an oppressed group.
How Did Each Critic Interpret the Film?
The review written by Oggs Cruz was mostly based on Red’s skills in filmmaking. It interpreted the film as a compulsion to depict teenagers who are as confused about their uncertain future as their fractured moral stance. I think his review interpreted the movie that concerns itself about current events, touching on issues of class division but within the more framework of the familiar inequities happening in a private high school.
Compared to the review in rappler, Nicole’s review is more about the plot than the skills of Red in filmmaking. This review interpreted this review as a parody making fun of this generation’s different behaviours. It also believes that this is just a foil to a bigger reality, where politics,drugs, and money are all rolled into one. The review also tells us that there is a social disparity between the rich and the poor. I think that the biggest idea of the interpretation of this review is that The school is a reflection of Manila’s society, being a glimpse into the larger scheme of things.