Movie Review: Whip It
Ellen Page is really an very good character actress. In Whip It, we can clearly understand emotions that she expressed thru her face. Complemented with a quite original story, the movie is good to watch. Other actors and actress also act good. Interestingly, even though Drew Barrymore handles both roles of actress and director, she is successful in positioning his character not as a central figure, but enough to be noticed.
The story line, in my opinion, is a bit difficult to understand in Indonesian context, how parents can just follow whatever the child want for her career in the world of extreme games. Perhaps in America and other western countries, everyone is able to try careers according to her will, because failure in one career doesn’t have huge impact to your new career. On the other hand, in Indonesia, we have to choose the best career from the beginning, because re-starting from zero is almost impossible to succeed.
This is the first digital movie that we watch. Interesting, because the screen is so clear and clean, without any spots or impurities that we often see in movies that still uses celluloid media. Thanks Blitz, for allowing us to watch digital movies!
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