Donnie Darko stinks major doo doo because I have just found an even better film. I was bored and watching youtube when I saw that The Truman Show was free with ads. And I’ve always thought that free with ads movies were movies nobody wanted to watch like Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel. So I guess Youtube is upping their game. Either that or they think The Truman Show is on the same level of quality as Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel.
The Truman Show is a movie about The Truman Show. More specifically it’s about Truman Burbank, played by actor Jim Carrey, best known for his role as the Grinch in the 2000 film, How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Truman is a normal person living in a seemingly normal world. Unbeknownst to him, his life is actually a TV show that has been running since he was a fetus and everyone he knows is really an actor. (I don’t think this is a spoiler because it’s mentioned in all the descriptions of the movie.) The story revolves around Truman as he slowly starts to notice that things seem off. Everyone and everything seems fake. Little details sprinkled around the movie make it very interesting. If you pay attention you can catch some of the actors glancing at Truman as he goes about his daily business. Sometimes you can catch actors glancing at the hidden cameras. You can even spot the hidden cameras if you really wanted to.
A lot of the time Truman will stray off course from where the director of the show wants him to go so they’ll try to artificially create scenarios that prevent him from going without seeming to suspicious. To name an example: when Truman is trying to leave town, all the tickets are sold out, so when he tries to leave on a bus, the bus breaks down, so when he gets in his car, five cars appear out of nowhere, and when he escapes the traffic, a fire just bursts out of nowhere, and when he drives straight through it, there’s a leak at a power plant. There’s also this part where instead of going to work like Truman usually does, he heads to the hospital to see his wife do a surgery and to stop him, a whole parade of people in wheelchairs roll down the hallway and try to block him, which I thought was amusing. This also leads into another amusing scene when Truman gets to the operation room and the actors have to pretend they’re actual surgeons which leads to them cutting an actor’s leg causing her to break character and scream.
This makes the entire film sound light-hearted and cheery. For the most part it is. But there are a few moments that are really depressing if you think about Truman’s position. At some points it even feels like a psychological horror film. As he starts to lose his sense of reality he also starts to lose his mind and in true Jim Carrey fashion he beings to act like a lunatic.
Do I think you should watch this movie? Yeah. I guess the first hour or so might be a little confusing because they don’t explicitly reveal Truman’s life is a show until then. But I’ve already spoiled the reveal so it doesn’t matter. It’s not too difficult to understand. Maybe TQ and Bien and Khoi and Vien should sit this one out though. I mean there’s I think three no no words (four if you count “hell” as one) and as we all know children are not allowed to hear such terrible words. As if they didn’t know them already or don’t watch youtubers who curse all the time. The movie is rated PG so it should be fine unless you’re just that allergic to no no words.
There’s a scant amount of detail in this blog and that’s because if I wanted to talk about how great The Truman Show is I’d have to go into more detail and that’d ruin the movie. I already think I’ve said enough by going over some major scenes in the third paragraph. so guyes, i hope dyou enjoued by blog. Don’t bother responding because you’re just a hater and you’re opinion is wrong. sayonara!