Legally Blonde Review
Legally Blonde is full of a range of fantastic actors including: Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Mathew Davis and Victor Garber. It is based around the book by Amanda Brown. Legally Blonde is about Elle Woods who is the stereotypical blonde bimbo, who is president of her sorority house Delta Nu. With her pink fluffy pen and her pet Chihuahua Bruiser she is sure to turn heads. However Elle's perfect world is turned upside down when her ambitious wealthy boyfriend, Warner Huntington, the 3rd, dumps her for being "too blonde". Elle, who is torn by this, decides to take action and become exactly what Warner wants a "serious Harvard Law Student"!The beginning of the movie cleverly introduces Elle by using big close ups of Elle's main features. It also gives the audience an impression of the sort of things she is interested in, this is shown through swapping from shots of Elle to shots of the other girls in her sorority passing a card for Elle around whilst also being involved in different activities showing the audience the sort of person Elle is. This also conveys their feelings towards Elle. The opening shot is also used to set the tone of the world the movie is supposed to be in. As well as introducing Elle this sce
Another example is Mathew Davis (Warner), although his character is a slimy jerk you still just have to love him. The performance the actors give in the film Legally Blonde does not just make this film a must see but they are also very convincing and really make it easy for the audience to feel the appropriate rapport for each character, which really wraps the film into a pretty package. An example of this is when Elle decides to get her act together and show people what she is made of. A low angled shot has been used in this scene to show that this character intimidates Elle. Reese Witherspoon (Elle) is completely gorgeous in this film; she not only looks the part but also has an excellent way of portraying Elle, with every one of her gestures and movements very like the character. Another example is when the song "Perfect day" is used in the opening scene to support the perfection of Elle and gives the audience some view of what life for Elle is like, this song is also used at the end, which shows that even after everything she has been through she still sees life the same way. Another similar example of this is when Elle is telling her best friends about wanting to go to law school. The characters in this film are easy to Identify by the difference in what they wear, Elle and the girls from her sorority all wear very flirtatious and bright, expensive clothing whereas Warner, Vivian and the other Law students all wear casual clothing and are very pale, plain colours. The camera angles in this film are appropriately used to show the dominance of some characters. The sound track for this film is not only used to open and finish scenes but it gives an excellent view of the characters emotions. This film would receive a rating of 4 and a half star out of 5. When the conversation begins to become more serious the camera zooms in to a close up of each of their individual options, which shows their understanding and support of Elle. When Elle and Warner are having dinner the camera only shows the face of which ever one of them is speaking, and as the conversation becomes more intense the camera begins to slowly zoom in on each of their facial expressions until the tension breaks and the camera is left at a close up shot of Elle's facial expression, which displays her disappointment. Selma Blair also gives an excellent performance.
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