The Rabbitte Perspective

An Americanisation That Aims To Charm... In viewing many adaptations over the years that have derived from many different levels of literature, there's a big difference between the books that people read and films that purposefully aim to entertain in terms of the audience. Whereas, arguably, books have distinguishable levels that appropriate towards many different demographics, the whole premise of filmic entertainment is that it's meant to relate to all age-groups; despite what the particular film might be interpreted as. From the vast array of Disney related titles to the ever-growing expanses of the superhero genre, we can interpret film as a medium that has the capacity to encroach towards a broader scale. Being that books vary in relation to the multitude of differentiating genre's and specific readers that are metaphysically intertwined, it's no wonder that, along with superhero re-imaginations, book adaptations are generally hard to be re-worked purposefu...

A Psychedelic Visualisation That Is Fuelled To Torment  As much as it may seem rude to even suggest at booing or heckling a film you have just watched at your local cinema, it's somewhat common at the Cannes Film Festival, especially in recent years, for critics and ordinary viewing audiences to extravagantly jeer at a film-makers piece of work. Indeed, whether it's from the arresting disapproval's that Quentin Tarantino received when his film of Pulp Fiction unsuspectingly won the festivals highest prize of the Palme d'Or , to the blatant criticism that Olivier Assayas encountered at last year's event for his feature of Personal Shopper , it's not surprising to comprehend how theorists and audience members alike perceptibly speak against the film-makers, and their pieces of filmic work, at Cannes for breaking the 'normalities' of the cinematic status quo. As much as these naysayers say otherwise however, it's imperative to note that many of t...

Atmospheric Suspense Filled With Vivid And Disturbing Combinations With each defining science-fiction film that has come and gone over the history of cinema, there has always been distinguishing motifs that has made the much recognisable films stand-out from the vast array of others. Whether it's the adventurist inspirations that the original Star Wars  films utilised or the metaphorical constructs that James Cameron implemented within his film of  The Terminator , which primarily echoes the encroaching anxieties of technological advancement, it's clear to notice just how the best science and high-tech heavy films not only infringe the way in which we think and talk about issues in everyday society, but amalgamate themes from different genre's to differentiate from the vast array of similar types of films. This can very much be seen in the now highly-praised science-fiction feature of Alien , a Ridley Scott film which not only broke the mould by cleverly incorporatin...

Irony Knows No Bounds... If there's one strain of adaptations that Western film-making hasn't fully grasped and delivered to audiences who are either familiarised or unaware of the original source material, it's the live-action anime conversions that stain not only the reputation of the proceeding feature/T.V. series, but also our aspirations to see a different yet commendable re-working. Indeed, you only have to gaze at James Wong's Dragonball Evolution for 5 whole minutes to know just how badly the West tarnishes promising and intriguing Japanese Animated concepts and stories as though they weren't significant to begin with. As much as many find comfort and enjoyment in any typical live-action genre films, it's catalytical to note just how imperative Japanese animation films, and a few episodic series here and there, have influenced the methodologies of many lauded Western film-makers over the years. A prime instance of this would be Satoshi Kon's  ...