21 Jump Street Film Critique
The American Featured Film 21 Jump Street is an action comedy staring Jonah Hill as Schmidt and Channing Tatum as Jenko. The two boys are new to the Police Force and their city’s undercover Jump Street program. With their young appearance on their side, the two take the job of going undercover as two high school students, brothers at that, to get information on a drug circle the Jump Street program believe to be centered around this high school. It’s ironic enough that Hill and Tatum end up as friends working together because when they were in high school Hill took the blunt end of all of Tatum’s cruelness. However, when they make their return to high school they find things to be completely different. After the two accidentally swapped class schedules Tatum found that being the cool guy in school no longer involved him making fun of other people and ends up hanging out with the nerd crowd he became acquainted with his mistaken Chemistry class. Hill found that the popular kids, which ended up being the crowd he needed to get involved with for their leads took a liking to him for simply being himself, so they accidental swap of classes ended up working in their favor. With their main perpetration being identifying the drug pusher within this high school and finding the supplier, the two also find interest in reliving their high school years through this project they have been assigned. Prior to watching this film my assumptions were that I would laugh my head off through the whole thing. The movie did indeed make me laugh but it also had a lot of action, relatable character experiences, and distinct messages throughout.
The storytelling of a film involves many different aspects, including how the story is told, where it’s told, and character conflict that reflects on the story being told. With that, the storytelling of this film was very interesting to me. The story was told in chronological order, but the interesting part to me
The storytelling of a film involves many different aspects, including how the story is told, where it’s told, and character conflict that reflects on the story being told. With that, the storytelling of this film was very interesting to me. The story was told in chronological order, but the interesting part to me
References: Goodykoontz, B., & Jacobs, C. P. (2011). Film: From Watching to Seeing. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education, Inc. IMDb.com, Inc. Retrieved from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1232829/ CNN Cable News Network Retrieved from http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/19/showbiz/movies/21-jump-street-box-office-ew/index.html