The Graduate

The Graduate

            My emotions about this movie was mixed. Because I watched this movie right after the Dark Knight, I did not like it that much. Probably because the Dark Knight is such a good movie, and this didn’t live up to it. But I did like the story line of it. I like the sneekyness when Ben and Mrs. Robinson snook off to the hotel to have their affair. This made the movie interesting right from the beginning because the suspense of them getting caught was always there. The main topics from the chapter, which are color, sound effects, acting, and flashback, were a lot harder to analyze since it is an older movie, but I found some good abstract things. I will be talking about color and acting in this post.

            The main color in this movie was kind of like dull, so I could tell right away that it is an older movie. But the abstract thing that I caught from this movie was the clothing of Mrs. Robinson. She is shown wearing black most of the movie, which portrays confidence and power. It also shows the sign of seductiveness when she is wearing black lingerie. She is shown in a black dress, black and white hat, and black lingerie. When she tells Ben to unzip her black dress, it reveals black lingerie. Right here you can see both confidence and power. I can tell that my ability to analyze a movie has gotten better because of this class because I would never have been able to pick this out of a movie before!

            The acting, also like the Dark Knight, made this movie good. The best actor I thought was Anne Bancroft, who played the role of Mrs. Robinson. She acted the part perfectly, and she made the movie good. The power and confidence was portrayed not only through her clothing, but by her attitude. Overall I thought this was a good film. O wish I did not watch it right after the Dark Knight so I did not have to rate them automatically.