The Truman Show

Rating:	★★★★★
Category:	Movies
Genre:	Science Fiction & Fantasy

Our prof in Art Stud has let us watched the Truman Show in class.

It stars Jim Carrey, and he (our prof, not Jim Carrey, ahaha) asked us to make a review of it.

Plot

The film is set in a hypothetical world, called Seahaven, where an entire town is dedicated to a continually running television show. All of the participants are actors, except for Truman Burbank, who is unaware that he lives in a constructed reality for the entertainment of those outside. Central characters fake friendship to Truman, and in the case of his "wife", bury their real feelings of disgust.

Truman was chosen out of five unwanted babies to be a TV star. Producers built a gigantic studio to encapsulate Seahaven, the artificial town in which he lives. To prevent Truman from trying to escape, his father is "killed" in a staged boating incident to make him afraid of water. Despite Truman's staged relationship with his wife Meryl, he is actually obsessed in finding a girl he met in college who was caught by the producers while trying to explain to Truman the true nature of his life. Eventually, in the thirtieth year of his life, Truman begins to figure out that it is all fake. Everyone tries to reassure him, but Truman has already reached the point of no return, and tries to escape Seahaven.

Along his path to truth and escape Truman encounters obstacles placed in his way, including choreographed traffic jams, the inability to book any trips, buying a bus ticket out of town where the bus suddenly breaks down, a long bridge to cross, a "leak at the plant",and an artificially created hurricane-force storm on the "ocean". He finally reaches the edge of the constructed reality and exits via a door in the wall, cheered on by an audience of millions as he embarks on an unscripted and hopeful future. (credits: Wikipedia)

My Review

This is my informal review (since he's asking us to make a 2 page review of it).

Teka magtatagalog ako, nahihirapan akong magenglish. lol

Siguro ito yung movie na talaga namang mapapaisip ka. Mapapaisip in a sense na maitatanong mo sa sarili mo na "totoo ba yung mundong ginagalawan ko?" "totoo ba yung tao sa paligid ko?". Or is it just some kind of a reality show? Na baka naman ang hindi mo alam pinapalabas na pala ang buhay mo sa buong mundo 24/7 - Pinoy Big Brother Style.

Nung mga unang part, medyo di ko pa feel yung panonood, pero since before pa magstart yung film e alam ko na kung ano yung takbo ng story (dahil may nangspoil sa akin), I was looking forward dun sa part na unti unti nang nauunfold yung mga secrets.

At ito pa, muntikan na akong maiyak dito, kung di lang isa kaming buong klaseng nanonood baka humagulgol na ko. ahahaha. Hanga talaga ako kay Jim Carrey, he can be funny most of the time, pero once na nagdrama na siya, you can feel the gravity of the scene, siguro isa yun s amga attribute ng mga comedians.

Try nio din panuorin 'to. Medyo life altering (or life altering na?). Makes you appreciate the value of living life realistically. At madami pang iba, di pa kasi masyado gumagana utak ko ngayon, kaya di pa ko makapagreview ng maayos.