Chiiz Volume 05 : Travel Photography | Page 23

The Bang Bang Club Movie Review Duration: 1hr 46mins IMDB Rating: 7.0/10 Released: 2010 short and dense and the ending is subpar. There are very few scenes that contain the heart of the story and they are so overwhelming that the audience is unable to grasp them. The rest of the scenes are excessive and unnecessary in the telling of the story. While the telling of the story is not one that can be appreciated, the technicalities of the movie can be. The cinematography is done in a graceful manner, a sort of delicacy guiding it. As it is said, the editing should not be noticed if done well; this movie holds up to this. It transitions smoothly and cuts cleanly. T his movie is not one that can be appreciated in the modern era. While it tells a story that needs to be heard, a story which has already gone down in history, it fails to portray the characters in a sense the audience can appreciate and admire. The movie begins a bit slowly, as introductions tend to do. It takes a bit too long to establish the personalities of the photographers. Rather than depicting them as brave heroes from the beginning it shows the photographers goofing around and making decisions that are not necessarily bad, but not necessarily beneficial to themselves. This is an interesting take on introducing the characters to the audience, as they cannot be very sympathetic towards them. The story escalates when the photography truly begins. The audience witness a poor telling of the four original photographers in their element and their need to be part of history in the making. Their passion to capture moments with a global effect is unable to appease the audience and does not allow them to understand who these photographers are and how strong their will is. For those unfamiliar with the photographers, the introduction sticks with them leading them to believe these men are just privileged white individuals who got bored of their daily lives. The introduction to these men does not provide any support to turn these members of the audience in support of the photographers. It does not go deeper and doesn’t depict their frame of mind and the psychological state they were in. This is a very large part of the downfall of this movie and the reason why it cannot be appreciated in the modern era. The individuals of today are all hard working who understand what struggles people of different races face, they understand the struggle of becoming- something. Seeing four privileged white kids act as if they’re changing the world does not bode well with the audience. The perception of these four men could have been changed if who they were would have been revealed in a better light. Maybe if this had been intentional the viewer would have been able to ignore the poor character development, but it clearly was meant to shape the men as heroes. The audience, already with a sour taste in their mouth is also a bit peeved by the poor spread of the story. It begins slowly, the climax is The story is one that is to be recommended but the movie did not do any justice to it. It took a tale that needed to be told and botched it. Most people are unable to understand what apartheid was and how it affected many people, and this was a chance to change that. Rather than being a teaching experience, it becomes one filled with distaste for too many reasons. It is a story much better told by the individuals who suffered through it. As in many cases, the book again is better than the movie. Karishma Rana [email protected] Karishma Rana is a 15 year old high school student with too many passions and too little time to decide what to settle on. She enjoys capturing moments around the world and has way too many photos of her dog. She is attempting to dip her toes into the world of photography and writing. Vol 5 47