The Film "Skateland" is a fantastic social text dealing with the changes one encounters after graduating high school. The story takes place in east Texas but I could not tell the scenery apart from the forests of California or Washington. The film is partly feel-good and part heart wrenching.
The main character of the film deals with family trouble when his parents get a divorce, this effects him greatly and makes him become more withdrawn and stagnant. He constantly repeats his catchphrase "I don't care" reaffirming his apathy. He doesn't know what college to go to, he doesn't even know if he wants to go to college.
The supporting roles in this film truly shine, and are very related to this class. All of the women in his life are strong, active, educated women. His mother supports herself, his little sister constantly encourages him to attend a university and even fills out applications for him. His love interest goes even further and submits an essay he wrote to a scholarship.
The film sends fantastic messages about parenthood, friendship, loss and love. The decisions the main character is faced with are mental weight enough to push most of us over the edge. I highly recommend this movie for anybody who has lived a imperfect life, who is everybody.
I feel like I can relate to the main character of this movie easily. My parents "almost" got divorce when I was graduating high school, and it really made a greap impact on my life (I thought I would have to move to somewhere else and just couldn't concentrate on school work at all). I like how you said the female characters from this movie are all strong and self-supportive!
ReplyDeleteGood job Richard. Again, I'd just like to see you develop this a little further, in some more depth.
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