English 200
English 200
English 200
Introduction
The Gulliver's travels was first released on December 25, 2010. It is a fantasy comedy movie,
starring Jack Black, that was meant to entertain it’s audience on christmas day. The movie was
directed by Robert Letterman, an American film director known for his works like Monster vs
Aliens, Shark Tale, and Goosebumps. With Jack Black having the leading role , the movie had
succeed in portraying it’s humorous content. The advancement of technologies have also helped
the movie to improve its visual effects. Making Jack Black 12 times bigger than lilliputians and
blefuscians, the whirlpool, and the bouncing of balls in Gulliver’s belly was really good. The
effects was good and made the movie feels like it’s real. The movie didn’t follow the story of the
novel which was written by Jonathan Swift. This may disappoint the audience that have red the
novel and they will not be satisfied with the film because there are characters and places that were
Summary
The Gulliver’s travels is about the story of Lemuel Gulliver, who works as a mail clerk of a
newspaper company. To impress Darcy Silverman, he applied as a new travel writer. He was sent
to explore the Bermuda Triangle but his ship was wrecked by the storm and got into the whirlpool.
He wakes up and found himself surrounded by tiny little people, the lilliputians. He then became
their god, warrior, savior and protector. In lilliput, Gulliver has people looking up to him.
Critical Evaluation
The film Gulliver’s travels failed to portray the characters on the novel written by Jonathan Swift.
There are missing places, stories, and characters in the film. The horse people and the yahoos were
not mentioned in the film. Because of this, the film also failed to show the message that the author
of the novel wants to tell. However, the director of the film was able to show life lessons like
The movie was rated PG because of the rude humors and mild language that were used in the film.
The film was able to entertain the old and the kids. The film wasn’t really exciting to watch. The
story of the film was really boring. But because of the visual effects of the movie, the film was fun
Reference
https://www.reelviews.net/reelviews/gulliver-s-travels
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