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    The Gulliver's Travels movie from 2010, directed by Robert Letterman and starring Jack Black, adapts Jonathan Swift's novel but fails to include many characters and stories. While the visual effects were impressive as they depicted Gulliver's interactions with the tiny Lilliputians, the film did not accurately portray Swift's social commentary and was seen as boring by some. However, it did convey some life lessons and was rated PG for mild humor and language.

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    The Gulliver's Travels movie from 2010, directed by Robert Letterman and starring Jack Black, adapts Jonathan Swift's novel but fails to include many characters and stories. While the visual effects were impressive as they depicted Gulliver's interactions with the tiny Lilliputians, the film did not accurately portray Swift's social commentary and was seen as boring by some. However, it did convey some life lessons and was rated PG for mild humor and language.

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    “The Gulliver’s Travels"

    Critique by: Rhom Lloyd Oduyan

    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

    not included in the film.

    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

    believing in yourself and being honest about yourself.

    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

    enough to entertain it’s audience on Christmas day.

    Reference

    Berardinelli, J. (2010). Gulliver’s Travels (United States, 2010). Retrieved from

    https://www.reelviews.net/reelviews/gulliver-s-travels

    CRITERIA FOR GRADING:

    Technical Writing Elements 40 Points

    Spelling
    Punctuation

    Neatness

    Grammar usage

    Content & Organization 30 points

    Recollection of ideas

    Linking of concepts

    Demonstrated understanding 20 points

    Following of Instructions 10 points

    100 points

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