Guest blogger: Jason G1

Moonrise kingdom was one of those movies that was ok but got a lot of great ratings and reviews, they never mention why it was good though besides generic complements to it. Moonrise kingdom is best described as on awkward child rebellious love story, which I give props for originality. Some of the well-known actors stared are Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, and Bill Murray. They are all great actors but are sent to being secondary actors to Jared Gilman as Sam and Kara Hayward as Suzy. As I mentioned earlier many critics including Kofi Outlaw talk about how much chemistry the characters have and that makes the movie great, but that is not my problem with the movie. I think the script for the movie could have been improved especially toward the end and that they forced some things. The whole last third of the movie was different than the beginning; it became more fanatic and didn’t seem to follow any sort of story line. It kind of ruined it because the change is so noticeable you feel like the conclusion was rushed and not thought out. When I mention parts being forced is when there is no character development or any thought to characters decisions, like they just decided to make someone do something so that the movie can continue in a certain direction. By the end of the movie there was no connection to any one character or even the feeling of knowing who they are. The point of this movie which if you overlook the details is to contrast the idea and imagination of the world from a child’s point of view to the way adults think of the world. I don’t think it would have been worth it to watch this movie in a movie theater, but lucky for me I rented it which is probably the way to go for this movie because it’s still worth someone’s time to see it because it’s not a generic movie, it is something new and different.