Team Movie Review & Comparison

Movie & Play Comparison

Prospects

Recently, in Humanities, our grade ten class finished reading the play Fiddler on the Roof. Once the class finished reading the novel, we perused the movie, produced in 1971. As the class we enjoyed the film, however, the groups we are split into for our interactive learning has a few distinct things we would like to say.

As the book started and continued though until the end, we thought it had a good plot, as there was always something to be laughing about, and always something to mock. Both the film and the book clearly lived up to their expectations to be not only entertaining, but challenged us and our beliefs as well as our traditions. Another characteristic of the story line that took it above and beyond was the excellent choreographing in the movie, such as the dance scenes or arguments.

Although most of group didn’t like Fiddler on the Roof, it had points of interest. When we weren’t mocking or making snide comments about the movie, there were parts where we caught ourselves smiling, which for all of us made it not a complete waste of time.

Movie Review

Fiddler on the Roof

The Prospects

           This epic and exhilarating film has people around the world raving about Fiddler on the Roof. The Chandler Weekly rates it 4 stars out of 5, with its cheap and older genre does very well to show pre revolution Russia. The movie follows a Jewish man named Tevye whose little town of Anatevka where the changes of the world are affecting their way of life. The riveting performance done by Topol (Tevye) blows peoples mind one after another, the musical genius of this play helps the performance of the whole cast. The reason it was rated 4 out of 5 was it didn’t hook me in as well I would have liked and not all the songs were the best. I had I expectations for this movie and it delivered.
The Call Sturgeon Journal rates the film 3.5 stars out of 5. This performance was stunning and un-repeatable! The life that Tevye, Golde and their five daughter lead is riveting and shocking! The angle that this movie shows the non revolutionised country has been such an influenced so many different places to be a better country.
The Haley Wasdal review rates the film 4 out of 5. I found this play not only highly entertaining, but also very humorous at parts. (Which i think always makes a performance better.) the acting was also very outstanding. It also tells about history of the 1960’s. I deducted a point because I sometimes found the acting to be “too-much.”
As Beth Fodor might say, “I rate this a three out of five.” Why one may ask? I didn’t find the plot very intriguing and found myself drooling at parts. However! I did enjoy the humor in the film, therefore I got my three marks from laughing.
The Chelsea Dawson review rates it a 3 out of 5. “The life that Topol (Tevye) is able to createin pre-revolutionary Russia is very believable and breathtaking. The problems in the movie are easy to understand and somewhat easy to relate too making the movie enjoyable for all.
The end result of this movie got it nominated for 8 Oscars and won 3 of them one for Best Cinematography, Best Music, Scoring Adaptation and Original Song Score and, Best Sound.