se115+Argumentative+Essay

Dear Producer,

In our 6th grade class, we read Island of the Blue Dolphins and then we watched your movie, eventually our class realized that the book is better than the movie. A great surprise, I liked reading more! Your movie may be good, but it could become a lot better with a little elbow grease and determination. What would happen if you took away more details? Believe it or not, I would recommend that you remake the movie.

Your casting is not the best possible to have. That's a problem! For example, Rontu looks more like a dog than the ones that used to be pets of the villagers. Didn't Scott O'Dell describe Rontu as a wolf? Karana does't even get older as the movie goes on. Actually, Karana looks the same age! Quvenzhane Wallis would be a good choice for the beginning of the movie, when Karana is suppose to be young. Meanwhile, at the start of the movie Karana looks like she is already fifteen. How about Karana's sister? Ulape is missing from the movie, she is Karana's sister and is kind of important. I understand that may of been the only actors and actresses you could find, but now there is better options available. Tutok looks like she could of been born on the Island of the Blue Dolphins in Karana's tribe.

Another reason is that technology has skyrocketed. CGI has improved since you made to movie and could make it more interesting. Such as, being able to make the fire look like a bonafide camp fire.During the time when you made the movie it was probably the best technology around, but you could remake it now with plenty of electronics. Especially since is was made in 1964 and it is now 2013. Sound affects, soundtracks and music are available and can more make the movie more suspenseful by just adding a little bit of music. WHo would not like hearing Whitney Huston singing "I Will Always Love You," when Rontu dies? Lighting and cameras have very much improved, which could make the scene look more realistic. Make up was not as advanced, but know every where you go you can find a girl who can do make up, even some fourth graders are good at it. Do you agree? Most people would be able to make Karana look younger in the beginning of the movie. Imagine how much the technology improvement could help the movie.

Current movie watchers and TV watchers like survival TV shows and survival movies. Did you know that survival movies are getting very high ratings? Not everyone likes survival, but I think most people overall like survival.Shows including "Survivor," "Lost," and "Life of Pi" are blooming. Perfect is the time to come out with the movie. Du you think survival is a hot topic? Possibly survival may not of been an interesting to viewers whey back when, but now it is a bug shazam. You already have a story line. All you need to do is film, make some little tweaks, and then instantly you have a great movie.

Truer to the book is what the movie needs to be. First of all, there are too many inconsistencies from the book. Have you noticed that scenes are missing? A devilfish was suppose to attack Rontu and Karana was suppose to save Rontu. Tsunami was suppose to happen. Sea elephants are missing, such as the fight between the two. You might think that these scenes are to intense for certain kids, but now a days 6th grades watch movies with a lot more intense scenes and are fine with it. Isn't Karana suppose to try to leave the island? Even reasons why Karana does things are not correct. If I am not mistaken I think Karana burned down the village because of the memories, not that the dogs we're in all of them and were bothering them. Little details is something that you may not think matters, but people notice those little things and they are important.

Even though the movie may of been a hit one day, I think today it is struck out of the batters box. Most people think that is is worth tossing, but I think with a little magic you could make it a movie nobody will ever forget. It may cost a lot of money, but if "Hansel and Gretel" could make 17.9 million dollars, you could make a ton more because it is a true story. Is it really worth having a good story line but not the best movie to match it? For the sake of old movies, true stories, viewers, and critics, could you please remake Island of the Blue Dolphins.

Sincerely, Sophia, 6th grade student