lm115+Argumentative+Essay

Dear Producer,

I feel that the Island of the Blue Dolphins movie should be remade. Recently our sixth grade class read the book Island of the Blue Dolphins, I believe it would beneficial to you to recreate this movie. This book is ingeniously written and is guaranteed to make you millions! I'm only a sixth grader, but you should seriously think about this opportunity. Remake this movie!

One issue to think about is casting. While I was watching the movie some of the actors looked and acted different from their description. It made me think to myself how important it is to find good actors to play the right parts. Sure, maybe it's hard to find the right actors, but it's doable. Many, many times this job has been done to perfection.

Another issue is that the movie needs to be truer to the book. First of all Ulape, Karana's sister, wasn't even included in the movie. Black cave was also left out. Some people may argue that black cave was not important to the book, but I found it interesting to read about the ancestor and the ledge with his pelican bone flute. Also Rontu in the movie is some sort of Labrador dog mix, certainly not a wolf as he was in the movie. These small little changes would make the movie a whole lot better.

My third reason is that the movie was lifeless. The top three most exciting were not included in the movie. One of my favorite parts, the tsunami, never occurred. This part had vivid details such as "Like two giants, they crashed against each other" and "... in the red light of of the sea the sun, the spray that flew around them looked like blood. This part just can't be missed! And also the scene when she is battling the great devil fish, or watching the fight of the great sea elephants would be truly terrific. You may that these scenes might be too gory or violent, but really? Aren't all survival movies like that these days? These details need to be added!

Even though some people may think that the old movie is fine, I think it has to be redone. Survival movies are becoming very popular and this would be a great new movie. Please think over this idea for a new movie.

From, Lucy