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     Over the weekend I watched No Strings Attached. This film was made in 2011 and was directed by Ivan Reitman. It stars two very popular actors of the time, Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman.  This film is about the relationship of a man and women that is just supposed to be physical and emotionless. But their feelings for each other get in the way and they end up falling in love with each other.

 

 

                This film really exemplifies the values of people in today’s society. Many people strive to find love while others feel that they just aren’t cut out for relationships. This film is very comparable to another film that came out in the same year, called Friends with Benefits. This film also stars two very popular actors, Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake. I think that these two films are both trying to portray the lives of many people. Their message is that love comes unexpectedly and you cannot help your feelings. Also the actors used in both of these films are very popular and attractive. This shows that the producers of these films wanted to draw viewer’s attention.

                There are many cinematic elements of this film that are very interesting. The technique used in the beginning of the movie is interesting because it shows different time frames of the main characters lives. They both keep running into each other every few years. The editing is cool because the film displays what year it is on the screen as the time jumps forward. This effect reminded me of that in the movie When Harry met Sally because the two character’s relationship in this film developed in a similar way.

               

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One specific scene that stood out to me was the scene when the two main characters are on their first date. They go to a really cool location where there is a bunch of light pools in rows. The setting with all the lights surrounding them illuminates the scene. In the scene they are having a fight. There is juxtaposition between the argument they are having and the romantic setting they are in. The camerawork is interesting because it gets up close to the couple. The camera follows the Natalie pushing Ashton around through all the light poles. There are many collisions between them and the poles because all the light poles are so close together. The camera captures this chaos perfectly and it makes you feel as if you were in the fight with them.