1. Jenny is typical of a British teenager at the start of the film as she is a typical schoolgirl who enjoys to learn and has the occasional boyfriend too like Graham. She is also shown as this by the way she has good connections to her family which represents how most people will have good family units. But as the film's narrative starts to develops she starts to become an unconventional teenager because of how she meets a old man called David who she starts to date which is not typical of a British teenager in this film and especially marrying somebody while studying in school is highly unconventional of a British teenager in this film
1 b. While Jenny dating an old man and marrying an old man may be unconventional and bizarre in An Education, in Alfie the views of young marriage were a lot different as Alfie dated two young women who both were eager to marry him which shows how young marriage is represented differently in both films. Another difference is the role of females in both films as in Alfie females are mostly shown as a tool for Alfie, they are used to satisfy his sexual needs and they did not get a say in their relationships in Alfie and were forced to do a lot of things like not being able to get married when they wanted to. However this is portrayed much differently in An Education as women have a much more unconventional role for the time period of the film because they were allowed more freedom of speech with the husband and were able to argue with things the husband more and act more like a family unit rather than a one sided relationship and showed how the males were not as dominant in this An Education. Of course another similarity is the family unit's in both films as in Alfie families are hardly shown except for his baby which he soon leaves which shows how family's are not valued as much in Alfie however in An Education they are valued due to the film evolving around Jenny and her family and her family get a lot of screen time which shows they are valued a lot.
2. Scenes that show similarities in Alfie and An Education is in Alfie the scene where Annie walks out on Alfie because of how bad he treated her when he complains about her over-caring him which results in Annie storming out and this is similar to in An Education when Jenny finds out that David is already married and storms out of their relationship and makes him drive her home on the wedding. And both of these are very similar due to the girls both leaving the boys which was shown in the time period as very unconventional of British values and they both show a change in the narrative because of how it leads Alfie to believe what he is doing is wrong and wants to settle down with someone and allows Jenny to continue to study at school and go on to university. so what is happening which is the girls walking out is very similar but the reason why and what they will do after is a lot different.
Scenes that show differences in the films of British values is in Alfie is the gender roles and marriage when every girl he meets he is dominant with and this is shown with all the girls he dates and especially Gilda because of how he cheats on every girlfriend he has which makes him seem dominant as it shows he can do what he wants also the fact he chooses not to marry is showing he is dominant as he is dictating how the relationship is going however in An Education the Dad and the wife are equally as dominant as the husband is loyal to his wife and has happily married her and he also gives his wife more dominance as he allows her to have more freedom of speech by her being able to jokingly criticize him which is not shown in Alfie and is a clear difference.
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'The fact is, while Kidulthood tries to be raw and gritty, it's really just a mish-mash of events that's missing characters that you genuinely care for or even begin to understand.'
that is a negative review of the film kidulthood and that review could influence a person due to the fact it could make people not want to see it due to the fact the film review perceives the film to be confusing and doesn't allow the audience to identify with the characters a lot which wont trigger an emotional, physical or intellectual response which will make the film seem bad.
'Despite being rather graphic and unflinching in its subject matter, there is a genuine humanity toward its characters.'
That is a positive review of the film Kidulthood and it shows that the film is graphic which will mean it has violence, drug use, sex scenes which will attract a lot of audiences due to the fact it will be a unique film that represents the British society and it wont be a cliche film due to the fact it has a lot of detail in the film. And the last part of the small review shows how there is humanity to the characters which conflicts with the other view as it shows how the audience will identify with some characters and make the film better.
In my opinion i believe that the second review which is the more positive one is better due to the fact it tells people what the film involves which will attract more people and after watching the film i did identify with some characters which made the film have a bigger effect on me and the negative reivew sounds like nonsense due to the fact the film is cleverly linked together and there is no mish mash of events there is events that show the true harsh side of the teenagers which adds to the surreal and unique effect of the film.
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