Thursday, January 27, 2011

Catfish final paper

Facebook. We’ve all made connections with people on Facebook, whether it be friends and family or complete strangers. Yaniv Schulman was just like us. He connected with a family on Facebook. He met up with them. It changed his life. Was it for the better? Or was it from the worst? You decide.

The movie “Catfish” was directed by Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost and came out in 2010. The movie is based off the friendship between Yaniv Schulman – a twenty four year old, living in New York – and Abby Wesselman, an eight year old girl living in Michigan. They form their friendship through art. Nev takes a picture that gets published in the paper, and Abby paints it. It creates a long lasting friendship between the two. As they grow closer, he gets to know the rest of Abby’s family pretty well too.

“Catfish” has a very interesting plot. The movie starts off by showing Nev and Abby’s friendship forming. He sends her more pictures, and she paints them. Nev then becomes friends with Abby’s mom, Angela on Facebook. He also becomes friends with Abby’s sister, Megan. Megan and Nev hit it off immediately, and they start an online relationship. Throughout their relationship, Nev notices that Megan hasn’t been honest with him a lot of the time. Outraged and hurt by her lies, Nev decides to further investigate the matter. The investigation lands them in Ishpeming, Michigan. This is where the Wesselman family lives. As they get to know the family face to face, they start to uncover more secrets. This is an example of how you can think you know someone perfectly through the internet, but are proved wrong when in a face to face setting. Don’t be fooled by someone on social media sites. You don’t know what they do outside of the internet world.

I really liked how the movie captured everything. It felt real. I felt like I was with them in the movie, going through what they were. The characters were also so intriguing. Angela was such a complex character. I didn’t know what to expect with her. I thought she was insane, but she drew me in. I didn’t want to stop watching her. Nev was a very likable guy. He was the type of guy, I wanted to know. The main thing I really liked about this movie was just that it was real. It was interesting because it was a true story. We were getting it from the source. It wasn’t a remake of the events that happened. They filmed it. They weren’t actors. They were people. That was intriguing to me.

I definitely recommend this movie to other people. I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it to kids, because there are parts that can be a bit inappropriate. Teenagers and adults would enjoy it, I think. Like “Catfish”, it’s interesting, and keeps you on your toes. You want to keep watching to find out what’s going to happen. I would look forward to coming back to class the next day to continue watching it. It has an interesting plot, intriguing characters, and a real feel to the movie. What more could you want? Check it out.

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