Persepolis Movie Review #2

After watching Persepolis I have a completely different view on comic book movies. I was never very into comic book type movies, but this one was unique. It wasn't flashy, fake, or completely unrealistic like superhero comics. The main thing that made it unique was that they didn't cast real actors to play in the movie. The same comic book characters that were in the book, were in the movie. They were just animated. Also the setting was very plain and basic. This added to the movie, because I felt like I already knew the characters, and it made the setting easier to comprehend. A.O. Scott agrees that the characters and drawings of the setting added to the movie when he writes, "Its flat, stylized depiction of the world - the streets of Tehran and Vienna in particular - turns geography into poetry."

The one thing that this film could do a little better would be to have a better transition between slides. Especially at the beginning. The slides at the very beginning of the movie seem very choppy and fast. However, there could be a reason that they were like this. At the beginning of the story, the main character, Marjane Satrapi is very young. She is only six years old when the story starts, so the choppy slides could symbalize her not remembering or recalling her childhood now that she is much older.

Overall, the story is a very good one. It informs people of the horrible regimes and wars that were going on in the Middle East. As much as this might sound like a documentary on the Middle East, or sound extremely boring, it't not. It has just the right amount of information, comedy, romance, and just about everything else someone could think of to make it interesting. It tells the story of Marjane Satrapi and her journey through life. She has been through a lot of hard things, and this movie summarizes them really well. This was definatley a great movie, and I would recommend it to anyone. Regardless of if they like comic books or not.