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Realistic Personalities in Characters: Alice in Borderland

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Short Summary

Alice in Borderland 今際の国のアリス is a Netflix original series about a young boy called Alice (Arisu) and his two friends who happens to find themselves trapped in an abandoned version of Tokyo in which they must take part in many life threatening games to survive.

I wanted to do a review on this series because I noticed that there were some characters that possessed very accurate and realistic behaviours and others that didn’t convey any emotion the entire show. I found it interesting that the mix of very different levels of well-displayed people was able to add to the already amazing plot of the series.

Characters Present:

Alice, Karube, Chota, Usagi, Kuina, Chishiya, Niragi

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Harry Potter: Book vs Movie Review - Characters

My next criteria is characters and how well the actors portrayed them to the book. Unfortunately, I already had a pre-conceived view of what the characters should look like and act like. After reading the book I was able to develop a view of what J.K Rowling wanted in the characters and how they were created on screen. The first character is Daniel Radcliffe as Harry. I felt he was perfect for the part. Radcliffe in real life has an air of humbleness and awkwardness about him that translates perfectly to the character. Book Harry and movie Harry had slight differences, however. Book Harry, as I stated before in book six, was whinier. Throughout the whole series he never left his fame get to his head and stayed humble. Movie Harry was less whiny and showed that some of the fame did get to his head. Rupert Grint as Ron definitely developed as a character. I noticed, as well as fans, that the movie skips out on his contribution to the group as an actual intellectual key player. Ron is very smart, which he proves in his ability to play chess, but the movie mostly portrays him as the side kick comedy relief. They show his intelligence in the first film and throughout the last in helping Harry fight off Voldemort’s men and finding/destroying halcrox’s (Guion). The movie series as a whole he did not show his true intelligence like he does in the book. He also should have the most intelligence with the wizard world because his whole family are wizards, but most of the culture seems to come from Hermione, even though she is one of the least cultured due to her muggle parents. Ron’s whole family also played a huge role in the books, but in the movie they were just background characters. Ron’s family was actively involved with the fight against Voldemort, especially Ron’s father, Arthur. In the movie they did not get as much credit they disserved until the last movies. Hermione played by Emma Watson I felt was also perfect for her role. J.K. Rowling stated in an interview that she felt Watson was too pretty for the role, but her personality was perfect (IGN). I felt if she was too ugly then her character as a whole would not be taken as seriously. J.K. Rowling also pointed out that the scene in Goblet of Fire where Hermione was supposed to come out in a dress and finally be seen as a beautiful woman was tainted because she was already beautiful (IGN). Like with Ron’s character I felt she developed into it. Voldemort played by Ralph Fiennes, was also played very well. My biggest problem with the movie version however is with his character. In the movie it barely scratched the surface with Voldemort’s past and relevance to why he is doing what he is doing. Once I read the book I realized the significance of his background to the story and how much more interesting it made it. I have the same problem with Dumbledore’s character in the movie. I felt there was not enough background with his character and when the movie showed Dumbledore’s betrayal to Harry it was not as significant in the movie as it was in the book. For the actors playing Dumbledore I actually did not like either of them. The first acted too old and brittle while the second acted too energetic and a bit crazy at times that did not fit Dumbledore’s character. Snape’s character was played by Alan Rickman had conflicting views between the movie verses the book character. I felt in the movie he was too mean and cold, where the book he showed that he was cold but that he also cared. At times whenever Snape disciplines Harry it is for his own good, where in the movie it comes off as cruel. I’ve heard other arguments stating that they felt opposite and watching Snape on the screen being so caring towards Lily Potter and how he did care for Harry was off-putting because of how cruel he was throughout the series (Guion). J. K Rowling stated that she did tell Alan Rickman before anyone else the ending so he could play Snape accordingly. This may have contributed to my own view of how I saw Snape in the movie verses the book. Bonnie Wright played the character of Ginny. I felt that her character in the movie was too mundane and did not show enough of how strong she really was. Ginny was a very intelligent character who helped fight the war against Voldemort on multiple occasions. As IGN article put it, “While it wasn't really captured in the films, Ginny becomes a true leader of rebel forces like no other. She's a strong, determined and alluring young woman who always there to fight the forces of evil as a member of Dumbledore's Army.” It should also be noted that Ginny was also the one person later in the books that gave Harry hope and belief within himself whenever his friends couldn’t. Ginny’s belief in Harry as well as her “go-get it” attitude was what attracted Harry to her. Unfortunately many fans were unable to see that. I felt characters such as Hagrid, McGonagall, Lupin, Sirius, and Malfoy were casted and portrayed the character extremely well. They were the main characters that I felt translated the best between what I personally saw while I read to what I then saw on the screen. The teachers, villains, and other main characters were also casted well and truly helped the movie come alive. I felt the producers did an amazing job getting every detail with not only how the characters looked but how they were supposed to act. I felt they went with their gut on which person was most like the character and it worked out really well when everything was all said and done.

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