Analysis Of Peculiar By Ransom Riggs

In my opinion, I feel that this movie, compared to today’s standards, is poor quality. From the 1980’s to the current time, the Hollywood industries and other movie producers have made astronomical improvements with every film released, and ever since

I did have a few problems with this film. The first would be the overly exaggerated southern accent it tends to take away from a few of the scenes because you’re more focused on how they talk rather than what they’re saying. Also I can see how very few can relate on a personal level to this story. But either way this film breathes new life into story-telling and gives it a new spin.

It also ended rather abruptly which might have been what Clooney was going for. The problem with not wrapping up the film and leaving open end/ to the audience’s imagination. Is that it loses all mass market appeal. It also is a lot harder on the audience to connect all the threads in the plot. This seems to be found in a lot of these art house/film festival films. But overall it just feels like the film could have been two hours not the 90 minutes that it is. Now saying that this is one film that would be not the same if you cut 10 minutes out of. Dissimilar to a lot of the mass market/ big budget films.

Even though these two important parts of the book were left out I think the movie was good and it definitely gave me the deep feeling and connection to the characters that the book gave me. I think the whole movie staff made all the right

Overall, I enjoyed the film. My biggest issue was the formatting of the film and the medium that it was available. It would have been more enjoyable had the film not been broken up into segments that needed to load. Had the movie been available on DVD or in one longer segment, it would have been easier to watch. The continuous breaks in the action of

Jacob convinced Dr. Golan and his father to allow him go on a trip to Cairnholm Island. Jacob finds the Home which was derived from his grandfather's stories. Despite the fears of the terrifying Home, Jacob enters and stumbles across a girl -Emma- and others. The Home was filled with peculiar children who -like Emma- had strange abilities, ones that Grandpa Abe had described. Emma was able to produce fire from the palms of her hand, Millard was invisible, and Bronwyn had amazing strength. Jacob learns that he is a peculiar just like any other child in the Home. Jacob felt open with the peculiars because he felt involved. He analyzes how the peculiars treated him like an idol versus his regular life, “[Jacob] used to dream about escaping [his] ordinary life but [his] life was never [really] ordinary to begin with” (Chapter 6.) All along, Jacob did not realize that he had special qualities that did not make him crazy like everyone back home labeled him to be, but was a peculiar. Out of the peculiars, Emma and Jacob forms a lovable bond allowing Jacob's character to branch out and associate more. Where Emma was Abe’s lover, she soon feel for Jacob, explaining that, “[she] didn’t know what to call it, what was happening between [her and Jacob], but [she] liked it. It felt silly and fragile and good” (Chapter 9). The connection between the two

Jacob achieved closure as he explored the island of Cairnholm, then finding a Cairn leading into a similar, yet unknown world. In this ominous environment, every day is 3 September 1940, the date that Abe told Jacob in order to protect the children from the devastation of a bomb that hits their home. Jacob learns this information from Miss Peregrine, the headmistress that brings Jacob closure, “‘Fictions, whoppers, paradiddles--whatever terminology you like. When did you realize Abraham was telling the truth?’ ‘Well,’ I said, staring at the labyrinth of interlocking patterns woven into the carpet, ‘I guess I’m just realizing it now’” (150). After Jacob speaks with Miss Peregrine about Abe’s past, Jacob acquires knowledge about almost everything he wanted to know; yet despite their conversation, Jacob still wants to learn more and wants to get to know the children. Jacob gains interest in the children and is fascinated by their talents and lifestyle to the point where he wants to stay with them. Despite his new passion, Jacob can still not convince his father that he is completely sane, but the children hope he will prevail. Nevertheless, Jacob’s arrival to grasp closure has led him and the children to another loss: Miss Peregrine. After discovering the cairn, Jacob led an unknown enemy follow him to the secret portal: his

It felt quite cliché and overdramatic in my opinion, it had a good moral to the story and a generally good overview. Even though it is based on true events, I felt these events were overdramatic in the movie and overplayed.

In the book, “Hollow City” by Ransom Riggs, the main character Jacob Portman, is followed and he explains all of his and his friends struggles trying to escape dangers. Jacob and his friends are peculiar , meaning they can do things that other people normally can not do. The group that he travels with are all peculiar. Their names are Emma Bloom whose peculiarity is she can create fire with her hands. Bronwyn Bruntley who is an usually strong girl. Millard Nullings who is an invisible boy. Horace Somnusson who has visions and dreams about the future and past. Enoch O’Connor, a boy who can animate the dead for a brief time. Hugh Apiston a boy who has bees living inside his stomach. Fiona Frauenfeld, a quiet girl who can grow plants. Claire Densmore, a girl with an extra mouth at the back of her head. And Alma LeFay Peregrine, an ymbryne. An ymbryne is a person with a peculiar talent that can change into a bird and back into a human and can also create a time loop. A time loop is a loop that ymbryne’s create for the peculiar children they look after if they get into trouble at the time.

Jake (Asa Butterfield) is just a boy living a normal teenage life until something terrible happens to his grandfather. The mysteries surrounding this case urge Jake to investigate more about the history of his grandfather, resulting in a journey from his hometown, Florida, to a remote island in Wales. Jake’s adventure begins in the island, starting from the search of a children’s house where his grandfather used to live. However, the house, called as Miss Peregrine’s home for peculiar children, is not that easy to find. After meeting some residents of the house, Jake finds the house, and more mysteries unfolds.

Miss peregrine's home for peculiar children is about a sixteen year old boy named Jacob Portman who grew up hearing his Grandpa Portman's stories. As Jacob grew up his grandpa would tell him crazy stories of him when he was a kid how he lived and how he lived in this children's home on an island, and how every kid had a special power. Grandpa Portman's power was he could see the monsters, he would always say they were coming for him. Jacobs was very interested in his story and always believed them but his parents always said that he was just crazy and that there made up. Jacob never listened to his parents, and was always interested in the stories. One day Grandpa Portman was killed by the monsters, and Jacob started to go through his stuff

When first beginning to read this novel the reader may think that Jacob is just an average boy taking care of his delusional grandfather, but in all actuality his grandfather’s stories aren’t imaginary and he is not delusional. Jacobs grandfather was in the military and everyone was sure that he was crazy because of everything he had seen. When Jacob is at work he gets a call from his grandfather. In the process of checking on his grandfather which was nowhere to be found he stumbles off into the forest. He soon then finds his grandfather laying bodiless on the ground. As he is standing in shock he sees this weird disturbing creature that makes him feel crazy. Jacob then has to go to a phycologist that tries to heal him, but nothing really

In the introduction to the novel, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs, a six year old Jacob Portman relives his younger years when his grandpa used to tell him extraordinary stories of his childhood complete with peculiar photographs. As he grew older, however, Jacob came to realize that the stories were made up as they were too wild to be real and as a result, he lost that bit of imagination he had as a child that grew from those stories. A now sixteen year old Jacob, lives an uneventful life until he gets an alarming call from his (who believes to be deranged) grandpa and at first, just believes it is him being paranoid, but nonetheless goes to check on him. It isn’t until he and his best friend Ricky go inside the

Our beloved Tim Burton is back, and yes, peculiar is one way to put his new blockbuster. Par usual, his films elicit an eerie aura and Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is no exception, but the characters weren’t the only oddity in the film. The story takes place from the point of view of a troubled, ordinary (or so we believe) teen, Jake Portman, who struggles to find the truth behind his grandfather’s recollections of the Peregrine home. He and his father (Chris O’Dawd) find themselves on a journey to Wales to find solace for their chaotic family history. Only there does Jake cross over to an alternate dimension that houses the characters the movie is named after. That’s when the film begins to finally kick off, and with the usual Tim Burton twist that we are accustomed to: gorgeous gothic landscaping, dynamic characters, costumes, magical powers, and an alternate world we all would love to escape to. Although

No matter how good the plotline or special effects are, bad acting will ruin an entire movie. Thankfully, there wasn't a lot of times when I felt that the acting wasn't up to par. Ponyboy Curtis was played by C. Thomas Howell. He played the character very well and the crying scenes looked realistic. Sodapop___________. Matt Dillon (Dallas) and Ralph Macchio (Johnny) both also played their characters very well. Though, I would like to note that the characters seemed to have little to no emotions sometimes. I don't think this is at fault with the actors but rather just how they were supposed to be played. Since they were the “bad guys”, I assume they were supposed to act tough and not show many emotions. Near the end of the movie, Dallas seems to go through some sort of mental break down. Beside some overeggargeration, I think he acted it out pretty well. Ralph Macchio’s performance was really realistic when he was suffering from his injuries in the hospital. Along with the makeup and his performance, it really did look like he was in a lot of pain and I was able to feel bad for him. The other characters like Darrel, Steve, Cherry, Two-bit, and Bob all did well to relatively well acting. But one thing that lowered my excitement was the battle towards the end. I found it very unrealistic and not how I would think normal people would act in a fight. Background characters would purposely run into