The Outsiders Movie Review

This novel is honestly great. It’s worth the read and I think that the author had an amazing story line. Ponyboy and Johnny are heroes. Just because you come from

Okay because there are a lot of people that don’t exactly fit in! The Outsiders was made in the 1960’s by H.E Hinton and was placed in Tulsa Oklahoma. H.E Hinton is girl who was 17 when she published her book, and she went under the name H.E. Hinton because she didn’t want nobody to judge her book by her gender she wanted them to judge the book by the book. Her real name is Susan Eloise Hinton.

A few similarities between the movie and book are that the movie still has the complete Greaser gang Pony, Johnny, Soda, Darry, Dally, Two-Bit and Steve. They still have some of the more sad part like when Johnny and Dally die. There is still lots of conflict between the Greasers and the Soc’s. There is still the situation where Johnny

Have you ever been part of a social group? Did you ever feel like an outsider? The book The Outsiders took place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the 1960’s. This book is about two teenage groups, the Socs and the Greasers. Both the Socs and the Greasers sometimes felt like outsiders. But which group was the real outsiders? Or, are the outsiders the people who see beyond society groups? I believe that the real outsiders are the people who see beyond society groups.

My final rating of the movie is three out of five stars because the sound effects were pretty good. The camera movements were good. The fight scenes were realistic and the characters didn’t fit their description but played their part

The plot is great, it has a lot of action, and suspense. I also like the way Hinton describes the characters in detail, and makes you feel like you can actually see the character when she describes them. I would definitely recommend the teachers to keep teaching it because the novel has a good moral to it. It teaches you to not judge anyone immediately, how violence only makes things worse, and how to solve your problems. My favorite character is Johnny because he reminds me of myself. He sacrificed his life to save the children trapped in the church, and he stood up for Ponyboy and himself when he stabbed Bob. The symbols and allusions in the book are meaningful like when Johnny tells Ponyboy to stay gold right before he dies. It’s a reference to Robert Frost’s Nothing Gold Can

The Outsiders, made in 1983, is based on the original book made in 1967, The Outsiders. The movie copied the same plot of the book heavily, as it still portrays the same main character, Ponyboy Curtis (played by Thomas C. Howell), a fourteen year old boy living with his two brothers. This one and a half hour film shows Ponyboy’s life as a greaser, as he experiences the positive and negative sides of his family life style, and questions the benefits of the greaser’s biggest enemy; the Socials.

Two boys, Johnny and Ponyboy, are our valiant heroes. Not even over the age of 18, two boys rescued 5 young children, who were no older than 8-years old. While bystanders watched and worried, only 2 from the crowd had courage to go save the children. They gallantly sprinted in a run as soon they heard children screaming in a burning church. According to our sources, Ponyboy was supposed to be in a boys’ home because his parents died when he was little. Instead of sent to a boys’ home, he was allowed stayed with his older brothers and they are his guardians, and they all stay together as long as they don’t do anything transgressive. A previous hearing at court confirms Ponyboy is not on the borderline of going

The story The Outsiders, written by S.E. Hinton, was a popular novel because of how realistic it was. The novel was successful because it included famous people and items from the 1960s. These items allowed for people to read the story and make connections. One of the topics that was referenced in the book was Perry Mason. Perry Mason was a popular television series that made readers understand how Ponyboy viewed the courtroom.

The movie is fairly similar to the book except for a few exceptions. One of the main things is that the movie is less detailed and is faster paced. Another thing is that pony never went to the hospital after the fire and didn't have a concussion. When Dallas was driving to the hospital with Pony and he got pulled over by the police who was on a motorcycle. While At the hospital Johnny’s mom comes to visit him but Pony and Dallas don't talk to her. When Dally leaves he goes and robs a store and the police are after him. Then when the police catch him he raises his unloaded handgun and the police shoot him. He gets shot once and does a few rolls stands up and gets shot more. The gang goes home after finding Dally and Ponyboy starts writing the “Outsiders”.

“The Outsider’s” is not considered a literary merit but will, be given the time too. It follows with two groups of people, these people are the Greaser’s and the Soc’s. They have a really big rivalry and have fights throughout the book. The main characters in this book are : Ponyboy Curtis, Darry, Johnny, Sodapop, Keith “Two - Bit” and, Sherry. The real conflict begins when Johnny and Ponyboy go to the park they sit there and slowly “The Socs” begin to pull up to hurt them, They then get ganged up on and Johnny helps his friend Ponyboy and stabs a “Soc” to kill him. They see that they are on the news and go to there good friend darry to ask them what to do. Darry tells them to go an Old abandoned Church and stay there until he comes to pick

Overall, director Francis Ford Coppola did a great job of selecting actors to play the roles. Coppola’s pick of C.Thomas Howell, as Ponyboy was a very good pick because I imaged Pony the exact same as it was described in the book. Also, I liked the flow of the movie and the fact that it was very similar to the book. Coppola set up the scenes beforehand and made sure that the scenes closely depicted the action in the book. For example, he made sure that the actors that were playing the Socs, they had all the best clothing. For the greacers, they only had sweat pants. This made the actors almost feel like they were back at that time and I think this made the movie a 100% better than it could’ve been.

1. I felt I could relate to Ponyboys struggle to find who he is and I thought it was interesting with the contrast in Dally and Johnny’s identities.

Ponyboy Curtis,played by C.Thomas Howell,is somewhat believable,although the crying is amped up quite a bit,not like in the books. The actors playing Darrel and Sodapop Curtis,respectfully Patrick Swayze and Rob Lowe,capture the essence of the characters nicely. Yet,it appears,that Lowe might have a bit of trouble with the emotional part of the role,the supposed breakdown was underdone and clearly forced. On the topic of the “terrified of humanity” boy,Johnny Cade,played by Ralph Macchio,the role is played well. You can really see the way that he moves is reflected on his fear of the world and that he doesn't trust lots of people by the nervous aura he gives off. I'd say that the role is well executed for Dally Winston,played by Matt Dillon. Dillon captured the look and feel of Dally,with the no care attitude and the careless actions. The actors make the roles complete and they add to the overall feel of the

The characters in the book and movie are pretty similar. Johnny in the book had big black eyes with black hair, and was slim. It also described him as very skittish. In the movie he fit that exact description. Ponyboy had light brown hair in the book but in the movie it was a darker brown. Darry fit his description I thought too. He was muscular, protective, and had dark brown hair. In the book Dally had light hair, but in the movie he had brown hair. Other than that he was the same in the book as in the movie. Soda also was the same too.