Blow

            Blow was a very entertaining and educational film. The fast pace and issue of trafficking of illegal drugs caught my attention. The camera angles were close up and the camera always seemed to be moving. The movie was consistently unfolding, the viewer would see Johnny Dep's character (George) arrested and by the next scene he was out; the film cut through non relevant parts of his life. Blow catches the viewer's interest from the start by showing a scene from later in his life in where he testing his cocaine purchase. From there it tells of his childhood and how he began his obsession of money, which would later consume his life.
             When George is young, his father's business went bankrupt. George saw the problems that financial hardship caused his parents and became determined to make enough money so that poverty would never be an issue in his life. George obviously turned to dealing drugs, which made him happy for a while. Money was always the center of his life, which leads to the main topic of the film. As George's father said to him at a young age, "Money isn't real.".
             One of my classmates said as we walked out of the theater, "I didn't like that movie, it moved too fast and didn't have enough action." I was amazed at this comment; this film was the exact type of movie I love. I felt that that the continuity was great, the viewer saw only important events and the film never was thrown off course. I enjoy movies that cover a long period of time not one that covers only the events of a week or month. I couldn't believe that my classmate said it did not have action, was he watching the same movie as me? The constant movement and couple of gunshot scenes was more than enough action for me.
             The storyline made the film to me. Whoever wrote this film must be proud, the issue of money and how it took away from his relationships especially with his daughter and father were portrayed beautifully.