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It may be a bit bland, but this is a great early children movie that everyone should probably see at least once in their lifetime. There are a lot of differences from this movie from the My Side Of The Mountain novel. For starters, the falcon does not die is the novel, and guess what happens to the falcon in the movie? What do you know? It dies! How unpredictable. Anyway, enough of the sarcasm, if you can call it sarcasm. This is an enjoyable children movie for anybody, so really, it is not a children movie.
Here is the plot. A boy named Sam leaves his home with his pet raccoon and goes out to the wilderness, mountains, to be exact, to study algae. He has to try to survive out in the wilderness. On his journey he meets a musician, he finds and raises a falcon, and he gets snowed in from inside a tree. Then his falcon named Frightful is killed by a careless hunter. The boy continues to try to survive and he meets a librarian on his way again. In the end of the movie he returns back to his house.
Overall, there is a lot more things that happen to Sam along the way. I can not remember all of it. This is a fun wilderness movie. I also like the montage of the thoughts of the words "Symbolic relationship," and "Next summer," going through Sam's head as he finishes his daily wilderness routine. It was creepy and very unsettling. Anyway, this is a nice and emotional romp about a boy who leaves homer to study algae. There are hardships through the way, but the boy makes it. Why I am giving the summary of the movie again is anybody's guess.
7/10
Recommended Films: The Yearling.
It may be a bit bland, but this is a great early children movie that everyone should probably see at least once in their lifetime. There are a lot of differences from this movie from the My Side Of The Mountain novel. For starters, the falcon does not die is the novel, and guess what happens to the falcon in the movie? What do you know? It dies! How unpredictable. Anyway, enough of the sarcasm, if you can call it sarcasm. This is an enjoyable children movie for anybody, so really, it is not a children movie.
Here is the plot. A boy named Sam leaves his home with his pet raccoon and goes out to the wilderness, mountains, to be exact, to study algae. He has to try to survive out in the wilderness. On his journey he meets a musician, he finds and raises a falcon, and he gets snowed in from inside a tree. Then his falcon named Frightful is killed by a careless hunter. The boy continues to try to survive and he meets a librarian on his way again. In the end of the movie he returns back to his house.
Overall, there is a lot more things that happen to Sam along the way. I can not remember all of it. This is a fun wilderness movie. I also like the montage of the thoughts of the words "Symbolic relationship," and "Next summer," going through Sam's head as he finishes his daily wilderness routine. It was creepy and very unsettling. Anyway, this is a nice and emotional romp about a boy who leaves homer to study algae. There are hardships through the way, but the boy makes it. Why I am giving the summary of the movie again is anybody's guess.
7/10
Recommended Films: The Yearling.