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Review for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Josefin Åkerblom B3b
When I saw what this movie was going to be about, I felt something akin to “oh, how nice. I might learn something from this” and looked forward to knowing more of the environment in the mental hospital. Then when I found that it was not exactly and educational film, I tried to enjoy it as entertainment instead. I got bored after half-an-hour. The plot is not something I have not seen before, although perhaps that has got to do with the film being rather old. A new person comes into a previously secluded setting and makes more interesting things happen. I know it already. The people first hesitate around him, but they get used to it and soon they all love him. Except of course that Nurse Ratched, who quickly became my favourite character. I probably would have reacted the same way around McMurphy as she did.
I did not relate to the main character, Jack Nicholson’s McMurphy, at all, perhaps that was why I disliked the movie so. I found him being vastly unsympathetic, just barging in and changing things, stopping the nurses from doing their job and trying to be some sort of leader in a place where he didn’t belong. He is not insane (at least not in the way that the other patients at the ward are insane) and is only there because he figures it’s better than prison. Why should a person like that be liked? Of course I realize that he does brighten up the otherwise dull and repetitive life at the ward where the same things happen every day, and that could perhaps be considered admirable, but comparing that to all the trouble he is causing, I do not think he’s making up for it. Besides, several of the patients there needed that routine, otherwise they would feel deeply insecure and fall out of it completely. McMurphy is loud, obnoxious, rude, and I didn’t mourn him in the least. And let’s not forget the fact that he was convicted for rape, even though he claims the girl was into it.
The ending I found came as a relief. I didn’t think it was clear what had happened to McMurphy that made the Chief so upset, and it was not until just now when I read that Chief had caught sight of the scars from the lobotomy, and knew that McMurphy was completely lost. So now I understand a bit more why the Chief did what he did.
Though I detested the main character, I found several of the actors playing mental patients wonderful. I especially grew fond of Billy, and I was sad when he died.
The film was too long, and McMurphy just made things worse for himself as the plot progressed. I’m not saying that I have no understanding for the people who like it (obviously, there must be quite a few, or else it would not have survived to this day), it was just not my kind of film. I have a rather wide taste when it comes to movies. Occasionally I have been known to enjoy both action and romance, together with drama and humour. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a drama that I cannot identify myself with at all. I do not see where the supposed greatness of the film lie. Despite all this, I do not regret having seen it. I suppose sometimes you just have to put up with the fact that you can’t love them all.
I guess that was all.
Review for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Josefin Åkerblom B3b
When I saw what this movie was going to be about, I felt something akin to “oh, how nice. I might learn something from this” and looked forward to knowing more of the environment in the mental hospital. Then when I found that it was not exactly and educational film, I tried to enjoy it as entertainment instead. I got bored after half-an-hour. The plot is not something I have not seen before, although perhaps that has got to do with the film being rather old. A new person comes into a previously secluded setting and makes more interesting things happen. I know it already. The people first hesitate around him, but they get used to it and soon they all love him. Except of course that Nurse Ratched, who quickly became my favourite character. I probably would have reacted the same way around McMurphy as she did.
I did not relate to the main character, Jack Nicholson’s McMurphy, at all, perhaps that was why I disliked the movie so. I found him being vastly unsympathetic, just barging in and changing things, stopping the nurses from doing their job and trying to be some sort of leader in a place where he didn’t belong. He is not insane (at least not in the way that the other patients at the ward are insane) and is only there because he figures it’s better than prison. Why should a person like that be liked? Of course I realize that he does brighten up the otherwise dull and repetitive life at the ward where the same things happen every day, and that could perhaps be considered admirable, but comparing that to all the trouble he is causing, I do not think he’s making up for it. Besides, several of the patients there needed that routine, otherwise they would feel deeply insecure and fall out of it completely. McMurphy is loud, obnoxious, rude, and I didn’t mourn him in the least. And let’s not forget the fact that he was convicted for rape, even though he claims the girl was into it.
The ending I found came as a relief. I didn’t think it was clear what had happened to McMurphy that made the Chief so upset, and it was not until just now when I read that Chief had caught sight of the scars from the lobotomy, and knew that McMurphy was completely lost. So now I understand a bit more why the Chief did what he did.
Though I detested the main character, I found several of the actors playing mental patients wonderful. I especially grew fond of Billy, and I was sad when he died.
The film was too long, and McMurphy just made things worse for himself as the plot progressed. I’m not saying that I have no understanding for the people who like it (obviously, there must be quite a few, or else it would not have survived to this day), it was just not my kind of film. I have a rather wide taste when it comes to movies. Occasionally I have been known to enjoy both action and romance, together with drama and humour. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a drama that I cannot identify myself with at all. I do not see where the supposed greatness of the film lie. Despite all this, I do not regret having seen it. I suppose sometimes you just have to put up with the fact that you can’t love them all.
I guess that was all.