The Bling Ring review

The Bling Ring Review

The Bling Ring is a film inspired by actual events, a group of fame-obsessed teenagers use the internet to track celebrities' whereabouts in order to rob their homes.

Main cast

Emma Watson as Nicki
Katie Chang as Rebecca
Taissa Farmiga as Sam
Israel Broussard as Marc

The class watched this film in lesson. However, due to me being absent I had to watch it at home which I did. Whilst watching I focused on the elements that portray a typical teen movie. I took notes on the characters, the setting, themes and topics explored in the film. I also compared this film to other cliche teen films for similarities and differences. The film is considered to be a teen film because it portrays the current lifestyle of teenagers in Hollywood. The film also holds a similar 'teen film' plot and characters which are easy to identify.

The clique in the film is like any other teen film. There is a bad girl and a mean girl, but instead of there being a nerd or a jock like there normally is in a teen film, there is a gay guy that is in the group. Instead of being a stereotypical teen film where there is a new girl joining a new school and fits in with a group that changes her look and personality. The makers of the film went against the idea and decided to make the boy the 'outcast' and have the group of girls bring him into their group. This film does differs from other teen films as the characters are portrayed in a different way and their 'look' and 'personality' do not fit the stereotypical teen movie characters so that possibly could have been difficult for the audience to identify who resembles what type of character at first.

However, The male character in the film is portrayed so much more differently than the stereotypical male characters that you find in a teen filmo. The usual male characters in a teen film are jocks and nerds. The jock is always a very good looking and confident guy who dates the prettiest girl at school and also has a lot of females wanting him. The nerd always wears clothes that are way out of fashion, wears big glasses and has braces. He is always the first to complete his work and is normally the smartest in the class However, in this film the guy is gay, an outcast and also very insecure about himself. The reason he's able to join the group of girls is because he has the same taste of fashion and style as them.

The plot and some themes and topics in this teen film is unique as I have not seen a teen film that has this type of plotline and some of the themes it explores. For example, the obsession of celebrities and the thirst for some of their money and fame. However, most of the themes in this film are very stereotypical such as: drinking, partying, drugs, etc. The locations were also very stereotypical: the school, a house, a party, etc.

I didn't like this film because it just isn't really my type of film, I found it quite boring and repetitive to watch as they would be stealing from a celebrities' home every five to ten minutes. The ending was very predictable as they were bound to get caught. Since this film was based on a true story, I guess they could not change the synopsis and the fate of the characters as it is vital to be as accurate as possible for it to be resembling a true story.