Snowy

 

    The story about snowy affected me because I think as humans we sometimes forget about how important wildlife and plants are to the world and that their lives matter as much as ours. The most moving scene of the film was the Thanksgiving scene because I was like dang that is really depressing to just leave out the turtle. It also seemed like none of the guests even knew they had a pet turtle. You see the family having this amazing dinner and then the camera slowly pans down to the dark basement where the only light is in the turtles tank. That to me just shows life was great for the humans and the life of Snowy seemed meaningless because Larry was the only one taking some sort of time to take care of him, but Snowy wasn't mentioned upstairs or cared for as they had dinner. Like at least bring Snowy upstairs, you wouldn't leave your dog downstairs, because more than likely your dog will bark or cry because they feel left out. Snowy for sure felt left out, but obviously turtles don't make loud noises, but like I said I don't even think anyone truly cared for him to be introduced to the outside family members because even Larry didn't bring Snowy upstairs and Larry was the only one who really paid any attention to Snowy. The reason this scene moved me is because I think pets are a part of your family no matter what species they are. Also, the fact that they left out Snowy was telling me that they just felt embarrassed to have a turtle or didn't care enough to show Snowy off. The climax of Snowy to me was when Larry got Snowy checked out by a doctor because then I believe that is what made the wife start to care too. I liked the scene when they brought Snowy to an expert too, but I think that scene was too late in the film because at that point the wife was pretty much on board to help with Snowy and she started to care. The hero to me was Larry because he went out to get night crawlers, he cleaned his tank, he took Snowy out to the doctor, he brought Snowy to a specialist, and Larry actually somewhat cared about Snowy when he wasn't feeling good after trying to eat the worm. No one else truly showed that they cared for Snowy in the family, so I chose Larry because if Snowy didn't barf up the worm maybe he wouldn't have gotten the treatment he needed from a doctor and plus his beak was broken. That was really sad too, how do you not see that his beak was broken?

    I really enjoyed the last scenes camera work because it started at the window well and then the drone panned up to the sky and then showed there is a larger world outside of the basement for Snowy to see. It felt like I was being pulled up from the ground to be shown the rest of the town because I put myself in Snowy's shoes in being in a confined space to seeing the world as he went outside for the first time then the drone shot made me think that Snowy was flying in a helicopter or drone and free from his cage. I don't think there were any scenes of camera work that really impressed me because there wasn't a lot of movement while filming in the movie, I felt very stationary. Maybe the camera work was how Snowy was feeling as the film went on, because the camera work did improve as the movie went on in my opinion. I think the last scene was very important to show us that we should allow for our pets to see the outside world and it is also important for us as humans to leave our homes every once and a while too if we are so used to being home all the time. 

    We should care about the film snowy because if we don't have a good relationship with our pets at home then maybe this film could be a wake up call that this is how they may feel if they are neglected frequently. It tells us that if our lives are too busy to care about a pet then maybe we shouldn't have one. Plus having the habit of not caring about a turtles life or our pets life could translate to you not caring for things in your life because if you can't pay some attention to a turtle then how do you expect to keep doing the important little things in other areas of your life?