7808hd+IBD+Letter

Dear Producer, My 6th grade class just read the book Island of the Blue Dolphins, based on a true story of a girl stuck on a lost island off coast of California, and then we watched the universal studios version from 1964. In my opinion, the book was better. But it has been 50 years and this year would be perfect to remake the movie. Think about this: the most popular movies and shows like Lone Survivor, 28 Days Later, World War Z,The Walking Dead,and the Hunger Games are all survival themed. So is Island of the Blue Dolphins. This would be a great movie to remake. Sadly the original movie was missing many things that we could fix today. But the reason that made me want to remake the movie the most was the missing scenes. My favorite part in the book, was she fought a giant octopus, Also the sea elephant fight. The most intense part when the island is hit by a tidal wave and an earthquake isn’t in it. The tidal wave was described as “ two great spears clashing together. Also in the book Karana is on the island for over 20 years, but in the movie she doesn't age.Also many character development scenes like Karana building weapons, Karana getting ready to hunt the octopus,or when she nearly dies of loneliness, and when she faces her fear and goes into a tomb of her ancestors called Black Cave were all forgotten. These are some things that would make a remake of Island of the Blue Dolphins a great movie.

For the original movie the casting was poor. And many actors chosen were not like their characters in the book. Like Rontu, the dog of Karana was a huski in the book, but in the movie he was a Pitbull mix. Also, Captain Orlov was Russian in the book. Karana also had a pet otter in the book who in the movie was a baby seal. And many of the actors couldn’t act sad in it. Although it may have been the best acting in the world back then, now it just doesn't work.

In the movie, there were many battle scenes throughout the story but they were not realistic. When the dad got shot, he fell, no blood, and when the two forces collided it was so fake. There was no blood on the sand, no gore, no nothing. And when Ramo was found dead, no evidence of a dog attack, like blood. I’m not saying have so much that it would be an R movie, but just a realistic amount. And there were no special effects either. If we did it today we could do all the things like the octopus fight and the tidal wave and make it seem real. These are the reasons why the special effects would make this movie to die for.

So hopefully you made it this far into my letter. As I stated earlier the filled in action scenes, better casting, and special effects would make this a great movie. And remember, people love true survival stories. This is a true survival story. Island of the Blue Dolphins would be a huge hit Hope you liked my letter. From, Hudson