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Dear Sir or Madam,

My sixth grade class read the book Island of the Blue Dolphins, about a teenage girl, Karana, who survives alone on an island, and afterward, we watched the film. All in all, the movie lacked a whole lot compared to the book. I believe that the Island of the Blue Dolphins movie should be remade. It may have been popular in ‘64 when the movie was released, but when you compare it to the book today, the movie doesn’t retell the story. It is the 50th anniversary of the movie, so now is a great time to remake it.

My first and foremost reason for this movie to be remade is that it has many missing scenes. All of the most interesting, major scenes were cut out of the movie, like the Tsunami, the Octopus fight and the Sea Elephant fight. Also, many scenes were changed, like when Ramo, Karana’s brother sees the Aleut ship. In the book, he runs off to get a better view of the ship. In the film, Karana tells him to run to tell their father, Chief Chowig. There is also the fact that Rontu-Aru, Karana’s second dog, came to Karana voluntarily, while in the book, Karana had to drug him to sleep and carry him to her home. The movie was just too short, and misses several details that really important to the actual story.

Another important reason is that the movie is really unrealistic. You never see any blood throughout the entire movie. When you get shot, blood spills out, and makes a pool right beside them. Ramo, Karana’s brother was stainless when he was killed; we saw no “deep wound in his throat.” Rontu, her first dog, had no blood when he was shot. Are you beginning to connect the dots? Maybe? Well, I hope so! Any way, there are also scenes that are obviously sped up, like when Rontu falls dead. I think whole movie should be normal speed, but maybe in parts there should be some slow motion. And one more quick thing, how people fall. When you fall after being shot, you fall to your knees, and then fall flat on your face. That would have made the movie so much better, and easier for the actors to re-create.

Have you noticed that many of the movies coming out today are based on survival? How about television shows? It’s true. World War Z is an example of a survival movie, and it was pretty darn popular. Survivor and Hawaii 5-0 are examples of popular television shows that include survival. Many popular movies are also true stories, like Saving Mr. Banks, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Empire State, Captain Phillips, My One and Only and Argo. Island of the Blue Dolphins is a true story. It will be popular; I guarantee it!

So I hope you have been really thinking this through, and I hope you have read this far. So this is what I’m trying to explain to you: The movie Island of the Blue Dolphins, produced by Universal Studios, is an enjoyable movie, but lacks much of the actual story. I hope that you at the very least, consider making a new movie. It can be a very profitable investment, or it may not be too profitable, but it is definitely worth considering.

Sincerely, Alexander J. Christie

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