I am doing a review for the movie known as Johnny Tremain. I'm reviewing this movie for my U.S. History through film class. The plot of the story is that this guy Johnny burns his hand and can't do his usual job because of it. S he needs to find new work. However, not many will hire him because of his hand being burned. So he turns to this rich relative of his who ends up getting him involved with the revolutionary war. I noticed that there's only horses and guns and such in this movie because of its time period. I also noticed it takes place right before the revolutionary war. So there's still British soldiers that order people around and some listen while others disobey their orders. Also, there's a couple of big events of the war put in like the Boston Tea Party. I question whether Johnny actually burned his hand or not. I also question whether he actually had some distant relative that he turned to for employment. It's a history movie just like The New World was supposed to be. But it's much better because it actually has plot and I can understand what's going on. Whereas The New World was just too artsy to really be a history movie. I liked that it had an actual plot. I also like how there's actual dialouge among the characters. But the best part is it was actually able to entertain me which is more than I can say for The New World. I didn't like how short it was the movie didn't last long enough. It would've been nice if it showed the rest of the war and how it impacted Johnny afterward. Overall, the movie was pretty good. There's decent characters, a good plot, and represents its time period pretty well. It was an interesting movie and it would be nice to see others like it.
Review of Johnny Tremain
