The Renaissance Man Essay

The cliche jokes and scenes watered down the interesting movie. The Renaissance Man isn’t a great movie, not a classic, though it has some valuable attributes. The opening was nice, it sets the tone and the environment for the rest of the movie and the scenes to come. The film does a ok job introducing the characters, some of them were cheesy though, but when Mr. Bill Rago finds his calling the film ameliorates into a middling movie. There is strong imagery in the movie. Bill Rago (Danny DeVito) frame is comedic around his large athletic students. Even the classroom seems out of place and the students snug in, and feel comfortable when everything else is militaristic. Bill Rago creates a safe haven and it brings their personality out. In

Bill Rago is rude and frank, but means well. Another interesting character is Melvin Melvin they started an interesting side story, but just end it. Most characters have a interesting background, but they just give us a bit of it. Melvin falls asleep when his big moment comes to shine. Some of the characters are really cheesy, like Tommy Haywood. I was confused when I hear his bad southern accent, but throughout the film it got better, like the actor had worked on it. Felt like characters Tommy Lee Haywood and Roosevelt Hobbs (Mark Wahlberg and Khalil Kain) were there to put people in theater seats and major roles filled by amature actors. Bill Rago’s story is a fine one. It isn’t confusing, doesn’t feel like the movie was going too fast, everything was even paced. The ending is satisfying, no loose ends. Though most of the jokes were predictable. Bad acting was a colossal problem with the movie, heartfelt scenes were cringey and distasteful. A improvement they could have made is filling important roles with good actors, because this is a drama they need someone to sell the dramatic