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The film “Lars and the Real Girl” is a film written by Nancy Oliver and directed by Craig Gillepsie. Oliver is known for her work on “True Blood” and “Windfall.” This drama is about a man named Lars who has trouble socializing with others but then has a relationship with a doll. The film surrounds the events that happen with Lars and how his family and the town try to accommodate his unusual relationship. The film uses slight humor in this film during this awkward situation to attract the audience. It uses the feeling of loneliness to get the audience to empathize with the character. This film is intended for anyone who has ever felt lonely and who longs for a relationship. The purpose of this film is to spread the message that having someone to love is important in life. The value that is displayed in this movie is of course the importance of relationships in keeping one sane. We see how Lars keeps to himself in the beginning but when he gets Bianca, he becomes more social. Other than the fact that he’s in a relationship with a doll, he becomes more normal than he was in the beginning. He begins to interact more with other people. I think this film shows how God cares for all of us and he wants us all to care for each other. He is a loving God and wants each one of us to spread the love. Like the town people showed their love by going along with Lars’ delusion, so we too much show love to those less fortunate than us.
When Nancy Oliver wrote Lars and the Real Girl, she exemplified her wisdom about human relationships, love, and hurt. Lars, a lonely, sad man, buys a life-size doll from some Internet company and he treats her like she is his girlfriend. Lars lives in the garage adjacent to his brother and sister-in-law’s home—a home that Lars also owns. Karin, his sister-in-law, constantly attempts to persuade Lars to come over to the house, and she is elated when Lars announces that he has a girlfriend. The initial shock that Karin and Gus (Lars’ brother) portrayed when they realize that Bianca, Lars’ girlfriend, is a doll, made me laugh for about half an hour. However, over time, Gus overcomes his sensitivity to the way others view him, and Bianca becomes a regular member of the community. The beauty of this film is the way all of Lars’ coworkers, church members, and friends overcome any judgmental shock and reach out to Lars and Bianca, making them both feel at home. At one point in the film, Karin asks some church members to help, to play along with Lars’ delusion. At first, they refuse. Then someone asks the deciding question, “What would Jesus do?” From then on, everything changes for the better, and the community treats Lars as Jesus surely would. By the end of this touching story, Lars has laid Bianca to rest and is now interested in a real girl. The complex simplicity of this movie is truly attractive, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It is a perfect film for anyone to watch, especially young people—well, adults too. Lars and the Real Girl makes everyone feel bad about any judgment they have ever imposed upon someone less fortunate than themselves. It is a candidly amazing story.
Lars and the Real Girl
This movie was written by Nancy Oliver and was directed by Craig Gillespie. How do you fall in love with a life sized love doll through the Internet? Well, this movie is about a man named Lars whose role is played by Ryan Gosling. It all started with a co worker surfing the internet for adult content. He showed Ryan a life size doll that can be “modified” to his likings. The film uses adult content and humor to attract audiences. I think this film is trying to send out a message that everyone needs at least somebody. Keeping and maintaining relationships are important, little things such as everyday interaction can help you keep sane. By having Bianca by his side, he becomes more sociable over time, and is more opened to things. Church members and Co workers, had to accept his unusual behavior due to pity and compassion. At the end, Lars gives up Bianca, and has now developed new interests for a real girl. Unlike Lars’s Co workers and friends, God will never judge us based on our behavior. He will accept you just the way you are even though you have been associating with a life sized love doll.
Lars and the Real Girl is a movie directed by Craig Gillespie and starring Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, and Paul Schneider. It’s the story of a man by the name of Lars who falls in love and decides to marry a sex doll that he ordered off the Internet. His sister-in-law worries about him and his brother thinks he is crazy but in the end everybody pitches in and helps him through his delusion. A few of the creative techniques used in the movie are the incredible plot and comical dialogue of the movie. It was described by the LA Times as “the sweetest, most innocent, and most completely enjoyable film around.” The film could be taken in different ways from different angles. Some people might find it offensive at times but for the most part most people have a good perception of it. The film contains some material that a younger audience would not fully understand but for the most part it is a good, safe film. The film is mostly to entertain but it brings a couple of good life lessons too. I see god in Margo she, in a way, saves Lars from his illusion and gives him a new outlook on life. This movie was a very good movie. It was comical, heart warming, and I recommend it.
The 2007 comedy/drama film “Lars and the Real Girl” was directed by Craig Gillespie. Lars, played by Ryan Gosling, is a guy who never really got along with his family, the outcast to put it simply. One day he tells his brother and sister-in-law that hes met someone on the internet named Bianca. A wheelchair-bound missionary who is Brazilian and Danish. The are ready to meet her during a dinner they are having and are suprised to find out that she is in fact a lifelike doll that Lars had ordered from an adult website. They become concerned with this bizarre behavior from Lars that they convince Lars to take Bianca to their family doctor who is also a psychologist. That way he can observe Lars behavior, which he then treats Lars for a delusional disorder. The doctor says that this delusion is a creation for Lars’ own personal reason and purpose, therefore advises Lars’ family to act as if Bianca is real.
This film seems to bring up the idea that no one likes to be lonely. Everyone needs somebody, and in this case, Lars chooses to make or buy someone for himself. Its a film probably intended for a more older audience but a good film that touches on the basis of relationships. The message I got from this film is that God created us to have people to love, whether it be family, friends, or that special someone, He made it so that we feel ‘complete’ with others in our lives. We need interaction with others. Especially a relationship with God.
“Because of you! Because – all these people – love you!” shouts Karin, sister in law of socially troubled Lars. The main message from the movie is loving one another. Directed by Craig Gillespie, Lars and the Real Girl, story tells about a lonely man, whose mother died from his birth, finally finding a relationship, but with a plastic woman. Lars becomes more social as he expresses his love for Bianca, who is his plastic girlfriend, to others in town. This movie utilizes comedy to express the seriousness and emotionless life of Lars. Also, the idea that the town will tolerate with Lars and his new plastic girl expresses their love for Lars’ different personality. This expresses the main message that when we love one another, we make others feel more welcome and maybe even change their outlook on life. Others may see the movie just as a comedy movie without an underlying movie. However, the movie exemplifies that relationships are meant to help one another become confident and caring. Just as God loved us, the whole town loved Lars that he became more social to the world.
In 2007, a film named Lars and the Real Girl hit the big screen, starring Ryan Gosling as the antisocial main character, Lars. Nancy Oliver wrote the screenplay for the film and was nominated for an Academy Award for it, and it was directed by Craig Gillespie. The film centers around a man named Lars Lindstrom who is extremely antisocial, until he finds a woman that he wants to introduce to his brother and sister-in-law. Her name is Bianca, but she is a life size doll that they find he has ordered off of the internet. At first, the two of them are in complete shock, but after being told by a doctor that they should go along with it to help Lars, they treat Bianca as if she truly his Lars’ girlfriend. This concept in itself brings humor to the movie, and the heartfelt storyline is what attracts the audiences attention. Later in the film, we find that Lars’ mother died in childbirth with him, so his father was extremely distant and unloving to Lars growing up, revealing why Lars is so disconnected and confused, and why he does not want to get with a real woman because of his complete fear of childbirth. As the movie progresses, people in their town treat Bianca as if she is a real person also, causing Lars’ social circle to expand. After having positive contact with a live female named Margo, Lars tells everyone that Bianca is sick and soon after, she passes on. I feel that this film is showing us that we can help one another just with our love that we have to offer. Lars may have been delusional and different, but with the help of everyone accepting him and Bianca, he was helped and said he was a “whole man.” Jesus accepts us all for who we are, and even though some of us may have troubles and differences doesn’t mean we don’t deserve love and acceptance. I think the film makers wanted to show that many people may have disorders but with the help of one another, we can aid them with the simple gifts God blessed us with.
A plastic girlfriend ordered off the Internet and the towns shy guy make a strange couple. That’s what Lars and the Real Girl is about, the story of how a small town handles the strange actions of a loved neighbor. Directed by Craig Gillespie who is also known for Mr. Woodcock and the TV series the United States of Tara. Ryan Gosling plays the main character, Lars Lindstrom who develops a true love for a blow up doll. This film is a comedy with some off the ball romance in the midst of a physiological break through for the main character. The movie shows the audience how the townspeople react to something very odd and unnatural. At first it is a bit odd but they begin to treat Lars girlfriend like a real person. Everyone pretends that she is real for the sake of Lars. The movie portrays the kindness that humans are capable of when they know that a fellow friend is in need of help. It is an example of how a group of church going people learned to tolerate something that was considered wrong. Tolerance goes hand in hand with patience, which is a God given virtue. The film tells its audience that with a little patience and looking at things through someone else’s eyes bring about change. Change that leads to new beginnings and a better future.
The film “Lars and the Real Girl” was written by Nancy Oliver and directed by Craig Gillespie. The movie entails a guy named Lars, who is considered to be an outcast just because he doesn’t get along well with his family. The story is basically that Lars tells his siblings that he’s met someone online and he ends up falling in love with her. Her name is Bianca but the odd thing is that she is a sex doll. Throughout the whole movie, Lars’ friends and neighbors struggle with making accommodations for Bianca so that Lars wont feel bad.
I believe this movie uses humor to attract the audience’s attention but it also uses Lar’s strange relationship with Bianca to make the audience want to continue watching. This movie is aimed at the people who know what it feels like to be lonely and longing for companionship. I think the message behind the story is that love is something that everyone should have, even if it isn’t the same as what everyone else says it should be. The movie teaches us the value of maintaining relationships with others and that even just interacting with people throughout your day is better for you than being alone. After seeing this film I realized that it is teaching us about how God accepts us as we are and he doesn’t love us any less for being unlike the people around us.
“Lars and the Real Girl” its funny how it starts with the fake girl and ends up being the real girl. Such a nice town how they made Lars feel even more comfort with Bianca that he has a real moment going on with a woman. Before he wouldn’t talk to any female and rare to a male. Its funny how certain moments in life can change your life in different ways. To certain people maybe a very unimportant stage in life, it just reinforces that all people are different and we all cant agree in ideas but we can compromise with each other. No one, has the right to say that their way of thinking is the correct and should only follow their ideas. God is the only one that can set a reglement and make it a standard for people to follow since he has been the only one to come down to earth and not fall to sin. Humans should not criticize or judge anyone in any way. We dont have the background and right to say that they can. It was a good movie after all, I felt it was very dumb but now thinking about it makes the movie have more than one perspective to it.
“Lars and the Real Girl” was directed by Craig Gillespie, know for his work on “Mr. Woodcock”, and written by Nancy Oliver, writer and co-producer of the television series “Six Feet Under”. Lars and the real world was a comedy and drama followed the main character Lars who had a mental illness and believed that a human size doll was his girlfriend. The film uses very subtle comedy which some people may not enjoy but other may like more. I believe that the message being communicated is one of acceptance and healing. Lars lived a secluded life where no one cared about him till one day his mental illness manifested in Bianca and people started to worry. The spiritual message that I get from this movie is that God’s love is real and better than everything else. In this world we try to find love and satisfaction in the wrong places: like Lars. He tried to find love from a doll because he had nothing else but when he started to have feeling for Margo, a real human who he could have fun with and enjoy the company of, he realized how mediocre his relationship with Bianca was. The same way we should open our eyes and realize we can find real love from God.
“Lars and the Real Girl” is a comedy and drama movie directed by Craig Gillespie. Lars, played by Ryan Gosling, is a guy who was always the outcast and never got along with anyone, not even his family. He was always the odd one out. I think the humor and reality of this movie is what catches the audience’s attention. Lars is an anti-social person and never really had true friends. However, one day he tells his siblings that he met someone named Bianca. What they don’t know until they have dinner with Lars and Bianca is that she is a life like doll that he just ordered from the Internet. When his siblings tell Lars to go to the doctor, the doctor tells him that this delusion is a result of Lars’ own anti-social and bizarre behavior. The doctor then tells the family to pretend that the doll is real and that Bianca is a real person. I believe that this film portrays the idea that no one really likes being alone and that everyone will do anything to make for it. Everyone needs somebody to make them happy in life and to get somewhere in life. I believe that you can get nowhere when you’re alone. We all need someone to keep us sane and help us get through life. I think that this film is aimed at the older audience, but is mainly pointing out the message of relationships. After watching this movie, it made me think of how God gave us so many people in our lives; family, friends and others to help us. He gave us other people so that we can be happy and be complete. Even though this film seemed weird and awkward at first, I liked the message that it portrayed.
Lars and the real girl is a movie writtedn by Nancy Oliver. It is a movie about Lars a guy who is about thirty in the outside but is still a baby in the inside. For Lars getting a fake doll and giving her life that was something normal, that would be something that most kids would do. Lars just needed matherly love from the beginning. He just never felt loved and that kind of formed his personality through out his life. When Lars got Bianca, his artificial girlfriend everyone started to panic and immediately look for solution but the solution was under their nose. They just had to show Lars that they love him with his own way ( not hugging or touching him). At first everyone acts awkward but then they see the beauty of it. This movie is reccomended for everyone but i doubt the young people will get the point of it. The message that is behind everything is that we are all different and we all have our own ways of being happy and no one can really change that. So for Lars that was normal and he was expecting a normal reaction from everyone else. God designed us to be unique, to have our own beliefs and thoughts, to be able to express our selves differently. Thats what this movie portrays. God has given us something unique to makes us feel safe and comfortable. For Lars it was Bianca, for Karin was Gus so who are we to judge? The lesson Bianca taught him (and the rest of us) was that even a silent, immobile lover whose consciousness and will are entirely under our own control-the blank-slate dreamlover many of us have at least secretly longed for-will eventually lose the ability to satisfy us. Just when we have no chance of being hurt, we indeed will be hurt.
Lars and the Real Girl is a comedy/drama that was written by Nancy Oliver and directed by Craig Gillespie. Lars, the main character is a lonely man that buys a life size doll and makes it his girlfriend. His awkward character adds humor to the movie and attracts the audience but it also makes the audience have sympathy for him. People that feel alone or socially awkward might be able to relate to Lars. Lars creates a fake girlfriend because he has difficulty forming real relationships with others and it is not till his sister reaches out to him that he is able to form real friends. This movie is a message to others that we should always make people feel welcome and accepted. The church members that Karin requested help of were hesitant at first but after asking themselves what Jesus would do they agreed to help Lars, no matter how socially awkward he may be. This could be compared to how God reaches out to all kind of people. God does not discriminate on the people He helps, just like the church members learned to do. Because of this, Lars eventually became interested in a real girl. The story of Lars and the Real Girl teaches others to care about each other and that relationships are an essential part of life.
February 15, 2011
Having been introduced to another great movie, I have found lars and the real girl to be a wonderful tale concerning identity management and tolerance. Many people have exerted wondrous effort into this film (obviously), there names being Nancy Oliver, Craig Gillespie, Sarah Aubrey, John Cameron, Sidney Kimmel, and many others. An interesting technique this film uses is relating to insecurities some people are likely to possess; for instance, some individuals do not feel comfortable around socially natural people, thus they prefer to live in their own private world so to speak. In addition, I can personally relate to this movie as I have had many close acquaintances in the past, yet to others, they are not seen as anything beyond a contrary perspective. Others may view the primary message as “a lesson regarding tolerance within communities everywhere.” I, on the other hand, believe my interpretation is the correct view because the world interacts differently nowadays, so with each generation learning the ways of internet communication and such, we feel more inclined(and comfortable) to remain in the safety of our homes instead of exploring the outside world, away from our comfort zones. Personally, I believe the people that made this movie had spirituality in mind when making it; the film shares a rational and informative view of what is incorrect with society today, just as how most religious communities are unable to accept things that do not coincide with tradition. What I can interpret is this: the “norms” of society are what most people accept in their lives regardless of backgrounds and/or predispositions, yet when a new message, idea, etc. is shared with the world, most become skeptical and disown it from said “norms”, similar to how the Seventh-day Adventists are regarded as a cult by others simply because our form of protestant Christianity can almost be considered irregular compared to others.
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Lars and the Real Girl was a film written by Nancy Oliver and directed by Craig Gillespie. It’s a comedic drama that came out in October of 2007. One technique that really caught my attention was the background music; it was very appealing to me for some reason. But also the awkwardness of the entire film is just interesting to watch for viewers. I think people that have been in a situation similar to this one, that Gus and Karen were in, might understand the movie differently for somebody like me that’s just an average viewer watching the movie. I believe the message being communicated is that everyone is different and has their own special ways, which we need to learn to accept. God made us all the way He wanted us to be made. Just as the entire town accepted Lars, we need to learn to accept the “outsiders” in life. God tells us to love and accept everyone, and even if we don’t notice it, we judge people a lot subconsciously or consciously. God wants us to love each other and accept everyone as they are. It’s a huge thing that the world needs to fix, and Lars shows us it can be done in this film.
Released in 2007 and Directed by Craig Gillespie (known for a tv show called United States of Tara “which isn’t that great”) Lars and the real girl was a unique film for sure. I was surprised to find that this was a touching and humorous relationship driven drama while at the same time dorky. Lars is a man who also happens to be super lonely. He orders a life size sex doll and goes on to make a companion of her. He takes her to parties, to church, to family dinners, anywhere you name, he took “her”. A psychiatrist tells the family that the best thing they can do for him is to accept his delusion until he works through whatever is causing it. They relay that to the townspeople, who go along with it. As a result, Lars’s “girlfriend” is completely accepted by the town. Intended for all audiences, being young or old, female or male. Everyone will get a kick out it. The Director uses the craziness that we all have and think about, and he puts that craziness to life. Getting our attention and also our affection towards the movie. I would recommend this movie to anyone who likes quirky /funny films.
Lars and the Real Girl was released in 2007 and directed by Craig Gillespie. The main character is Lars and its played by the mayor hottie Ryan Gosling. He portrays a shy and awkward man in his early 30s who gets a girlfriend which is a doll from the internet. The creative techniques the creators used in this film are humor and relationships but mainly the awkwardness in the situation is a way of attraction for a bigger audience. The message of the movie is how we need love in our lives. We need that special attention and care only love can bring us, not only from boyfriends or girlfriends but also from your parents and family. As humans we are so vulnerable we need support and knowledge that someone is there for us to give us that comfort and encouragement we need to feel complete. That is why this message is being communicated, to create awareness that even though we are individuals we still need others in our lives to be completely happy. Finally, this film says about our view of God that we need his love and how in a society we need to function in a way to understand others. For example, there’s a scene when they’re at a church meeting deciding what to do with the situation and the priest says “What Would Jesus Do?”.
The film “Lars and the Real Girl” was directed by Craig Gillespie and was released in 2007. This movie’s genre is comedy and drama. The creative technique that was used to attract the audience was the awkwardness throughout the movie. Lars’s, played by Ryan Gosling, awkward character adds humor and makes the audience have sympathy for him because he is anti-social. Depending on each individual, a person might understand that Lars is a dorky, stupid, and someone with a mental illness because he talks to the life size doll which is his girlfriend named Bianca. Others may view it differently such as Lars needs help and support from his family and friends, thus audiences can see him with warmth, kindness, and caring hearts. The message of this movie is that each individual is different and special with their own ways of creating happiness. The spiritual message is God created each of us differently. We need to learn to accept and love everyone including foreigners/outsiders because that is how God treats us. Through this movie and through God, they both teach us to care about each other especially the relationship among family, friends, church people and others.
Lars and the Real Girl
This movie was directed by Craig Gillespie. Some of the creative techniques used in this movie would seem to be the oddity of this movie. The movie is a about an awkward man who is twenty seven and hasn’t really had any luck the ladies. He lives in a garage outside of his brother and sister-in-laws house – which he owns half of. It seems like there are people trying to maybe pressure him a little into finding some girl to date. One day a package comes in the mail for Lars and it’s an life sized doll. Immediately Lars “falls in love” with it begins to take her everywhere and he talks with her. Some may see this movie as a comedy that portrays the life of maybe a lonely awkward nerd but in fact I think it shows some very interesting aspects about our lives and the relationships we have or don’t have with others. I think this message is trying to portray these messages through a comedy that may seem a little far fetched because maybe it’s easier for people to see the points. Right off the bat Lars is very dedicated to his new “girl”and that’s something that really caught my attention. He may seem that he is very closed up and quiet in the beginning but once he gets his new friend he begins to open up. He seems much happier and has a better outlook on life. The main message that this movie said about God in my opinion is thinking about “what would Jesus do?” Many times in life we look down on other people because they may seem different or like Lars, something wasn’t really connected straight in his brain, but we should really try to connect with these people and show them the power of Jesus’ love.
Written by Nancy Oliver and directed by Craig Gillespie, Lars and the Real Girl is a movie about a young man who begins a relationship with the one of the most unusual partners, an inflatable doll. At the start of the movie, Lars is shown to be a lonely person until he decides to buy his girlfriend online. When they first see Bianca, the doll, people take it as a joke and are obviously shocked. But soon, the community and church members see past the differences that Lars and his girlfriend have and eventually come to accept them. Having Bianca with him helps Lars to become more social and participate more in things that he normally wouldn’t have. By the end of the movie, Lars had taken an interest in a real girl and has put Bianca behind him. Lars’ time spent with Bianca helped him overcome his difficulties and change for the better, even though it was an unusual way of doing it. I think this movie is an example of how God doesn’t look at the cover of the book, but instead looks inside.
The movie “Lars and the Real Girl” written by Nancy Oliver is a comedy about a man and a life size doll. The movie is all about a man named Lars who has problems socializing with others so he ends up order a real size doll on the internet for himself. The movie grabs the attention on the audience by the comedy that it showed throughtout the movie and some adult content to show his emotionless life. The message different people can take after viewing the movie is that people need to have friends. That they need to have a social life and everyone needs to be considerate when a situation like this occurs. One example that was displayed in the movie was when the town got involved and wanted to help Lars and his relationship with the doll. Another message can be that when someone needs help, that everyone needs to help be a son of the Lord and help them just like he would like. The reason why this movie communicates these message is because today in our society there are many problems with people but we just ignore them. We feel like its not our job tohelp because it’s not our life. On the contrary, we need to help those in need, so when they are all better they can do the same for others. Overall the movie brings a good message for everyone as the movie comes to an end. The reson why is because the community help out Lars and help him get rid of the relationship with the plastic doll. The overall spiritual message that coukd be said is that everyine needs to have a relationship. That in this word no one can be unsocial. That God made a society for a reason and that everyone needs to be surrounded with one another. To act like brothers and sisters to help when they need the help, just as Jesus did when we committed all the sins, he was there for us, and how he still is.