Wet Hot American Summer SUCKS! The whole show is a joke, and I think the director meant for this to be. The sad part is is that in the making of this show, the screenplay writers tried WAYYY too hard to get a laugh out of you. The logistics of Wet Hot American Summer confuses me. The camp counselors are supposed to be 18-19 years old, but they are played by a bunch of 40+ year old beer bellied ugly people who wear wigs.
The angles at which each scene is shot are vertical and still. There is no sense of realism, due to the fact that throughout the first episode, there is no intimacy with the camera on any one person. The viewers never get the chance to connect with any characters, counselors nor the campers, because of these camera choices, or lack thereof. One positive about Wet Hot American Summer is that each shot is filmed in an extremely crisp form. The lighting is continuously provided by natural sunlight and natural sunlight only. This brings the show a different vibe than the average Netflix Original episode. Like some of the shots are very dark and gloomy because the clouds are out or it is getting close to night time, and in other shots like morning or mid day shots the camera angles and the light reflect so beautifully on the actors/ actresses faces and hair.
Sitting on my bed bored out of my mind, I try and notice all the miniscule details in this not so interesting show in order to stay intrigued in what I’m seeing. I came to the conclusion that this show is NOT for girls like me. This show is for guys. Guys that are immature and well yeah.. Just immature little dweebs. Wet Hot American Summer put most of their focus on the guys camp experience. The jokes that are made are total 8th grade boy jokes about dumb and immature things.
Oh My Goodness!!! Okay total change of mind here! Bladley FREAKING Cooper is in this show. So, therefore I like the show Wet Hot American Summer. At least now I have some eye candy to look at. The director probably cast an actor like Bradley Cooper in here due to the fact that I just stated. Hot guys attract girls, and up to this point I was half asleep, BUT when I saw this hot, fun, and active character all my energy resurged from within.
Now reflecting back on the show, I do recall one scene where one could relate to. When coming to a new place with new people one may come across the feelings of awkwardness or loneliness, and in the show this exact thing happens with one of the campers, but then the camper ends up meeting a counselor who becomes his best friend. There is one takeaway in this show that I figured out. People can be deceiving and overall, don’t judge a book by its cover.
It kind of sounds to me like you don't understand the background of the show. First, it's meant to be a satire of teen comedies and secondly, the netflix series "first day of camp" was made as a prequel to a 2001 film which is why the actors are much older than expected.
ReplyDeleteThis post seemed to be like a stream of consciousness as you watched the episode. This can be an interesting approach to writing (I think of James Joyce's writing here), however I feel like in a blog where you need to have some sort of purpose to writing to keep your audience engaged, this approach might not work as well. Without some sort of thesis or direction stated at the beginning, it's hard to tell where you are going with this post. It might be helpful to initially write out the post like this as a brainstorming tool or rough draft but then go back and refine it more for a final polished published version.
ReplyDeleteI disagree and I thought this show was very good. I thought that the writers did a good job making it comical and entertaining. The camera angles could have been shot better with different angles throughout the episode to make us able to connect with the characters more. I totally agree that Bradley Cooper makes the show worth watching. Overall, I think this is pretty good for a Netflix original
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