The Color of Paradise: Reflection

Unfortunately, I was not able to do research before viewing this movie due to time restraints. However, the Color of Paradise was indeed a good film. It was an emotional roller coaster at times but did have some great scenes. In summary, the Color of Paradise is about a blind Iranian boy whose father neglects him. His grandmother and sisters however find him very entertaining and treat him no differently. His father eventually grows selfish and falls in love with a woman. He gives the woman and her family all he give and fails to mention that he is a father to a blind boy (He doesn't mention his blind son in the chance that the woman's family does not approve). Months later, his father sends his son away to become a carpenter, later realizing he had made a terrible mistake. He goes back to bring his son home, and on the way back something tragic happens to the young boy.

All of students in my class didn't think the Color of Paradise was a very good movie. I personally think this is because the older a movie is, the less adolescents tend to appreciate them. The Color of Paradise is somewhat of an older movie, and does require a bit of attention. Although, none of that seemed to bother me and I found that this film had many lessons that most of could learn from. It shows that greed and selfishness has and will never get us anywhere. It also proves that everyone is equal, despite their differences. I really enjoyed how the film ended as well, even though it was a bit depressing.

Eariler in the movie, the blind boy mentions that God must not love him because he has chosen for him to blind. He says that he is constantly reaching out into the open air in hopes to feel God, but never does. At the end of the movie all of this is proven differently, in a very clever way.