Not Quite Random Shots

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=120 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="026dba33.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.frodolivesin.us/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.frodolivesin.us/"><U><IMG SRC="02491330.jpg" border=0 width="145" height="51" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>     |   </FONT>  <A HREF="http://www.frodolivesin.us" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.frodolivesin.us"><U>home</U></A> |  back to  <A HREF="http://www.frodolivesin.us/nonlotr/id102.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.frodolivesin.us/nonlotr/id102"><U>Observing Jonathan</U></A></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Not Quite Random Shots</B>   |   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Profiles of Jonathan"><U>Profiles of Jonathan</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id13.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Vulnerability"><U>Vulnerability</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="First Looks"><U>First Looks</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=360 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="0c96e403.jpg"> <div> Not Quite Random Shots</div> <bR> <bR> <div> These are random in that they're all the product of a fly-by screencapping: hitting the "capture" button whenever Elijah's on-screen rather than going frame-by-frame. They're not quite random in that I've picked out shots that I think get us "inside" Jonathan especially well. </div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="0e5e00c0.gif" border=0 width="480" height="12" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Visit to Grandmother</div> <bR> <div> I <I>love </I>the relationship between these two individuals. Neither of them are much for talking or for openly sharing emotions, but the love between them is palpable. This scene is a jewel of elwoodian acting, and it's all summed up in this one frame: </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0db20c30.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="451" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> (How <I>does </I>he do that?)</div> <div> ________________________________________</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0dc20c30.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="451" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0dd20c30.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="451" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0de20c40.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="452" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0df20c30.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="451" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0e020c30.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="451" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> (Even if he does end up taking... well, you know...)</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0e120c30.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="451" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0e5e00c0.gif" border=0 width="480" height="12" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Meeting Alex</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0cb20c40.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="452" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0cc20c40.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="452" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> A touch of horror as Jonathan recognizes his name (mangled as it is)?</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="10620c30.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="451" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0d020c40.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="452" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> This part of the scene makes me think of George Bailey's statement when he meets Clarence - something along the lines of "Yeah, you <I>look </I>like the kind of guardian angel I'd get."</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0d120c30.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="451" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0d220c20.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0d320c30.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="451" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Some acceptance... or surrender?</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0d420c40.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="452" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0d520c40.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="452" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0e5e00c0.gif" border=0 width="480" height="12" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> The Potato Incident</div> <bR> <div> This scene does take place in the book, with a slow build-up of laughter until everyone is laughing uproariously. But it takes on a different slant in the movie because of the way movie-Jonathan is developed as a character.  Book-Jonathan is almost a non-character (purposely, I believe) and we don't get to know much about his personality. Emotionally repressed Jonathan with his supply of plastic bags exists only in the movie. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0e620c30.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="451" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0e720c20.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0e820c30.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="451" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0e920c30.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="451" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0ea20c30.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="451" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0eb20c40.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="452" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0ec20c30.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="451" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0ed20c30.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="451" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0ef20c30.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="451" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0f020c30.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="451" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> A great shot here - just like the pen in <I>2001</I>!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0f120c30.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="451" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0e5e00c0.gif" border=0 width="480" height="12" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> What I like about this shot is that it shows Jonathan as completely engaged.  He <I>does </I>have a passion - it's just an unusual one... </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0f220c30.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="451" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0f320c30.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="451" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0f420c30.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="451" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> ...and one that he probably hasn't shared much with anyone outside his family. He seems concerned about how Alex might respond. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0f520c40.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="452" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0f620c30.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="451" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0f720c30.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="451" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0e5e00c0.gif" border=0 width="480" height="12" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Grandfathers</div> <bR> <div> This is the scene with Alex asking Jonathan if he thinks Grandfather is "distressed". It's interesting that Jonathan's response is to take out the picture of his own grandfather.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0f920c20.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0fa20c20.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0fb20c20.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0fc20c20.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0fd20c20.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0fe20c20.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0ff20c20.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="10020c20.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="10120c20.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="10220c20.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="10320c20.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0e5e00c0.gif" border=0 width="480" height="12" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> I just happened to catch this parallel when I was saving those final frames. Elijah described Jonathan as someone who has an entire world going on inside his head, and I think we see that here - as well as in a lot of the other frames on this page.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="858" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#FFFBF0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#FFCC66" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFFCC > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFCC HEIGHT= 303 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="10490250.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="293" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFCC><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="105900b0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="267" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id15_m.htm" TITLE="Not Quite Random Shots"><U><IMG SRC="0087d3c0.jpg" border=0 width="125" height="60" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> The background on this page is another riff on the windows of the Lutsk train station. </div> </td> </tr></table></body>