Second Impression- Moonrise Kingdom

My initial feelings were clearly rooted in my confusion. Society tends to be uncomfortable with things that don't follow specific guidelines. But in the film, there is intent in every choice the director makes, and all the subtleties in the movie are meant to convey something. What seemed to me like random and unnecessary scenes, had allegorical implications that I would not have picked up on in my initial viewing, or at all in all honesty. I like how in all the shots throughout the film the camera follows the characters, and focuses in on them. They are always the focal point in each shot. It makes the audience more involved. In this movie the children flee, as outsiders in their day to day lives. They flee and go to a place that completely separates them from what they are, who controls them. It is beyond an escape, it is a place where they are no longer outsiders, no longer labeled as "unstable", or "troubled." There are no longer restrictions on their lives. This movie also defines home not as a structure but as an individual. Sam and Suzy are each other's home in a sense, as is Huck and Jim. They're most comfortable on the run, fleeing than in a stationary place. In all of the material we have covered in class, children are the protagonists for lack of a better word. The adults are made a mockery of, and the children assume roles that exceed their ages. Children are put on a pedestal. So what does that necessarily mean? That adults are corrupted? Maybe adults aren't meant to have authority at the level they do, because in all the material we've covered the adults aren't accountable Children see past the adults, and have an intuition about their motives. Suzy recognizes that her mother is having an affair, and John sees the preacher, not as his step father, but as someone who threatens the safety of him and his sister. Children are outsiders to the adult world but have a clear perception of it.