Film Synopsis of “Harold & The Purple Crayon” → Inside his book, adventurous Harold (Zachary Levi) can make anything come to life by simply drawing it. After he grows up and draws himself off the book’s pages and into the physical world … only soon – very soon Harold finds he has a lot to learn about real life!
He Learns All About Himself
The notion of relinquishing the confines of a fairy tale and confronting the realities of the world is a universal experience. Failing to prepare for the challenges of the real world can have severe consequences. The character Harold, conceived by a renowned author, prompts contemplation regarding the boundaries between reality and imagination. The film’s narrative is skillfully crafted, provoking introspection. Zachary Levi’s portrayal deserves particular praise. the way that he can create legendary characters, and they can stick with us throughout not only the entire film but long after as well. I don’t know if he has a kid’s mind, but he can play the role of a kid to a T and has a big, wide, happy smile while doing it as an adult. Roles like this fit and suit him like a glove!
Old Man! Old Man! Old Man!
Do we still call our parents these terms like in the good old days, “old man” and/or “old woman?” Now in society today these terms are referred to as terms of endearment when some people try to introduce their romantic partners to someone else as relevant and say this is my “ole lady” or this is my “ole man.” Well, in this case – the old man was Harold’s father, and he was the author of the book and thusly his father to him because he wrote him and created him as a character, but again I ask you when you watch the film, do you think that every character in the book and film was real? Harold wanted to see and meet his father; the man who loved him, cared for him, and gave him that magical crayon that could do so much for him and that bright imagination that he gave him to have and to do good things with!
Taking Flight …Soaring & Going to NEW Adventurous Heights!
Mel instantly connected to Harold and Moose. Kids are very resilient, but Mel was the kind that was not nerdy and awkward, but the one who was bullied and did not know how to fight back with the most powerful weapon we all have inside of us – and that is our mouths and next to that is a pencil and a piece of paper. NEVER let people see that they can get the better of you; if they do, they can prepare for you and find your weak spot and try to exploit it. Mel could bond with Moose and Harold for the simple fact that they behaved so much like fun and vibrant children and that was an instant trigger for Mel because that is all he wanted: friends and excitement and boy did that have one when something was drawn and the three of them soared in the air in it!
Illuminating Purple Remarks
I feel the film was suitable for all ages and all families and not a film just made for kids. As I stated in one of my earlier paragraphs, Zachary Levi is a fantastic actor and when he plays the Superhero SHAZAM! and any type of role where he gets to portray a child-like mind, he does it such flare and passion. It shows in his work and on the big screen. Sometimes we all need to let that little kid come out and hop back in that fantasyland that we love so much, but at the same time, we also need to know when to jump out of it and start lining again, too like Harold and going back to what is real and what we know!
