Republic of the Philippines

Eulogio “Amang” Rodriguez

Institute of Science and Technology
Nagtahan, Sampaloc, Manila

College of Education

Name: Ronalyn P. Magno

Course/Major: Bachelor of Secondary Education Major in Filipino
Professor: Centrey L. Ramos

THE LITTLE PRINCE

(MOVIE REVIEW)

OBJECTIVES
 Identify the different socio-emotional in the movie.
 Know the importance of every milestone.
 Know how a child thinks.

INTRODUCTION

The film relates the story of the book using stop motion animation,
which is woven into a computer-animated framing narrative about a
young girl who has just met the book’s now-elderly aviator narrator,
who tells her the story of his meeting with the Little Prince in the
Sahara desert. The film’s animation was provided by studio Mikros
Image.
 The film premiered on 22 May 2015 at the 68 th Cannes Film Festival
in an out-of-competition screening, followed by a wide release in
France on 29 July by Paramount Pictures. The film was originally set
to be released in theatres across the United States on 18 March 2016
before being dropped due to budget get cuts; Netflix later acquired
the US distribution rights and released it on 5 August 2016.

CONTENT

Mothers’ love is unconditional, sometimes the way mothers express their love to
their children is unacceptable from the perspective of the children. The child
taught that his mother is stopping him to grow on his own. Sometimes the mother
expresses her love to her child is like a computer game. It controls the children’s
dream and life because the mother taught him, he can’t still isn’t able to do it on
his own. The child’s physical development is developing, in the movie, there is a
scene where the little girl falls from the tree. Their muscles are not ready yet for
heavy activity. I remember when I was three years old my mother told me that I
always fell from our sofa that’s why I have many bruises on my legs. I always
jump off the chair and always running outside in our house, that is normal but the
consequence of my action before is seen until now in my body. I always carry the
chair to another place that is my exercise for my bones. In the movie, the little girl
have bruises in her hands because he step on the wrong branches.

The little girls mother is controlling her life because her mother taught she have a
better plans for her kid not knowing that her plan can ruin her socio-emotional
development. In the movie, the little girl doesn’t have any friends because of her
lifetime schedule. She doesn’t have a time to socialize and play outside which is
wrong for a toddler, every toddler should have a chance to socialize and have
their own life. They need to play outside so they when they grow up they know
 how to adjust in their surroundings. Because of the lifetime schedule that her
mother gave her, she doesn’t have time to make friends that is why when she
first met the old guy living besides their house, she is kind to be rude and not
sociable even though the old guy approaches her first. My mother told me that
when I am five years old I have so many childhood friends that until now I am
friends with them. My mother allows me to explore things on my own, even that
exploring turns into a disaster like I always out a balance in my bicycle but it is
okay because my friends always help me to learn to bicycle faster. I am sociable
like I make friends even I just meet that girl I make friends with her and ask her
to join me on my play.

The highlight of the movie for me is the scene where the little prince forgot
everything and didn’t h a chance to return to his planet. Being a toddler our
cognitive development is the most important for every child. It is a way of thinking
and remembering things, we tend to do things when we are young but when we
have our thinking when we already know what we are doing, we tend to realize
that we don’t have a memory from the past. Like my mother always told me that
when I was a kid I always forgot how to read and write my name even though
she teach me many times. In the movie the little prince forgot all his memories
but the little girl helps him to remember them all and suddenly when he is back to
his planet, he is already late because the rose whom he loves already gone. He
says that even the rose is not physically there with him, the rose is always in his
heart and mind. He will never forget all his memories again.

(CITATION/REFERENCES)

https://www.facebook.com/heibeiby.tgod/videos/185815075485106/
CONCLUSION

The little prince movie make me realize a lot of things. Many children and
teenager in this generation is controlled by their parents because their parents
taught that their children’s plans aren’t better than their plans. Our parents loves
us but they way they love us is different, they sometimes shout at us because we
did wrong, cry for us because they feel sad about our problems. They love us
unconditionally and they always know the best for us even though we think that
their plans is ruining us but when we grew older, we will realize that they are right
and the taught of “sana nakinig ako sa magulang ko” will pop up in our minds.
We will be thankful to them for giving us a better plan that in the first place we
taught it will ruin us but definitely give us a better future. Love your parents
because you don’t know when is their timings. Always show respect and obey
them because they know what is the best for you.