In this exercise, I chose my four favorite movies and arranged each movie with six poetic elements. The six poetic elements are plot, character, idea, dialogue, spectacle, and music. As I was rearranging the six categories with my four movies, I realized several similarities to the genres of movies with the poetic elements.
To give an example, Spider-Man (2002) is a character-driven movie. The movie expands on the main character’s personal development as a superhero. Throughout the movie Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) starts to understand his responsibility as a superhero by fighting against Norman Osborn/Green Goblin (. The main plot of the movie is reassured when both Peter Parker and Norman Osborn find out about their superpowers, which creates a cause-effect chain throughout the movie. Both characters struggle to fight for supremacy and this led to Norman Osborn’s demise as he kills himself at the end of the movie. …show more content…
Back to The Future focuses on the ability to change your future, which is the emphasized as the main theme of the movie. The main character, Marty McFly, accidentally travels back to the year 1955, where he accidentally meets his parents. By meeting his parents he creates a catastrophe in the space-time continuum. Throughout the movie, Marty McFly focuses on fixing the problems which he made in 1955 to prevent unprecedented events from occurring as he travels back to the future. Furthermore, the dialogue is used consistently in the movie. Marty McFly spent most of his time talking to his parents from the past to ensure McFly fixes his mistakes. As the movie ends, McFly soon realizes the appreciation of his life and chooses the make good decisions in the
To give an example, Spider-Man (2002) is a character-driven movie. The movie expands on the main character’s personal development as a superhero. Throughout the movie Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) starts to understand his responsibility as a superhero by fighting against Norman Osborn/Green Goblin (. The main plot of the movie is reassured when both Peter Parker and Norman Osborn find out about their superpowers, which creates a cause-effect chain throughout the movie. Both characters struggle to fight for supremacy and this led to Norman Osborn’s demise as he kills himself at the end of the movie. …show more content…
Back to The Future focuses on the ability to change your future, which is the emphasized as the main theme of the movie. The main character, Marty McFly, accidentally travels back to the year 1955, where he accidentally meets his parents. By meeting his parents he creates a catastrophe in the space-time continuum. Throughout the movie, Marty McFly focuses on fixing the problems which he made in 1955 to prevent unprecedented events from occurring as he travels back to the future. Furthermore, the dialogue is used consistently in the movie. Marty McFly spent most of his time talking to his parents from the past to ensure McFly fixes his mistakes. As the movie ends, McFly soon realizes the appreciation of his life and chooses the make good decisions in the