Since the inception of Star Wars, fans have dreamed of traveling to a galaxy far, far, away. Unfortunately for them, the movies' planets are fictional but, the good news is, most are portrayed by very real locations, many of which are also among the most stunning destinations on Earth. Here are three more must-see locales from the latest movie, Episode VII: The Force Awakens. Skellig Michael, Ireland…
The book was a very interesting and informational read. The main character’s name is Sudhir, who was a student at the University of Chicago. Sudhir was a sociology student who wanted to research the projects and find out about the harsh conditions the people there deal with. The first time he goes looking for information he stumbles upon a high-rise building that seems to be deserted. Sudhir soon finds out that the building is in fact filled with people.…
I watched the "Cool hand Luke". When I watched this movie, I admired the rebellious spirit mind that Luke is a main character had. Especially, it is the scene where he breaks out of prison many times. He didn't lose the authority of prison guards and society.…
The dynamics within a group can change depending on who has the most power. In the film Unforgiven, certain characters take up a leadership role in their specific group. Set in the town of Big Whiskey, a pair of cowboys starts trouble when they cut up a prostitute named Delilah. Since they were not given a fair punishment for their crime, the group of prostitutes, led by Alice, decides to take revenge into their own hands. A reformed killer, Will Munny, decides to go after he cowboys with his partner Ned Logan and the Schofield Kid.…
Fighting, that's all Max Vanderburg knew to do. First with the other kids on the street, then he was fighting his way through Germany to get to the Hubermann family. Then he was fighting to stay alive battling hunger, sickness, and his own curiosity. So air raid sirens go off he must go upstairs and peer through the window to see what the outside world looks like. Then His Final battle is with himself, he's been fighting to stay alive throughout his life but never as intensely as he is doing it in the concentration camps and when liesel comes around to find him in the parade he lets his guard down and hugs her, that's when life punches him back.…
Multidimensional Analysis of Dicky’s Behavior in THE FIGHTER In the multidimensional approach, there are three basic elements that impact a person’s behavior, which are the person, environment, and time dimensions. Within each of the basic elements exists multiple dimensions, such as physical environment, biological, event time, and communities (Hutchsion, p. 10, 2012). The multidimensional approach can be used to analyze an individual in a movie by how certain factors can affect a person’s behavior. For this assignment, Dicky from the film The Fighter, will be analyzed on how the person and environment dimension impacts his behavior.…
The Giant’s fighting scene from Spike Lee’s Mo’s better blues is a really interesting scene in terms of lighting scheme, camera composition, etc. The sequence opens with an establishing master shot #1 of Giant going to the restroom. Shot #2 is a medium close up shot of Giant. Behind him are two men peeking from the stalls. This foreshadows the trouble Giant might be facing.…
Enslaved or Empowered Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi (1983) is part of an iconic franchise and includes the infamous slave Leia. When Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher) is captured by Jabba the Hutt she is forced to wear a metal bikini while chained to Jabba himself. Earlier this year Disney was rumored to be taking the slave Leia merchandise off store shelves.…
I chose the film Gettysburg because it provides a great overview of the battle of Gettysburg. Gettysburg is a 1993 American war film. The film tells the story of the battle between the Union and confederate armies during the Civil War. The movie made sure to capture each day of the battle, which lasted three days. I was kind of confused at first because the film had no clear protagonist and antagonist.…
As many people grow up and age or have major events happen in their life they begin to grow up or mature. This has people develop a respect for certain things or a sense of dignity for themselves. It helps them make better choices in life. Scott O’Dell uses man versus self as a form of conflict in his novel, The Black Pearl, to show how Ramon starts to grow through realizations in his life and how others act to him and how others react around him. This establishes a sense of growing up and maturity for Ramon.…
Gettysburg (1993) eventually became difficult to sit through. The movie started off strong and fell short as the production dragged on for a duration of four-and-one-quarter hours. Through the contents of Gettysburg, we follow a story that spans a full three days, which aligns with the plot line of the book The Killer Angels, by Michael Shaara. From the beginning, Gettysburg makes a point to align itself with factual historical figures, but misrepresents or ignores important aspects of the real happenings from which it claims to draw source.…
The Great Debaters, was an eye-catching, thrilling, and riveting movie that had me stuck to the edge of my seat. It consisted of unique subplots, dialogue, and actors. It’s the ideal movie for those who would like to learn more about the brutal discrimination towards African Americans in the 1930s. The film included many great actors such as Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Nate Parker, and more. These performers did a phenomenal job at playing their roles with such compassion and diligence.…
The movie scene opens with a close-up shot focusing on the bold words March 9th, 1852 “Gold Coin Fifty Day Robbing Spree”, the camera slowly zooms out, having the picture focus perfectly on a gentleman’s frown. Reaching for his freshly poured water the man crumbles the newspaper fast out of frustration. Detective Henry Goober hasn’t received much sleep since the day he almost caught Gold Coin. The camera cuts to the train moving fast in motion with scenery of mountains off in the distance. The diegetic sound of rain hitting the window increases in volume with the reflection of Henry looking outside showing his despair and regret of that day.…
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Movie Review The movie that we chose for this assignment is Big Daddy. This movie is about a 30-year-old man, Sonny decided to adopt a five-year-old child, Julian, in order to prove to his girlfriend that he is not a useless man and he is able to deal with adults’ challenges and responsibilities like others do (Maslin, 1999). There are a lot of bonding sessions between Sonny and Julian whereby Julian starts to learn social interaction from his ‘daddy’.…
n combination with costume, Stromberg also uses setting in these three scenes in order to allow the audience to identify the significant change in Maleficent 's personality before, during and after the lose of her wings. Through the use of setting, the audience can physically feel the change and this causes them to see the effect that the actions of the characters have had on their personalities. The beginning scene sets up our identification of the Moors as ‘good’ and the heaven of the two settings. When the audience views an establishing shot of the Moors, we can see golden sunshine illuminating the green, luscious forests and a castle that is present in the foreground of the shot. Stromberg has used these colours in this scene as it allows…