I believe a movie based on Finney’s story would not be as effective as the story itself because it is mainly about Tom, the main character, thinking to himself. The short story does not incorporate much speaking and dialogue. As stated in the Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket, it read, “He wished, then, that he had not allowed his wife to go off by herself tonight--- and on similar nights.” Thus, if this part was ever made into a film, the audience will never know Tom Benecke’s remorse for how he spent his life unless the movie was changed somehow.…
Everyone knows about the American movie business. Millions of dollars go into financing big movie projects just to entertain ourselves away from the real world, and millions of dollars are sent back in tickets to go see these films. Certainly, this business has been booming for the past one-hundred years, and we keep on fueling the fire. Movies aren’t just about entertainment only. Many films have become part of the American culture, and many films from the US show how Americans think and feel about certain trends or ideas.…
And the Oscar goes to Dwayne Johnson! I believe that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is a tremendous actor as he is able to act in a substantial amount of roles even if they are complete polar opposites such as a detective and a criminal. Despite not coming to fame as an actor for movies or television shows he was more known for his time in staged wrestling, WWF/WWE, earlier in his career. As Johnson has solidified his participation in the acting world it was obvious he is capable of mastering the three challenges of acting. One defining characteristic of roles that we play in life not movies are that they are genuine, this quality I believe Johnson has mastered fluidly.…
Vincent Price The man behind it all In the mid-20th century, movies from the 50’s and 60’s were simple and yet captivating with many different genera’s to choose from. Some of the films where adapted to fit stories and epic tales you might find and remember from older books and fables from the past. Some of the best films focused on the classical Greek periods, the medieval times, renaissance period’s old westerns and modern day flicks with a strange horror aspect in it.…
Surviving is a hard task. Movies, stories, T.V. series, and comics often show protagonists, whether they be a girl or a boy of a heroic genre, thriving through their conflicts. If noticed, most of these main characters meet an organization, group, or random people and fight along them. Although, why not by themselves? The reason is that knowing the presence of other people has a realistically less difficulty than being a lone wolf.…
The Triumph of the Will (1935) and Olympia (1936) are German propaganda films, directed by Leni Riefenstahl. Leni Riefenstahl was a German film director and propagandist for the Nazis. The films were created by Leni Riefenstahl in order to deliver the Nazi propaganda messages to the viewers and glorify Adolf Hitler as the savior of Germany. Also, the films were created because both films document the early days of the Nazi Party and its leader’s moments so that future generations could go back and see the power of the Nazi Party. This paper will explain how the director has used Nazi propaganda strategies in these films to deliver their propaganda messages.…
The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty (2013) was a film directed by Ben Stiller. This movie showcased a ‘blurred effect” which is shown in many ways using rhythm, cinematic graphics and CGI (Computer Generated Imagery).As a true American film, the graphics and animations are a key feature in the film, using elements of cinematography, such as diegetic/non diegetic sound, camera angles, movement and superimposition of text, he is creating this blurred effect which is betraying a dream or aspiration of Walter Mitty. Using these elements takes a lot of editing and time, after reviewing and looking back at the film he chose the right execution of elements to accomplish this. But what really stood out was that he could deliver the message he is trying…
Forever Strong Forever Strong is a sports drama directed by Ryan Little. The movie was written by David Piller and Dony west. The story has many important characters played by great actors.…
Clint Eastwood is considered a Hollywood legend. He has also been outspoken about his conservative views. He recently announced that he will be voting for Donald Trump in November. He stated that the reason he is supporting Donald Trump is because he is getting tired of political correctness. Clint has stated that political correctness is the reason people are walking on eggshells and afraid to say anything.…
Did you ever read a story then watch the movie? One of these stories is called “The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty. “ The story and the movie have many similarities and differences. One of the similarities both the story have and the movie is Walter daydreams.…
Charles Darwin once said “A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.” Everyone decides what they value their life as. There are lots of beliefs that human life should be assigned a monetary value. Other believe that the ill and sick people should have a lesser value of life. However, the human life should not be valued by anything other than morally and if there was to be put a monetary value, it should be on those that died and were the main source of income for a family.…
Life is too short for you not to go out and do whatever you have ever what to do in your life. What life is supposed to be about is joying everything and exploring every little bit of it as you can. The Bucket List directed by Rob Reiner and released on December 25, 2007 shows a great example of how life should be displayed. The Bucket List is a drama/comedy about two dying men who travel the world to try to discover their passion and joy in their lives. The two men used in this movie (Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson) to show the exploring of human nature.…
The Theory of Everything With Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking, James Marsh present us an amazing biography of this brilliant physicist. The plot is about the life of this famous physicist that is studying the creation of the universe, and he is trying to discover an equation that explains all about this creation. He lives at the university campus where he studies too. One day Stephen met Jane Wilde (Felicity Jones), a "medieval poetry of the Iberian peninsula" student. As you might spect, they like each other since the first time moment that they saw.…
In 1993, academy award winning actors Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington starred in the movie, Philadelphia, the first major motion picture to address the issue of HIV/AIDS (Howard, 2015). One intent of this movie was to highlight homophobia, the irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals ("Homophobia", 2016), in addition to highlighting the Nation's baseless fear of those infected with HIV/AIDS. These fears were fueled by a lack of education regarding the disease and resulted in intense discrimination against those with the disease. Hanks refers to the influence of this type of fear in his 2011 Yale Commencement address, "Fear twists facts into fictions that become indistinguishable from ignorance"…
Matt Damon Net Worth It is hard to make a list of Matt Damon’s cinematographic successes and achievements in the film industry. If we were to name the first movie that brought Damon his reputation as a great actor, it would probably be “Good Will Hunting” (1997), directed by Gus van Sant, where he starred next to the extraordinary Robin Williams (“The Dead Poets Society”), Ben Affleck (with whom Matt Damon co-wrote the script), and Stellan Skarsgård (“Breaking the Waves”). In the movie, Damon portrays a brilliant young man, with genius mathematical skills, that has yet to be discovered. The actor manages to give life to one of the most unforgettable characters in the cinematographic history.…