For this week’s final adaptation we take a look at the film Ex-Machina and it is not one to disappoint. In the completion of the film I was left with an abundance of food for thought on modern day problems concerning humanity, gender, religion, and knowledge. Starting with my overall view of the film I was left with feelings of unease from beginning to end. The general concept of creating a machine whose able to pass as a human is somewhat difficult to grasp when the machine is given human characteristics such as Ava. The reason being for me stems from my belief that humanity is immeasurable and in a society where social constructs dominate in order to classify or categories us all that's a hard pill to swallow.…
Adolescence is a time of intense physical, cognitive, social and emotional development and growth. It is a time of testing family and societal boundaries in order to find one’s own identity and to better understand one’s self. The film Dazed and Confused is made up of a cast of teenage kids exploring the issues of friendships, juvenile delinquency and family dynamics. From the perspective of developmental psychology this film is full of examples of the way adolescents navigate the changes that occur within their relationships and lives during this period of development. The three developmental-psychological principles depicted in this film which are being analyzed in this paper are parent-adolescent conflict, peer groups and juvenile delinquency.…
Caitlin McGregor English 1010-005 20 November 2015 Professor Lupo The Unorthodox, Violent Film of 1994 The Miramax film, Pulp Fiction (1994) is considered a crime drama directed and produced by Quentin Tarantino, this label does not even begin to describe this outstanding, unorthodox film. From the beginning and in the end of Pulp Fiction it does a fundamental job with the same scene which includes: Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, and guns. In this scene, the viewer gets a little bit of comedy, action, and the death of the more criminal criminals.…
I can connect with Daigo in the movie Departures, he found out his calling was to be a funeral director and I feel like that was also a career path I would like to follow. I connected emotionally with this movie but I also learned many aspect of other cultures. I did not realize how much different the American way of preparing a body can be from the Japanese way. Some parts of the movie can be connected with different chapter of the textbook Death, Society, and the Human Experience.…
The movie The Incredible Hulk produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Universal Pictures; evidently shows a superhero whose special abilities become more of a disadvantage rather than an advantage. The incredible hulk, also known as Dr. Bruce Banner transforms into a green, monster-like creature when anger and rage overcome his body; furthermore completely evolving into this strong beast more than 3x his size. As many of Marvel’s previous superheroes have done well for society by fighting off villains or evil, yet this particular superhero did neither of those tasks: alternatively The Hulk uses his muscles and rage of angry to fight off his offenders. As the Hulk tries to retain his anger by finding ways to minimize his breakouts and…
Evil Dead is a reboot of the original 1981 movie under the same name. We follow a group of friends supporting a friend of theirs in his attempt to help his drug addict sister detox. To detox the sister the friends journey to a cabin in the middle of the forrest. Things go as far as expected as you possibly can imagine and we sit on the edge of our seats waiting to see how the story unfolds. One thing worth noting is that the movie used no CGI at all everything was practical effects.…
Living with addiction often results in cumulative of unpredictable and damaging behaviors that deeply affects family members. Over time these behaviors can make family members feel helpless, angry, and a sense of reality being turned upside down. In the film, When Love Is Not Enough there are many family problems surrounding the addict Bill Wilson. Lois, Bill’s wife experiences episodes of loneliness when Bill is out drinking and does not return home. Lois receives pity from her friends for having to deal with a drunk husband.…
One interesting scene is the kiss between Rita and Becca. They vent their frustrations over men before succumbing to a kiss. It suggests the stereotypes of married life, which is unexcited, boring and exhausted. Two women kissing is almost the opposite of the stereotype. As audiences, we can see the liberty of sexual orientation and women’s depression from marriage.…
This 1987 sexy, thriller film introduced a few characters to tell the story of a cheating husband and a crazy mistress. Fatal Attraction’s characters Dan Gallagher was the father of a six-year-old daughter, Ellen and was married to Beth Gallagher for nine years. The mistress, Alex Forrest played a sneaky, unstable, hot, single woman. The beginning of the movie portrays Alex to be calm and collective. Soon we find out how unstable and psychotic she really is.…
Two ideas are forced upon every single person. Taxes and death. Through the movie Stranger Than Fiction the audience follows Harold Crick, ironically an IRS auditor, who is forced to face his own fate. However, these are only the ideas posed on the screen. The underlying message stressed throughout this movie is the idea that time is precious and should not be taken for granted.…
Throughout the movie one learns about the struggles that Chris faced growing up, and the amazing experiences he had while accomplishing his grand Alaskan adventure. He had the courage to do what makes him happy, and stick with him not matter how hard it got. In the end he found what he was looking for, and got to complete his spiritual journey. Chris died on that journey, but along the way he touched so many people’s life. He was able to do something special, and be proud of that accomplishment.…
Both film stars’ image of modernity can be seen in their physicality, as well as their progressive portrayal of their bodies. Jeanne Moreau’s revolutionary new form of physicality that she expressed through her star persona, has lead her to be described by Guy Austin as a “red Woman.” For Austin, a red woman suggests a very frank and open relationship towards sex that was considered both threatening and indecent. Moreau came to occupy this image, due to her large role in the sexual liberation and awakening of the female in French society. Moreau portrayed sex and sexuality very candidly on film before from a uniquely feminine perspective while simultaneously presenting her body in a way that was typically not seen.…
The basic message of this movie is that sometimes, when being too nice and kind, it can make someone a pushover, and when they are different as well, people will be mean to them. It may not be good to be where one can’t say no to anything, however, in the end, it is better to be a kind person because there will always be someone that will be able see more than what is on the outside. Two point of views that could be seen within this movie is that of the protagonist Melanie, and that of Innocent as an illegal immigrant. In Melanie’s point of view, being nice is natural for her, but she takes it as a sense of extreme, either you are nice and do everything for everyone or you are “naughty” and are mean and nasty to everyone and every creature.…
Angele is Jane’s friend. Ricky will later become Jane’s romantic interest. This film is packed full of lustful relationships, blurred lines of morals, and unhealthy relationships. Lester develops lust for Angele. This intensifies after Lester over hears a conversation between Jane and Angele regarding Angele’s views of Lester.…
Dissociative Identity Disorder: A Study on Aaron Stampler in Primal Fear The movie Primal Fear explores the journey of defense attorney, Martin Vail, as he defends his client, Aaron Stampler. Aaron is charged with murdering the Archbishop of the Catholic Church in Chicago and appears to be just a young altar boy with a speech impediment.…