Movie Review Essay

The movie The Outsiders has departed from the book by changing my perspective of the plot, characters, main idea, and feelings for the ending. The first major departure from the book was when the first scene appeared showing Ponyboy writing, "When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie theatre..." A person who had not ever read the book before may be confused by this scene. But if you had read the book, you would know exactly what was happening now. The scene…

Oskar said that people tell him he’s odd and he was tested for Asperger’s. What symptoms did Oskar display that might be consistent with these terms? Oskar exhibits signs that he is a socially awkward child. It appears that he struggles to connect with other people unless they are able “to think like him.” The only meaningful and developed relationship Oskar appears to have is with his father at the beginning of the film. Furthermore, Oskar struggles to understand things that don’t have a…

Parenthood was a very rewarding movie to watch. This movie shows lots of different viewpoints of a family. Every family goes through their own set of problems and conflicts and this movie definitely shows that. I grew up in a family of people that truly loved each other. My family definitely had problems though. My sister and I fought constantly when we were younger. My parents would get very angry with us because we would ruin family dinners and family gatherings because of our constant arguing…

The kind of tense movie that causes teens to feel all types of way. This movie has to be one of the most well made movies produced by Mr. Mudd Productions. Charlie, a young teen, has now lost someone really close, and now has no other choice beside moving on instead of living in his sadness. His new friends, Sam and Patrick, have now gotten close to him because of their similarities and obviously their differences. They are helping him experience the beauties of life and to live life to the…

When I wasn’t sure whether to go watch the movie ‘Central Intelligence’, I decided to look up and read a few reviews on it. Movie reviews cause two reactions either it motivate one to go watch the film or it makes us not want to watch a single second of the movie. As I looked through the multiple reviews of the film, I ran into the same problem as always: Which movie review should I listen to? I always find it hard to decide if I should listen to a newspaper article or if I should listen to the…

The movie The Soloist starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx is based on the book with the same title written by Steve Lopez. The book chronicles Steve Lopez’s friendship with a homeless schizophrenic named Nathaniel Ayers. In the movie, Robert Downey Jr. portrays Lopez and Jamie Foxx portrays Ayers. There are multiple differences between the book and the movie; however, the main premise and struggles remain the same. After struggling to come up with an idea for his column for the Los Angels…

paper is about critical thinking to the movie called “Selma.” This paper will discuss some of my reactions and thoughts about certain scenes. My favorite scene will be mentioned. How I feel racism is getting worse will be explained. This paper will explain the difference between history information coming from books and films. Overall, “Selma” was a great movie to watch. I remember Martin died at a young age but I forgot the exact age. When the movie informed he died at 39 years old, all I…

Movie Review – The Help ENGL – 201 October 4, 2012 “The Help” based on a best-selling novel by Kathryn Stockett, a story of three women who take extraordinary risk in writing a novel based on the stories from the view of black maids and nannies. Set in Jackson, Mississippi in the early 1960s, a young girl sets out to change the town. Skeeter, who is 21 years old, white, educated from Ole Miss, dreams of becoming a journalist. She returns home to find the family maid, Constantine, gone and…

Annotated Bibliography Ebert, Roger “Schindler's List Movie Review”, RogerEbert, Roger Ebert, https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/schindlers-list-1993, 15 Dec 1993. 6 Jan 2018. Roger Ebert writes on his website a review of Schindler's List on the day of release. He gives his thoughts on the film itself which he makes the point of being the greatest film Steven Spielberg has ever made. As he discusses the major plot points of the film itself, he adds on his opnions on how Steven Spielberg…

seemed to be in trouble. When he was a teenager, he shot a movie with his two brothers. This was the first of many movies that Wes Anderson would create. Anderson’s movies range from handmade stop motion movies about foxes too actions movies about a hotel in the middle of budapest. Anderson 's movies have been accepted around the world and have grossed altogether around 448 million dollars. The first movie I watched was Fantastic Mr. Fox. This movie follows the story of Mr. Fox, a fox who is…