and Street Musique (1972) become the link to the past that unifies the director and the others. Audience witnesses Larkin’s excitement of seeing one of his original drawings and stunned by his anger when he talks about the power of money. In the animation, the filmmaker used a 3D technique called psycho-realism, in which characters’ mental states reflect their physical appearance, as ‘rendered metaphorical representation of his own interior demons.’ However, the story is not just about Larkin’s…
Almost all movies, television shows, and theater musicals have several of Aristotle’s six elements from three-dimensional characters to spectacle and music. The movie The Lion King came out in 1994; it is an animated musical film produced by Walt Disney. The Lion King demonstrated Aristotle two principles: symbolism and theme. The movie, “The Lion King” begins with the symbol of the sun rising. The sun represents a never-deviating pattern of death and rebirth through its daily rising and…
I understand the directors point of view only to a certain limit, my frustration acquires when I realized this story of inconsistency requires me to sit through a film where adults act like children and don’t tell each other they feel, where animation gets thrown in and out of a film just to depict the fact that Chantry is an animator and of course the confusion of the Title “What If”. Most people would say this film would leave you in a “human mush” and tracing out words like “aww”, but I just…
Nick Wilde, the main character in Disney’s Zootopia, is cunning and driven. He’s a red fox, and his portrayal in the film isn’t as far off from historical beliefs of foxes as one might expect. Throughout history, foxes have been seen in various environments, come in different shapes and sizes, but have retained a well-known reputation as clever. In Europe during the Dark Ages and Renaissance, foxes were portrayed as tricksters or those of fraudulent behavior, according to Janetta Benton’s Holy…
Letter to Masahashi Kishimoto by Daniel Chen 2-4 Backstory: Masahashi Kishimoto is the author of Naruto. He is Japanese Manga artist (Japanese graphic novelist) who created the storyline of the Naruto world which has been adapted into an anime, or “animated series”. The anime ran between 2002 till 2017 for fifteen years spanning over seven hundred episodes along with a few movies. Naruto is based in a ninja world where people can manipulate their “chakra” or energy to exercise superpower-like…
Besides providing immense entertainment for both kids and adults alike, certain children’s movies, such as Disney Pixar’s A Bug’s Life, explore deep sociological concepts and structures found in our society. The movie successfully and simultaneously shows both structural functionalism and conflict theory - despite their stark differences - in the interactions between the ants and grasshoppers. Throughout the film, there are also instances that show the theories of false consciousness, collective…
However, this is where Kon's genius lies. The presentation of the characters, along with the animation of the environment and the music score culminate in such a visually accomplished result, that the spectator has to sit and watch it voicelessly, even when the lack of cohesion in the script is quite evident. It is the kind of oneiric cinema that…
Holes is a 2003 film directed by Andrew Davis released by Walt Disney Pictures. Although the movie is not considered a classic (yet) it is still very well-known to many, whereas the novel Holes is considered a classic amongst children’s fiction. This film falls under the drama, comedy, and adventure genres. This Walt Disney film was based on the 1998 novel by Louis Sachar, who also wrote the screenplay to this movie and has won a Newbery Medal and a National Book Award. This film stars Shia…
Mr. Nobody is a drama/fantasy/sci-fi movie directed by Jaco Van Dormael. Its initial release was in Norway on November 6, 2009. Since then it has won two awards, the Award for Best Technical Contribution People's Choice Award for Best European Film in 2009 and the People's Choice Award for Best European Film in 2010. This movie will impress you if you tend to appeal to movies that make your brain think and often ponder about your life and all the paths you could have taken. For the movie itself…
InuYasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass is my all-time favorite movie. It is an anime (short for Japanese animation) with romance, action, and fantasy. The second movie in the InuYasha series, yet this movie is animated from the manga not the television show. It holds so dear to me because it helped cultivate my love of anime. InuYasha tackles feelings of uncertainty about the future, healing after family wounds, how to move on from family addictions and loneliness. InuYasha…