Corleone

The Godfather is story about family and the American dream. This film is at times brutal, terrifying but ultimately it’s a film about a family and a family that is ruthless and will do whatever they have to in order to protect each other. The Corleone’s are such a large family and you would think all of these characters would cause overcrowding but the performances are so memorable that you don’t dismiss family members. The character who had the most drastic transition was Michael. In the…

“Brotherly Love” 2015 bring forth the reality of gangster life to the big screen. It shows not only the criminal side, but also the emotions that the life comes with. Watching the movie may feel like being on a rollercoaster. With all the ups, downs, and surprising turns in every corner. Some turns leaving you rigor from shock, and others leaving you seduced by the lifestyle. While adding in the accurate depiction of life in West Philadelphia. Being from Philly myself, watching this film feels…

“Ano ang hindi mo gagawin para sa kanya?” a tagline from the movie entitled Honor Thy Father. This tagline means “what can you not do for him?” which is a really a rhetorical question when it pertains to your family. Honor thy Father is a Filipino film with a genre of crime, drama and thriller. It was mainly all about a family that wants to get by to their lives and lately experienced lots of tragedy as they entered the ponzi scheme that is owned by the father of Edgar’s (Cruz) wife, Kaye…

The film The Godfather was directed by Francis Ford Coppola, produced by Albert S. Ruddy and it’s a classic film from 1972. The families of the Godfather are getting into a new drug and political trade, facing hard challenges and obstacles that come their way. The Godfather passes away and Michael the Godfather son becomes the leader of the family. Michael then hire men to shot five different family leaders which help solve all the problems. The movie uses Close-up shots because the director…

“The choices we make dictate the life we lead”, said Bill Rago. The class examines the changes between Bill Rago and the Double D’s and how they change from MA to Ren traits. In the movie the end result was that Bill Rago and the Double D’s showed humanism, adventurous, and confidence. During the beginning of the movie Bill Rago and the Double D shared similar MA traits. Both of them didn’t show humanism because he was not loyal and had no style. He showed no loyalty when he didn’t support his…

I have chosen to write about Michael Weatherly. He is the man who plays the role of Tony Dinozo in the television series, NCIS. It has been the number one drama show for the past 14 years. Michael Weatherly has a natural sense of humor which is the very thing that stands out to me. His roles in the show are very important. He is one of the main characters, as well as, he is the director of the show and responsible for most of the humor which occurs throughout the show. The character of Tony…

Once again, director, Danny Boyle has combined drama and crime with a pinch of romance and created a British film called Slumdog Millionaire. The film is written by Simon Beaufoy and produced by Christian Colson. The movie is yet another example of rags-to-riches, it is about a Muslim boy named Jamal Malik, who grew up on the streets of Mumbai, India with his older brother Salim Malik, as they lost their mother in an anti-Muslim riot. Jamal and Salim met a little pretty girl of their age called…

Italian neorealism also known as the Golden Age of Italian Cinema, is a national film movement that helped shaped the 1948 Vittorio De Sica’s film The Bicycle Thieves. Familiar to Italian neorealism, they story follows Antonio a character amongst the poor and the working class. Neorealism is a strong aspect to the film because of the use of being filmed on location and often using nonprofessional actors that are going through post World War II tough economic and moral conditions. The conditions…

The Devil’s Backbone (2001) Devil's Backbone (2001) - source: Sony Pictures Classics The Devil's Backbone (2001) - source: Sony Pictures Classics Del Toro's next film is The Devil's Backbone, a dense and politically charged ghost story set during the Spanish Civil War, features one of the most haunting opening sequences in modern cinema: Fade in. The camera moves toward a darkened doorway. "What is a ghost?" a voice asks. "A tragedy condemned to repeat itself time and again?" We enter the…

taken from personal dialogue of Don Corleone when he tells his suspicious about Solozzo to his people. Even though there is no direct response, the interlocutor was understand the intended meaning, Presuppositions that can be derived from part of the dialogue are: 1. Don Corleone known person called Solozzo 2. Solozzo was his threat or dangerous person. From the first presupposition on this data it include on existential proposition. It shows that Don Corleone knows and realizes the existence of…