Cruzan v. Director

Kingsman: The Secret Service and The Man from U.N.C.L.E: Comparison and Contrast Movies about secret agents and diabolical “super-villains” are numerous in the film industry. Most films which were released specifically focuses on the deterrence of malicious notions, by the protagonist, from the evil clutches of villains, which are the antagonist. In the recent years, the implementation of mixing genres together has been normalized. From the production of Hollywood, Kingsman and U.N.C.L.E…

For some, Toshiya Fujita’s revenge film “Lady Snowblood” will inevitably be linked to Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill vol. 1”, for which it was a major inspiration; Tarantino borrowed aspects of the plot and narrative structure, used the song ‘The flower of carnage’ and let the cinematography inspire him. For all the influence “Lady Snowblood” had on Tarantino, it might be surprising to conclude that the two “Lady snowblood” movies have an anomalous character in Fujita’s oeuvre, as nothing he…

Dear, Reader The idea behind this paper is that I, the author am to watch a movie and recognize where three sociological theories are being represented, capture that moment and share it with you the reader In hopes that I learn to have a better understanding of these theory’s and that something in my writing sparks an interest in your mind for them as well. That being said I bring to you. Grave Of The Fireflies Grave of the fireflies is a movie produced by the animation company “Studio Ghibli”…

An archetype is an example of a certain person or thing that can appear in literature and movies, they often represent a common pattern with every story. Archetypes can be broken down into three main groups or types, character, situational, and symbolic archetypes. Situational archetypes are situations that appear over and over in movies, literature and stories of all kinds. One example of this would be the unhealable wound, the wound, either physical or psychological, cannot be fully healed,…

The film, Gravity, directed by Alfonso Cuarón illustrates key methods of overcoming adversity. Cuarón uses film techniques to highlight certain situations within problematic circumstances. Certain situations where the lead character Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) and her supporting actor Matt Kowalski (George Clooney). These situations are shown throughout the film and keep the audience’s seats gripped firmly. The sound and music accompanies Cuarón’s camera work gracefully. Certain parts of the…

Realism is important in creating a character the audience can more easily relate to, which is fundamental to texts attempting to create a reflection on such figures found in the real wold. This higher degree of verisimilitude is a staple of British social realism cinema, which represented characters in a documentary-like manner in order to evoke an audience reconsideration of marginalized or disadvantaged peoples or classes. Andrea Arnold’s film ‘Fish Tank’ (2009) utilises its depiction of place…

/ Than that which withering on the virgin thorn Grows, lives and dies in single blessedness” (Meyer 3). Some of the only aspects of Theseus that the director adheres to in comparison to the original play was that Theseus was given the choice of judgement in Hermia father’s punishment for her. It is understandable, however, why the director changed the importance of Theseus in the play, as he wanted the audience to focus on the…

The film Slumdog Millionaire was released in year 2008. It was directed by Danny Boyle who is a British Director and achieved eight Oscar awards for quality of performance in the arenas like cinematography, sound mixing, direction, film editing, etc. This movie is adopted from a novel “Q & A” which is written by Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup. The movie is picturized in slum part of Mumbai, Indian background. The movie is a package of motivation, love, tragedy, action, eagerness and…

There is something truly rewarding as a movie fan, when a talented actor, good and entertaining in a number of roles, finally breaks out and taps into greatness. In Matt Spicer's feature film debut, Ingrid Goes West, Aubrey Plaza gives her finest performance yet as a woman caught up in the instant gratification world of social media. In a role that could be full of formulaic meltdowns and tired cinematic tropes, she creates a character who is selfish and dangerous, yet generates empathy and…

I never knew that there would be that many differences between a book and a movie made in Hollywood. The epic story I’m comparing and contrasting is known as the first English epic written in 1000 A.D. referred to Beowulf. In class we read the epic story of Beowulf and watched the movie Beowulf and were assigned to write an essay comparing and contrasting the book from the movie. When learning more about the epic story and looking beyond the words, the story shows more than an epic hero, it…