Hollywood

in many different ways; this can prove true even if the story is being told by a hollywood movie. In the 2010 movie Clash of the Titans, we are taken on a journey through ancient Greece where the demigod Perseus is trying to take revenge on a god, who had slain his family right in front of him. Perseus travels to in search of a way to stop this god and all of his evil plans from coming to fruition. Though hollywood can provide its own telling of the great myth of perseus, the movie is almost…

Embrace Diversity, Hollywood Hollywood is American society’s guilty pleasure and the most frequent used source of entertainment. People rush to the movies in flocks for an opening premier of Hollywood’s latest blockbuster hit. Therefore the movie and television industry has become so much a part of American culture that society fails to question what is actually being broadcasted. People become sublimely oblivious and subconsciously record everything they watch on these theatrical screens, that…

Real Husbands of Hollywood In the late 90s and early 2000s Television channels started to get blan and was becoming difficult to come up with original TV series so they started to created reality TV shows. There were different types of reality shows like “Survivor” where contestants were stranded on a remote island and had to use their nature skills to survivor. Later on MTV and BET decided to to join the trends with TV shows such as “The Real World” and “College Hill”. These shows choose a…

Meant for short-term use, the Hollywood diet is essentially a two day fast. Its results are, at best, temporary. The Grapefruit Diet This fad is based on the assumption that grapefruit contains fat-burning enzymes. You eat half a grapefruit before every meal, and calorie intake is usually…

of cinematic history called Do The Right Thing. Lee not only directs this incredible film he also stars as the lead role named “mookie”. Unlike most films in the 80’s Lee exposes the audience to thing they aren’t used to seeing. He uses classical Hollywood cinema techniques to capture his film in a different way. For instance, an individual may notice the use of synchronized sounds, close up shots, and the camera being at eye level or angled. These are all techniques Lee used to expose his…

First of all, I would like to commend the story for giving me such an epitome about the pros and cons of committing revenge to someone and letting me feel those diverse emotions (laugh, grieve, love, amaze, disappoint),and most especially, to think critically and the essence preserving an honor for the family. The movie uses lots of logical reasoning. In the very first placethere was this line stated by Iqbal Khan, the father of Sahir and Samar, that “As long as you have these 25$, no bank in…

The use of songs in film can be traced back to the late 1920s. Some of the great American songwriters have had their music showcased in film including Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, George and Ira Gershwin, Richard Rodgers, Cole Porter, Hoagy Carmichael, Harold Arlen, Michel Legrand, Randy Newman, Alan Menken, Elton John, and many others. The art of writing a good song takes a special and refined talent. Songs are usually short and have to speak to us in a limited span of time. Although they may…

no actor and I never have been. What people see on the screen is me” (Clark Gable)(IMD). Gable was a man who loved his job. That quote tells that he is not acting, he is just being himself. Clark Gable was also known as “The King” or “The King of Hollywood”. Gable was a very talented actor and achieved many things in life (Clark Gable). Gable was born on February 1, 1901 in Cadiz, Ohio. Clark was born to William Henry Gable and Adeline (Hershelman) Gable. William Gable was an oil driller and a…

being celebrated and the overall darker themes that were present in this movie. 3. This movie was a lot darker than most films you see coming out of Hollywood. It also used different cinematic techniques such as the presence of over head shots to bring a different perspective to the scenes. 4. This film lacked the clarity that is in most Hollywood films there was a lot of ambiguity thru out…

be overcome. We as the human race have proved that. It is time to push through racism. One area in particular is Hollywood. Latinos, African Americans, Asians, Native Americans, and all other minorities face opposition in finding acting roles. As the Huffington post remarks “there are more straight, white male superheroes with power than all minorities combined with power in Hollywood’” (Duca). Robert Downey Junior: Ironman, Chris Hemsworth: Thor, Chris Evans: Captain America,…