Hope and Glory

The last time I cried was during the middle of the summer when I was traveling in Europe with my mom and my dad. It was a usual day, and me and my dad had just arrived in Prague, while my mother left to get back to work. We were staying in a hotel when my dad left to get some food. At this time, it was around 11 am and I was exhausted after being on a train for the whole day after coming from Paris. While waiting in the hotel room, I decided to finish a book titled The Last Star by Rick Yancey.…

movies I have ever seen. I Rate this movie 4 and ½ stars because I think the movie is awesome I just know some people don't really like because of one thing. I’m just gonna say Adam Driver and Harrison Ford did a great job of acting together. (I just hope “Rouge One” is just as good or…

The series continued to make advancements in the field of special effects into the 2000s, and ILM became one of the most successful effects studios used by Hollywood. Lucas followed the first Star Wars film (later retitled Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope) with two sequels, Star Wars: Episode V—The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Star Wars: Episode VI—Return of the Jedi (1983). The franchise did very well in the 1980s and ’90s through the release of videos, a huge merchandise line, and the…

The movie Star Wars the Force Awakens was full intense action scenes and a lot of visual effects. Many of these effects were astonishing. Most of time I could not tell what was real and what was not. Some of the first visual effects we see in the movie are amazing. At first I had no clue if what I was looking at was real or was computer generated. During the first fight, we see several examples of how amazing these visual effects are. The characters involved in this fight were shooting lasers…

Before Luke became a Jedi and savior of the galaxy he was a simple farm boy on a moisture farm. He was completely unaware that his actions would change the world around him. As the R2 unit his uncle chose had a malfunction he picked out R2-D2. This little droid would cause him to change his perspective and meet his father. When Old Ben (Obi-Wan Kenobi) ask him to go to Alderan with him he refuses because his Aunt and Uncle still need help on the farm. Luke finally goes when stormtroopers kill…

allows them to learn new skills, as in the Jedi’s/ The Force and the wizarding world, and finally, they also deal with the situation they are faced with is a similar manner, the conflict presents itself to them and they act out of duty not in search of glory. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and Star Wars begin with the showing the consumer what life was like for Harry and Luke before they are faced with their respective tasks of saving the world. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s…

Star Wars: A New Dawn by John Jackson Miller If the reader is a Star Wars lover, and loves the television show Star Wars Rebels, then the reader will love this book. Star Wars: A New Dawn is a science fiction action packed book full of adventure, friendship, and sacrifice. It was written by John Jackson Miller to create backstory for the characters on the ongoing television show, Star Wars Rebels. This book is an amazing read that will explore the extent of how brutal the Galactic…

Things changed after Order Sixty-Six…fall of the Republic…the fall of the Jedi…and the rise of the Galactic Empire. I remember that day, my parents were both Jedis in love, but they kept their love a secret along with my existence. By the age of eight, my parents always told me after the war, they would leave the Jedi order and be a real family. Then that day came, peace talks began; the war came to a close. My parents took me to the Jedi temple to face the Jedi council when the war ended, but…

the next “James Bond” movie launch. There have been multiple sources noted that the most waited movie classic will premiere early 2018. There are also some reports cited that there’s no definite date yet on when it will be released. Fans got their hopes up as rumors swirling about the “James Bond” storyline was already served on the table. Though there have been lots of news popping in, the whole production team hasn’t spilled a word regarding the said project.…

The film that I have selected to examine is The Graduate (Nichols, 1967), with Mike Nichols directing and nominated for several Oscars even winning Best Director. The film has become a Hollywood classic that has stood the test of time. This is because the film had a strong screenplay and careful direction. The ensuing film examination will analyze the structure of the story from a comprehensive perspective like the characters, sequences, scenes and also analyze Nichols’ compositions, symbolisms,…