Johnny Was

parody-like remake of an old TV series with the same name. The old TV series, Dark Shadows (1966–1971), was a gothic horror series that had over 1248 episodes and was considered quite popular during its air time. It amassed a significant fan base and even has its own wikia fandom dedicated to finding anything related to the series. The series also obtained a 7.6/10 rating which is impressive, considering it was a soap opera ("Dark Shadows (TV Series 1966–1971)."). The 2012 movie version had…

most notorious in the business. While his work is distinguished and celebrated, many people don’t know about the man himself. His early life and career have helped shape him into a mastermind of the movie world who viewers can easily relate to. Burton was born August 25, 1958 in Burbank, California to Jean and Bill Burton. Growing…

Burton’s most common film Sleepy Hollow is generally recognized for the way Burton displays the male and female characters. Burton displays that female and male characters have the same similarities. Traditionally, male characters may be recognized as having to be the strong hero, and females are supposed to be weak and the damsel in distress. However, in Sleepy Hollow, the main character Ichabod Crane is described as a masculine man that also has a feminine side to him. For example, Ichabod is…

horror, dark, gothic and quirk like films. Some of his most commonly known films are, Edward Scissorhands (1990), Batman (1989) and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005). Burton has worked with many popular actors, such as Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Depp. A large part of Tim Burton’s successful career came from working with Walt Disney, working on films such as The Fox and Hound (1981) and The Black Cauldron (1985). Since then, Tim Burton’s career has only skyrocketed straight to…

remembered the loss of music legends Johnny and June Cash (née Carter). To begin the show, we have Dilki De Silva with us to give her critique of Walk the Line (2005), the award-winning biopic of these two legendary singers. Dilki: Thank you, Anne. Do you ever question your biopics? If you don’t, please start now. Directed by James Mangold, Walk the Line (2005) is indeed a glorified cinematic achievement which portrays the fame, folly and fortune of Johnny Cash, an eminent musician of…

Johnny Cash inspires me to follow my one of my many dreams of becoming a country music star. His life story is the embodiment of the “American Dream” by, starting out as a poor farmer boy and then, becoming a country music star. He made a galore of mistakes but, he managed to grow from them and be a better man. Cash wrote songs about his experiences and what they taught him. For example, the song, I Walk the Line, was about Cash being brave and taking care of other people before anyone else…

One example of this comes through with his friendship with Johnny. Despite The fact that Johnny has been hurt and abused many times by his family and the socs, he managed to maintain his heart of gold all the way until his death. Ponyboy also explores this theme in his own character. Deep down inside, despite…

‘Edward Scissorhands’ introduces our protagonist, represented by Johnny Depp, and explores the fictional story of this solitary boy with an unfortunate seemingly threatening oddity, being thrust into a world where he is glaringly blatant in the midst of the suburbs. Despite his intimidating exterior, it is almost immediately exposed that Edward is just an innocent, childlike soul, intent on serving others. The purpose of this film was to delve into the threatening manner of suburbia and its…

people. Johnny is the nice one. Cash causes all the trouble. They fight.” An individual can impact society in a positive or possibly negative manner and Johnny Cash definitely had an impactful life. He was born into a poor, nominal, farming family and had close to nothing during his boyhood. Now, he is know as the father of modern country music. He unquestionably had a rough childhood and his music surely inspired many. Although, he had a great career he, no doubt, made many mistakes. He was…

At the beginning, Johnny is telling the story of a man, who cannot return to civilization due to a crime he has committed. How he is now chained from the outside world, but how he desperately longs for the freedom he once took for granted. He attempts to picture the beautiful sunshine, which is denied to him by the concrete blocks and steel bars that confines him within the prison. Another day comes, and another day goes but he still remains in the prison and time begins to move slower with each…