Matt Damon

The movie I chose to watch was Good Will Hunting, directed by Gus Van Sant and starring Robin Williams and Matt Damon. This movie is focused on the character Will Hunting, a 20 year-old janitor at M.I.T who has an incredible gift for mathematics. He has had a pretty tough life, being given up for adoption at an early age and bounced from foster house to foster house. In many of these foster homes he was physically, mentally, and emotionally abused. Will recalls one foster parent making him…

Hollywood has had a long, difficult history of racism. Although the obvious racism comes in many different forms, a prevalent type is whitewashing. Whitewashing is when a character of color is portrayed by a Caucasian person instead. One of the most famous instances of whitewashing was in 1961 in the film Breakfast at Tiffany’s. The Japanese character Mr. Yunioshi was portrayed by the white actor Mickey Rooney, complete with horrifyingly buck teeth, yellowed skin, pinched eyes, and an offensive…

I had a conversation a couple of weeks back with a friend in the entertainment business about the current state of late night comedy. We both grew up during the age of Jay Leno and David Letterman. For the most part we discussed why Leno always beat Letterman in the ratings and part of the reason we discussed was the fact that Leno appealed more to the classical late night audience. If you remember late night during those days the structure of a show was pretty simple. 1. Opening Monologue 2.…

Feminism can be defined as the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes. HeForShe is an organization created by UN women that fights for this equality. Their mission statement expresses that they intend to “help people understand and support the idea of gender equality” (Our Mission) HeForShe fights for the equality of all men and women. The HeForShe movement is an example of how media can change the perception of gender roles. It has the intention of “engaging men and…

This paper will take the reader through a summary of what I have learned by watching the Journey To Planet Earth Video Series. Summary Of The Journey To Planet Earth Video series. In the video series Journey to Planet Earth, host Matt Damon takes us on a frightening journey that aims to teach us how humans are tipping the balance of our delicate ecosystem. This is done in a way that helps viewers understand the seriousness of these environmental issues, but it also gives us hope for the…

business has been using the same process for 70 years without any wide spread accidents. Around the world today horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing are methods being used to get and easily distribute trapped oil and natural gas. Actor Matt Damon said the following about fracking: “Rushing into…

Of all the famous and best trilogies in the history of cinema, 10 of the best were listed below. 10. The Jason Bourne Trilogy ("The Bourne Identity", "The Bourne Supremacy" and "The Bourne Ultimatum") Former CIA assassin Jason Bourne played by Matt Damon amazed the viewers with action-packed scenes based on Robert Ludlum’s book series. Peter Greengrass directed "Supremacy" and "Ultimatum" while Doug Liman took over "Identity". With the success of the Bourne trilogy, another Bourne Installment…

The advertisement’s word “As a matter of fact, the water you drink does make a difference.” For us maybe we don’t feel very strong because we don’t find the water are reducing and everyday we also use the water and don’t consider if we don’t have water. However, in African has an acute shortage of water in 14 different countries, and the recent 25 years there will be 12 countries will appear the situation of severe water shortages. According to the statistics in the rural Africa, every household…

director of the 1979 film Alien, released The Martian, another renowned movie to occur outside of Earth. After a ferocious storm on Mars, the crew abandoned the station, unintentionally leaving a wounded—but alive—Mark Watney behind. Watney, played by Matt Damon, then colonizes Mars by growing potatoes and discovers how to communicate with NASA back on Earth to plan a rescue mission. Eventually, the crew returns to recover him, permitting them all to return home safely. Following its release,…

INVICTUS FILM TEXT RESPONSE How does the film explore ideas of racial oppression and reconciliation? Discuss by focussing on the use of at least 2 film techniques. Invictus is an American film directed by Clint Eastwood in 2009, starring Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman. The film centres on Nelson Mandela, the first black president of South Africa during the post-Apartheid period and his ambition of reforming the views of racial discrimination and prejudice. He endeavours to do so with the…