Not Another Teen Movie

the 1950s were shown greatly throughout. Rebel Without a Cause is about a troubled teen, Jim Stark, who’s family moves constantly because of his rebellious actions. The movie begins with Jim in a police station drunk and his parents arguing about his drinking. This is where we see the first theme of the 1950s is introduced, the changing role of women. When Jim’s parents…

point of view. This paper will explore the sociological part of the Merchants of Cool movie. Because this film is all about everyday human sociology as it features the true essence of the largest population which is that of teenagers. This paper is going to be an analysis of social interaction and social structure, sex and gender, marriage and family, and culture. Social structure and social interactions for teens form a huge social structure that can only be considered by what they do, what…

Star Cinema Grill is a movie theater and restaurant that has become very popular. While watching a movie, a person can order an entire meal and enjoy the meal during the movie. They have a large range of foods from burgers to spaghetti. It also has has a full bar and lobby for those who show up a little early for their movie. Is a combination restaurant and movie theater a positive alternative to dining out followed by a movie separately? The seats at Star Cinema Grill are wider and much…

story of the journey of two teens who are both fighting cancer. Josh Boone directs the spotlight on these two teens specifically as he pulls the viewers closer into their journey. This movie not only exposes the story of two teens with cancer but also includes real life symbols and great quotes throughout different scenes of these two teens specifically. This movie will pull viewers emotionally closer into a love story that defines classic true love between two innocent teens fighting similar…

In teen movies, there are always two sides. David Denby shows us this in “High-School Confidential: Notes on Teen Movies”. He describes the first side, or the villains, consisting of the popular, blonde cheerleader that everyone hates and fears, and alongside her is the airhead, jock boyfriend that is only looking to date the hottest girl in school. However, on the other side of the spectrum, we have the heroes. It is made up of the artistic, female outcast who wears ugly clothes and glasses,…

giving out evidence to show why this is a good idea of teaching in 9th grade, especially because most teens can relate to this movie and most teens start to have boyfriends and girlfriends in high school. Just like Romeo and Juliet their only teens, and their already planning on getting married and this showed how it affected their lives, this is a good example on what teenagers should not do. This movie helps teenagers not to rush things and get to know each other better before going on to the…

Terrorism, bloodshed and power status sums up the focal points embedded within the movie, City of God, directed by Fernando Meirelles, and Kátia Lund. These themes create definitions for several theories. The first theory in comparison to the movie is Strain Theory. Because of the economic strain of the people within the film, most turn to criminal activity. “Many families were homeless due to the flooding and acts of arson in the slums” (Meirelles, 2002). The government shipped their homeless…

Several years ago, an interesting movie hit the theaters. The story captures the ups and downs of teen pregnancy and was a surprising hit. This film, Juno, has been called, “a sharp-edged, sweet-centred, warm-hearted coming-of-age movie that’s always just that little bit smarter than you think it is,” by Andrew Male (n.d., para. 9). It is directed by Jason Reitman and was released in 2007. From the start, it brought a fresh twist to the idea of teen pregnancy. According to The New York…

Do you know that Molly Ringwald almost became an opera singer? She was not familiar with acting but started at a young age anyway. She had started a get a successful career in her young teen years, and it lasted into her early adult years. She moved and continued with her career. She has had a successful career and it still continues to this day. Molly Ringwald was one of the best actresses of the 80’s and is still recognized by many people. Molly Ringwald only had one performer in the family…

Dear, Wealthy Donor if you build something for us in the neighborhood you should build a Drive- in movie theater because on a saturday night if you are bored you can go to it with your friends. It will keep kids out of trouble. So they can get out the house so they won't be bored all the time or stay in the house by they self . First of all, if you build a theatre it will make kids get out the house and have some fun. So they won't be in the house most of the time. I know how that happened…