Robert De Niro

I give The Godfather four stars out of four stars. It is an excellent movie. The first thing that makes The Godfather an excellent movie is the music score. The music fit with the movie perfectly. The composers of the songs did an excellent job composing pieces that fit with the scene. The final song, composed by Nino Rota, is very memorable. From now on, whenever I hear Rota’s song, I will think of The Godfather. The action is the second thing that makes The Godfather an excellent movie. The…

Top Gun The 1980s is a time known for big hair with lots of hair spray, boom boxes, brake dancing, converse, denim jackets, loafers, and neon everything. During the 1980s many good films were released, one of those films was Top Gun. The film Top Gun was released on May 16, 1986. The movie was directed by Tony Scott. During the film Top Gun Maverick must undergo the hero’s journey to overcome his foolishness and his ego, so he can become the best fighter pilot. The film Top Gun was and still…

Alpha Males: Natural Born Leaders There are several movie characters that hold great standing, but then, they are fewer characters that possess a reputation that is erected on just moments that would reflect on how I feel about myself; Robert DeNiro is that person whose on-screen body language makes him a natural born leader, and the mannerisms help to boost his alpha male persona, which propels his characters to another level. Furthermore, he captures the personalities that he is projecting,…

“As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster. To me, being gangster is better than being president of the United States.” It is the first voice over line from Henry in Goodfellas; and it also sets the tone of the whole film. Martin Scorsese builds an incredible but also cruel gangster world in 146 minutes. Scorsese tells us a story from the angle of the most basic and lowest level gangsters. It is also the same story-telling angle in Mean Street. We can feel the main…

"The Godfather" - a crime drama in 1972, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The movie turned out to be a true masterpiece for all time and for any generation. This film can be reviewed and revised over time. The movie was shot gorgeously: believable, original, clean, interesting, in places its history is simply shocking. This drama reveals to us the criminal world of the mafia and remains the favorite and best film related to this topic. We see the godfather - Vito Corleone. He is the head of the…

Martin Scorsese is amongst the most recognizable names in Hollywood. His success as a director can be attributed to many things, such as his postmodernist style and his amazing cinematography skills, but what his success as a director truly hinges on is the development of characters, and relationships amongst them, within his movies. Like any great director, Scorsese pulls inspiration for his movies from his own life experience, and as an Italian-American growing up in 1940s and 50s New York,…

The first person to play the role of Marty Mcfly was Eric Stoltz’s. Crispin Glover did not return for the two sequels because he asked for too much money. Tom Wilson (Biff) gets asked the same questions so many times he wrote a song. The Executive producer Steven Spielberg sent back a thank you note for the “Humorous Memo.” Ronald Reagan was offered the role of the Hill Valley’s mayor in Back to The Future 3. Marty sees a clothes iron and a dustbuster in the window of the cafe. Elijah wood made…

In the “Drive” directed by Nicolas Refn, the driver starts off as a professional in his career of offering repairs and getaway services for clients organized by Shannon (IMDB). The Driver’s professional code of work breaks loose when he met Irene and her son, Benicio – neighbor in the apartment – and he develops a close connection with her (Rotten tomatoes). Nicolas Refn uniquely presents the movie in such a dramatic way that events surrounding all scenes are stylistically combined to produce an…

Blessed with the task of educating the faithful, catechists are challenged to invite others into a relationship with Christ. Over time, theologians have developed varying pedagogies meant to direct the catechist in his or her ministry, though it is important that these methods be in conformity to the Divine Pedagogy. Groome’s Shared Christian Praxis and Cavalletti’s Catechesis of the Good Shepherd draw upon the Pedagogy of God through the role of the catechist and through the means by which one…

‘The New Hollywood’ was the period of cinema after World War Two which marked the end of the Classical Era in film. (Schatz, 1993. pp 8) It was facilitated as cultural developments altered cinema attendance prompting a renaissance in film techniques and the themes that were explored. Families were migrating to the suburbs in response to housing and ‘baby boom’ and the introduction of the television meant ‘watching TV replaced going to the movies.’ (Schatz, 1993. pp 8-9) These ‘fragmented…