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Living Is Easy With Eyes Closed, David Trueba’s 2013 film won five Goya Awards, Spain’s equivalent of Hollywood’s Oscars, after its release and became Spain’s nomination for the category of Best Foreign Film at the 2015 Academy Awards and for good reason. With a meaningful message and an ode to the effect The Beatles had on the world, accompanied with the images of the sun drenched, warm Andalusian landscape and an award winning music score written by Pat Metheny, the film “is both a farewell to…

Historical movies of specific events in time have always fascinated the audience in the motion picture industry. To the Chariot race portrayed by Charlton Heston in Ben-Hur, to the famous World War II speech by George C. Scott in Patton, these movies were iconic at the time and portrayed real life events in history. Never in U.S cinema history had there been a parody of historical events, until the ingenious director named Mel Brooks made a movie called History of the World Part I. Brilliant,…

The movie I have chosen to analgise is Star Wars Revenge of the Sith, directed by George Lucas in 2005. This movie cost $113 million to make and made 800 million from box office. It’s part of the prequel series and is the last star wars movie directed by George Lucas. It has been 3 years since the clone wars first began and chancellor palatine has been kid napped by droid commander general grievous. Anakin Skywalker and Obi-one Knobe (Jedi knights) have gone to rescue palatine from General…

A common recurring theme in literature, cinematography and even in life is the theme of good versus evil. Not only is it recurring, but it is the main focus of the legendary cinematic masterpiece Star Wars: A New Hope. Not only is it intricately weaved into its dramatic plotline, it is also displayed in a fine visual aesthetic. The first display of the idea of Good vs Evil is displayed through the characters. The protagonists Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia are visually displayed as good…

George Lucas’ Star Wars revolutionized special effects and the film industry as a whole. The science fiction saga Star Wars and astounded the world when it was first released and its popularity has grown tremendously since its inception. The effects team that worked on Star Wars nearly invented special effects and really popularised the use of them. Star wars also had a big effect on culture and the entire film industry. even decades after its release, Star Wars has only grown in popularity…

“Mankind was born on Earth. It was never meant to die here.” Christopher Nolan is undoubtedly one of the best directors in Hollywood, and he set fire to the film world with his groundbreaking film Interstellar. From its jaw dropping visual effects shown with elegant cinematography to a goosebump inducing score, Interstellar became an instant classic. Visuals are a very important to movies nowadays. But most of these impressive visuals are going towards creating and bringing to life fictional…

Since the inception of Star Wars, fans have dreamed of traveling to a galaxy far, far, away. Unfortunately for them, the movies' planets are fictional but, the good news is, most are portrayed by very real locations, many of which are also among the most stunning destinations on Earth. Here are three more must-see locales from the latest movie, Episode VII: The Force Awakens. Skellig Michael, Ireland The final scene of Episode VII: The Force Awakens was shot on Skellig Michael, just off…

The classic Star Wars movies have been around for forty years now. You can enter the Star Wars universe through the LEGO Star Wars building sets. With the X-Wing Fighter set, you can battle the Galactic Empire and help destroy the massive death star. Do this along with the other Rebel alliance pilots. This X-Wing set takes place on the planet Hoth, during episode five of the installment. It was released in 2006 with the classic Lego Star Wars line. The x-wing offers many opportunities for…

The Flash is a story about Barry Allen (The Flash) he goes on missions fighting metahumans. Barry got struck by a lighting bolt, that put him in a coma for a long time and gave him powers. That is how he earned the title as the “Fastest man alive”. Metahumans are people who got affected a particle accelerator blowing up and giving people in that radius, power. He is helped by his team at Star labs, they help by telling different ways to beat the enemy, by telling him different scenario's on how…

[Type text] [Type text] [Type text] Nick Garde Ms. Vyse English II Hon 15 April 2016 Mythology?s Connection With ?Star Wars? ?Star Wars? and mythology connect throughout the entire series because of the heroes portrayed in both topics, the way the characters are viewed, and the fictional characters involved with both ?Star Wars and mythology. There are many people in the United States who are fans of ?Star Wars.? The series has impacted many people?s lives, most of which are in a positive way…