beliefs that are changed in the making of the movie Beowulf and Grendel (Gunnarson.) No monk exists, Selma the witch takes no part in the epic folk, Grendel does not have a father, and Grendel definitely has no son in the epic folk. In contrast to the epic folk, the director of the movie Beowulf and Grendel decided that she would add more characters into the screenplay and includes them for obvious reason. In the folk epic, the ideas brought into the movie from the added characters has a big…
Detachment is a movie that illustrates the lives of several high school teachers, administrators, and students as interpreted by a substitute teacher named Henry Barthes. Henry Barthes, a disengaged substitute teacher with a troubled past, ends up getting called to a public school where an apathetic student body and misguided parents have created a frustrated and angry group of teachers and administrators. Although he shuns emotional connections, and never stays long enough in one district to…
ceiling isn’t the best excuse. Please bear with me. I promise I didn’t mean to interrupt you, I just have so much to say and no one to say it to. But it’s frustrating trying to find the right use of my words so it’s easier just to leave them alone, pathetic and forgotten. Everything is frustrating. From a tick of a clock to trying to explain a movie. Eventually, though, that frustration builds up and I have nowhere…
Introduction The Longest Yard, featuring Adam Sandler, as an ex-pro football player and present convict named Paul Crew, is a story of the struggles and tribulations prisoners endure during their track to becoming free citizens. The movie starts with Paul Crew being arrested for a DUI in the state of California and being sentenced to a prison called Allensville Penitentiary in Texas. While in this prison, Crew discovers what it is really like to be a convicted felon and what it is like to…
interpretation of Shakespeare’s play, which is showcased through the interpretation of Katherine, Petruchio, and the connection between marriage and dating. Whether you call him Patrick or Petruchio, the characters bear many similarities. First, they are both edgier characters…
Zootopia, directed by Byron Howard and Rich Moore, is a children’s movie with a much deeper and important message. In the movie, Judy Hopps, a bunny whose whole family works on a carrot farm, becomes Zootopia’s first bunny cop. Zootopia is a big city with animals of all kinds working in all kinds of jobs, just like a normal city. Throughout the movie, Judy is underestimated because of who she is, until she solves a case involving predators become dangerous, or “turning savage”. The different…
wanted the world to view every individuals and experiences, be it sweet or bitter in a positive light. Jeunet had also highlighted the significance of cultivating self less actions in midst of our busy lives, by helping others in need. In one of the movie scenes, we saw Amélie assisting a helpless blind old man to cross the road in a busy…
December is where they roll out the films that could be nominated for awards. If you take a look at this holiday season — I have taken a guess at starting from October 1st – January 6th, because October 1st is the first official time I saw a Christmas movie promotion on television — you’ll notice a load of movies that are not only big budget, but also just begging to get nominated for an…
Courage the Cowardly Dog The theory is that courage actually does NOT live in the middle of nowhere. His owners, Muriel and Eustace, are too old to walk him anywhere so he thinks he lives in the middle of nowhere. Eustace actually has a really popular farm so he's always attracting “monsters”, but the “monsters” aren't really monsters, they're human! This is all coming from a dog’s point of view and humans are bigger than Courage so he sees them as monsters. This also means that the reason why…
mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.” The transition from boy to man is not an easy one. Two Disney movies come to mind as the idea of growth to maturity surfaces. The first movie is Mulan. Mulan takes a slightly different spin on the idea of finding maturity and responsibility. Mulan is a girl who is determined to become a brave warrior and to fight for her family’s honor. She must disguise herself as a man, and she…