...A former soldier assembles a crew to rescue his son being held hostage in Kabul. BRIEF SYNOPSIS: MATT JOHNSON is a military man. He signed up for the Marines at the age of 17 years old and was deployed by the age of 19 years old. Matt is the sixth generation Johnson to become a Marine. His father, who served the country for 20 years, told him that it was important to carry on the family tradition. Matt, a family man, promises his wife, REBECCA JOHNSON, that he won’t encourage their young son SAM (10) to follow the family tradition. Matt promises that he’ll settle down. Years later, Matt, now runs a gym. His life is shattered when a Marine Notifications Officer informs Matt that Sam’s convoy was ambushed outside of Kabul. Ten soldiers were killed and four remain missing. Sam is among the missing. Rebecca is terrified for her son and blames Matt for Sam joining the Marines. An Al-Qaeda Leader, MUSTAFA HAMMED, demands the release of a terrorist, JAMALI SALIB, in exchange for the life of the hostages. Matt knows the government will never negotiate for Sam’s life. Matt decides to do something on his own. Matt recruits his former Marine buddy, BILLY, to help rescue Sam. Billy agrees. They contact JOANNA COOK, a former chef in the Marines. They are looking for JOHN HALL to help them release Jamali. Matt learns that Joanna and John had a child, who went missing. Matt tracks down John and threatens to reveal the truth about his past if he doesn’t help. John has a lot to lose...
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...Lieutenant Carroll Character Analysis “Fallen Angel Warrior”, is a phrase stated in Fallen Angels, meaning young men killed in combat. This famous quote was stated by none other then the leader of Perry’s platoon, Lieutenant Carroll. Lieutenant Carroll was a gentle kind hearts leader, who lost his life saving a platoon member. Keeping in mind, Lieutenant Carroll had a pregnant wife at home, and gave up his life back at home for his men. Lieutenant Carroll is a laid back individual who cared for those around him. Since the very beginning of the book Carroll had his mens back and would take a bullet for any of those around him. He is a static character who remained the same throughout the entire book. He never changed his view of his men and...
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...However, over time the assumption of the black man being the first to die has changed. Currently in the year 2012, there are progressively more movies in which black men portray leading roles. This change in black men as leading characters in movies is a welcome change. In the past, supporting or backup roles were considered the best role a black man could achieve. In this paper, the researcher will conduct information by means of content analysis. Content analysis is the most commonly used methodology because of its ability to measure human behavior, assuming that the verbal behavior is a form of behavior. This study will examine specific media products and define these products by determining smaller elements that complement these products. This document will address a wide view of concerns regarding the African American culture, and will provide assumptions on how this issue can be addressed in the future. The stereotype of African Americans in movies today, is the topic of this research paper. Why do African Americans face stereotypes in the media? Why do black actors and actresses have difficulty obtaining roles that are not stereotypical black roles? Why do African Americans accept stereotypical roles? When will African American roles stop having negative stereotypes attached to its characters? These questions are topics that will be addressed throughout this paper. These issues are critical in determining the future success of African Americans in movies. ...
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...Dick Winters Leadership Analysis Richard “Dick” Winters was a well-known and decorated United States Army Officer, serving in a command capacity during World War II. During this war, he rather quickly gained command of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, and not too very long after gained command of the entire 2nd Battalion. (Ambrose,154). With the 506th PIR being an experimental Regiment at the time, Winters was an excellent example of the type of leadership that the US Army, and especially the airborne division, could create. Omar Bradley wrote an excellent essay on the qualities of effective leadership, many of which can be seen in Steven Ambrose’s portrayal (in his book, Band of Brothers) of Dick Winters’ throughout his European campaign between June of 1944 and July of 1945. This is especially true of Winters’ character. While I am certainly not qualified to rate him as a military leader from a military point of view, I do believe that Winters was an excellent leader of men. According to Bradley, good leaders must identify and train other leaders, and realize that he cannot always lead alone (Bradley, 8). Easy Company’s success throughout the war cannot only be attributed to Winters. Critical in their operations was the efficiency and integrity of their non-commissioned officers, the men who led the soldiers much of the time. The best and most beloved of these “non-coms” were all men who had been taught under...
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...Gender Roles in The Big Lebowski Throughout history, masculinity has been defined through men who are not just strong physically, but mentally as well. Traditionally, men have been expected to settle down, have a family and provide for their family through an honest, hard-working profession. Although much different from men, women are expected to live up to traditional expectations as well. This would include getting married, having children, devoting most of their time to raising their children in addition to cooking, cleaning, etc. In the film The Big Lebowski, gender roles cannot be assumed. Throughout the film, Maude displays power over The Dude. This is particularly evident in two scenes. When The Dude meets Maude in her home for the first time, and when Maude tricks The Dude into having sex with her so she can conceive a child she is exerting her will over him. While Maude exhibits a dominant form of feminism throughout the film, it is The Dude’s lack of masculinity that allows Maude to control him. Both Maude and The Dude defy the traditional standards applied to men and women. There are numerous points of analysis one can use to make claims about a film. This includes much of the dialogue between Maude and The Dude in the scenes previously addressed as well as other elements of the film that may go unseen unless viewed analytically. The Big Lebowski is a film that implicitly presents Maude using her dominant form of feminism in order to control The Dude...
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...one of the most steadfastly honest and moral characters in “To Kill a Mockingbird“ by Harper Lee and his character remains, for the most part, unchanged throughout “To Kill a Mockingbird”. As any character analysis of Atticus Finch should note in terms of the plot of “To Kill a Mockingbird” he begins as an upstanding citizen who is respected and admired by his peers and even though he loses some ground during the trial, by the end of To Kill a Mockingbird he is still looked up to, both by his children and the community as whole—with all class levels included. As a lawyer in To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch represents everything that someone working in the justice system should. He is fair, does not hold grudges, and looks at every situation from a multitude of angles. As Miss Maude quite correctly puts it in one of the important quotes from “To Kill a Mockingbird”by Harper Lee, “Atticus Finch is the same in his house as he is on the public streets” (87) and this could also be said of how he behaves in the courtroom. He is a skilled lawyer and without making outright accusations in a harsh tone he effectively points out that Bob Ewell is lying. Even more importantly, the subject of this character analysis, Atticus Finch, is able to gracefully point out to the jury that there although there probably are a few black men who are capable of crimes, “this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men” (208). His understanding of equality and his...
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...Leadership Analysis The Bridge on The River Kwai August 5, 2012 Shekhar Gahlot (ICS Hitotsubashi, Tokyo, Japan) Leadership Analysis: The Bridge on the River Kwai The year: 1943. The place: Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Burma. In the setting of World War II, a defeated unit British Soldiers is marched into a Japanese prison camp in western Thailand, with the purpose of constructing a bridge over the River Kwai to carry a new railway line to invade Burma. The camp is run by a dutiful commandant Colonel Saito and his men. The British troop is led by a stiff-lipped Colonel Nicholson. Nicholson is highly revered by his men, he is their friend and confidant; he can do them no wrong. So begins the classic World War II movie The Bridge on the River Kwai. In the August of 2009 during a humid Sunday afternoon I happened to stumble upon this English classic. I presumed it to be just another vintage war movie. However, on careful inspection, it became an excellent treatise for understanding various forms of "leadership" paradigms, which are not only useful in the Army but can be easily observed in contemporary corporate world. It is one of those few war movies which focus more on building its characters rather than the war itself. It portrays two very different leadership styles, which are intensely portrayed by its characters Colonel Nicholson and Colonel Saito. The movie starts with difference of opinion and clashes of ego between the two leads. Saito is persistent...
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...For my Final paper in this class, I have decided to do a comparative analysis between the movies Higher Learning and Smoke Signals. I will briefly summarize each movie in a few paragraphs and then I will discuss the similarities and differences between the themes in each movie before I discuss overall comparisons between characters, filming techniques used, and racial stereotypes. "Higher Learning" takes place at the fictitious Columbus University, where the producer makes use of a Christopher Columbus statue to suggest a racist atmosphere. Still, he does this effectively during harsh, well-observed opening scenes that capture different attitudes of white and black students on campus. A white students' pep rally is given a frightening intensity. A young white woman clutches her purse tightly when she finds herself in an elevator with a black student. The two groups' different musical tastes present an amusing contrast and a great use of sound design which is described in our textbook American On Film by Benshoff and Griffin. Mr. Singleton creates a lively air of expectation as his half-dozen main characters settle into their dorm rooms and the battle lines are drawn. John Singleton's film, Higher Learning, about the racial and sexual prejudices that color life on a college campus turns out to be an involuntary example of the same small-mindedness it deplores. Everyone here, from beer drinking white fraternity boys to rap-loving, marijuana smoking black students harassed by...
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...are artistic forms of self-expression. Movies we see at theatres, on television, or home video are typically narrative films. They tell stories about characters going through experiences. But what are they really about? What is the content of a film? DIGGING DEEPER: FOUR LEVELS OF MEANING Recounting the plot of a movie, telling what happens, is the simplest way to explain it to someone else. But this is neither a film review nor a film analysis. It’s merely a synopsis that anyone else who sees or has seen the movie will likely agree with. This level of content may be called the referential content, since it refers directly to things that happen in the plot and possibly to some aspects of the story that are merely implied by the plot. In John Boorman’s Deliverance (1972), four men from the city go on a weekend canoe trip that unexpectedly becomes a life or death struggle for survival of man against man and man against nature. Some characters survive, others don’t. Most films can be analyzed more thoroughly to reveal deeper levels of meaning. A review (perhaps 400-1200 words) typically includes personal impressions and evaluations of a movie’s content and techniques. A good review may be subjective, yet still touch superficially on topics that might be explored in more detail in a longer formal analysis. An analysis (perhaps 1200-12,000 words) attempts to determine how the film actually uses various cinematic techniques and elements of film or narrative form to...
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...Women On Screen In China Film, as a unique art form, has come to China nearly centuries. In 1920s, female images just can be seen as the tools in silent movies, which own not only very vague character, but also lack of adequate connotation of the times, not to mention women’s awareness of self-consciousness. However, after the establishment of People's Republic of China, government vigorously promotes that the "men and women are alike". Also with the influence of western feminist movement, the status of women began to turn upside down. Women are demanding equal status with men, and these demands also reflected in the films. Until now, women as a sign of beauty, some are gentle and virtuous, some are sweetie and pleasant, and some are full of unique personality but still attractive enough. In such a representation, it is hard to notice, even their own aesthetic values are deeply affected by the male views. Not so much a woman as a sign of beauty, as it is a sign to attract male attention. In many generations of Chinese directors, only one of the few is female director. In the Male-dominated film industry, obviously, female characters are created by them, reflecting men’s centralism’s view of women. This paper applies feminist film theory, by analyzing the feminine images in a famous Chinese director—Jiang Wen’s films, to reveal the hidden gender inequality as well as the phenomenon of “male gaze”. Through the criticism and introspection of these hidden and potential...
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...their settings, characterization, and plot. I. There happen to be different settings in both of the short stories but both of the settings adapt well with their plots. a. In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game” the setting takes place in the early 1920’s after the First World War on a small tropical island somewhere in the Caribbean, known as Ship-Trap Island by the sailors. b. Whereas, in the short story, “Young Goodman Brown” the story is set in the late seventeenth century in Salem, a small town northeast of Boston in Massachusetts around the time of the Salem witch trials. II. The characters in both of these short stories have close similarities to each other as they both demonstrate good and evil traits, which help the plot flow. a. The main characters in “The Most Dangerous Game” are Sanger Rainsford, General Zaroff, Whitney, and Ivan. b. The main characters in the story “Young Goodman Brown” are Goodman Brown, Faith, The Old Man/Devil Figure, The Minister, Goody Cloyse, and Deakon Gookin. III. The plot of the short stories, although they are different, both exhibit evil conflicts that develop throughout the story. a. The plot in “The Most Dangerous Game” is about hunting. b. In the plot of “Young Goodman Brown” Goodman Brown has to leave one night but his wife said she would be scared without him at home. Nick Barbir Mrs. Horne ENGL 102-B19 6 February 2012 The Most...
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...The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain By Brenda Tarin British Literature 2323 Lois Flanagan January 27, 2009 Tarin ii I. Introduction II. Biographical sketch of author A. Past to present B. Experiences and achievements III Plot analysis A. analysis of plot structure 1. Exposition 2. Complication 3. Crisis 4. Climax 5. Resolution B. Theme of plot IV Critical analysis A. Theme 1. Racism 2. Slavery C. Characters D. Atmosphere E. Conflicts V. Evaluation VI. Review of movie version VII. Conclusion Tarin 1 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Samuel Langhorne Clemens also known as the famous and brilliant Mark Twain, was born in the small town of Florida, Missouri on November 30, 1835 to John Marshall and Jane Lampton Clemens. Clemens was the youngest of the five children, as a child Clemens moved around a lot, he first moved to the small town of Hannibal at the age of four. Here he attended a private school and seemed to finally recover from his poor health at the age of nine. When he was twelve his father died of pneumonia, he suddenly decided to leave, and make money, since his family needed all the help they could get. He quit school and was a printers apprentice, then moved and helped his brother print and edit for a newspaper. In 1858 Clemens became a river pilot...
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...Analysis of Major Characters Lennie Although Lennie is among the principal characters in Of Mice and Men, he is perhaps the least dynamic. He undergoes no significant changes, development, or growth throughout the novel and remains exactly as the reader encounters him in the opening pages. Simply put, he loves to pet soft things, is blindly devoted to George and their vision of the farm, and possesses incredible physical strength. Nearly every scene in which Lennie appears confirms these and only these characteristics. Although Steinbeck’s insistent repetition of these characteristics makes Lennie a rather flat character, Lennie’s simplicity is central to Steinbeck’s conception of the novel. Of Mice and Men is a very short work that manages to build up an extremely powerful impact. Since the tragedy depends upon the outcome seeming to be inevitable, the reader must know from the start that Lennie is doomed, and must be sympathetic to him. Steinbeck achieves these two feats by creating a protagonist who earns the reader’s sympathy because of his utter helplessness in the face of the events that unfold. Lennie is totally defenseless. He cannot avoid the dangers presented by Curley, Curley’s wife, or the world at large. His innocence raises him to a standard of pure goodness that is more poetic and literary than realistic. His enthusiasm for the vision of their future farm proves contagious as he convinces George, Candy, Crooks, and the reader that such a paradise might be possible...
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...Analysis The reactions towards gender roles differ from societies in the world and time periods. Families traditionally included a mother, a father, and the children. Women were thought to be the domestic mothers who would do the cooking, sewing, cleaning, and caring for the children. Men were thought to be fathers that had the role of working to making income for the family, playing sports, fixing cars, and smoking. World War I however broke these traditional gender roles. Men entered the roles of soldiers. Women had to take over occupations men had prior to the war and volunteered their time towards aiding soldiers. As of the 1900s women were mostly known to be working at home or a domestic related job. These jobs “Women's paid employment was typically low status, low paid, and involved fewer skills and responsibilities than men's. The types of work available to women were confined to a few sectors of the economy where the work could be...
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