...trying to hold onto anything too tightly. 2. David (toby McGuire) and Jennifer (Reese Witherspoom) how does Pleasantville change them? David begins to realize that the perceived happiness in Pleasantville is not nearly as fulfilling as he hoped it would be. As a result, he slowly evolves from dreamy outcast to leader of the changes that take place in Pleasantville. Jennifer, through her own personality, sparks the initial changes in the town. However, as the story continues, she begins to understand the limitations she has placed on herself in her own life. Her reading of a D. H. Lawrence novel signifies her effort to change herself, and thus, affect her own transformation. By the end of the film she decides to stay and attend college. 3. What is the message the film presents 4. Language-how do the words set moods? 5. Is the real world, real? No. In the town of Pleasantville, nothing changes. The temperature is always the same, the weather is always nice, and no one has ever seen rain. Sex is an unknown word, passion is obsolete, and the most...
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...most recognizable and frequently imitated aspects of the tale. Walt Disney brought its version of Carroll’s story to the silver screen in 1951 in its animated film Alice in Wonderland. With its expertise in animation Disney was able to take Carroll’s narrative to the level of the fantastic that the author had envisioned when composing Alice. Within the confines of the scene between Alice and the Caterpillar, Disney did much to keep close to the text and images of the interaction inside the book. Although the outline of the caterpillar scene is in line with Carroll’s...
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...Little House on the Prairie meets Courage the Cowardly Dog: Reset Jenae Graves 2017 Reset tells the story of what happens to a little girl when she realizes her childhood is not what it seems. Sticking beautifully to its genre of Science fiction the film is creepy and visually stunning. Parents dropping in front of them to talking dolls. Children only have their parents to protect them, what happens when that only form of security is ripped from their life? The film has two starring characters the young daughter Sofie (Wilma Hedberg) and the mother Karin. (Cecilia Milocco) The mail family lives in the middle of nowhere and are awaiting the return of the head of their household, Father. (Niklas Engdahl) When the story begins, it is bed...
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...main topic in my daily life.They are study, club and film. When I was a junior school student, I was a “middle student” in my class. I didn't know how to show confidence to my classmates and teachers.It’s all changed by that three years, every thing was started by when I learned how to mange time.In our high school, there is nobody who would always supervise you in any time.It’s an exactly western pattern. In this system, I gradually were shaping up responsible to myself. When I got questions from study, I would find my teacher and ask them in the first...
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...those expectations. Although the movies were very different they all espoused the need for bravery and honor in a man. The film Last of the Mohicans, based on a book by James Fennimore Cooper, is the story of a white man named Hawkeye and two Mohican Indians. The film takes place during the French and Indian War. During the war many settlers volunteered or were coerced into fighting for the English. Hawkeye and the Indians are brought into the war when they save two daughters of an English general and agree to take them to an English fort. On the way there they find the family of a friend of theirs murdered by Indians. When they get to the fort Hawkeye tells others settlers about it and they want to leave the battle to protect their families. He helps them do that against the orders of the English; but stays because he has feelings for one of the women he saved although though he knows he will be punished. This illustrates his bravery and willingness to take responsibility for his actions. The fort is captured by the French and as the English are leaving they are attacked and massacred by Indians. Hawkeye saves the girls once again and attempts to escape with them even as they are chased by Indians. They make it to a waterfall where there is no way for them to escape with the women. Hawkeye dives off the waterfall vowing to find and save the girls. An English...
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...Robert Wise’s The Haunting has been one of the most haunted house films ever produced.I've seen this film with my classmates during my english class. This film is a black and white picture. The picture was once the most fearful film in the early 60’s. This film takes place in New England, in a big haunted mansion. Dr. Markway, does research to prove the existence of ghosts, at the Hill House, a large mansion with a history of violent death. Luke, who stands to inherit the house, Theodora and Eleanor, with psychic abilities make her feel somehow there are spirits around the old mansion. Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn, and Rosalie Crutchley. The Haunting is a story about Eleanor Lance (Julie Harris), a lonely woman...
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...She sang and entertained for 16 years. Selena's murder sent shockwaves through the Latino community, and her fans around the world mourned the singer's passing. Selena's life story has been the subject of a 1997 film, Selena, which stars Jennifer Lopez as the Tejano superstar and James Edward Olmos as her father. In this biographical drama, Selena (Jennifer Lopez) is born into a musical family. Selena’s father Abraham (James Edward olmos) realized that his daughter Selena had a gift, Selena then started to sing and perform at small venues. Selena falls for her guitarist without her father's approval. Selena seeking mainstream fame, decides to start to record her her English-language album which tragically she will never finish. Selena confesses to her mother that she is having anxiety about her crossover album and also confesses about her and Chris wanted to start a family. On March 31, after arguing over the missing financial documents, Selena is murdered by...
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...I got the opportunity to watch “Devil’s Playground” movie in the class, which was an exceptionally eye-opening film. This film was on Amish culture and their lifestyle. During the age of sixteen Amish kids enter Rumspringa period, where they been given the opportunity to discover themselves and decide to choose the path they want to move on. During this period, Amish kids are free to do what they want to do i.e. smoking, drinking, drugs and all the other luxury things of outside world. The Rumspringa period ends when individuals feels ready to make a decision if they want to join the church and obligate to being Amish or they want to join the outside world away from their family and religion. Most of the kids are able to decide around age of...
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...Stacy Moore Professor Graham EN 231 July 27, 2016 Beowulf the Legend The action packed, fantasy film Beowulf, released in 2007 is an animated 3D film inspired by the fictional old English epic poem Beowulf. The film was directed and produced by Robert Zemeckis, and contains an all-star cast including, Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie, Ray Winstone, Jon Malkovich, Robin Wright Penn, Brenden Gleeson, Crispin Glover and Alison Lohman. The film is a loose adaption of the epic poem Beowulf, and the screenwriters, Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary have weaved various tidbits of differences throughout the film, adding a touch of “Hollywood” to the story. Avary is a Hollywood screenwriter, and Gaiman is a well-accomplished author across a huge number of...
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...Saving private Ryan (1988) directed by Steven Spielberg received critical applause for its realistic portrayal of World War II combat sequences in entire film starting to the end. The scenes that are depicting at the Ohama beach troops landing was named the best battle scene of all time in my opinion. The scene in the film costs US$12 million and involved up to1,500 takes , and the director have taken some of people from the members of the Irish defence forces , and members of local historical re-enactment groups as the second battle group were cased, many people from here was taken to play as German soldiers in the movie as I read from interviews given by film crew .In addition, twenty to thirty actual amputee were used to portray as American soldier which give the clear description of involvement of the actors in every scene as it actually happened during the landing of troops from the first...
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...Michael refers to Kat as “The Screw” and Cameron says “I burn, I pine, I perish”, which is a direct quote from “The Taming of the Shrew” (Shakespeare 41). Michael says, “Sweet love, renew thy force”, which is a direct quote from Shakespeare’s sonnet 56 (Andrews 183). Michael also says “The shit hath hitith the fan…ith”, which is poking fun at the early modern English used in the 17th century. The band Letters to Cleo make a guest appearance during the prom scene and one of the songs they sing is “cruel to be kind”, which is a hamlet reference (Dominic 85). Kat and Bianca’s last name is Stratford and Shakespeare was from Shakespeare-upon-Avon. In the play, Petruchio is from Verona and Patrick’s last name is Verona. The play is set in Padua and all the characters in “10 Things…” attend Padua High School. Kat’s English class is reading Shakespeare’s sonnets and they have to recreate their own sonnet 141. Kat’s best friend, Mandella, is obsessed with Shakespeare and in some weird fantasy thinks that they are romantically involved (IMDb, 10 Things I Hate About...
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...Edith Cushing is a writer in the 19th century. She is the daughter of a wealthy businessman Carter Cushing, who happens to lives in New York. She’s often visited by her mother's ghost warning her about Crimson Peak. Edith falls in love with Thomas Sharpe, who is an English aristocrat and inventor. He came to the United States seeking investors and Edith’s father happens to be one of them. Carter Cushing wasn’t impressed with Thomas’s prototype so he rejected his proposal. Mr. Cushing disapproves of Edith and Thomas relationship so he bribes him into returning to England. Shortly, Mr. Cushing is murdered but his death was ruled as an accident. Thomas marries Edith and brings her back to England. As Edith settles in she finds Thomas sister Lucille...
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...Genna Cahill English Composition 1001 Essay 2 Microtheme 5 After reading Rachel Adams’s chapter “Sideshow Cinema”, I have gained a new perspective on Tod Browning’s film Freaks. Adams suggests that there may be a fine line between monster and victim regarding the normal people, such as Cleopatra and Hercules, and the freaks, such as Hans and the conjoined Hilton twins. “After establishing Hans as a sympathetic character who suffers unwarranted abuse, the spectacle of Cleo’s body, mutilated at the hands of the freaks, leaves the viewer unsure about who is the victim and who aggressor,” Adams describes (77). Up until the point of Cleo’s revelation as the “chicken-woman”, the normal-looking people leave us to feel more sympathy for the freaks based on the treatment of them. Majority of the film, we see Cleo, Hercules, and their normal friends treat the freaks as inferiors, teasing them subtly to their faces and more so behind their backs. Therefore, in this sense, the normal people can be seen as monsters and the freaks as victims. The effect of the camera also gives us more sympathy for the freaks. The settings in which these people are placed affect the way we see them. For example, Hans is often placed next to larger objects, especially in Cleo’s wagon, and this makes him, in proportion, look much, much smaller than he actually is. This is true when we are looking at Cleopatra from his point of view as well. Compared to Hans, she seems a lot taller, and we can understand...
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...Prior to watching “Arrival,” I hadn’t seen any of French-Canadian director Dennis Villeneuve’s films. That wasn’t for lack of desire, as each of his English films, save perhaps “Enemy,” which I know the least about, have struck me as potentially captivating. Despite my interest in his work, however, “Arrival” was my introduction to Villeneuve. While I’m still intrigued by his past and future exploits, I may be slightly less so now. “Arrival” follows Louise Banks (Amy Adams), a world-renowned linguist, enlisted by the military to help interpret the language used by the alien passengers of 12 mysterious spacecraft that recently descended on various parts of earth. Banks’ mission is to discover why the extraterrestrials have come to our blue planet,...
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...of Vietnam, one of the biggest and the most famous universities in my country. My major is finance and banking. After that, I moved to the South of Vietnam. It’s the place where I found my first job in my life. I had been a banker for 2.5 years before coming here. I worked in a credit department and my main task was managing the risk of loans. It was an interesting job and I really liked it. I used the knowledge that I studied in university. I didn’t used English for along time, also my job in Vietnam didn’t use English much therefore now my English is not good. I had to finish the job to improve my English and find a better job. That’s why I came to New Zealand. It’s the first time I went abroad. I have just arrived at Auckland for 6 days but I have a deep impression in Auckland and people in here. It’s a beautiful and peaceful city, people are friendly and lovely. I went to some nice places like Mission Bay, One Tree Hill. They are all beautiful and so romantic, they looked like the scenes that I have seen in Korean films. I took many photos and sent them to my family and friends in Vietnam, they said what a beautiful city. People always help me wherever and whenever I need. I love this city and I want to spend most of my free time to travel around New Zealand. My family has 4 members: my father, my mother, my older brother and I. My parents live and work in my hometown. My mother is a teacher, she teaches math in a high school. My father is an agricultural engineer, he works...
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