...Ngo Kotna 1 EN 102 Prof. Robinson October 11th 2013 Film Argument Essay “From Hell” “From Hell” is a movie based on the case of Jack The Ripper by the New 20th Century Fox Production. Jack the Ripper, a serial killer, haunted Whitechapel, a district of East London, during the late 1880s; The Ripper was said to be the first documented and investigated serial killer at the time. The movie “From Hell” relates how, when and where The Ripper killed his victims. The main point of this movie is illustrate exactly how Jack The Ripper was operating back in those days, to give us an image of what the district looked like, of how it was like to live there. Now the question is, does the movie accurately deliver the history of Jack the Ripper? The physical appearance of Whitechapel? The way people lived at that time? Attempting to answer these questions will be the main focus of our essay. Let’s start with the context and costuming: the murders of the Ripper occurred in the 1880s in London, making it a little hard to capture the essence the fact and a physical space looking East London. Fortunately, the story was documented, and adapted into a book in which directors and producers drew the plot of the movie from, and the movie was filmed in Prague because it was the place that looked the most like 1880’s East London. As of fashion, women in the 1880s were dressed...
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...12 Years a Slave Review 12 Years a slave was a movie full of powerful images depicting the infamous time period in the United States of America. The director Steve McQueen did a phenomenal job portraying slavery with powerful scenes. The main character, Solomon Northup, goes through a brutal 12 years being separated from his beloved family, despite his identity in the north. His true identity would only lead to him getting beaten harder. The movie best portrayed that slavery in the south was pure terror for African Americans. Steve McQueen fearlessly tackles the subject of slavery with character development. Solomon Northup is an educated free man up north. Solomon is also well respected violin player, but would lead him to being tricked into being brought down south as a slave. He wakes up from a night of joy to a cold prison cell. He slowly has to learn to answer insults or whippings in silence. The slave owner, Epps, is a plantation owner who is a diabolical man trying to break slaves, and especially Solomon. Epps would use other slaves to break each other down. Slaves performing their job well would be subject to torments of hell. Epps would go as far to make his slaves whip other slaves. Solomon is forced to whip his friends, with brutal strength. The emotion of each lash was far more than unsettling. McQueen would show Epps with the whip, soon later the camera spins around to show the obscene violence and flesh from the...
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...this part of the story very well. In fact for some of the costumes you would need to look hard for the actor controlling the puppet as your mind you not even realize that there is an actor under the costume. Overall the costume design along with the choreography makes for a visually stunning opening scene. One gets a sense of a three ring circus where so many things are happening that there is no way you could take it all in at once as your eyes and head swivel from side to side in an attempt to capture it all. The Lion King musical is a classic coming of age story along with a good versus evil aspect. The opening scene shows the sun rising and the musical number The Circle of Life playing. The sun symbolizes the pattern of night to day and day to night, the same pattern of life to death and death to life. Simba along with his father share the protagonist role in the musical and represent good. Simba is the king’s son, the perfect son to the perfect king/father, while Scar the brother of the king and uncle to Simba would be considered the antagonist and evil. Initially Simba’s farther starts out as the protagonist leading and teaching Simba the way of the world. After Simba’s father’s death Simba assumes the protagonist role. Throughout the musical Scar – the antagonist- - attempts to put Simba in harm’s way so...
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...Phil 33 Apocalypto Movie Paper In the movie Apocalypto there were many different cultures and lifestyles that tribes of the past have had many similarties to, even in todays culture I can see many of the same references from apocalypto and indigenous tribes of history. In my essays I will be answereing the following questions in philosophical. 1- In film I seen that the mayan culture surfaced in the people of the indigenous tribes. 3 yes indeed the power of the love of jaguar paw’s culture and something unseen in the nature of where his religion played a vital role that seemed to provide strength to endure in the way that would drive his soul to fight on the true spirit of his people. For example in the beginning you see jaguar paw and his lifestyle his family and his faith whether it was the hunt or the villige comedy of the brothers problem with childbearing you see a sense of connectivity and love that a closenit group of loved ones have. At their last night before the villige was attacked they sat together and listend to the elder or shaman as similar to the Naskapi and their reliationship with the animals that they hunted and respected, they listened to the shaman talk about a story about the man and his sorrows and sadness and problems and how the animals of their culture helpled in solving the sorrows and sadness of man but instead ending their own lives after the man had devoured everything in his path as if it were...
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...within us all. The duality of man is a major topic that has been discussed for centuries. Throughout the story of “The Strange Case Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”, Stevenson presents his idea of the duality of man- where we all have a demonic side within us. Evil is held within waiting to surface, but we ignore our impulses, we act as if it does not exist. Stevenson presents this idea by using two characters, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, who are essentially the same person. One of these characters, Dr. Jekyll, symbolizes the good side of man, and the other, Mr. Hyde, signifies the purest of evil. Conscience, the inner sense of what is right or wrong in one's motives, it’s what refrains us from fulfilling all of our impulses.Without a conscience, all hell would break loose and everyone would abandon the moral laws of life. The theme of good and evil is a topic that is talked about in length in books, movies, stories, and in real life. Good vs. evil is referred to in “The Bible" many times. “As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.” (Romans 7:17-19). This quote from “The Bible” relates to the idea of the duality of man laced within “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”. This quote talks about how the evil within himself overpowers the good. In the beginning of the book, Dr. Jekyll had complete control of Mr. Hyde, but...
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...For the hardcore fans of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell series, Blacklist was released by Ubisoft in August 2013 as a sequel for their previous installment; Splinter Cell : Conviction. The game overall has pretty good ratings and the reviews written by most of the gaming websites and the players are generally positive. Blacklist received : 9/10 on Steam 9.2/10 on IGN 8/10 on Gamespot The game is playable on almost all the consoles. Available for : Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii U, and Xbox 360. Overview Splinter Cell : Chaos Theory & Splinter Cell : Conviction were my personal favorite stealth games. However, after spending only 2 or 3 hours playing Blacklist; I must admit I was instantly hooked. It is one of those games that you just...
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...A famous scene from one of the first notable horror films, Nosferatu (1922) Horror is a film genre seeking to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's primal fears. Horror films often feature scenes that startle the viewer; the macabre and the supernatural are frequent themes. Thus they may overlap with the fantasy, supernatural, and thriller genres.[1] Horror films often deal with the viewer's nightmares, hidden fears, revulsions and terror of the unknown. Plots within the horror genre often involve the intrusion of an evil force, event, or personage, commonly of supernatural origin, into the everyday world. Prevalent elements include ghosts, aliens, vampires, werewolves, curses, satanism, demons, gore, torture, vicious animals, monsters, zombies, cannibals, and serial killers. Conversely, movies about the supernatural are not necessarily always horrific.[2] Contents [hide] 1 History 1.1 1890s–1920s 1.2 1930s–1940s 1.3 1950s–1960s 1.4 1970s–1980s 1.5 1990s 1.6 2000s 2 Sub-genres 3 Influences 3.1 Influences on society 3.2 Influences internationally 4 See also 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External links [edit]History [edit]1890s–1920s See also: List of horror films of the 1890s, List of horror films of the 1900s, List of horror films of the 1910s, and List of horror films of the 1920s Lon Chaney, Sr. in The Phantom of the Opera The first depictions of supernatural events appear in several of the silent shorts...
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...1 English 103 Date: May 28th, 2008 Fiction into Film Even tough the film “Smooth Talk” & Joyce Carol Oates’s short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” are supposed to be the same story, one can only wonder if the same message is actually being presented. Through extensive research on the criticisms of both the story and the film, I have come to the realization that the overall moral & the characters of the story have been changed so much for the film version that at the end it’s questionable at best if the overall message of the story comes across as intended. Beginning with the moral of the story, in an article by Joyce Carol Oates herself entitled "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? & Smooth Talk: Short Story into Film” she discusses how she “deferred in the end to Joyce Chopra's [The Film’s Director] decision to reverse the story's conclusion… [in which] the film ends not with death, not with a sleepwalker's crossing over to her fate, but upon a scene of reconciliation, rejuvenation” (Oates, “Where” para 10). Yet, as this deferral might seem slight, in actuality it changes the whole tone of the story, as critic John Simon put it, “[this] disgraceful ending… turns allegory, Gothic horror, and tragedy into soap opera” (Simon, “Lowering” para 1). Yet, besides the ending Joyce Carol Oates did approve of the film, in the same article she also stated, that “Laura Dern is so dazzlingly right as "my" Connie that I may come to think I modeled the...
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...Hitch Plot summary Alex "Hitch" Hitchens (Will Smith) is a professional "date doctor", or consultant as Hitch terms himself, who coaches other men in the art of having the perfect date with the woman of their dreams. While coaching one of his clients, Albert Brennaman (Kevin James), who is smitten with celebrity Allegra Cole (Amber Valletta), Hitch finds himself falling for Sara Melas (Eva Mendes), a gossip columnist who is determined to unmask and ruin the so-called date doctor after one of his "clients" (with whom Hitch refused to work) had a one-night stand with her best friend. However, where Albert and Allegra's relationship continues to progress, Hitch finds that none of his tried and tested methods are working on himself, despite being a master of the art. After Hitch is unmasked, he and Sara break up, and Allegra and Albert follow suit. Finally, Hitch confronts Allegra and convinces her to reunite with Albert, before reconciling with Sara. In the process, he makes the startling discovery that he doesn't really do anything significant, and that most of his customers (particularly Albert) really were successful by just being themselves. In the end, Albert and Allegra get married and celebrate their marriage with Hitch and Sara, who are also back together again. Hitch, reflecting on love's unpredictability, addresses the audience in the last line, "Basic principles... There are none." Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitch_(film)#Plot_Summary taken on Dec. 24...
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...Gilbert alive. All his family members play important individual roles in finding out what’s eating Gilbert Grape. What's Eating Gilbert Grape is a beautifully shot movie of tenderness, caring and self-awareness that is set amongst the fictional working class one street town Endora. Centred around the Grape family Ellen and Amy and their two brothers Arnie and Gilbert, who, along with their morbidly obese widowed mother Bonnie Grape are striving to survive and coexist with the absence of a father figure, low wage work and seventeen-year-old Arnie's severe mental condition. It is in this awkward and extremely one sided affair that the unfortunate Gilbert has to constantly, while working for the town's slowly dying Convenience Store, take care of his younger brother Arnie. Gilbert's life, his future, is thwarted he knows this, but it is in this Guardian Angel that his love and bond for Arnie cannot, and will not, be let go. That is until the free spirit of Becky arrives in town, and with her grandmother are stranded for the DeLosAngeles 2 week while waiting for parts for their vehicle. This realization unties new feelings, new thoughts and new hope for the put upon Gibert, something new is eating Gilbert Grape. The film received positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film was given a 89% "Certified Fresh" rating. (Critic, Fan. "What's Eating Gilbert Grape 1993."...
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...“In fact, despite his power of rationalization and the continuing influence of Henry. Dorian is increasingly disturbed by doubts about his moral freedom and stung by the pangs of the conscience that will not die” (Liebman 10). Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray is centered upon the effects of liberty of the soul and degradation that results from it. If one chooses to always act on inner desires and passions, ignoring ethical values, one’s life will be destroyed by vain pursuits. Dorian Gray a wealthy young man has been challenged to “embark upon a hedonistic life, after having feared it for so long, developing every intellectual, aesthetic and sensual appetite to the utmost. Despite the look of his innocent beauty...”(Magill Book Reviews 1) Dorian becomes very vain with the pursuit to simply fulfill his desperate desires without looking into the ethical importance of his actions and thus becomes hopeless and defenceless to his own desires. When one becomes aware of the fear to venture in life, one will pursue to fulfill every incomplete/unfulfilled passion without limits. This in turn leads to an amoral representation of one’s life. For once in his life, Dorian Gray was inspired. He was woken up to a world of freedom. Lord Henry Wotton opened his eyes to a world of hedonism saying “You, Mr. Gray... with your rose-red youth... and ... boyhood ... you have had passions that have made you afraid... nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can...
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...The Difference Between Art and Entertainment by Jeff Goins | 99 Comments Art, they say, is in the eye of the beholder. Which is a nice way of saying it’s whatever you want it to be. But I don’t believe that. Photo credit: Mark Heard (Creative Commons) Although I don’t have an objective perspective (nobody does), and mine is but one opinion, I believe there is such a thing as good and bad art. Maybe that’s asking too much, for us to label art “good” or “bad,” or maybe that feels too restrictive. That’s fine, I suppose; I don’t want to impose my artistic standards on someone else, nor would I appreciate having it the other way around. But what is not okay is calling something “art” when it’s not — when it is, in fact, something else. Art versus entertainment My friend Stephen pointed out recently, quoting Makoto Fujimura I think, that the difference between art and entertainment is subtle, but important: Entertainment gives you a predictable pleasure… Art leads to transformation. If that’s true, then we may have a problem, because what a lot of people call “art” isn’t changing us. At best, it’s entertaining us, dulling our senses and inebriating us to the realities of the world. Which is not the point. Art is supposed to transform: * It surprises. * It wounds. * It changes. Entertainment makes us feel good. It doesn’t surprise us; it meets our expectations. And that’s why we like entertainment: it coddles us. But the problem with entertainment is it leaves...
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...The Catcher in the Rye is a 1951 novel by J. D. Salinger. Originally published for adults, it has since become popular with adolescent readers for its themes of teenage angst and alienation. It has been translated into almost all of the world's major languages. Around 250,000 copies are sold each year with total sales of more than 65 million books. The novel's protagonist Holden Caulfield has become an icon for teenage rebellion. The novel was included on Time's 2005 list of the 100 best English-language novels written since 1923, and it was named by Modern Library and its readers as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. In 2003, it was listed at number 15 on the BBC's survey The Big Read. The novel also deals with complex issues of identity, belonging, connection, and alienation. Plot summary Holden begins his story at Pencey Prep, an exclusive private school in Agerstown, Pennsylvania, on the Saturday afternoon of the traditional football game with rival school Saxon Hall. Holden misses the game. As manager of the fencing team, he loses their equipment on a New York City subway train that morning, resulting in the cancellation of a match. He goes to the home of his History teacher named Mr. Spencer. Holden has been expelled and is not to return after Christmas break, which begins the following Wednesday. Spencer is a well-meaning but long-winded middle-aged man. To Holden's annoyance, Spencer reads aloud Holden's History paper, in which Holden...
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...I walk out the main door—the air cold, the sun warm—and down the steps” (Green 218). When I read this quote I pictured a boy depressed and all alone. I chose a picture of a boy by himself with tears running down his face. He is somewhere that looks to be a dark, desolate place. This picture is better than others because it is a picture of a boy. Most of the crying pictures were of girls. This picture also is unique because you can see his tears. Review I think John Green and David Levithan made a superior novel. I would recommend Will Grayson, Will Grayson. They had thought of so many creative novels in the past, but working together was a great idea. They came up with a way to talk about two different guys with two totally different life stories and brought them together to create Will Grayson, Will Grayson. I think the novel was confusing at times and definitely a challenge to read. I had to look online and look up the novel’s backstory about why they wrote it and who wrote which chapters to help me understand the plot more. Once I grasped their ideas, I started to like it more. I would definitely rate this novel a four out of five stars. I would recommend this novel to readers...
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...the two days following Holden's dismissal from his latest school, Pencey Prep. Much of this two-day period is spent either making or contemplating a huge number of assignations and phone calls, most of which are never made. Each of these represents an unsatisfied need to reach out, to affirm the validity of his place in the world at that moment and have it confirmed by the response of another person. In almost every case Holden holds back from really touching another person who could make a difference to him. In fact, his very name -- Holden -- may stand for this attitude of "holding", of keeping himself so close to the vest that he is unable to communicate with the people he so desperately needs. Holden's first missed assignation is the night he leaves Pencey Prep, when he contemplates going down and saying hello to Stradlater's date Jane Gallagher, whom Holden himself likes. He doesn't, because he "isn't in the mood right now" -- an excuse that he will use more frequently as the book goes on. As he says, "You have to be in the mood for those things"(Salinger, 33). Who...
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