...NOTE: This review is the fair and unbiased opinion of someone with extremely little knowledge of the Twilight series. I watched the movie with a few die hard fans who I talked to after the movie, and I will work some of their thoughts into the review. Another much loved book series has been brought to life in the form of Twilight, which despite having nothing in common with the Harry Potter series, will undoubtedly draw comparisons because of the furor and craze surrounding it. The main difference between the two, however, is that the Harry Potter films are generally good and solid films. Twilight, despite having done a couple things right, is not. As a story, I will admit, Twilight is very catchy and interesting. Now I see what all the hype is about. If I was a young girl, I would go nuts over this stuff too. It's not just a vampire and a human falling in love with each other, but because of the two leads, it's one of the best on screen romances of the decade. This, however, is severely hurt by the fact that Twilight boasts easily some of the worst writing and editing I've ever seen. Let's not forget about the horrid VFX and pasty makeup, either. It's one of the cheesiest films of the year, and can definitely be put in the category of "so bad it's ALMOST good". Yes, I just invented that category. The 'allure' of the film appears to be the character played by Robert Pattinson, who ironically was previously known for his role in the Harry Potter series. Pattinson succeeded...
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...Twilight (series) |Twilight | |[pic] | |Complete set of the four books | |of the Twilight series and the spin-off novella, The Short Second Life of Bree| |Tanner. | |Twilight | |New Moon | |Eclipse | |Breaking Dawn | |Author |Stephenie Meyer | |Country |United States | |Language |English | |Genre |Romance, fantasy, young-adult fiction | |Publisher |Little, Brown and Company | |Published |2005–2008 | |Media type |Print | Twilight is a series of four vampire-themed fantasy romance novels by American author Stephenie Meyer. It charts a period in the life of Isabella "Bella" Swan, a teenage girl...
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...Makoto Shinkai’s 2016 animated movie adaption of his novel, Your Name, depicts the story of Taki, an everyday high school student in Tokyo, and Mitsuha, a high school student in a rural town, who discover that they periodically swap bodies. Gradually, they get use to the body swap and begin to learn more about each other until suddenly the phenomenon stops after the passing of a comet. Taki, plagued by his memories of Mitsuha, sets out to find her only to discover that the comet broke apart causing a fragment to fall and destroyed the Mitsuha’s hometown 3 years ago. Taki manages to restart the body swap phenomenon and works to prevent the deaths of the townspeople and ends up meeting Mitsuha in person due to an event called the twilight. However...
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...30, 2012 - A Scene from The "El Presidente". El Presidente tells the story of the Philippines' very first president Gen. ... For example if my memory serves me correctly, I never read nor heard during my ... Kailngan ko ng Reaction paper 2. Reaction Paper On El Presidente Movie Free Essays 1 - 20 www.studymode.com/.../reaction-paper-on-el-presidente-movie-page1.ht... * * Free Essays on Reaction Paper On El Presidente Movie for students. Use our papers to help you with yours 1 - 20. 3. Movie Review: 'El Presidente' is a historical disappointment ... www.gmanetwork.com › GMA News Online › Lifestyle › Reviews * * Jan 3, 2013 - When the trailers for “El Presidente” were released, it seemed entirely possible that an entertaining historical epic could be made depicting the ... 4. El Presidente Reaction Paper - College Essays - Pincasmae www.termpaperwarehouse.com › Historical Events * * Oct 20, 2013 - Read this essay on El Presidente Reaction Paper . Come browse our large digital warehouse of free sample essays. Get the knowledge you ... 5. 'El Presidente' Movie Review (MMFF) - Ely's Planet elysplanet.com/2013/01/01/el-presidente-movie-review-mmff-2012/ * * Jan 1, 2013 - “El Presidente” tackles the story of the first president of the Philippines, ... summary;...
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...Running Head: Popular Literature Popular Literature Ivan Posada Instructor, Sheila Bassoppo-Moyo University of Phoenix March 28, 2011 Water for Elephants This book is a historical novel written by Sara Gruen, The novel focus on the story of Jacob Jancowski and his experiences since he was a college student through his life experience travelling with The Benzini Brothers Circus. The story is told as a series of memories by Jacob Jankowski, a ninety or ninety-three year-old man who lives in a nursing home, where Jacob is told what to eat and what to do. The book of his memories began, when he was twenty-three years old. Jacob was studying veterinary at Cornell University when he received the horrible news that his parents were killed in a car accident. Days after his parents accident he found that was not money left and his parents were in a deeply debt because his father, who was a veterinary was treating animals for free, plus all the expenses that were generated by the veterinary school for Jacob (Wikipedia, 2011). One night Jacob was desperate and he jumped on a train, which ended up being a circus train, in where he starts working as an animal caregiver after the owner of the circus found that he was a veterinary student. And after this a multiple events are mentioned in the book about Jacobs’s life and all the things that he had to go through during his life at the circus (Wikipedia, 2011). Years after when Jacob turn ninety-three year old he sees himself...
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...Martin……………….Charles K. Gerrard Innkeeper’s Daugher..Anna Bakacs Coach Passenger………..Nicholas Bela Innkeepers Wife………..Barbara Bozoky Harbormaster…………...Tod Browning Maid……………………Moon Carroll Dracula’s Wife…………Geraldine Dvorak Small Scientist………….John George Flower Girl……………..Anita Harder Coach Passenger……….Carla Laemmle Coach Passenger………Donald Murphy Surgeon……………….Wyndham Standing Dracula’s Wife………..Cornelia Thaw Dracula’s Wife………..Dorothy Tree Grace-English Nurse….Josephine Velez Innkeeper………………Michael Visaroff Concertgoer Outside……Florence Wix Dracula In 1931 the first Dracula movie was made. It was produced by Universal and was based off of 1924 play as well as the novel by Bram Stoker. A dark individual that is portrayed as a well dress man only to find out he transforms into a monster that is out to drink your blood. In many of the vampire movies such as Twilight and Lost...
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...is and was portrayed in a number of ways. In the early days when they were just folklore, vampires were blood sucking predators and feared pale stalkers. In Vampire God: the Allure of the Dead in the Western Culture (2009), discussing the popularity of vampires in society, Mary Y. Hallab says that the folklore vampire is constantly compared to the other supernatural beings like witches and werewolf’s, and today’s concept is also a confused being, a zombie? A lover? Hallab states that “vampires are only those figures—folkloric, mythical, or literary—who are dead humans who are still capable of behaving as though they are alive.” Today, vampires have become a culture of their own, and are a huge part of mainstream pop culture. The Twilight Cullen’s and Sesame Street’s Count Dracula have a whole new appeal on adults and children. The appeal is not always good. According to Vampire Gothic, which is about vampire gothic cultures in United States, Teresa A. Goddu discusses a teenage vampire clan that was discovered in Murray, Kentucky, that was found participating in role-playing games such as drinking each other’s blood and killing puppies. Goddu explains that it’s the raw supernatural aspect of vampires that drew the teenager’s attention. We will discuss the gothic culture and how it relates to vampires later on in the paper. Looking back, no matter how these creatures are portrayed they have proven to be remarkably adaptable...
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...Kin Faat Chau (Lucas) Professor Gustafson ARLT 101 07/09/2013 Preface Compilation of this extract involved numerous connections of societal development realities whereby tangible sources that supported the document provided critical information, particularly on Los Angeles historical fundamentals. Civilization is the major aspect explored in this study; the supportive materials helped my writing with analogous information that clarified the encompassed perspectives of societal detrimental issues that indicates the need for improvement, as pointed out by Mennell (p. 2). I have to acknowledge these sources for laying a foundation that proved the societal view and responses towards creation of possible change through literacy basics in their perspective community based activities. Social and political class play critical role in shaping people’s life whereby in sometimes they can be destructive rather than constructive in the societies. The view of human nature as a basic reality received in diverse perspectives indicates the need for substantive measures in taking people’s consideration when the moral basics are involved. Formulation of substantial laws to provide governance prospects are areas that many of the authors relied on in this study have proved to require substantive corrections to guide the people who seem to encounter the hardships of accepting others, particularly with the illusive approaches on society well-being. In most cases, as seen in this study,...
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...The Final Chapter Deanna Schneider ENG 225 Instructor Danielle Day May 14, 2013 Breaking Dawn is the long awaited and highly anticipated end to the compelling tale of what seems to be an impossible romance between the immortal Edward Cullen and the irresistible human Bella Swan. Beginnings can be tricky, but Twilight got this series off to a fantastic start with its modern day fairy tale quality and heart stopping romance. Bella seems to be pulled in one direction by her intense passion for Edward Cullen, and in another by her profound connection to werewolf Jacob Black She has endured a tumultuous year of temptation, loss and strife to reach the ultimate turning point. Her imminent choice, to either join the dark but seductive world of immortals or pursue a fully human life, has become the thread from which the fate of two tribes hangs. Now that Bella has made her decision, a startling chain of unprecedented events is about to unfold with potentially devastating and unfathomable consequences. Just when the frayed strands of Bella’s life – first discovered in Twilight, then scattered and torn in New Moon and Eclipse – seem ready to heal and knit together, could they be destroyed… forever? The setting of this book is in a rainy town in Washington called Forks, where Edward Cullen, a gorgeous “good” vampire, first dazzled Isabella Swan, an average human being. After facing many complications to their relationship, they realize that they want nothing more than to keep the...
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... this literary concept of a wolf-human hybrid is rooted in evil. They are graphically described as “bestial, blood-drinking, human-flesh-eating creatures, endowed with more than human agility and strength” (Rudin 115). Werewolves served as popular antagonists throughout media, including television and cinema; yet, in recent years, the media’s perception of werewolves has taken a noticeable shift in the opposite direction. Stephenie Meyer, the critically acclaimed author of the Young Adult series The Twilight Saga, embodies this shift to the “new” werewolf. Meyer made a drastic change to the very nature of what was once a ferocious beast by characterizing werewolves as more gentle and protective. People wonder, though, what caused this sudden switch of characteristics? Through texts such as Rick Bass’ The Ninemile Wolf, Barry Holstun Lopez’s Of Wolves and Men, Valerie Fogleman’s piece “American Attitudes Towards Wolves: a History of Misperception,” Stephenie Meyer’s The Twilight Saga, and more, this paper will argue that the “original” werewolf belief was founded on America’s misperception of wolves and that, through revelations in animal studies, particularly the Endangered Species Act of 1973, modern American culture has transitioned into a more animal sympathetic society, creating literary changes in the behavior of werewolves to occur with acceptance. There is a definitive transition between the “original” werewolf and the “new” werewolf. The question, though, is where does...
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...Romeo and Juliet: The Movie I believe that this play/movie is based off of a conflict theory. The reason I say this is because both families here are trying to gain power and also trying to be the dominant family. As I go into detail on this movie it will explain the conflict theory. William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is fully summarized in Shakespeare's prologue: "Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene. From ancient grudge break to new mutiny where civil blood make civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, a pair of star crossed lovers who take their life" (Universal, 1996). This movie is a masterful culmination of the director's phenomenal ability to create a powerful introduction, to select a realistic, but surreal setting, to choose realistic actors, and to enact specialized dramatic effects. Sitting in the theater, watching this movie for the first time, I heard static break in to interrupt the beginning credits. A newscaster, sounding serious, came on the screen in a special report. I sat up to pay attention. She was reporting a tragedy that had recently happened in some place called Verona. I was pulled in thinking it to be a true special report. Ah-hah!! It was a trick. A trick to get people to do just what I did. Trained are we to listen to newscasts, our life-line in present day society, where we receive a lot of our information. A trick, and...
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...strip clubs, trashes the house, makes wisecracks and racks up astronomical credit card bills while Rich frets around like a harried parent until finally kicking him out. Freed from his wayward willy, Rich is surprised to find himself much happier, enrolling in ceramics classes and chastely flirting with comely client Lindsay (Katherine Cunningham). Yet it isn’t long before his emancipated phallus once again rears its head, prompting a literal battle between the heart and the loins for Lindsay’s affection. Dick jokes are plentiful, as one would expect from a film that is itself essentially an 87-minute dick joke, but rarely are they funny. More importantly, rarely are they transgressive or shocking enough to leave a lasting impression; for a movie about a walking, talking penis, “Bad Johnson” is surprisingly risk-averse. The casting also raises a few questions, with Thune taking an oddly languid approach to a role that should be defined by its raging impulsiveness, and Gigandet proving thoroughly bland...
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...zombies have proven to “thrive in popular culture during times of recession, epidemic and general unhappiness” (Drenzer para 4). Since the United States is currently attempting to recover from a recession, zombies in entertainment are flourishing within American’s everyday lives. “The reason zombies are so powerful is that they capture an atheistic fear of the dead” (Marche para 4). Many experts say that this is one of the many reasons why the people like the shows so greatly and also why they prepare themselves for the worst (Gross para 25). As time has passed, zombies have highly impacted the entertainment industry. “While vampires may have been the ‘it’ monster in recent years, with the popularity of successful franchises such as ‘Twilight’ and ‘The Vampire Diaries,’ there's a new undead species now in-demand: zombies” (“Zombies Rise Again in Pop Culture” para 1). These creatures reach the “top best seller lists” in entertainment making their title become “the king of all genres”...
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...Southeast University An Assignment On Real Steel Course Title: Intermediate composition Course Code: ENG-1002 Table of Contents CHAPTER’S, CHAPTER (1) ----- Introduction CHAPTER (2) ----- Character & The Plot CHAPTER (3) ----- Moral of The Movie CHAPTER (4) ----- Movie Details CHAPTER (5) ----- Picture’s & Details CHAPTER (6) ---- The good side And the bad side of this movie CHAPTER (7) ---- CONCLUSION CHAPTER (1) Introduction Introduction "Real Steel" imagines a near future when human boxers have been replaced by robots. Matches between small fighting robot machines are popular enough to be on television, but in "Real Steel," these robots are towering, computer-controlled machines with nimble footwork and instinctive balance. (In the real world, 'bots can be rendered helpless on their backs, like turtles.) Hugh Jackman stars as Charlie Kenton, a former boxer who is now hanging onto the fringes of the fight game as the owner-operator of a ramshackle robot he tours with. It's no match for the competition, and when the desperate Charlie replaces it with another battered veteran, it can't even outfight a real bull.If the movie were all robot fights it might be as unbearable as well, a Transformers title. Drama enters in the person of Charlie's son, Max Kenton (Dakota Goyo), a smart, resilient pre-teen who, like all kids, seems to have been genetically programmed to understand computers, video games and all allied fields. Charlie is...
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...Table of Contents CHAPTER’S, CHAPTER (1) ----- Introduction CHAPTER (2) ----- Character & The Plot CHAPTER (3) ----- Moral of The Movie CHAPTER (4) ----- Movie Details CHAPTER (5) ----- Picture’s & Details CHAPTER (6) ---- The good side And the bad side of this movie CHAPTER (7) ---- CONCLUSION CHAPTER (1) Introduction Introduction "Real Steel" imagines a near future when human boxers have been replaced by robots. Matches between small fighting robot machines are popular enough to be on television, but in "Real Steel," these robots are towering, computer-controlled machines with nimble footwork and instinctive balance. (In the real world, 'bots can be rendered helpless on their backs, like turtles.) Hugh Jackman stars as Charlie Kenton, a former boxer who is now hanging onto the fringes of the fight game as the owner-operator of a ramshackle robot he tours with. It's no match for the competition, and when the desperate Charlie replaces it with another battered veteran, it can't even outfight a real bull.If the movie were all robot fights it might be as unbearable as well, a Transformers title. Drama enters in the person of Charlie's son, Max Kenton (Dakota Goyo), a smart, resilient pre-teen who, like all kids, seems to have been genetically programmed to understand computers, video games and all allied fields. Charlie is a very bad absent father, and as played by Hugh Jackman, he is actually mean toward his boy...
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