or the like”, while film genres are defined as “various classifications of films.” When it comes to naming the Science Fiction genre, the technical definition is the exploration of human evolution on a technological or cosmic scale. The genre utilizes a setting placed in the future or outer space, and typically involves aliens, the applications of technological advances, or even alternate timelines. Sci-fi (science fiction) In the terms of 2001: A Space Odyssey, it was a film that, created by Stanley
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“Three great forces rule the world: stupidity, fear, and greed,” (Albert Einstein) The theme that Charles Dickens set for his story, focused on the main character’s greed. Ebenezer, seeing his past, present, and future, decides to change his way. Both movie and drama are set to show this transition, both being similar, and yet having differences at the same time. People often say “Never judge a book by it’s cover” or “Never judge a book by it’s movie.” That’s because they can be different, and you
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Critique of “Cinderella and Princess Culture” In Peggy Orenstein’s article, “Cinderella and Princess Culture”, she emphasizes the thought that every little girl does not have to be a princess or like the “trends” that society has titled as “girly.” Orenstein states that little girls often do not get a choice in what they like because society has created the princess trend. She does not like the fact that playing princess can cause young girls to feel pressured to be perfect. Orenstein writes about
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Personal Opinion The movie that was chosen to write a review on is Grand Torino, costarring and directed by the American iconic tough guy, Clint Eastwood. The reason the film has been selected to do the report on was, I had the movie at home. Clint Eastwood’s performance as the character Walt Kowalski demonstrated a prime example of the socioeconomic conditioned stereotype, produced as a result of the World War Two social conditioning. Unfortunately, throughout history, propaganda and war have gone
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When it comes to films and novels there is always a translation of information between the two. The difference between the two is that with a film it gives the viewer a visual aspect of a story, and as for the novel, it gives a verbal description of a story. In novels you are able to read the character's mind and understand who they are. A novel gives the meat of a story such as background information, and things that occur throughout the story. When it comes to film, there is are some things that
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outright intentional. It holds nothing back and captures the dullness, commonplace where someone can be seen as a threat. The use of original soundbites transformed the film, for me, and made it three times more meaningful yet disheartening to know that something of this matter occurred and continues to affect a multitude of people on an international level. The way in which The Brandon Teena Story is related to trans representation in American popular culture poses some questions I believe are
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Zonbi : Zombies in Peculiar Cultures The living dead or resurrected corpses better known as zombies materialize in the abyss of the uncanny valley. Physically they appear to be in the form of humans, yet they no longer have the connection to humanity. Their sole existence is to exploit our deepest darkest fears of cannibalism and the hypothetical line of life and death. Zombies seem to appear out of nowhere, but the repulsive figure originates from a complex blend of Grecian, African and Haitian
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One of the major film genres that has spiked to the top in popularity in recent years is the superhero genre. A large amount of the highest grossing films of all time have been superhero films released within the past few years, with Marvel’s The Avengers being the third highest grossing film of all time during its theatrical run. That being said, like any fad, the success has to end sometime, and many
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Crisp, C. (1993). The classic French cinema: 1930-1960. Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press. Purchase and consumption of many products such as furniture all go up by large percentages but one thing that the consumer society negatively affected was consumption and use of cinema. “Of all categories of consumer expenditure, cinema and other spectacles is the only category to decrease in volume” (Crisp, 1993). Cinema was used as a means of escape from reality but when consumer society began and took off
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relating to Asian film, particularly the ones mentioned above, the female figure is portrayed as somewhat of a troubled or helpless woman who is in need of rescue and assistance from a male counterpart. The larger theme of finding a strong sense of self-identity while battling internal conflicts, as well as the fears and anxieties that arise within Japanese culture, are universal elements of characterization and mise-en-scene directly portrayed in various types of Chinese and Japanese films. Further,
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