that one can critique something. For example, Siskel & Ebert “Halloween” (1978) film review expresses that you can create a gruesome, but still entertaining movie. Criticism can also be a favorable praise (Siskel and Ebert); which is what they give the entire film. The mother played in the movie is independent, intelligent, spunky and interesting.” She is not portrayed as being the typical, clumsy female in average horror films. It shows that the writer is appreciative of women and film (Siskel & Ebert)
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Hum/150 6/6/2016 The film I chose to critique this week is the classic family comedy Home Alone (1990) directed by Chris Columbus. Leading actors in this film is eight year old Kevin McCallister played by Macaulay Culkin, along with Peter McCallister, the father, played by John Heard, Mrs. McCallister played by Catherine O’Hara, Marv, who is the first burglar, played by Daniel Stern, and Harry, the other burglar played by Joe Pesci. Other characters in this film are Buzz the brother, mean Uncle
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Since the introduction of sound to film in the late 1920’s and early 1930s, the musical has remained a constant force in the industry; called “Hollywood’s most durable product” (p 314). From the extravagance and excess of Busby Burkley’s art deco musicals in the 1930s to Arthur Freed’s ‘stable of stars’ including Judy Garland, Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, the musical has often made an appeal to a wide range of audiences. As we move from the past to the present however, Sweeney Todd released in 2007
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Movie Critique Many details in a movie seem to go over the common viewers head when watching. It’s not until you learn the terminology that you start analyzing and judging films in a more knowledgeable way. This paper will discussing the movie “Big Daddy” in depth and judges it based on it content. Mise en scène consists of the three major aspects of filmmaking that are also components of staging a play: the settings; the subject being filmed, usually actors or people as themselves; and the composition
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Water Diviner Movie Critique Water Diviner was a very captivating movie. It was the directorial debut for Russell Crowe. Russell Crowe played an Australian farmer who travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli in search of his three missing sons. Other main actors/actresses in the film were Olga Kurylenko, Cem Yilmaz, Jai Courtney, and Yilmaz Erdogan. The movie was produced in the United States and release on April 24, 2015. The farmer, Joshua Connor, embarked on a journey to
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Film expresses thought and conversation between images concepts and the viewer. The product is an experience that offers “cavellian mediations” in capturing the ways films think. This “thought” pertains to the mechanism by which film elicits and expresses thought, both within its own means of expression and through the potential of self-reflection amongst the viewers. The film provides voice, animating the effort to find words to describe the experience to film. Essentially, the film invites
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Film expresses thought and conversation between images concepts and the viewer. The product is an experience that offers “cavellian mediations” in capturing the ways films think. This “thought” pertains to the mechanism by which film elicits and expresses thought, both within its own means of expression and through the potential of self-reflection amongst the viewers. The film provides voice, animating the effort to find words to describe the experience to film. Essentially, the film invites
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Spurlock's reputation doesn't seem good enough for them, they are scared that being featured in this movie is going to damage their brand image. But brands, who want to be considered transparent or playful probably will be interested in sponsoring such a film. Some of the companies that agreed to sponsor the movie are Hyatt, POM Wonderful, Mini Cooper, JetBlue. They were taking risks, considering the fact that Spurlock was the man behind “Supersize Me” documentary, but overall I think it worked out well
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A major change that has occurred in the development of film is the linearity of narrative. The history of film spans over one hundred years ago, with classical narrative emerging in Hollywood around the nineteen thirties. The classical narrative period had a strong emphasis on linearity and coherence, where characters where goal centred and consistent in personality and action. In the nineteen sixties a change began to emerge in Hollywood, with Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960) breaking the editing
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Justice: A Film Critique Paul J Baker Jr 11-26-12 ENG 225 Instructor: Hope Umansky Justice 2 A film is a marvelous piece of art to the one who creates it. The story and plot that is told can have some profound meanings and sometimes portray things that we wish would happen. Actors come and go but sometimes they reach the level of a star. Nicholas Cage is one such star. We remember his past works in movies like Faceoff, Gone in 60 Seconds, and National Treasure. These films show
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