In the recent years, there has been a boom in the movie industry. In films such as The Avengers, Jurassic World, and Furious 7, there has been massive undertakings to make these movies on a grandiose scale; budgets are bigger, effects are better, and the stories are deeper. The genius’ behind films such as these are James Cameron, Peter Jackson, JJ Abrams, and Steven Spielberg. Although these directors and screenwriters are at the top of the film industry, Christopher Nolan takes the leading role
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In 2003, the Library of Congress selected Patton for the National Film Registry for preservation. According to Library of Congress’ webpage, the National Film Registry is: “a list of films deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" that are earmarked for preservation by the Library of Congress. These films are not selected as the 'best' American films of all time, but rather as works of enduring importance to American culture. They reflect who we are as a people and as a nation
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When thinking of American culture, films are an integral part of it. Children watch movies as soon as they’re old enough to comprehend them, there are movie theaters scattered throughout the entire country for families, friends and couples to go and enjoy. There’s even the Oscars, an entire program on Sunday night television dedicated to movies and movie stars and directors. Some of the awards given out include Best Actor/Actress, Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and more. The director we chose
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Remember at the end of the week when it was time to pick a movie from your all-time favorite BLUE movie store, Blockbuster. There was an unlimited number of movies out to watch but it was only 2 to 3 DVDs or tapes in the store, therefore, you would have to miss out on that movie until the next week. Oh, let’s not forget those annoying late fees if you don’t come in by a certain time of the day. People were starting to get fed up and began to seek for a different solution. Tape and DVD collections
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Have you ever wanted to go to a movie that you really, really wanted to see, but you didn’t have anyone to drive you all the way to Fargo? That happens to me a lot, and I don’t like being in that situation at all. If Kindred got a movie theater, it would be a lot easier to convince people to drive you to a movie because it’s not as far as Fargo. It would also supply high school students with jobs all year round, provide a great place for friends to hang out and have fun together, and then people
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was ready to see the new Pixar movie. I had everything I had chips,popcorn,soda,Ice cream. I was about to take a sip from my soda when i smelled… KFC! The person behind me was eating some chicken covered with barbecue sauce.. I couldn’t keep the smell away. Everyone around him beamed at him and started complaining , Great, now I can't enjoy the movie. Sneaking Food in the movie theaters is a big problem in the United states. Many people think that snacks sold at movie theaters are too expensive, but
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This is a key factor moving forward as both have their own movies releasing was well as co-starring in the Justice League movies. As a huge fan of super hero movies as a whole I found a hard time disliking the movie as well as many seem to agree as it was looked at as an enjoyable movie. Many even claiming that many of the critics were
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The readings from this week were “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema” by Laura Mulvey and “Cinema/Ideology/Criticism” by Jean-Luc Comolli and Paul Narboni. Having made the transition from photography to cinema, neither of these readings can be related to the previous readings that have been completed throughout the course of the semester. Theses readings can be related to each other in a sense. Mulvey mentions the film journal Screen, which is the same journal that the second reading by Comolli
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Arundel Partners: The Sequel Project 1. As you had assigned me the task of investigating a possibility of investing in the sequel rights in the US movie industry, I have made some analyses and recommendations as well. 2. The US film industry is on an upward growth after successful first films, thanks to creativity and growing thriftiness in the movie business. 3. Major studios finance film projects, which may or may not be successful in the US and the global market. However, experienced players
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some like to watch movies from the comfort of their homes. Now, with services like Netflix, people can watch almost any movie or show, which greatly declines the theatre-goers. The article, “Movie Theatres Fight Streaming by Assaulting the Senses” by Claire Atkinson, describes how theatres are now trying to get more customers by using effects outside of the screen to make the movie experience more exciting. I think this is an interesting idea, but not everyone will want to be splashed in the face
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