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Makers Of The Movie
1,054 wordsThe Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper The book, Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper was very different from the movie Last of the Mohicans in terms of the story line. However, I feel that the producer and director of this movie did a good job of preserving Cooper's original vision of the classic American man surviving in the wilderness, while possibly presenting it better than the book. The makers of the movie Last of the Mohicans preserved Cooper's central ideas and themes...
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Classic Slasher Movie Killers
780 wordsTo Scream or not to Scream In the realm of horror movies there are many genres. There is the slasher, the rogue animal, the alien monster, and even the freakish natural disaster just to name a few. The genre that seems to dominate the field currently is the slasher movie. There is a movie in the slasher genre that adheres to many of the slasher movie rules and at the same time violates many slasher rules. This dynamic slasher genre movie is called Scream. To be included in the slasher movie genr...
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Movie May
510 wordshe movie version of Age of Innocence follows the text closely. The storylines are very similar, as are the themes. However, there are some differences in characterization, and the movie suffers from problems common to that medium. The characters are simplified and polarized, and the reader is provided with far more depth and insight into the nature and history of the story and characters. For example, in the movie the viewer sees Manson Mingot's dwelling on the outskirts of town, but is never im...
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Psychological State Of Travis After Being
372 wordsTaxi Driver, directed by Martin Scorsese is a modern day classic movie. It deals with the subject of alienation. The movie is also somewhat disturbing. It is so because of the time period it takes place in. It takes place during a disturbing time for americans. It is some time after the Vietnam War as well as Nixon's Watergate's candle. It takes place in an urban region. The movie focuses on Denero's character, Travis Bickle. This particular movie focuses more on the psychological craziness of h...
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Just Characters In Movies
1,169 wordsCamera Tricks The box office movie Spiderman 2 is playing in theater now. The story is about a nerdy American teenager who later becomes an ultimate superhero, bestowed with incredible powers and lots of cool features. It seems childish right; we as adults have watched these types of movies since we were kids. Don't people ever get bored with it? Probably not - that movie still reached the highest income compared to other movies that are also playing currently on cinemas. And what do you think t...
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Breakfast Club Theresa Puchta
728 wordsThe Breakfast Club Theresa Puchta is very accurate in her description of the merits and limitations of John Hughes' films. Almost all of the characteristics and themes she has described in the article: suburban setting, vague social concerns, high school cliques, uncaring parents, characters wearing the latest fashions and top 40 soundtrack music have been proven true in The Breakfast Club. The movie has a suburban setting inside a high school, and the characters each belong to one of the high s...
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Funniest Character In The Movie
573 wordsSid PhilavanhHum. 120 Mr. Lewis Response Paper #3 Much Ado about Something My opinion about the movie, Much Ado about Nothing, is that it was a very good movie. This movie had just about everything that makes a movie good. It had drama, romance, action, and most importantly it had comedy. This movie is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. Even though they spoke in Shakespearean language, the character's expressions were enough to make anyone rollover and laugh. The cast of the movie was ...
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Fight Club Review The Movie
1,208 wordsFight Club Review The movie that is being reviewed and analyzed is Fight Club, which stars Brad Pitt and Edward Norton. Fight Club is in a genre on its own, but falls into the categories of action and mystery. We will be looking at the subdivisions of plot, character, setting, and focus. By analyzing these points of the movie we can see why Fight Club belongs to the certain genre it is placed in. The movie starts off where one the characters is held at gun point. Of course we all wonder how he g...
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Great Book For A Movie
774 wordsAirframe 56 passengers are injured. Three are dead. People are shocked, terrified, confused. What happened on TPA flight 545? Why did it happen? Could it have been prevented? A very popular late night news show has the power to totally destroy an innocent airplane manufacturer. A race between a high executive working for Norton, and a news reporter from Newsline to outwit one another has begun. [this is where you would insert your own review here if needed. mine was on if this book should be mad...
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Movie Gods And Generals
794 wordsGods and Generals, 2003, Colonel Joshua Chamberlain (JEFF DANIELS), Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee (ROBERT DUVALL), Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson (STEPHEN LANG), Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker (MAC BUTLER), and Capt. Alexander 'Sandie' Pendleton (JEREMY LONDON). The movie Gods and Generals is a portrayal of the actions that were illustrated very eloquently and captivating ly in the book Gods and Generals, written by Jeff Shaara. The movie even though was less than mediocre in its appeal was full of ac...
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Violence In Tarantinos Movies
725 wordsGangsters, violence, murder and corruption! If these are some of the things that you " re into, then this is your kind of movie. Be ready to watch it more than once to be sure to get all the movie has to offer because it jumps from subject to subject and can be a little confusing. The movie on the whole was really great. It was filled with some pretty gory scenes and extreme violent content, Tarantinos' trademark. The way he portrays the real life aspects of crime and violence are unbelievable. ...
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Movie To The Notes
341 wordsThe Crucible After comparing the movie to the notes we took in class I found many similarities and differences. I found that in the movie there were several parts added and taken away to add more drama. Most of the characters that were different was a man by the name John Alden "the tall man from Boston" was mentioned in the notes but did not appear in the movie. Probably because he had no since in the movie because he was a loaner. Another character that was present in the notes but not in the ...
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Realistic Fighting Of The Movie
598 wordsIt has been said that the best things in life are worth fighting for. In the movie Braveheart starring Mel Gibson this thought is the basis for the whole movie. This film was based on the real life story of Scotland's rebellion from under English rule in the thirteenth century. William Wallace, played by Gibson, was a son of a common soldier. He desired nothing more in life than to move back to his homeland years after his father's death and to start a farm and a family. Wallace's plans are dras...
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Tough Guys In The Movies
558 wordsAnyone who has seen an Arnold Schwartzenegger movie knows he is always the toughest, baddest, most feared man ever. Whatever movie Arnold plays in, his character always survives, and no matter how much of a little, wimpy family man he tries to portray, he always stands out as the tough guy. Out of all the tough movie stars from Sylvester Stallone to Jean Claude Van Dam, Arnold Schwartzenegger is, for sure, the toughest man ever. As a real life name, he is a representative to some, of a buff look...
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Television In Tyler's Society
1,451 wordsElizabeth Bush 4-28-03 American Society in Film Formal Paper Fight Club I have chosen to do my Formal paper on the movie Fight Club. Fight Club was directed by David Fincher and was released in 1999. This movie has countless dimensions to it, and it has been very interesting to have a chance to research these in more detail through out this class. American values, and attitudes are a huge part of this movie, or should I say the destruction of American values, and attitudes. I intend to discuss t...
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Son In The Begging Of The Movie
994 wordsMonster's Ball Monster's ball really doesn't give much sound at all. Instead of depending on sound or tone music the movie express' the emotions of the characters by showing more face close ups and body movements. The viewer is made to sense and feel the emotion of the character just by the acting that is being done. For example when P. Diddy is being taken on his last walk, the camera in focused on him in front of the guards and it shows his sweaty face, enlarged eyes, and flaring nostrils repr...
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Movie With Two Main Characters
806 wordsPearl Harbor, 15 minute battle, 3 hour movie December 7, 1941, the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese was and will always be a date that will live in infamy. But May 25, 2001, the opening of the movie "Pearl Harbor" is a date that was or at least should be soon forgotten. The noisy, expensive, and entirely to drawn out movie was hyped up for months in advance, only to leave viewers with a confused view of the battle and numb backside. To put it bluntly, the movie was a definite letdown. The ...
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Interesting Aspect Of The Movie
435 wordsWe Were Soldiers This is a movie based on real events that took place in November of 1965 at the gruesome beginning of the Vietnam war. The French army had already been dominated in gorilla battle, this shows the first American platoon entering the unstable zone. The movie does a good job of portraying Americas part in the war with Vietnam while also reminding us of the soldiers wives and families at home. The movie follows a respected Colonel and his platoon of soldiers as they touch down on en...
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Friends Of Paul And The Reader
1,051 wordsThe story of All Quiet on the Western Front is an appealing story to many people of all ages. It was a pleasure to view and learn about the events that took place in Paul Baume r's life. Paul was a brave man who fought along side his friends and fellow Germans in World War 1. It was such a shame that he had to lose his life over pretty much a lost cause. The book was indeed much better than the movie, but then again so are most books. Books can explain every small detail, and it lets the reader ...
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Money For The Big Lebowski
690 wordsThe Big Lebowski According to Robert B. Ray's "The Thematic Paradigm,' classical Hollywood develops "character (s that) magically embody diametrically opposite traits (299). ' This method is used to appeal to "a collective American imagination steeped in myths of inclusiveness (299). ' In other words, characters that portray a wide variety of traits, in many cases opposite traits, appeal to the American audience by embodying a portion of each viewer in the character. This method is clearly portr...
