Leader Movie Reviews Samples For Students

Disney’s “The Lion King” exemplifies the many struggles and triumphs of leadership in several ways. It can be surprising to the untrained eye than an animated children’s movie could hold the valuable lessons by such a complex concept but it is true. Even Kouzes Posner’s framework for Leadership is exemplified throughout the movie. There are multiple characters that take on leadership roles at different times throughout the movie, but the primary leaders are Mufasa, the initial King we meet, his son, Simba, and Mufasa’s evil brother, Scar. Each exemplifies leadership in their own ways, showing both ...

In the movie "Gladiator," Maximus goes through many different roles. Through it all, he remains a leader, although in different incarnations.
At the time of this quote, Maximus is ascending the ranks of gladiator fame. Still in the Zanzibar province, he slaughters his way through four other gladiators in casual fashion. To a man of Maximus' martial skill, honed in the Legions, the vaudevillian fight style of the gladiator is no challenge to his compact, efficient technique. At the end of the fight, in a show of disgust, Maximus hurls his gladius at the VIP box of the arena, and then ...

There were a wide range of personalities at play in Armageddon. Harry Stamper, was the primary leader within the story, with AJ the ambitious next generation aspirant, his daughter Grace embodied the strong, supportive and determined woman of the modern era. The various personalities of his crew aptly represented the various excesses of the common man. Rockhound loved women, brilliant yet needing leadership and adventure. Bear was a tremendous physical presence, yet very much a member of the team. Max portrayed the troubled first mate that sought to make good for his children. Dan Truman the NASA leader, led the government forces, yet ...

Twelve O’clock High Pressure Point (1964)

Introduction

“Twelve O’clock High” is actually a war film. It is about the aircrews in U.S Eight Air force Army who actually flew in daylight bombing operations against the Nazi Germany and also occupied France in early days of the American involvement in the WWII. It is a world winning film since it has been nominated for 4 academy Awards and out of them it has won 2. This film has essentially been utilized as a case study in a variety of civilian and military leadership training seminars for a number of years. For that reason, this ...

Part 1

Patrick Lencioni, a renowned leadership and team-building consultant, presents an analysis of how to build effective teams in three videos. These videos are examined as below. In the video Building and Leading a High Performance Team, Lencioni examines the need for a leader in a team. He goes ahead to state the characteristics of a good leader. As discussed in class, Lencioni also points out that the most important character of a leader is to maintain contact with his team. The team can maintain a charismatic relationship with their leader but they should also be free to communicate with ...

Introduction

The paper attempts to provide a brief critique of the movie “the imitation game” in light of the leadership theories. Ahead of it, the RLP and RLR theories are also explained, and both have been related to the movie. The main character of the movie is Alan Turing, who leads a group under the supervision of the United Kingdom’s government. In addition to it, Alan Turing also exhibits some strange attributes which are entirely related to his personal life.

Critique of the Movie

The movie is totally based on the biography of the Alan Turing, who is a gay man by nature. ...

The concept of "leader" and "manager" have much in common. Both should organize, induce the group to address its tasks, determine the choice of ways and means to address them. Leadership is formed spontaneously, at half-conscious psychological benefits.
Followers start to recognize a leader only when he proved his competence and value to them. Leader receives power from his followers and to support it, he should enable them to meet their needs. In response, the followers give the necessary support to their leader.
The speaker of this video talking about leadership, leaders and the most important values, principles of ...

Remember the Titans (2000)

What does this statement mean to you – “Attitude reflects leadership?” Explain your answer!

ANSWER: “Attitude reflects leadership,” in the movie “Remember the Titans” (Yakin), mean that dispositional beliefs, values, and feelings of players was dictated by their leader’s own attitude. In the directive (task) dimension of leadership, a leader helps his team players achieve their goal through one-way communication using motivational speech, for instance. Examples include giving direction, defining goals, attaining a goal, and evaluating an outcome. In the supportive (relationship) dimension of leadership, a leader assists his members by means of two-way communication to feel comfortable among themselves. In the effective dimension of leadership, a leader ...

Part 1

In the movie 13 days, one can identify ten skills and behaviours of leadership amongst certain characters. The first skill of leadership that can be identified in the movie is, in some parts, certain leaders seem to take upon themselves to encourage others when situations get out of hand. Through direct eye contact, they relay a friendly message and warm response to the other within the group. One can identify a unique skill of leadership that some characters seem to portray in influencing courage within the groups. It is important for leaders to take into account others feeling, and in the ...

Leadership Qualities In Henry V (1989)
Leadership Qualities In Henry V (1989)
Film adaptations of William Shakespeare’s plays have been made ever since the filmmakers, Auguste and Louis Lumière invented the Autochrome color photography process. However, Henry V (1989) is perhaps the finest film adaptation of a Shakespeare play, and Kenneth Branagh, who directed the film, wrote the screenplay and starred in it as King Henry V himself, was critically acclaimed around the world because of the film. Since the film after all is adapted from Shakespeare’s play, so like the play it shows Henry ...

Introduction

Saito and Nicholson are two different leaders from different communities with Saito being a British and Nicholson being a Japanese colonel. Even though the two men are similar in many ways like being loving, having pride and being dedicated to what they do, the two colonels are from different cultures which encompass different leadership styles.

Saito

He is a Japanese colonel who believes in commanding people to work despite their ranks. Saito is a transactional leader because he had personal interests in pushing even the officers to work. He knew if the bridge will not be completed in time, he was to kill himself ...

Abstract

The ‘Prime Suspect’, is an exceptional television series movie analysis, that provides a deeply profound and insightful picture of how a female officer, handles a murder investigation, with a murder squad of male comrades or counterparts on her team.
In this movie, we find that DCI Jane Tennison, is the first available female officer of her rank, who is summoned by the higher authorities of the Metropolitan police force, to take charge of a murder investigation case, due to a crisis, where her superior DCI John Shefford, suffers an immediate cardiac arrest. In this review, we come across the ...

- DEFINE THE GROUP.

- Who are the members of the group? The group in the movie, Mean Girls, is called the "Plastics". They are composed of the "queen bee" Regina George, the rich, but insecure Gretchen Wieners, and sweet, but ditzy Karen Smith. Later on, they invite the new kid in school, Cady Heron, to be part of their clique.

- What are the goals of the group? Being the popular clique at school, the Plastics were considered as the "teen royalty" as Damien (Cady's new friend) described them. The goal of the Plastics is to set the ...

a. Pablo Escobar’s history of violence led to his ascension towards the leadership of the Medellin cartel. The lack of law and order in the Colombian countryside – where much of the drug trade has been going on, provided a favorable environment for Escobar’s brand of violence. He started rising through the ranks of the Medellin cartel when he traded drugs with then-cartel leader Fabio Restrepo. With the knowledge that he is taken too lightly for looking like a “street criminal” in the eyes of the cartel, his notoriety for violence soon enabled him to get Restrepo out of the ...

American gangster movies have been in vogue for a very long time and have been a favorite of the American audience. The issues which surround law and order in the country have been captured well by gangster movies which depict criminals and vivid crime scenes. Although the movie is basically about letting the bad guys lose and the good guys emerge triumphant at the end, the movies usually swerve with the bad guys in the movie going about their crimes successfully without getting caught. Although the public has a clear recognition between the good and the bad, it is ...

It needs to be reckoned that the television series, Prison Break, is surely one of the most famous programs ever aired in the history of television shows. Indeed, the immense popularity and critical acclaim of this show makes it a universal hit with its fan base transcending geographical boundaries and differences of cultures. A close scrutiny of the television show would provide an in-depth knowledge of the intricacies of portrayal and the thematic content of the program that have highly contributed to the show’s catapulting popularity and critical acclaim. There have been as many as four seasons of ...

Psychology

Icon 1: Questions 3 and 4 (p. 21)
James says, “I feel like an outsider.” How might you work with his statement?
I could work with this statement by telling James to point out when he has those particular feelings. I would let him know that he could perhaps find one person in the group that he trusted and begin by talking to that person.

Jacqueline says, “I feel stupid when I ramble.” How would you deal with her self-deprication in the first session?

Jacqueline would have to first explain what she meant by rambling so I could have a better understanding of her situation. She would then have to make note of when she does it ...

Business

Organizational Structure
For the CEO position, I choose “Gordon Gekko” from the movie “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps”. This is because Gekko possesses the qualities of an organizational leader who can make everyone in the organization move with with just a snap of the finger. In the movie, Gordon was able to get the attention of the people after imprisonment by writing a book. Even though Winnie did not accept Gekko, Gordon never stops to please Winnie with the help of Jacob. However, there is an instance where Gecko needs to cheat Jacob because Gordon wanted get the money which ...

Full Metal Jacket, produced in 1987, is a movie directed by Stanley Kubrick, which highlights the experiences of Vietnam War soldiers. The title of the movie depicts the metal jackets worn by foot soldiers. Through the film, the director seeks to showcase Gustav Hasford’s novel (The Short-timers) by following a platoon of U.S marines. New recruits undergo a rigorous training under the command of a drill instructor, Sergeant Hartman, who prepares them for grueling combats ahead. Full Metal Jacket earned rare plaudits from the Academy Award after its nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay, and after the American Film Institute put the movie ...

Geographical and cultural settings say a lot about a film. The geographical setting of a film is usually in line with the theme and plot of the film. Geographical settings are used to make the audience relate more with the film. In addition, it gives the audience an idea of time setting of the film, the location of the film, the cultural setting on which the film is based upon and the influence of the geographical setting in that particular culture. The setting of a film is the first feature to be achieved in coming up with a film.

In the film the fast ...

Film Review of ‘The last of the Mohicans’ (1992)
This is a wonderful film that tells the story of a gradual, difficult and bloody birth of a new American society against the backdrop of the war for colonies between England and France. In that war, a very important role was played by the local communities: the white settlers that put down their roots and indigenous people – the Indians. Moreover, different Indian tribes were fighting on the opposite sides: the Hurons – for the French, and the Mohicans with the Mohawks - for the British.
What were the terms of service ...

Many critics called the film Sholay (1975) directed by Ramesh Sippy the best film in the history of Bollywood, or the "Film of the Millennium". The critics praise it so much so that several critics insist that "innovation in Hindi films ends with Sholay and that everything after that is repetitious trash" (Banker 55). This picture is a mix of crime thriller with the elements of "Japanese samurai epics and American and Italian Westerns, most obviously The Magnificent Seven (which was based on Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai)" (Banker 55). The director involved a number of best Indian actors ...

Paradise now (suicide bomber drama).

I saw the movie on paradise now, the suicide bomber drama in March 2015 at a joint where I used to hang around with my college mates. We were randomly selecting movies to watch, and when we saw the title on the paradise now, we decided to pick it from the many so that we could look at the drama of the suicide bomber in the movie.
The movie is a story of two Palestinian friends, Khaled Ali Suliman and said Kais Nashef, who were recruited by a terrorist group as suicide bombers in Tel Aviv. They armed themselves ...

In my opinion Mr. Walt Disney had several inherent characteristics shown in the film that make the way in which he is a leader resemble the Jesus’s one.
First of all, Mr. Disney does not consider himself to be untouchable like many leaders usually do. He understands perfectly the difference between director, in the broad sense of this world, and leader. Director is the one who gives orders and other carry them out. Walt Disney is the primary among all his colleagues who works hard. He does not think himself to be bigger or greater than his colleagues. ...

W. Edwards Deming was one among the various management consultants sent by the Unites States government to ameliorate the production quality standards in the war torn Japanese economy. The Japanese yearned for getting out of their lagged image in the international market where they regretted upon the bad quality front and the obvious cheap prices of their products. Deming applied his statistical approach and assured them to implement the changes recommended so that they could totally turn around their earlier issues within next five years (Deming Institute 1). Adhering to his simple notions and unconventional approach, the Japanese came ...

The documentary I have chosen for my analysis is The Trials of Henry Kissinger. This documentary is based on Christopher Hitchens’s 2001 bestselling book The Trial of Henry Kissinger where he makes the argument that Kissinger was not the great public hero people thought he was but was nothing short of a war criminal guilty of terrible crimes against humanity. The most important point made here is that leaders of any sort, not just public figures like presidents and judges, should be held to a higher moral standard than the standards of ordinary people. Henry Kissinger was an extremely powerful ...

The film “Remember the Titans” was released in 2000. It is best known as a Sports Cinema. The main profession of the main characters is associated with the football. Both of the main characters are football coaches. One of the highlighting factor in the movie is the perfect and vibrant professional relationship between the two coaches of football; Herman Boone and Bill Yoast. Their professionalism lies in their initiative to remove the racial discrimination among the team members and establishing a team spirit among them regardless of race. The team spirit is very important for the accomplishment of the team objectives. ...

J.J. Abrams’ serialized television drama LOST follows the stories of a group of survivors of a violent airplane crash on a deserted island, stuck without any hope of rescue and beholden to the mysterious forces that govern their new home. In its pilot episode, the filmmakers of LOST firmly establish the recurring theme of good vs. evil that establishes the characters’ journeys in their island setting. This is done through a combination of visual motifs, symbolism, and character moments juxtaposed through flashbacks and editing. Throughout the course of the pilot, the flaws, alignments and attitudes of the characters are weighed against a sense of ...

The film Aguirre, The wrath of God, is a 1972 German film. It is an adventure art film that was directed by Werner Herzog. The central character in the film is Klaus Kinski. The film gives the tale of a Spanish soldier who guides a team of conquistadores along the Orinoco and Amazon River in South America looking for a mythical city of gold. Through the use of a simple story and conversation, the film builds an image of madness and folly, counterpointed by the luxuriant but harsh Amazon jungle.
The film brings out a number of themes that depict the main issues affecting ...

Budrus is definitely an inspiring and motivating movie that clearly demonstrates what people can really do under the influence of a leader that renounces violence and manages to unite people that in fact, had nothing to split. It is amazing and note-worthy how a need for fairness can become an entire movement that strives for just, in a world where barriers are built to keep people apart, be it Palestinians from Israelis, to black and white people, to Christian and Muslims and anything else in between.
Like any other documentary, the camera in Budrus has indeed been used to explore and ...

Business Ethics

Recent decades have witness intensive debate and researches on the significant of business ethics in modern workplaces. Although researches on business ethics are still at infant stage, researchers have universally agreed on some basic significant of business ethics to both individual’s development and organisation productivity. Business ethics regards to values that focus on moral features in commercial activities. Ethics are also professional and applied virtues that explore ethical problems, morals, and ethical principles that emerge in the business environment. Ethics addresses individual’s conducts in a business while revolving other critical business conducts. Business ethics mainly comprises of both ...

The general is driven by desire to serve as seen where he bombs the northern territory of Germany. The general allows every member of the group to air their grievances. Breakage in the communication channel is observed between the generals and the senator during the decision making process. General Frank Savage has a duty of serving his country, members of his unit and the interest of the mightier people in the society such as the senator. The different groups have different opinions on how the war should be conducted. The general faces the problem of providing a negotiation platform with the ...

Speaker: As the leader of the majority party in Congress, the President addresses him at the start of his speech to signal his influence in rallying both parties together to achieve common goals. .
Cabinet: If Congress does not act to devise a bipartisan plan to come up with practical market-based solution to prevent the harmful effects of climate change, Mr. Obama will instruct his most trusted administrative officials—his cabinet—to come up with such a plan.
Checks and balances: Concerning the issue of counter terrorist operations, President Obama announced he will work closely with Congress to promote transparent ...

A Critical Review of David Michod’s Animal Kingdom (2010)
In our everyday lives, most of us do not spend too much time thinking about organized crime or the people who are actively involved in this very distinct lifestyle. This is the theme that is explored in David Michod’s Animal Kingdom (2010), but director who made his directorial debut with this film adds a different twist. Michod’s film is an exploration of how normal society is pervaded by the criminal world, and how our daily lives continuously come in contact with the criminal world but we never ...

Marie DiBattista voices her concern about the character of women in contemporary movies. In her article that discusses and draws a sharp distinction between women in the films made in the 1940s and 1930s, Marie DiBattista shows a woman figure of them being charming, outgoing, determined, devoted and widely admirable. It is this type of woman that DiBattista wanted to become. She is concerned that the contemporary films portray a woman who lacks the ability to enunciate, full of blundering, lacks coherence and is insecure.
However, this is not the case. Selene (Kate Beckinsale), a woman character in the movie, the Underworld ...

Part I Clip 1

1.The primary focus of the clip is the organization, where Carter works. However, it also looks at a bigger picture with the consideration of organizational stakeholders, such as its employees, business partners, who were influenced by the political issues around the company, etc.
2. Carter’s understanding of the relationships within the organization and in particular towards employees is extremely pragmatic. The need to cut costs by firing people has been evaluated by him only from the financial prospective, while the ethical aspect of the issue does not seem to concern Carter. This attitude, however, does not fit into ...