Literature Movie Reviews Samples For Students

Essay 1: Auteur

X-Men series of film is an institution in its amazing way. Bryan Singer pioneered this popular comic characters and brought them to the silver screen. It is a very gigantic task to convert the fictional fantasy of an existence of a superhuman into a realistic visual treat. However, highly creative mind of Bryan Singer is capable of this task. The history is the evidence (The Usual Suspects) of the mastery of Bryan Singer in direction and storytelling. The thesis statement of this paper is the powerful auteur of the directorial team of the movie to bring his vision into reality.

Very few ...

Response to the Movie “We are Wizards”

The movie “We are Wizards” is a documentary film that portrays how the renowned Harry Potter series influenced the American youth. It shows that the franchise of J.K. Rowling’s movie has spawned movies and books, but also a lot of genres of creativity such as musical bands. The fans of the series have grown in their creative genres as Harry Potter grows up in his magical world in the movie. Young people, particularly women, were inspired to produce Harry Potter-related blogs, images, and other forms of art. Although the novel has great impact upon the American society and yields ...

Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey” tells the story of Bilbo Baggins, a young hobbit who enjoys a peaceful living in his quiet home, far away from any danger or unexpected events, until the sorcerer Gandalf pays him a visit, inviting twelve dwarves at Bilbo’s home, for dining, and proposes him to join their adventure: reclaiming the Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the Dragon Smaug. The adventures of Bilbo in the company of the warriors who are searching for their land indicates the hobbit’s journey to maturity, to finding his true identity, his adventurous spirit, hidden ...

- The film genre expectations are subverted in the manner to which an expected judicial process for the Huntsville convicts at long run does not take place. In a high profile, the genre blends action, adventure, crime and faction types of genres. Action is through the Adventure, with a risky turn. Adventure is through an epic distant journey in escape of crime on the offense being committed by the convicts escaping.
- In comparing and contrasting three cultural types, of criminal, legal and religious, Butch, Phillip and Red are of importance. Butch represents the true criminal culture through his actions ...

Film Analysis Paper: Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Part 1: Select a film that deals with a topic from contemporary history (roughly the period from 1900-2008). It should be a narrative/feature film. Please do not select a documentary. The film can be recent (made within the last ten years) or something older (i.e. black & white). It can be American-made film or a foreign film. The only guideline is that it must primarily tell a story set in the past.
The Rwandan genocide between the Hutus and Tutsis was a particular event in history that has marked not only the nation it affected but the whole world ...

Plot and Story

Plot and story appear in different dimensions in narratives. In narrative films, story refers to the account that film narrates. It also refers to events that the audience infers and assumes to have taken place in the film. In narratives, the story appears in chronological order with a duration and frequency. The Story differs from the plot because the plot presents specific events in a narrative. The plot appears as the imaginary construction by the viewer regarding the events in the film. The Plot also involves a chronological order and duration.
The narrative’s plot presents Richard Hannay as a visitor in ...

in the Movie “Vénus Noire” by Abdellatif Kechiche

Abstract

Sarah Baartman is not the name known by every person, only a few are aware of the facts about her ordinary but at the same time, tragic life. Among the different sources of getting to know the biography of Sarah Baartman, there is a fabulous feature film "Vénus Noire", which exposes “the Hottentot Venus period” of life of this woman till her death. The film review presented in this paper was influenced by the Africa study. Although the world cinematography covers a wide variety of films dedicated to the race discrimination "Vé ...

There are different spiritual questions about the Christianity faith that have been troubling many faithful Christians. However, in this short film, maintaining the truth: Epistles of the New Testament, there are few of the troubling questions that are answered. Other facts that people were oblivious to are also questioned. The similarity and differences between major characters and contributors of the New Testament are also analyzed. There are some of the books and letters that were not included in the New Testament that are also assessed. The content of these books such as; the Gospel of Thomas and the letters ...

Country of origin: Kenya

Genre: Drama
About the film
The Kenyan government has announced free primary education for all and parents are pushing for a chance to get their children enrolled in these schools. In a quiet, distant village lays a mountain top primary school and the villagers are running around with their children to be admitted in the school. However, one applicant leaves the whole school in awe when he tries to seek admission into the school. He is Mr. Maruge (Oliver Litondo), an 84 year old Mau Mau veteran desperate to learn how to read and write despite his old age. Mr. ...

"Grave of the fireflies" is an animated movie that depicts the life in Japan towards the end of the Second World War. American bombers have just dropped canisters bombs that wrecks havoc across the Japanese cities. It tells the story of a young teenager and his sister in their struggle to survive after the death of their mother. The film is tragic and elicits a lot of emotions and compassion. The bombing event shapes the plot of the entire movie.
Seita, the young teenager and his sister Setsuko have a father who works with the navy. After the death of their ...

2013 was the year that saw F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel, “The Great Gatsby”, brought into cinema, for the second time. Whenever a great novel is adapted for the screen, many pedants will try to scrutinize the film to see if there is any nonconformity to the original. The book is often regarded and sacred as consequently; many films often fail to reach the pedestal set by the book. If the audience deems the film to be an effective adaption of the book, the movie will more often than not be successful. The Great Gatsby (2013) is the perfect ...

Movie review of “2001: A Space Odyssey”

Majestic “Space Odyssey” (the genre precisely defined already in the name of the movie) directed by the then only 39-year-old Kubrick acquires over time even larger importance. None of the experienced fans of cinema has got doubt that this film – is not just an outstanding creation, but also a genuine milestone in the science fiction genre, and in the history of world cinema. Kubrick's achievement is unique because he managed in one theatrical film to capture considerable number of key problems of human civilization – ranging from the distant past up to the XXI century, which seemed to be so fantastic ...

Great works of literature are usually attempted to be adapted to the movie screens, as they are a wonderful source for a captivating plot, and the 1925 novel The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is not an exception. The novel is widely recognized as one of the best novels not only of its time, but also of the 20th century. No wonder that there are at least 5 known film adaptations of the work, but two of them, namely The Great Gatsby of 1974 shot by Jack Clayton and The Great Gatsby of 2013 by Baz Luhrmann are the ...

Philosophy of “Rashomon”

“Rashomon” by Akira Kurosawa is a Japanese drama shot in 1950. Based on the two novels by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa ("Rashomon" and "In a Grove"), the film depicts several stories of the same incident. The name of the film is the name of the city gate in Kyoto. It is the point where the film begins and where the woodcutter and the priest tell their incredible story to the commoner. The release of the Japanese movie was a real breakthrough – among its awards, it won the Golden Lion and the Academy Honorary Award.
The film aims to demonstrate the controversial picture ...

The film Big Fish is a story about Edward Bloom, a man who constantly finds magic in his life. Edward has told wonderful stories about his life to his son, who feels annoyed because they are unrealistic. When Ed Bloom is dying a conventional death in a hospital, his son finally understands the importance of storytelling. His father asks him to narrate his death and he realizes he can paint a better picture than the one they´re in. It would even be better to remember his story instead of the way things actually happened.
This film reminds us to look for details ...

This title of the film is “How to Make Kimchi: according to my Kun Umma”. It is a short documentary directed by Samuel Kiehoon Lee. It was shown at the UIC multi-cultural film festival. The film was shot with the help of The Canada Council for the Arts, Toronto Arts Council and NFB Filmmaker Assistance Program. The main character in the film is the director’s aunt Bong Ja Lee.
The film was shot in 2003 and it won the Jury Award for the Best Documentary Short at the San Diego Asian Film Festival in 2003. The film was ...

Films have developed out of dramatic and narrative tradition in which storytelling is used as a central concern. The filmmakers have challenged the manipulative and seductive power of narratives by using playful resistance to the convention of narratives, or by exploring other forms of medium. For example, filmmakers have used the interplays of gesture and rhythm, sound and image rather than relying on character psychology and plot mechanics. However, non-narrative film has a smaller audience than narrative films. A good example is aircraft passengers watching the direction of the nearest exit pointed out by flight attendants, which reminds the audience the ...

The Italian drama “Rome, Open City” by Roberto Rossellini was shot in 1945. Being a perfect example of the Italian neorealism, the film is significant for its naturality. It depicts Rome during the World War II, with all its horror and cruelty. The story is told in chronological order. The film is black and white, with high-key lighting and mostly deep focus. The director of “Rome, Open City” uses normal lens, so the perspective is normal and the focal length is moderate. The film is shot by the objective camera, so that the spectator watches the action as the neutral ...

“Comrades: Almost a Love Story” by Peter Chan is a Chinese drama shot in 1996 in Hong Kong and New York City. The film won in several nominations in 16th Hong Kong Film Awards and Golden Horse Film Awards.
The film tells a beautiful story of love of two migrants in the big city of Hong Kong. Li Qiao, a young beautiful girl from Guangzhou, is ambitious and has several jobs. Li Xiao-Jun, a fellow from North, has no definite goal in life and is lucky to get one job or another. She is mature, he is naïve. Though he has a girlfriend ...

Orson Welles’s famous “Citizen Kane” was shot in 1941 and got the Oscar award for the Best Writing. The film is significant for its characters’ acting, editing, the story itself and the makeup which helped the actors to transform from young people to the old ones. The story is told in non-linear order with a lot of flashbacks. The movie starts with the end. As for the cinematography, the spectator pays his attention to the montage technique: a good example is the director’s depicting of Kane’s relationships with both his wives – they are shot alone either in the ...

“The Wolf of Wall Street” is about the glorious uprising and eventual downfall of stockbroker Jordan Belfort. Based off a book by the real Jordan Belfort, director Martin Scorsese shows us what it was like to work on Wall Street in the 90s. Belfort’s story starts off as him being the typical self-made-man, beginning at the bottom of a tall ladder and being let go after his employer’s firm closed. He takes a job selling penny-stock for companies no one has heard of and quickly creates a niche allowing him to open his own firm, Stratton Oakmont. With commission on penny-stock ...

The new live action movie of Maleficent is reworking of the classic tale of Sleeping Beauty with the villain taking the main role and the ever happy Princess Aurora taking a backseat. It slowly delves into the background story of why Maleficent came about to be the way she is-an evil witch who cast a spell on baby Aurora. Without getting into the details of every dialogue here we are going to look into some elements, character relations and compare the review of two critics.

The elements/relationships that are going to be written about here are

- Setting of the movie
The movies boundaries are between two worlds, the Kingdom and ...

Movie Review of Erin Brockovich

Introduction
“It only takes a single act of kindness to turn the world around and put yourself at the center of it.” If there is one statement that could describe the plot of the film Erin Brockovich, the beginning statement captures everything. Erin Crockovich is a true story of a woman who fought the ill practice of Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). Released in 2000, the film that stars Julia Robert was a biographical sketch of how a single mother has been able to overcome the challenges presented her coming from an accident and an unsuccessful lawsuit. While the film was a success, ...

The Blind side

John Lee Hancock is behind the scenes in the film The Blind Side. Alcon Entertainment produced the sports drama film, and its central character is Michael Oher, a star player in football. The Blind Side is an interesting piece of art top watch with its hilarious and captivating story flow. The film is based on a true story to portray the events that shape and change the starring of the film.
The story is told by use of flash to allow the viewer to link the current action in the film and the reason for them to be acted in ...

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Introduction

The film The Great Gatsby is based on the fictional novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, who was one of the major writers of “The Jazz Age” and the roaring twenties. It is set in the 1920’s, a time of economic success and new cultural styles. The novel is considered one of the greatest American novels ever written and has been made into a movie four times. The most recent version, made in 2011, was shot in 3D, with a running time of 143 minutes.

Summary

The main character is Jay Gatsby, a mysterious and wealthy man who lives in a Mansion. He ...

Black Swan is a melodrama movie in which shows a passionate intensity, darkly and gloriously bizarre. There are a many things that I like in this movie. However, there are also parts of the movie that I consider as an opportunity to its creator. Primarily, the movie casts are the actors whom I really idolize when it comes to portraying their roles. I like Natalie Portman’s way of representing her character. The reason I like her portrayal in the movie is that she did it in an exceptional way. It could be hard for other actors to portray a shortly heroic character, ...

- Comparing and contrasting the attitudes of various authors
Novel Reflections on the American Dream is a collection of narratives that explores themes, character and plots of various novels that reflect a number of issues in America such as poverty, wealth and success in America. Some of these novels address the issue of conflict and struggle. This part of the paper analyzes three authors and the attitude they have towards the American dream.
No author brings out the struggles of life in America better than Ann Petry. His novel, which was published in 1946, is set in Harlem in ...

Ireneo Funes develops skills that should be beneficial for the entire human race. He is a savant. However, his skills turn out to be a disaster to him. He is a miracle wasted. Funes demonstrates that the ability of the brain is yet to be understood. He has a memory that even the experts of the time such as Borges cannot comprehend. Had there been an appreciation of his skills, Funes should have been recognized globally and may be used as the best global diary or world clock thus giving him proper care and utilizing his capabilities.
Funes fell off his horse, ...

Breaking Bad is a crime drama that aired from 2008 to 2013 and received a lot of controversial feedback from the publicity. While the audience considered the show to be one of the greatest shows that ever aired on TV, the story is far beyond simple TV drama. The protagonist of the series is a middle-aged chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with lung cancer. Not only that, but Walter White suffers from other circumstances that he does not know how to deal with: unemployed pregnant wife, terminally ill child and huge debts for cancer treatment. As a result of these issues, Walter finds ...

- Pitch Perfect
- Identify the Climax: The climax of the movie was the part wherein the protagonist, and the other members of her band, the Barden Bellas, made it into the intercollegiate a capella competition’s finals to fight once again after suffering from an embarrassing and devastating loss the previous year. In the climax, the Barden Bellas came in to fight, once again, their long-time rival, an all-male a capella singing group from the same university, in the competition’s finals. The outcome of the climax was a win for the Barden Bellas in the singing competition.
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Questions About The Film Return To Paradise

Would you return to face six years in prison to spare a friend’s life in a similar situation? What is your ethical rationale?
Relevant facts in this matter are that I am starting a family, and I have personal hopes and ambitions to pursue. Going to Malaysia to save a friend would mean betraying those commitments. Fear of death or fear of the unknown is also present, and my knowledge of what happens in prisons is reason enough for me to bend my decision considerably towards not going to save my friend. However, the experience also offers adventure in the sense ...

Film Studies

The movie “The Social Network” was shown in 2010 and gives a detailed story on how Mark Zuckerberg transformed the social networking site “Facebook” to become a global phenomenon. It presents a simple story of how a young student from Harvard University in the person of Zuckerberg was able to create a campus website which was named “Facemash” and made him the second youngest billionaire in the world. The story begins when Zuckerberg was dumped by his girlfriend, Erica causing him to create a blog which was intended to insult her. This prompted him to create a website known as “Facemash” which gave the opportunity for ...

Literature

“Raging Bull” is a very dramatic life story of one of the most extraordinary figures of the world of boxing and definitely one of the best works of Martine Scorsese and Robert De Niro creative duo.
At first, it seems that the film will focus on boxing successes and failures of the outstanding boxer of the last century - Jake La Motta, but twenty minutes later you realize that this movie is primarily about life. It makes us think about the experience of failure and that sometimes it is so hard to put up with difficulties.
At the ...

Watching the film offers inspiration and enlightenment on doing something within set personal goals. The setting is at Welton Academy located in Vermont. The school presents a traditional set-up of a boy’s preparatory school. The film represents events that took place in 1959. During the period, the school has not received external pressure to admit young black students. Further, it represents the perceptions of young white scholars who have access to a vast wealth. The film revolves around an alumnus of the institution and seeks to return as an English teacher. His style shakes up the institution due to the enthusiasm ...

The “Best of Both Worlds” has two storylines adapted from Star Trek: The Next Generation, American science fiction television series. It aims to describe the struggle between the two opposing factions, the Enterprise and the Borg. The Borg intends to conquer Earth, whereas the Enterprise is determined to prevent the Borg from accomplishing this. Before the cube can reach Earth, the Enterprise can destroy the Borg’s protective shield, leaving it/them vulnerable to attack and, therefore, increasing the Enterprise’s chance of success in preventing it/them from conquering Earth. This paper will analyze the second thesis in Cohen's Monster ...

Niall Ferguson, in his famous documentary, The Ascent of Money, presents a detailed account of financial history. Ferguson is a historian who has a profound understanding of economics. His research and way of presenting his arguments is accurate, scientific and commendable. Ferguson presents his arguments in accordance to appropriate facts and figures that educate readers about the European financial history in a realistic manner. This paper intends to discuss Niall Ferguson’s documentary along with discussing other related aspects of the area under discussion.
The documentary is about history of borrowing currency. It also educates readers when people started lending to other ...

Analysis of Science Fiction Movie Solaris

Analysis of Science Fiction Movie Solaris
Solaris is a Russian science fiction art film adaptation of the Stanislaw Lem’s novel Solaris (1961) shot in 1972, directed and co-written by Andrei Tarkovsky. It represents a meditative drama of psychological character set mostly on a space station that is orbiting around the fictional Solaris planet. The station had a scientific mission that was stalled as the three scientists in the crew fell into the emotional crises. This paper is dedicated to the analysis of the problems brought out by the film and the way the director managed to convey the ideas of Lem, ...

The “Best of Both Worlds” consists of two storylines adapted from Star Trek: The Next Generation, an American science fiction television series. It aims to explain the struggle between the two opposing factions, the Enterprise and the Borg. The Borg intend to conquer Earth, whereas the Enterprise is determined to prevent the Borg from accomplishing this. Before the cube is able to reach Earth, the Enterprise is able to destroy the Borg’s protective shield, leaving it vulnerable to attack and therefore increasing their chance of success in preventing it from conquering Earth. This paper will analyze how the ...

Holes, an American comedy-drama is the Walt Disney production released in the year 2003. The movie is based on a book published in 1998 by Louis Sachar with the same name. The novel has won the National Book Award and a Newbery Medal. The story of the movie is adventurous which has the touch of fantasy. The movie is centered on a young boy Stanley Yelnats IV, who believes that all men in his family are cursed. The boy was sent to the correctional facility of Camp Green Lake in the middle of the dessert. The charge against him was about stealing a ...

Introduction

The book and movie Animals make us Human by Temple Grandin focus on the way that autistic children could actually benefit by mere interaction with animals. This is because animals exhibit behaviors that are similar to those of human beings, especially those that are driven by instinct. The movie especially focuses on the way this interaction is conducted for the successful cognitive development of an individual. The book points out the specific behaviors exhibited by animals and the way that they are exhibited in response to the environmental factors surrounding the animal. This essay shall focus on dogs, cats ...

Movie subvert to genre expectations:

The film’s genre expectation is subverted in the historical context, of runaway slaves of quilombos in the Brazil’s societies, samba, and organizational for political rights. An activist and a renowned historian Beatriz Nascimento, gets to be a pillar in the search for her African heritage, hence developing the movie plot
The genre in a high profile blends historical and adventure genre types. Adventure is through the slaves who escaped and history revelation of Black Consciousness and manifestation in Brazil. Through epic distant journey for political rights, adventure is revealed through the quilombos, who are the communities of escaped slaves ...

Rob Reiner directed ‘The Princess Bride’ is one of successful Americans movies. This movie is adventurous, comedy and romantic movie that is based on William Goldman written novel of the same name. The movie was released in the year 1987 and considered as a cult movie of the American cinema. This paper intends to discuss the movie and other related aspects of the area under discussion.
The movie begins with a scene where a book is being read by a grandfather (Peter Falk) to his sick grandson (Fred Savage). The grandfather reads the story of a young woman, Buttercup who is very beautiful. ...

Invincible

Invincible is a reflection of a true story of Vince Papale who is a 30-year-old part-time bartender and a substitute teacher who signed to play for the Philadelphia eagles when they were in a poor run of form in the 1976. Papale is a better player than most of his neighborhood players. Whenever Papale participates in the matches in a dirty lot that he and his friends consider their field, the team always win but the rest of Papale’s and his buddies lives is a dilapidated. Papale experiences a life characterized with hardships and relationship disappointments and at the age of 30, he realizes that he has ...

ABSTRACT

During the last decade, Asian horror cinema has seen a surge in popularity throughout the world, especially in western countries. Traditionally, Japan has dominated the Asian horror cinema, but recently Hong Kong and South Korea have emerged as major powerhouses in the genre. Majority of these movies have enjoyed international success. Moreover, many of these movies have been adapted and remade by Hollywood. As the genre continues to grow, there is a need to understand the social conditions, cultural values, and cinematic traditions which influence the horror movies from Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, and Singapore. In particular, ...

In the past years, movies marked as “based on real events” appear more often. Moreover, some of the researchers, as well as ordinary viewers claim that almost every movie is based on real events. The point is that sometimes directors as well as screen play writers tend to exaggerate the importance and cruelty of some events. In the most cases, it happens in horror movies or some documentaries. The point is that the main idea of every documentary is to convince people in something. This essay is devoted to the issue of veracity of the events in three movies: ...

Introduction

Movie is a form of art just like literature, music and paintings but movie is much beyond that. Movie is a pictorial representation of a story one reads in a book. Movie is an expression of life in motion as one sees in paintings. Movie is a medley of colors and sound which provide a gateway to its audience from all the worries of life for a short while. Movie is a means of escape from the reality of life to find solace in something more cheerful. During Great Depression when people were bogged down with the distressing economic condition of the country, many Americans find something ...

Flags Of Our Fathers has accurately concentrated on the pain, trepidation, and disaster of combat, and the challenges confronted by the three surviving flag raisers as in Joe Rosenthal's Pulitzer Prize-winning World War II photograph, which the government sent on tour over the United States to sway individuals to back the war exertion. The men incorporate Navy corpsman "Doc" Bradley, Ira Hayes and Rene Gagnon. In addition to the enduring, horrific impacts of war felt by the men, the film uncovers the incongruity behind the photograph itself, and how the flag raisers feel misused by the gathering pledges process. ...

Movie Review

Review on Pulp Fiction movie by Quentin Tarantino.
Pulp Fiction is a movie directed by a Quentin Tarantino who is famous for his non-standard approach that can be hardly confused with any other movies. Pulp Fiction was released in 1994 and, undoubtedly, it is the best incarnation of all Tarantino’s unusual ideas; this is the movie which brought a fresh air into the world of cinema and led to appearance of such movies as “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels”, “Snatch” and many other great movies which were shot in the same manner under its influence.
So, the first ...

Movie Review: The Twilight Samurai

The twilight samurai was produced in 2002 by Yoji Yama. The setting of the film is sometime before Meiji Restoration. The film follows the life of a poor samurai Seibei Iguchi, working as an accountant. Despite his poverty, he is able to live a happy and content life with his two young daughters and aging mother. However, through the thing do not go his way, and life turns unbearable for him and his family. The film has won many Academy Awards including the Best Director, Best Picture, Best Screen Play, and Best Actress. This film produced a very interesting film that would ...

Introduction

The short novel ‘The Necklace’ by Guy De Maupassant revolves around a couple Mme.Louisel. The narration begins with a reflection of Mme. Loisel and her perceptions about her own life. She seems desperate and hopeless as she thinks that she was born in underprivileged circumstances and that she has no chance to succeed in life. She looks at her backgrounds as the hindering block to success in life. She thinks that because of her poor background she cannot make to get a rich man to marry her, she reflects that she has no expectations, no dowry and no people to love he ...

Introduction

Cyrus Nowrasteh is a film director widely known for his true story based film production. True story films present an actual situation or a condition. They serve a communication purpose of informing the public of a certain issue of human concern happening in a particular area. True story based films may also be geared to eliminate certain undesired norms practiced by a certain community in a society. A good example of a true based story film is “The Storming of Soraya M.”. This is a drama film presented in American Persian language. It is adopted from Freidoune Sahebjam’s book entitled “La Femme Lapidee” which is a true life ...

A Soldier’s Story’s is a film that was produced in America in 1984 by an American drama film directed Norman Jewison. The film was developed from Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize-winning, A Soldier’s Play. The story’s main themes are racism as well as segregation for a black United States Army battalion with white officers. A black army officer, Howard Rollins, is tasked with the role of investigating the killing of a sergeant Waters based in Louisiana towards the final bit of the Second World War. The case takes place in the interior of Jim Crow South at a time when a ...

Baz Luhrman directed drama The Great Gatsby in 2013. Stars like Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan took part in the film and played the main characters. The film was anticipated in 2013 and its screening became the great event. IN turn, High Fidelity is a comedy-drama movie starring John Cusack and it was screened 13 years before the Great Gatsby. Despite it received many positive reviews screening of that Nick Hornby’s novel was not as anticipated as the F. Scott Fitzgerald’s adaptation. These films are very different in style, in directing, in soundtracks. Yet they are ...

Movie Review of “Gran Torino”

“Gran Torino” – is one of the masterpieces of American actor and director Clint Eastwood. His films astound me with their sincerity, sensuality, uniqueness. I believe this film to be a masterpiece of cinematography, which is worth of the highest awards. “Gran Torino” – is an abstruse film, which makes its cinemagoers think much about, rethink many things. It addresses a number of problems, which, unfortunately, are present in the modern world.
The main character – Walter Kowalski – is a former military man, a man of the old school. Every new is alien to him, he does not recognize and does not buy any of ...

In the summer of 1974 a then 26 year old Steven Spielberg is going about his business of making sure that his movie about a shark that had overshot the expected $3.5 million budget does not sink his career in Hollywood. Everything that could go wrong had already gone wrong and it was hard to see the light at the end of this very dark tunnel. The movie he was making was Jaws, a movie that is today classed as a master piece in many circles and topping many greatest films lists while being one of the most commercially successful films in movie ...

Film Review: “Fried Green Tomatoes”

Directed by John Avnet, Fried Green Tomatoes is a sensational comic video nominated for two academic video awards. The film tells a story of an era of depression in the friendship of two women, coupled with another friendship in the 1980s. The reception of the movie among the people offered the film an opportunity of attracting global intention. However, the movie attracted criticism especially from the people opposed to the idea of lesbian content in the film. This paper analyzes the film by pointing out areas that the author and director failed to bring out clearly to the viewers.
The ...

Epic is an animated film by Blue Sky Studios that is loosely based on William Joyce’s book The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs (2013; 2001). The movie was created after a discussion between Joyce and the director, Chris Wedge, about how they should place a story in a detailed forest inhabited by something like fairies (Sarto, 2013). The movie took about eleven years to be made from the time of that discussion and involved a huge number of decisions. Because the movie was animated, the creators could control literally every detail about how movie finally looked, which is not the ...

INVICTUS (2009)

Introduction

Nelson Mandela unites with the Springboks captain Francois Pienaar in an attempt to unite the South African country a country that due to apartheid is divided across racial and economical aspects. The two presume the roles of the heroes in the movie Invictus in an endeavor that they end up uniting the country through the love of sport. The entire movie has employed Campbell’s concepts and ideas of how a hero comes to being, how he is nurtured, designed and prepared to be termed as a hero in society. As it will be noted in this discussion, the journey ...

Synopsis

An army space capsule brought back something to earth, a virus, a toxin, which is a live micro organism that killed many people in a town in New Mexico, the organism also killed the soldiers who were in the crash site. They all died in very unusual reason or have killed themselves because of the pain, but that did not affect an old man and a baby. Scientists are eager to find out the reasons behind this unusual event and how to stop this micro organism from spreading a worldwide catastrophe.

Microbes in the movie

Microbes were used in the movie as the main reason of potential global catastrophe, ...

Pride and Prejudice (1940)
The film Pride and Prejudice was produced in 1940 being adapted from a novel of the same title by Jane Austen. Robert Z. Leonard directed the film with Aldous Huxley serving as one of the screenwriters. There are many characters in the film. They are as listed below. The first character in the film is Elizabeth Bennet, who is the heroine of the story. The key events and characters of the story are brought out through her. The other character is Mr. Darcy. Our opinion about him follows that of Elizabeth. He begins the film ...