Tale Movie Reviews Samples For Students

The Handmaid's Tale movie is an adaptation of the novel The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. It is directed by Volker Schlondoff and the screen play written by Harold Pinter. The movie is about the republic of Gilead. It was set in totalitarian future of America. It tells of Kate’s story as a handmaid where she is subjected to bear children so as to avoid facing criminal charges. Kate nicknamed as Offred is the protagonist in the movie who is trained to become a Handmaid and a concubine for one of the barren couple’s ruling the countries religious primary regimes. ...

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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, ...

Reader Response Based on Film and Readings- Pioneer Women in Medical Front

The book A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard based on her diary, 1785-1812, was written by the historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich in reference to the diary of an 18th century American midwife and healer, Martha Moore Ballard (1735-1812). The documentary film, The American Experience, was based on the Ulrich’s book. During the period of 3 decades (from 1785-1812), Martha Ballard kept a diary that recorded her life as a midwife and healer and housewife with children. Her records illustrate struggles and tragedies that she faced within her family and the society as a whole during ...

This is a 2003 South Korean film in form of a psychological horror. It was written and directed by Kim Ji-woon. This movie was as a result of a folktale entitled ‘Janghwa Hongryeon’ which was done by Joseon Dynasty. This folktale by Joseon has been adapted to several films, including that of ‘a tale of two sisters’. It is basically on two sisters who faced a lot of problems and challenges. This is because after returning from the hospital, they experience several disturbing events which involve them and their step mother. The superb acting of this movie has seen it win a price of the best ...

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Stories of heroes exist within every culture and across many landscapes. The tale of a young girl who took the place of her ailing father to uphold the honor of her family has become legend within the country of China. When this tale was revealed to the world it became a popular and lasting phenomenon. A woman had taken the role of a hero, and in a time of change the story of Mulan became an inspiration to many people, women in particular. The role of the heroine is a role that changes the cultural landscape.
This is especially ...

My review of Black Orpheus (1959) by Marcel Camus & 8½ (1963) by Federico Felloini
I believe that for the most part, Camus is quite successful in reimagining and retelling the ancient myth of Orpheus and Eurdice in his film Black Orpheus (1959). However, what makes Camus’s Black Orpheus unique is that instead of reimagining and retelling the tragic tale in the classical Greek setting, the film is set during the Carnaval in Brazil. I think that despite the absence of the classical Greek setting, the reason that no one is able to resist the charm of this ...

History, which is taken as a basis for the movie appears to be both mythical and at the same time full of vividness. This story is about a man named Ed Bloom, about the surprising man having in his stock a mass of stories and histories. Many people, and in particular his son believe that most of what Ed Bloom tells is nothing more than his imagination. However it turns out in fact that almost all events that he describes in his stories have occurred in the life. Even if something was embellished it were just little things that, by their color ...

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 ...

Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs provides an appealing story with various themes and messages. Originally aired in 1937, the film now appears dated; as could be expected, it is rooted in its period. It is culturally important as the globe’s first full-length cartoon, but watching it against the backdrop of today’s society exposes the film’s stereotypes and attitudes towards romantic love. A feminist critique reveals the abusive and superficial nature of romance in the film, whereas an anti-capitalist analysis of the story demonstrates the strong links between money and power.
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Aladdin is a classic Arabian fairy tale that was used as a basis for many movies and cartoons. The main character of the story is a poor young man who achieves the princess and other rewards with the aid of magical powers and own personality. Writers from many countries used similar plots. For example, Danish author Hans Christian Andersen used such characters and situations in his tales The Tinder-box and The Flying Trunk. Stories have many differences, like author, length or plot, but there is always one similarity – focus on main characters. The screen adaptation of the fairy tale ...

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“Laputa: The Castle in the Sky” became the first animation film produced on Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata’s “Studio Ghibli”. Maybe it is because of the success of the given movie “Ghibli” became a synonym of a high-quality feature animation for many years ahead. Produced in distant 1986 the movie has not been forgotten until today. Is it because of the bright plot of genius writer and director Hayao Miyazaki or memorable music theme of a wonderful composer Joe Hisaishi, but “The Castle in the Sky” even nowadays continues to amaze the audience with its romantic kindness, taking ...

The point of many movies lies in the fact of illustrating social problems. Global and domestic issues, issues of consciousness and symbolism – all of those aspects are shown in the three movies, which will be discussed in this paper. Avant-garde filmmakers have produced tons of works and it is essential to reveal at least some of them.
Powerful experiments with theatrical forms are introduced by Robert Lepage in his masterpiece, called “Le Confessionnal”. He is known as a director of game cinema and released four pictures during eight years in different countries of the world. His unique film "Confessional" ...

After Princess Moanna of the underworld kingdom dies after a memory loss from the blinding rays of the sun, her father foresees she will come to life again. Parallel in 1943, in a Fascism-infected Spain, arrives Ofelia, and her mother Carmen to meet Captain Vidal; Carmen`s new husband and father of her unborn child. Vidal is fanatically against the republicans and rebels. Vidal`s housekeeper, Mercedes, is an active rebel himself.
A large insect appears in Ofelia`s bedroom, and transforms itself into a fairy. The fairy leads Ofelia into an ancient Labyrinth where Ofelia meets the faun. The faun, ...

The film Slumdog Millionaire was directed by Danny Boyle in 2008. This feature movie is 120-minutes length. Though Slumdog Millionaire is a British film it is based on the novel titled Q and A by Indian writer and diplomat Vikas Swarup. The film is aimed to depict a story of a young 18 year-old Indian guy ad what role does destiny and luck play in his life. The movie created a sensation in the year of its screening. Slumdog Millionaire won eight Academy Awards in 2009, including the awards for the Best Picture and Best Director, let alone other prestigious cinematographic contests, where ...

Often touted as an ‘unfilmable’ novel, Yann Martel’s Life of Pi told the story of a young Indian boy named Pi who, over the course of the story, finds himself on a small life raft in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean with only a dangerous Bengal Tiger (whom he names Richard Parker) to accompany him. Here, he goes on a hazardous journey of survival, during which he explores his spirituality and is taken to the depths of his understanding of life itself. Ang Lee’s 2012 film masterfully adapts these themes into an elegant, fairytale-like story that is alternatingly presentational and ...

Casablanca, a classic tale of romance mixed with the flavor of patriotism, redefined the film industry. The ambiguous yet enchanting dialogues, Bergman’s cynicism regarding the past and passion for Ilsa, the setting of a new era represented by the dazzling casino, the presence of the evergreen Ingrid Bergman, the impending doom and the supremacy of lady luck make this movie ageless and a classic.
This film produced some of the most famous dialogues, like, “I stick my neck out for nobody”, “and this may be the beginning of a beautiful friendship”and“Play it, Sam”. These dialogues depicted the past and ...

The 2004 Oliver Stone film Alexander tells the tale of the titular young conqueror, played by Colin Farrell, as he grows up, invades the Persian Empire, proves himself to be one of the greatest military commanders in history, and dies. In the film, we see young Alexander growing up in Greece; here, we see the difficulty he has relating to his parents, particularly Philip II of Macedon, his father. After Alexander is suddenly made King of Macedonia following the assassination of his father, Alexander soon takes his armies and starts his campaign against the Persians. For eight years, he ...

The 1992 movie “Of Mice and Men” is an adaptation of a 1937 classic tale of a Novel Prizewinning author John Steinbeck. A story about the two travelling companions wandering the country at the time of the great depression hoping to find a better life for themselves. Just as things were about to get better, it seems to suddenly slip away. There is a prevailing problem between the characters in terms of interacting with each other. It is because one of them is mentally retarded and does not basically understands his own strength, which in return causes so much problem with his companion. ...

In the film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's acclaimed novel The Road, John Hillcoat remains extremely faithful to the spirit and essential plot of the book. Its tale of a post-apocalyptic epic journey with a father (Viggo Mortenson) and son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) struggling to survive is a poetic and heartbreaking tale in either format. One of the essential components of the story is the father attempting to teach his son how to remain one of "the good guys" in a world of thieves, murderers and killers. The man states that they are "carrying the fire" of the goodness of humanity, remembering a time in which ...

In Steven Spielberg's A.I. Artificial Intelligence, the Brian Aldiss short story "Super-Toys Last All Summer Long" is adapted and expanded from a singular tale of a family unit in the future to a sprawling epic about a robot boy seeking to belong. In the short story itself, Aldiss only covers what is covered in the first act of A.I. Aldiss' short story tells the sale of the Swinton family, whose little boy David we only find out at the end is a robot. That particular tale wrestles with the ambiguity of what or who David is, why the mother is so cruel and distant (" ...