If you as a viewer love feeling pity, hate, and sadness then this movie is for you. If you like drama, great acting, a believable story and lack of cheesy scenes then this is the movie for you. ‘12 Years a Slave’ which is the director Steve McQueen`s lovechild with the 1853 book also named ‘12 Years a Slave’. The plot of the movie is about the writer of the real-life tale of Solomon Northup’s kidnapping from his northern freedom...
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The movie ‘Do the Right Thing’, directed by the genius Spike Lee, centers on a day of the lives of a group of racially diverse people who live and work in a lower-class neighborhood, of Bed-Stuy in Brooklyn New York. The film shows how different social classes, races and the moral decisions that the characters make have a direct effect on the way people interact on a daily basis with each other. The film opens with the characters waking up...
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Abstract This essay provides some secret messages about Jordan Peele's film, Get Out that revealed racism in American culture. The author argues that Peele's Get Out illustrates the protracted terrorism that is whiteness and the concomitant objectification and utilization of the black body for white survival, accumulation, and pleasure. The film challenges those audiences to consider how anti-blackness operates within schools and education policy. More specifically, those audiences should challenge longstanding inequities that foreclose the present and future of black...
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“Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become a successful person”- Zig Ziglar. Everyone has hardships at some point during their life. Tragic situations can influence people in different ways. Adversity can urge us to do things in a better or more unfavorable way; however, it all depends on our response to the situation. If you choose the right path, adversity can shape your identity in a good way. In the movie, The Greatest Showman, P.T...
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I was very excited to hear that we were going to watch a Charlie Chaplin feature to begin the semester because I have never seen one. Growing up, people have always told me that he was very famous for his silent films, so this made me wonder how he captured the audience’s attention with no sound. In the end, I thought that Chaplin used his strange body motions and unique stories to keep viewers entertained. Chaplin also was able to...
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‘Forrest Gump’ is an American drama-comedy movie written by Eric Roth and directed by Robert Zemeckis that focuses on the character Tom Hanks, who shares the same name as the movie. The movie rotates on the life history of Tom (Gump), a simple man with a low IQ of 75, short and wears braces on his legs. Despite his disability, his mother sees him through his life and allows him to choose his destiny. She makes him believe that he’s...
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In Jordan Peele's first professional movie, ‘Get Out’, he explores the events that unfold after Chris (Daniel Kaluuya), a black man, agrees to visit his girlfriend Rose's (Allison Williams) parents’ house. His already poor expectations of the behavior of white parents are met with crushing realization when he eventually realizes everyone is out to get him. When this movie was first advertised, it seemed to be another horror movie about going to the wrong house at the wrong time, but...
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The most intensive killing during the holocaust happened on September 28th, 1941 at the Babi Yar Ravine outside of Kier, Ukraine. During the two-day span more than 33, these Jews were killed using the same method Moishe the beetle warns Elie of. In the book and movie, we see similar acts of violence towards the Jew race. ‘Night’ is a true story told in the first-person narrative by Elie Wiesel a persecuted Jew who visits many concentration camps on his...
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In this paper I’m going to talk about the way in which challenges for the future are represented in Andrew Niccol’s feature movie, ‘Gattaca’. The film ‘Gattaca’ was written and directed by Andrew Niccol’s. The movie is about genetic discrimination because in the film there two types of genes: ‘valid’ and ‘in-valid’. Throughout the film, the protagonist Vincent was born naturally which labelled him as an ‘in-valid’. The focus of the film is Vincent freemen, he wanted to travel to...
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‘The Boy in the Striped Pajamas’, directed by Mark Herman, is based on the book written by John Boyne, which was influenced by one of the greatest atrocities in human history which was the Holocaust, where millions of people mostly Jews lost their lives. It remains one of the tragic events which reflects the capability of brutality in human beings and the lengths to which we will go for power. It is also one of the most cited examples of...
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Human experiences can be fraught with danger and trauma, however, can still lead to self-growth and understanding. Human experiences are deeply embedded throughout texts to display and to emphasize how characters interact with each other. In ‘The Boy in the Striped Pajamas’, the director describes the three human experiences shown in the three characters: Bruno, Shmuel and Bruno’s father. The director challenges world views by incorporating the following human experiences in the characters and how characters interact with each other....
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‘The Truman Show’, which is regarded as the turning point of Jim Carrey's career, is a movie that has been examined in many respects and opportunities. ‘The Truman Show’, which is often handled by Plato's cave allegory and our constant observance in today's society in other words, securitization, makes the audience laugh with his witty approach to the contemporary world and is equipped with many elements beyond its time. It's the story of a life surrounded by a director's approach...
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From the movie entitled ‘Gattaca’, it shows a world that uses genetic information in order to produce genetically enhanced people, by selecting certain genes. Scientists ensure that individuals were born using reproductive technologies have desirable traits and prevent undesirable traits. This movie spread awareness about ethical issues that people may not be aware. The movie shows an imaginary place within the government, laws, and social conditions are perfect. The movie introduces uniformity and identifies people as valids and in-valids. This...
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Nobel Prize laureate John Forbes Nash Jr. still teaches at Princeton, and walks around grounds every day. That these customary clarifications nearly brought tears to people’s eyes suggests the power of 'A Beautiful Mind', the record of a man who is maybe the best mathematician, and experiences schizophrenia. Nash acknowledged for a period that Russians were sending him coded messages on the principal page of the New York Times. 'A Beautiful Mind' stars Russell Crowe as Nash, and Jennifer Connelly...
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In the movie ‘The Shawshank Redemption’, the main character Andy Dufresne is accused of the murder of his wife and her lover. Andy’s wife was having an affair with another man. Andy is sentenced 19 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Andy is put into one of the worst prisons at the time, Shawshank. The life Andy lives at Shawshank is a life no person could imagine. The first day, Andy was sent to Shawshank on...
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‘Forrest Gump’ is a movie that follows the life events on an underrated and underappreciated man that suffers from not only a low IQ, but also mild case of cerebral palsy. Throughout his life, Gump faces many burdens and tribulations, but he never allows anyone to interfere with his happiness and mental well-being. Gump, despite facing many problems, continues to believe that good things will happen and goes after his hopes, dreams, and ambitions. From wearing braces on his legs...
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Robert Zemeckis published his masterpiece 'Forrest Gump' in 1994. The film is adapted from the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom. The movie has many political, social information and predictions. The extraordinary combination of romance, comedy and drama makes them laugh, lament and cry together. Forrest Gump's 'Life of a Box of Chocolates': we always forget that life sometimes brings us another chance. This movie starts with a white feather, which flies up and down in the...
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Picture this: being in your pajamas all day, having the biggest yard to play in and only being separated from your best friend by a thin wire fence. Shmuel is Bruno’s dream come true with the ‘ideal life’. A movie of historical tragedy where a young boy makes the most of the unfortunate circumstances. ‘Out-With’, where Bruno and his family get relocated, is Bruno's word for ‘Auschwitz’, a concentration camp in German-annexed Poland, where Jews were imprisoned and killed during...
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Countess Olenska is the talk of the opera audience because she grew up in New York and has had a controversial past which has brought her back to her roots under mysterious circumstances. The majority of the Lovell Mingott's formal dinner invitations are declined. New York's high society is sending the message that Countess Olenska is not welcome. The Archers turn to Mr. and Mrs. Van der Luyden because of their elite and revered status in New York’s high society...
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A green ogre with a big heart, a hilarious talking donkey and a karate chopping princess creates the magnificent animation, ‘Shrek’. This remarkable film was directed by Andrew Adamson, released in 2001, has genres of fantasy, comedy and adventure. The tremendously talented voice actors include Mike Murphy (Shrek), Eddie Murphy (Donkey), Cameron Diaz (Princess), and John Lithgow (Lord Farquaad). ‘Shrek’ is the tale of an ogre who lives in a swamp in complete serenity, but when fairy tale characters are...
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In 1994, the iconic movie ‘Forrest Gump’, directed by Robert Zemeckis, was released. This movie gave life to one of today’s more inspirational movie characters, Forrest Gump. The movie ‘Forrest Gump’ is about a simple, seemingly uneducated man’s journey through a string of complicated times and nonetheless coming out on top. At the start of the movie, we learn Gump has an IQ of 75 which is significantly lower than average, but it does not seem to stop Forrest. We...
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Every film, fiction or non-fiction, will have their own unique ideas and themes about a certain topic. The movie ‘Billy Elliot’ demonstrates new perspectives about complex human experiences, such as the human desire to accomplish individual goals and the rebellious nature of human beings who feel inclined to fight against corrupt authorities. The 2008 movie by Mark Herman, ‘The Boy in Striped Pajamas’ presents similar themes that are challenged to gift us with unique insight into complex human experiences. Furthermore,...
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Literature, a timeless piece of writing bonded together by unspoken words. Animated movies, a reel rolling a flipbook of pictures telling a story. Literature in its purest form is a film that takes place in the mind of the reader. Words slowly bind themselves into sentences that create stories, speaking in a universal and infinite language. Literature is the immortality of speech. What is the difference between the two, they both tell a story, do they not? Which ‘story’ is...
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“It is as inhuman to be totally good as it is to be totally evil” (Burgess Xiii). Life could not exist without evil. ‘A Clockwork Orange’ by Anthony Burgess describes the exploits and behaviors of Alex. The author depicts him as a violent and sociopathic adolescent who strives to become a constructive member of the community. Based on the story, a film adaption directed by Stanley Kubrick came out in 1971. Both the movie and novel versions of the work...
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The story of friendship between two men serving life sentences in prison may sound rather dull as a movie plot. However, director Frank Darabont’s movie, ‘The Shawshank Redemption’, is far from dull. Starring Tim Robbins as Andy Dufresne and Morgan Freeman as Ellis ‘Red’ Redding. ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ is a movie about time, persistence and friendship. Not qualities you would usually associate with a ‘prison’ movie but powerful all the same. When Andy Dufresne receives two life sentences for a...
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After being released in December of 1996 by Dimension Films, the movie ‘Scream’ continues to be one of the most popular horror movies of all time. It was directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson. ‘Scream’ is a slasher film that went on to restore and redefined the horror genre for a new generation of teenagers. It offers a different approach to scary movies by adding humor, romance, and having characters use cliché rules in order to survive....
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Meeting your significant other’s family is a strenuous situation for anyone. The suffocating tension through the air and the agonizing moments of silence describe what many people experience, although when racial indifference interferes, it changes every factor. In the 2017 horror movie, ‘Get Out’, the protagonist, Chris Washington, is concerned about meeting his girlfriend’s family because for one, he is black and his white girlfriend has not told her unsuspecting family about him yet. As he first meets them, the...
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Andrew Niccol directs a movie which presents a theme of bigotry in the sense that the future of discrimination would no longer be determined by social status or race, but rather science. The film ‘Gattaca’ sends a message that both wins over prejudice and consequently overpowers any sense of individuality. Set in the not too distant future, every human status is defined by genetic formation. Eugenics is the process of conceiving children through genetic manipulation. Eugenics is the most common...
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Released in 1994, ‘Forrest Gump’ shattered box office records in breakneck speed and bagged 13 Academy Award nominations with a whopping 6 Oscars. It is an American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis starring Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Sally Field, and Mykelti Williamson. It has an adapted screenplay (written by Eric Goth) based on a novel written by Winston Groom (1986) that goes by the same name. The film traces the journey of a slow-witted man named Forrest...
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On the morality level, the cult film ‘Casablanca’ seemed like it was doomed from the beginning. A bar, Rick’s Cafe American, was the main setting, where alcohol, people willing to do anything and everything to obtain exit visas, a murder, corrupted officials and a forbidden romance have been the key elements. Casablanca is like a purgatory where these sins must be traded in order to escape the city. Clearly, these elements were major issues when it came to the Production...
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