In The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, a significant difference between the book and film version during Dally’s last moments is when Dally robs a bookstore and calls the greasers. In the book, the book shows Ponyboy’s perspective, him being driven by a man whereas the film shows the crime Dally commits, in which he robs a bookstore. An example of this is when the author writes, “And I suddenly remembered Dally. . . . Dally pounding on the wall ....
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Introduction Nowadays, artificial intelligence (AI) is present almost everywhere and helps us daily, for example in self-driving cars, in virtual assistants such as the well-known Siri or Google Home, or even in the film industry. However, when asking some of my close friends, family, and IB students from around the world if they trusted AI, the most common answer was that they did not; but those same people also had trouble correctly defining what is AI. So first of all,...
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I believe 'SpongeBob SquarePants' is one of the best cartoons ever, especially for the first 3 or 4 seasons. I don't think I really need to explain why it got worse after a while as there are several videos about why it went downhill on YouTube. The gist of those videos is that the late Stephen Hillenburg and some from the first three seasons left the show, and then new writers came in and that's where the show lost its...
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To understand the charm of live performance, we must first talk about its limitations. Performances are limited by space and intermediaries, and because of these limitations, many stage innovations have emerged. Unlike traditional movies, the stage scenes that the performance can present are limited. It cannot transform a large number of scenes in a limited time to match the development of the whole story. The limitations of space will lead to two main problems. First, some grand narrative stories cannot...
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In the documentary ‘Babies’ by Thomas Balmès, four newborns who live in different cultures and the environment from various regions of the world—Ponijao (Namibia), Bayarjargal (Mongolia), Mari (Japan), and Hattie (USA). The documentary visually shows each child’s developments with respect to perceptual, motor and cognitive perspectives which may be diversely influenced by diversified cultures and environments during their infancy. Ponijao and Bayar interacted with natural resources with the natural environment, whereas Mari and Hattie have accessibility to innovative technological resources....
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When someone does you a favor, what do you do? When you do a favor for someone, how do you feel? Well, Trevor McKinney will touch your heart and inspire you to pay it forward instead of giving back the favor. Mimi Leder directed the drama film ‘Pay It Forward’ in 2000. It tells the story of Trevor McKinney, an 11-year-old who started the 'pay it forward' movement. Trevor is played by Haley Joel Osment, while Arlene McKinney, Trevor's alcoholic...
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Foreign movies have been transporting us to different worlds, since the beginning of cinema and a lot of these films use their fantasy worlds to comment on the real world that we all live in. I love foreign movies as it exposes you to an entirely new culture. This is what ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ has done for me. Filled with original imagery and drawing on folklore and fantasy traditions, ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ takes us on a journey to a place as violent...
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Steven Spielberg’s movie ‘Ready Player One’ was mediocre at best. There are several reasons why I think this. Firstly, the plot. Main characters are competing with a huge corporation, known as IOI, to solve the secret puzzles to obtain three keys. The first person to obtain all the keys is given total control of the OASIS. The OASIS is a super advanced virtual reality world created by Halliday. Halliday was a genius video game creator and a social outcast for...
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The movie ‘Babies’ allows us to view different developmental emergences of motor, perceptual, and intellectual capacities of four different babies. A major milestone that is demonstrated is the motor movement of each baby. In the first few months of a baby’s life, they will prone, lift head to prone chest up and use arms for support (Church-Lang, Lecture 7). This was demonstrated in the movie by mostly Ponijao, Hattie, and Mari. Bayar was more swaddled laying on his back instead...
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The documentary ‘Babies’ documents the development of four newborns from different parts of the world ranging from Namibia to Mongolia, Japan and America. It depicts the child’s development processes and how cultural, social, emotional, and family ties play a crucial role. The documentary has no voice over narration, but we see sparse dialogue throughout its duration, which allowed the audience to pay close attention to the development of the babies and their interactions with the surroundings. It can be observed...
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After imposing ‘Stargate’, ‘Independence Day’, and ‘Godzilla’ on us, the dynamic duo of Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin has made and lost a fair bit of cash, but they have seemingly come to the realization that the only thing in Hollywood that lasts is Oscar gold. However, just following the recipe does not guarantee that the result will be good, let alone palatable. Thus, witness their ‘Hail Mary’, ‘The Patriot’. The movie stars Mel Gibson as a reluctant farmer, whose...
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Modern society contains a plethora of various racial stereotypes, social images, and received ideas that often define how a particular thing/group of people are perceived by the individuals of the status quo. In ‘The Blind Side’, the protagonist Michael, a black individual, overcomes the common perceived racial stereotypes associated with the color of his skin; further the movie exemplifies common ideas of how whites, unlike blacks, are always the ‘saving force’ in a situation. The movie has brought many different...
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“You mustn’t be afraid to dream a little bigger darling” - Eames (Tom Hardy), ‘Inception’. And the director Christopher Nolan clearly wasn’t afraid to dream bigger. In 2010, after success in movies such as ‘The Prestige’ and ‘The Dark Knight’, Nolan released ‘Inception’. This isn’t just one of the best movies of all time but pathed the way for other science fiction classics by Nolan such as Interstellar. Nolan is the number one ranked director of all time both by...
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The Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is a dominant billion dollar company; they are the business leaders who can trample over anyone who dares to cross, have money and have money with them. The evils of being seen are powers. From the beginning, PG&E has defrauded the community of Hinckley, California, by providing false evidence and misleading them with its dishonesty. PG&E manipulates persons into believing that the chromium they use is healthy and has nothing to do with...
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The movie ‘Babies’, produced by Thomas Balmes (2010), is a documentary that follows the lives of four babies from different parts of the world as they interact with their surroundings for the first year of their existence: Ponijao from Namibia, Mari (Japan), Bayar (Mongolia), and Hattie (America). Although there is no narrative in this movie, the similarities and differences in both the parenting practices and children’s development is apparent. The movie utilizes a naturalistic observation approach, choosing to stand back...
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If You`re All White In America: A Closer Look at West Side Story Adaptations of William Shakespeare`s Romeo and Juliet have been flooding the arts scene since time immemorial; indeed, there`s some debate as to whether Shakespeare`s own version was an adaptation of an earlier tale. Arguably one of the most iconic retellings takes form in West Side Story, a musical following star-crossed lovers Mar`a and Tony as they find love amidst opposing sides of a turf war. Following the...
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The movie ‘12 Years a Slave’ was about a man named Solomon Northup, an educated man living in Saratoga, New York, during the 1840s. He was known as the best fiddle player in the community. The movie has several flashbacks between his present slave life and his life previous as a free man. This is probably referring to the beginning of slavery. Since of his need of a source of income for his family, he agrees on traveling to Washington,...
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Discuss the idea of offensiveness in the South Park episode “Trapped in the Closet” and The Boondocks episode “Return of the King.” Were you personally offended by either episode? If so, what offended you and why? If not, what might someone find offensive in these episodes? Do you think this offensiveness serves an artistic purpose or do you think it’s there for shock value alone? Defend your answer. 300-700 words. Offensiveness is a major issue in many shows in today’s...
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The modernization of our lives has a huge impact on one us, especially in the field of technology ushering in the computer age. It would be nice for everyone to work together, but this is not possible because conflicts of interest between people impede joint action. There are lots of name persons interviewed in the documentary but, I will cite a few people that have been interviewed in the film. First, we have Tristan Harris, He is a former design...
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Is war a good thing Or a bad thing? Is it what makes the world or destroys it? Does war bring us together or tear us apart? War is a word that is typically known for being considered a conflict between states, governments, societies, and informal paramilitary groups… however, the idea of how it is represented involves being portrayed or depicted. The concept suggests that there are a number of ways in which something can be featured or equally valid....
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In the movie Sankofa, the audience was first introduced to slavery and unjust treatment amongst African-Americans, through a number of different scenarios played out in the movie. The opening of the movie starts and engages the audience with a woman named, Mona as a white tourist who is photographing her in modern-day Ghana. Many tourists are visiting the ancient buildings surrounding the historical African culture. They seem to be fascinated with the culture and events that almost led up to...
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The Gladiatorial Combats were arguably the most anticipated form of entertainment within the Ancient Roman era and were greatly favored amongst the majority. However, it would be inaccurate to state that the Roman form of entertainment was liked by all when in reality it received a significant amount of criticism from individuals such as Ancient writers and the Stoics. The Ancient Criticism of the Roman Arena was often focused on the negative behaviors of the arena crowd specifically. These individuals...
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It's going to be about how poverty is different & the same in the hunger games to real life. What is poor in the US? It will have a definition and get both-sided opinions. What does poverty mean? The state of being extremely poor. This is a fact from the University Of Michigan. In 2017, nearly 40 million people lived below the poverty line in the United States. The poverty line is the estimated minimum level of income needed to...
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One of Naruto’s famous sayings was “Real strength is not what you have when fighting for only yourself. When you have something special that you want to protect, only then can you become truly strong!” (Lina, 2015). This is one of Naruto Uzumaki’s famous inspirational quotes throughout the Japanese series Naruto, Naruto Shippuden, and Boruto. During the series of Naruto and Naruto Shippuden, Naruto Uzumaki ends up fighting his way to the top, achieving his goal, and becoming known as...
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In Suzanne Collins’s dystopian novel “The Hunger Games”, she portrays a post-apocalyptic world in which 12 Districts in a nation known as Panem are oppressed by the rich ruling class in a city known as the Capitol. In societies such as these, great heroes are needed. One such hero is the protagonist of the novel: Katniss Everdeen. She is quite an unlikely hero, as she is from one of the poorest districts in Panem, but she has many heroic traits...
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As the newest South Park short movie was released on December 16, 2021, it helps recall my memories of South Park. I have been a fan of South Park for 5 years, And among all the characters in South Park, Eric Cartman, this FAT kid, gave me the deepest impression. Not only he has been ranked number 19 on Bravo's 100 Greatest TV Characters, but also he was considered to be the only hedonist or libertine to be specific, in...
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Many philosophical films are currently available. These films dealt with all kinds of subjects such as social life, work, health, race, etc. The most interesting subject in ‘A Beautiful Mind’, one of the famous philosophical films, is the difficulty of the main character to distinguish the difference between the two, reality and imagination. The film's philosophical argument is very important because it is based on the true story, which only occurs in rare cases. After watching the movie ‘A Beautiful...
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The movie ‘The Truman Show’ directed by Peter Weir reflects some of the issues within our daily society such as truth, privacy and relationship. These are the values that are important to us both personal and social. They are important as being essential to us. Everyone deserves to know the truth because it helps to strengthen the relationship between each other. Thus, we can build our relationship based on the belief towards each other. In addition, we have own life...
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“Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get”, explains Forrest Gump. Certainly, life is full of unpredictability and wonder, establishing questions such as: Why did a movie so full of simplicity earn over than six hundred and seventy million dollars around the world and win the Oscar for Best Picture in 1994? Because of the childlike, yet determined main character. This fictional character is iconic in our culture. Gump, despite being disabled, found himself...
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‘Twilight’ is a 2008 American romantic fantasy movie directed by Catherine Hardwicke and written by Melissa Rosenberg, based on the 2005 novel of the same name by Stephenie Meyer. This is the first part of the Twilight Saga film series. Bella Swan is a pale shy girl from a desert town called Phoenix. After her mom and dad divorced, she moves to Forks, a little but mostly wet town. On her first day of school, she met a shy but...
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