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The 2005 movie ‘Coach Carter’ is a biographical teen sports drama about the incredible basketball coach Ken Carter. Coach Carter is hired to be the new basketball coach for the Richmond Oilers. Coach Ken Carter after becoming the new coach he requires the team members if they want to play in his team, they have to sign a contract the contract that state that they have attended all their classes and sit in the front row of all their classes...
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‘Ratatouille’ is a movie about a rat who wants to pursue his dreams of cooking for anyone. He has a passion and tries desperately to make his dream a reality. This dream is to work for Gusteau’s restaurant and Gusteau himself is alongside Remy, the main character, through this journey. Although this dream is very inspiring and passion-filled, there are many obstacles on the way that make this journey nearly impossible. Family and physical expectations take a hit on Remy’s...
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How would you like it if you had to eat McDonald’s meals for 30 days and for three times a day? That is what Morgan Spurlock experienced in ‘Super Size Me’ as an experiment into the dangerous obesity epidemic. As Steven Spielberg once said, “documentaries are the greatest way to educate an entire generation”, and Spurlock has created a masterpiece. In this paper, I’ll be reviewing this socially critical 2004 documentary. ‘Super Size Me’ is based around the documentation of...
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‘Freedom Writers’ is a drama movie was released on 2007 and directed by Richard LaGravenese. This movie is based on a true to life story of Erin Gruwell with her freshmen students in 1994. The movie happened in Woodrow Wilson High School which they encounter difficulties and problem because of their differences, it was extremely chaotic inside and outside of the classroom because of having a racial tension. Erin Gruwell starts to teach in Room 203, she motivates the student...
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‘Legally Blonde’ is a 2001 American movie directed by Robert Luketic and starring such amazing actors as Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Mathew Davis, and Victor Garber. This film is inspired by the book of Amanda Brown. It wasn't only a narrative about how a stereotypical girl was able to live and transcend her labels, it was also a story of friendship, happiness, and the goal of learning and better understanding oneself. This story starts with Elle Woods, a...
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The movie known as ‘Coach Carter’, is a film directed by Thomas Carter. Although Thomas Carter has the same last name, he has no relation to the coach, but shows the legend of Coach Carter so well. He is also most commonly known for his work in ‘Swing Kids’ and ‘Save the Last Dance’, along with the actor who plays Coach Carter, Samuel Jackson, who, might I just add, plays his character with great ability and is so passionate about...
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Wandering the barren streets and scouring for a place to shield himself from the evil of this world, the boy longs for something else. He has no one to turn to for assistance throughout the nightmares of his chilling past. Life can be intimidating for every person in society, but the tests relinquished onto homeless, fostered, or adopted children are discouraging. As a result of certain factors, personal or financial, children can endure life without a home or with adoptive...
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In alone there are 80,000 female prostitutes alone. It can be seen that the origins of prostitution come from males who were unable to be bound by stipulations and their appetites created a demand for illegitimate pleasures of which the female weakness supplies them with. This exhibits the patriarchal society that has always been current in society as the male dominance was able to persuade vulnerable women to do what they wanted them to do showing how much power they...
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Abraham Lincoln once said: “A house divided against itself cannot stand”. ‘Divergent’ is set in a post-apocalyptic society where a faction system is created in order to form a more perfect society with each faction simulating an ideal characteristic: Candor (honesty), Amity (kindness), Abnegation (selflessness), Dauntless (bravery) and Erudite (intellect). At the forefront of these factions are Abnegation and Erudite, these factions, although aiming towards one goal, the prosperity of the faction system itself, are often found in conflict. Thus,...
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My narrative paper is on ‘Rashomon’, which is basically a flashback story from different angles on a man’s murder and rape of his wife. It is a psychological thriller with its share of twists and turns. It starts with two men at first who witnessed tragedies from different angles, which also ended up being told other stories by others involved. It’s a 1950’s movie directed by Akira Kurosawa, which have to this day have been reinterpretations of his films since...
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Steven Spielberg is one of the most outstanding writers, producers, and directors in the 20th century. His role as a writer, producer, and director have hugely influenced the history of filmmaking. His philosophy of articulating complex stories into an incredible motion picture is quite astounding for many film watchers. Spielberg is involved in many thrilling and famous movies. For instance, ‘Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark’, ‘Back to the Future’, ‘Schindler's List’, ‘Jurassic Park’, ‘Saving Private Ryan’,...
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Thomas Balmès documents the early phases of the lives of four culturally different newborns from birth until infancy in the documentary ‘Babies’. The experiences of Ponijao from Namibia, Bayanchandmachi (Bayar) from Mongolia, Mari from Japan and Hattie from California, provide insight into the influences culture has on cognitive development in the first years of life. This movie did not include narration nor subtitles which allows the focus to be on the infants and their interaction with their surroundings and allows...
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‘Wall-E’ is a movie from 2008 produced by Pixar. The story follows the last robot on the Earth, named Wall-E. For 700 years he has wandered the Earth cleaning trash. He has developed a personality, and when he sees EVE, a shiny new robot, he follows her onto a spaceship. There reside the humans who have become helpless fatties. The storyline is entertaining and interesting and the movie a masterpiece. It should be required that every child watches this movie....
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‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ is a fantasy drama scripted and directed by Guillermo del Toro. The story of the film concerns a period of five years after the Spanish Civil War, around the time of the Francoists. It earned numerous international award such as three Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards including Best Film Not in the English Language, the Ariel Award for Best Picture, the Saturn Awards for Best International Film and Best Performance by a Younger Actor for Ivana Baquero and...
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Reflecting on the movie ‘No Country for Old Men’, I observed the characters are much more a set of archetypes, practically metaphorical, that integrate a chaotic puzzle in favor of a central message. The main characters (Llewelyn Moss, Anton Chigurh, and Sheriff Bell) are all suffering because of their desires. Sheriff Bell desires to follow the steps from his dad, be a valuable sheriff and to find Chigurh. Despite that, he suffers because he can't keep up with the 'rhythm...
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Imagine a heist, but not from a bank or even a super-secret underground vault in a lair in the middle of Siberia. The heist has absolutely nothing to do with gold, diamonds, money, oil or anything finite really. Doesn't sound a heist, does it? The movie ‘Inception’ directed by Christopher Nolan, follows the adventure of dream ‘extractors’, and how they perform corporate espionage by stealing ideas from one’s subconscious by infiltrating their dream. While the extractors are experienced in stealing...
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The drama flick ‘Dead Poets Society’ directed by Peter Weir, was released on June 2nd, 1989 in limited numbers, and fully released on June 9th of the same year. With the only notable name at the time being Robin Williams, other modern big-names stars in this movie such as Robert Sean Leonard, and Ethan Hawke. In a school where tradition, honor, discipline, and excellence you can expect things to be a little strict. And that’s exactly what the boys at...
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‘Titanic’ is a romantic drama with love story film of Jack Dawson played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Rose DeWitt Bukater played by Kate Winslet. Released in the Feb 4, 1998, directed by James Cameron, this movie is the highest grossing film has earned millions and which is more valuable, great love, happiness, exiting, emotional of the viewers all over the world. The Royal Mail Ship Titanic is the most famous ship in history of 20th century. According to the director...
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The well-organized story, fantastically beautiful battles, and unique characters makes ‘The Matrix’ a must see. ‘The Matrix’ is one of the best classic sci-fi action films ever made, which is why I've chosen to write about how it has become one of my favorite movies of all time. The modern and creative story behind ‘The Matrix’ is what sets it aside from films that were released in the 1999s. It depicts a dystopia future in which truth as perceived via...
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‘Spider-Man’ was released in 2002 and made $825 million at the global box office making this movie financially successful. Many consider it the first film to start the current trend of superhero films. The main purpose of the movie is to be entertaining. It does this by trying to intrigue the viewer through its big budget ($139 million) and its action fight scenes that would appeal to an older audience. As well as being entertaining the movie also includes a...
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The movie 'Ready Player One' gave us a realistic about for our future generations' situation. The technology shown in the video become more improved and part of daily human activities. In 2045, there were many environmental problems that the Earth faced in the year 2044. However, it's not all lost. There's still a place that people think is a safe place for them to have fun, which is the virtual world known as OASIS, in which you can choose to...
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‘The Post’ was premiered on December 22, 2017. The movie is a historical political thriller film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg. This movie was critically acclaimed throughout the world. The movie is based on a genuine story, set in the 1970s, it shows the various endeavors made by the writers at The Washington Post who wanted to publish the Pentagon Papers. The Pentagon Papers were highly classified documents containing information about the involvement of the U.S government in the...
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The title of this movie is ‘Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade’, the director of this film is Steven Spielberg, and the lead actors are Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, and Alison Doody. The company that made this is called Lucasfilm Ltd. and runs for 2h 8m. This movie comes under the genre as an action/adventure movie where Indiana Jones is told by an undercover Nazi his father has gone missing but will he be fast enough to find him let...
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Danny Boyle's bravura order of the film medium raises the exaggerated ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ into an astonishing group pleaser abounding with the sights, sounds and impressions of present-day India. The unpredictable story of a ghetto vagrant turned potential mogul has all the scope and feeling of an extraordinary novel and ought to promptly interface with the two pundits and crowds to give a significant specialist hit. The all-around worn prosaism expresses that a visit to India resembles an ambush on the...
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Through this movie, Peter Weir has presented the traditional educational system of America. The movie involves the imposition of things on students which they do not want to do. Peter Weir has dramatized a story that clearly exhibits the so called best educational institution. Peter weir is attempting to expose the reality that imposition of things upon students can have negative results for society. The movie also shows that the persons who want to bring a change in the society...
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I think everyone has heard about the fantastic series ‘Game of Thrones’. ‘Game of Thrones’ is an American fantasy drama series created by David Benioff. This series spread widely because of its fascinating story and events. It has conquered the world and attracts audience of different age and preferences. It combines between action, drama, fantasy, adventure, and tragedy. Although the series, its great events, and characters impressed me, there is one thing that made me feel disappointed at the end....
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‘The Day After Tomorrow’ is an American science-fiction catastrophe film. The movie broadly speaking tells a story of the greenhouse effect caused by the aid of the Earth's climate change; the world is about to fall into the 2nd ice age. In the northern hemisphere, due to the melting of icebergs brought about by way of the greenhouse effect, the Earth has entered the 2nd ice age. Tornadoes, tsunamis, and earthquakes are wreaking havoc around the world, and the entire...
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Introduction Halloween is a Horror film series that first started in 1978, with the release-of ‘Halloween’. It is about Michael Myers who was put in a psychiatric hospital for killing his sister when he was 6 years old but escapes to the suburbs of Haddonfield where he stalks babysitters while being chased by his doctor, Dr Loomis. There are 11 films in the series, with 2 more set to release this year and next year. Personally, I remember watching this...
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