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This semester in Literature we read two best-selling science fiction books, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Divergent by Veronica Roth. There are many similarities between the two books in setting, characters, plot, and themes. Both The Hunger Games and Divergent take place in dystopias after some future apocalypse in North America. Both books have a 16-year-old female protagonist...
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The film The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and the text Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll both examine the notion of point of view. However, both plots are formed through the close interaction between the reader and the narrator. The narrator’s influential role forms what will be expressed through the narrative and what will be portrayed for the reader...
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‘Shrek’ (2001) tells the story of an ogre whose land has become overrun with fairy tale characters, the way to restore everything to normal is for Shrek to go on a journey to save Princess Fiona at the request of Lord Farquaad, who needs a princess to finally become King. The film is based on William Steig’s book of the...
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Horror films are unsetting films centered on the dark side of life, designed to frighten and cause dread and panic through invoking our worst fears, often in a terrifying finale, while at the same time captivating and entertaining us. But what is it that makes a ‘great’ horror movie? What is ‘great’ can be subjective – what some people like...
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‘Forrest Gump’ was released in 1994, directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Eric Roth. The film was based on the novel ‘Forrest Gump’ by Winston Groom. In the first eighteen days after its release, it took in $100 million at the American box office. Two weeks after, the movies intake had doubled to over $200 million. The film itself...
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Humanity has always sought to capture certain moments and feelings and that way give it immortality. Hence film, bearing the features of an art form operating within the narration of time and space seemed to be a perfect medium. The world of film seems to support the illusion of immortal and immutable reality in the likeness of artificial sleep and...
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‘Vibrant’ can be defined in a few different ways, one can describe vibrant as “pulsating with life, vigor, or activity” (Marriam Webster, 2021), whilst another’s definition of the word is an adjective of “sounds that are strong and resonating or colors that are bright and striking” (Cambridge Dictionary, 2021). This essay will be focusing on the latter definition for the...
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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...
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When it comes to propaganda, the creator of it wants the audience to agree and support their cause and their views. Propaganda can be anything from commercials, magazines, posters, movies, cartoons, and more. Although, a majority of the time propaganda is biased and full of fallacies. Only depicting what they want the audience to see and how they want it...
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Science fiction deals primarily with the effects of imagined or legitimate science upon individuals and/or society. Often, texts of the genre provide commentary on or caution against events occurring in present-day society. Andrew Niccol’s ‘Gattaca’ (1997) and Aliette de Bodard’s ‘Immersion’ (2012) explore the present-day overdependence on technology, but while ‘Immersion’ uses character to convey individual overdependence, ‘Gattaca’ uses setting...
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Science fiction utilize textual forms and features to speculate possible futures and critique modern day values. The futuristic aspect of this genre allows readers to view current societal issues such as discrimination and social conditioning through different perspectives. Andrew Niccol’s ‘Gattaca’ (1997) and Aliette De Bodard’s ‘Immersion’ (2012) explore the unreasonable discrimination against those who refuse to conform to the...
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Have you ever caught yourself whistling at work? Perhaps you have told yourself to just keep swimming? Maybe even had your knee kissed better when you hurt it as a child? Are these phrases ringing any bells in your head? If yes, you have likely been influenced by the monstrous bundle of movies created by Walt Disney. If not, I...
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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...
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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...
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World War II was a horrible war that killed millions, but sadly most of the casualties were innocent civilians. The Nazis were the driving force of killing civilians during the war with their death camps, or as they are known as concentration camps. During the war they targeted mainly Jews and the handy capped. ‘Night’ and ‘The Boy in the...
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Andrew Niccol uses dialogue, camera angles, and symbolism to show the main themes of his film ‘Gattaca’ - discrimination, perfection and determination. ‘Gattaca’ is about a seemingly utopian country with no illness and no disease. Though these people are genetically made, making it physically impossible to find an imperfection. The film is about how people are treated unfairly due to...
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‘A Clockwork Orange’ has created a debate over the legitimacy and the effectiveness of using violence to combat violence. Within the film, Kubrick depicts a socially and politically degenerate environment inhabited by fearful citizens, violent thugs and an authoritarian government. His dark and sensationalist scenes of rape, murder and violence from our young narrator Alex De Large and the violence...
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In this essay there will be an analyzes on five movies by different writers on films impacting motion pictures. These essays acknowledge the significance either positive or negative of the films to motion pictures as it focuses on a specific framework each film possess. The films include ‘Triumph of the Will’ (created in 1934 by Leni Riefenstahl, analyzed by Mary...
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Since 1919, due to the inception of the expressionist movement, and its increasingly artistic take on the medium, the German film industry had started to have major impacts on not only German culture but also how film had been viewed worldwide, from a form of entertainment for lower class citizens to an art form to convey complex plots and messages....
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Numerous academic research journals can be found into the study of the progression and portrayal of Disney princesses and their impact to children’s self-esteem and self-identity. This literature was reviewed to determine the conclusion on if both environmental and biological processes are included in the discovery of the impact that Disney princesses have on children’s self-esteem and how the two...
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In a modern world where everything is now digital, what does this mean for the future of 2D animation? This essay discusses the 2d vs 3d animation differences and examines the widely debated question, 'Is traditional animation a dying art form?'. The History of 2D Animation From ‘Despicable Me’ to ‘Frozen’ and ‘Finding Dory’, the bulk of contemporary animated films...
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As far back as the foundation of photography individuals discovered that if pictures of moving items were taken in a speedy arrangement and flipped through in progression to make the bogus impression of a moving picture. Stoneware is a standout amongst the best instances of early craftsmanship still around today. One of the absolute first endeavors at making an interpretation...
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Among one of the episodes of the American documented television series ‘Explained’ is ‘Why Diets Fail’. The episode, which is dated 2018 is narrated by Maria Bello. The main idea of the film is body weight loss, which is believed to be related to dieting. For a long time, beauty standards have been set to make people believe that those...
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The movie ‘A Clockwork Orange’ by Stanley Kubrick, based on the novel by Anthony Burgess, is one of the most significant in the filmography of the director. His innovation lies in the fact that Kubrick was able to aestheticize violence at the audiovisual level. Using the technique of using classical music in ultra-violent scenes, the director creates something truly great....
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Seen as a movie or literary theme, the right of freedom is most of the time felt through the adventures of a person who is wrongfully accused and confined. Putting side by side two things like the right every human being is entitled to have, freedom, and an unjust sentencing creates a bright and clear contrast between what is acceptable...
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‘Grendel’ was written by John Gardner and in the novel, unlike the creature Grendel lives at home with his mother who occasionally lacks interaction with him. Because of this Grendel isn’t too pleased with his mother most of the time. For most mothers in today’s society, they communicate with us every day however that was quite the opposite when it...
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I have chosen to psychoanalyze the character John Forbes Nash Jr. in the film ‘A Beautiful Mind’, within the schizophrenia spectrum. Schizophrenia is a disorder that functions to impair the emotional, behavioral, and cognitive areas of an individual’s life. ‘A Beautiful Mind’ is a biographical drama film depicting the real life of John Forbes Nash Jr. Nash was an extremely...
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‘The Shawshank Redemption’ elegantly tells a story of redemption, hope, and friendship with an unusual perspective from prisoners. Although the concept of a convicted felon, swearing his’s innocent, is not cutting-edge, the artistry and storytelling of this film set itself apart in its genre. According to The New York Times, Janet Maslin praises the movie for its “slow, gentle story...
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John Forbes Nash, Jr. Is a genius when it comes to math, he was especially amazing early in his life but eventually his mental health caught up. He invents an amazing discovery early in his career and that stood up internationally. Nash was an arrogant and handsome man. Later, Nash found himself with pain and misery with his mental health....
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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...
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