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Essay on Thelma and Louise Friendship

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Using films and movies as a platform to ventilate social messages is identified as a common measure that directors and producers use extensively. In the case of reviewing ‘Thelma and Louise’ and ‘Amelie’ as clearly feminist films, it is important to understand the background of the movies and the perception that those two movies possess in order to analyze the...

Reflections about Race Based on the Documentary ‘Race: The Power of an Illusion’ (The House We Live In)

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“Being black in U.S. society means always having to be prepared for antiblack actions by whites – in most places and at many times of the day, week, month, or year. Being black means living with various types of racial discrimination from cradle to grave” (Feagin, 167). Racial discrimination is still happening today and is currently affecting the life chances...

Essay on Why We Crave Horror Movies

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Introduction It's interesting how people can be drawn to horror movies, which are both scary and interesting. According to Stephen King's insightful article "Why We Crave Horror Movies," this strange desire is because these movies help us get rid of our darker urges and remind us that we are normal. This essay will look at King's case along with psychological...

Essay on 'Remember the Titans' Leadership

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“Remember the Titans” Leadership Styles Now that you have had a chance to watch “Remember the Titans”, please take a few minutes to reflect on the different leadership styles that were portrayed in the movie. Reflect on the leadership differences between the two coaches – Herman Boone and Bill Yoast. Please be specific in using the different terms of leadership...

Twelve O'clock High' Leadership Essay

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12 O’Clock High Case Analysis In this case analysis, we will focus on the leadership styles, the subsequent effectiveness, and the appropriateness demonstrated by General Pat Pritchard, General Frank Savage, and Colonel Keith Davenport as seen in the film 12 O’Clock High. The beginning of the movie starts with a plane rough landing on an airfield, Colonel Davenport lets the...

Personal Response Essay 'Life of Pi'

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One boy, one boat, one tiger, and one cinematic success! Foxton pulls back the curtain on this year’s most visually enticing film as Ang Lee brings to life Yann Martel’s Life of Pi. From land to sea, human to tiger, despair to hope – this film is nothing short of a cinematic miracle. Ang Lee’s remarkable reworking of Yann Martel’s...

Essay on 'Life of Pi' Movie

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Films, from the beginning of their invention, have been based on the manipulation of the captured image. Over the years this has only been made easier with the introduction of new technologies, giving visual elements an ever-evolving aspect in cinematography. In this way, digital cinema has brought about a new era in film production and reception. Previously, directors would have...

Life of Pi' Book and Movie: Comparison Essay

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Literature is a vast area that incorporates different genres and cultures within itself. Novels, short stories, and biographies portray characters and events through words. When a film is made from a book it is called an adaptation. From the beginning, filmmakers have made films based on novels, short stories, biographies, and plays; of the sources of these adaptations, novels have...

Death of a Salesman' Summary Essay

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Death of a Salesman stage play is set in the late 1940s. This stage play was written by american playwright Arthur Miller. February 10, 1949, was the first performance of the death of a salesman. This play was being staged on Broadway. Miller produces a self-perpetuating loop of denial, contradiction, and order versus chaos through the Loman family - Willy,...

The Impossible': Movie Review Essay

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On Boxing Day 2004, at 07:59 a.m., a 9.1-magnitude earthquake ripped through an undersea fault in the Indian Ocean. It propelled a massive set of waves towards shores lined with masses of people. Thailand was classified as ‘lucky’, yet its death toll was nearly 5,400, including 2,000 foreigners. This was one of the largest disaster victim identification processes in history,...

Rhetorical Analysis Essay on a Movie

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Rhetorical Analysis: Breakfast at Tiffany’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s is a romantic comedy film that focuses on the eccentric Holly Golightly, and her new neighbor and friend Paul Varjack, who she calls Fred, after her brother that he shares a striking resemblance to. Their friendship is threatened when Holly’s husband tracks her down and talks to Paul Varjack, revealing that Holly,...

Research Essay on 'Divergent'

4 Pages 1887 Words
In the novel Divergent, it tells about a dystopian society and how they separate each other into five factions, the factionless, and a wall. These five factions all have different role and a different way of life. Dauntless are the brave and fearless, Abnegation is selfless, Candor is the honest, Erudite is smart, and Amity is the nature lover. They...

Persuasive Essay on 'The Lion King'

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This may sound very archaic but: 'What is the use of man winning the world, if he loses his soul?' This phrase repeated endlessly, even on the big screen, can be applied to Disney standards and its new live-action remakes, increasingly referred to as dry remakes, as in the case of 'The Lion King' (The Lion King, 2019). The level...

Evaluation Essay on a Movie

2 Pages 883 Words
Bee Movie is a 2007 American animated film. The main character (Barry B. Benson) is a honey bee, his voice is played by the star Jerry Seinfeld. The story follows Barry on his adventure to sue the human race for exploiting bees after he found out humans steal honey from bees. It starts with Barry not wanting to get a...

Evaluation Essay on a Comic Book

5 Pages 2089 Words
Comic book movies have become the customary stock of motion pictures and have been reigning at the box office for the last 20 years. Box office sales are a huge factor in the production of comic book movies and the money spent to produce them is extraordinary. Hollywood has invented a world of fantasy that has become an obsession for...

Evaluation Essay on 'The Lion King'

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Grab a mate, purchase your popcorn, and sit back and enjoy The Lion King. Watch one of the best Disney classics, well-crafted with amazing acting, intense plots, and dramatic music. The Lion King is a clever, suspenseful movie with a gripping plot. The movie portrays the ‘circle of life’. Directors Rob Minkoff and Roger Allers present another movie, famous for...

Evaluation Essay about a Movie

2 Pages 895 Words
The documentary, “The Eleventh Hour” narrated in 2007 by Leonardo Dicaprio a movie actor and a producer, tells us mainly about the current and future state of the world and humans. The documentary gives us a message about how our mother nature is changing drastically throughout the years from human behavior and what can be done to slow or reverse...

Evaluation Essay about a Classic Movie

2 Pages 973 Words
Film Review on A Chinese Ghost Story 1. Records “A Chinese Ghost Story”, means “The Ethereal Spirit of a Beauty”. It is a 1987 Hong Kong romantic comedy horror film produced by Tsui Hark. The plot is essentially based on a short story about Nip Siu-sin, from Qing dynasty writer Pu Songling's “Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio”. The 1960...

Critical Essay on the Movie 'The Lion King'

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The Lion King is a popular children’s movie created by Disney in which a lion is the king. The story of The Lion King focuses on a young lion named Simba who grows up as the son of Mufasa who is the current king of an African savannah named The Pride Lands. This particular story follows the 14 steps of...

Critical Essay on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Moriarty

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The television adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s short story ‘The Final Problem’ is a modern retelling of the traditional narrative in which both the storyline and characters are appropriated into new contexts. Sherlock’s ‘The Reichenback Fall’ provides a fresh interpretation of the storyline, making it accessible and relevant for viewers today. This has been expressed in the three major...

Critical Essay on 'The Hunger Games'

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In this essay, I'm going to write about how Katniss’s role in her family affects her behavior in the games by giving examples from the novel The Hunger Games (2008), written by Suzanne Collins, and finishing the essay with a conclusion. The novel The Hunger Games (2007), written by Suzanne Collins has its main character Katniss Everdeen who is only...

Critical Essay on 'Oldboy' (2003)

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Oldboy is a 2003 South Korean action thriller film co-written and directed by Park Chan-wook. One of the most important themes in Oldboy is the human concept of the Truth. Oldboy helps us understand the need for truth in our human minds, and that revenge does not alter the painful feelings that have been experienced. Humankind is obsessed with the...

Critical Essay about a Movie

2 Pages 826 Words
“Beyond the Wild Wood comes the Wild World,’ said the Rat. ‘And that's something that doesn't matter, either to you or to me. I've never been there, and I'm never going, nor you either if you've got any sense at all.” (Grahame, 1908). In the one hundred and twelve years since the publication of Kenneth Grahame’s ‘The Wind In The...

Analytical Essay on Forrest Gump

3 Pages 1309 Words
When we watch movies and or tv shows, we can’t help but notice to point out what kind of form of communication takes place. The first movie to come to my mind of what I have learned in this course when it comes to communication is Chapter 2 covering “Perception” is “Forrest Gump”. In the movie, a good example of...

Informative Essay on Horror

3 Pages 1631 Words
Abstract What is the psychological science behind why horror films appeal to us, despite having such a negative notion to cause anxiety and fear? Even individuals who do not like the horror genre, find themselves captivated and glued to their seats in a torturous and excited manner. Why does this happen? How does it affect viewers? And why is it...

Informative Essay on Horror Movies

2 Pages 812 Words
Are Horror Movies Diverse? Horror is arguably one of the most, if not the most, popular film genres out there. This has recently led to debate among movie fans about if horror movies are as diverse as they should be. In 2016, film critics felt that most of the mainstream horror movies out were too white, but it appears that...

Lincoln' Movie Review: Critical Essay

2 Pages 1151 Words
Lincoln directed by Steven Spielberg, was made not too long ago in 2012. Because this film was produced relatively recently, the production quality was obviously more advanced than other movies about the civil war. Using more developed technology, props, costumes, etc. the portrayal of the time period of the 1860s was very accurate. The sets did very much look like...

Summary of 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'

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The film 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban' revolves around thirteen-year-old, Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe), who returns for his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry alongside his two best friends, Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) and Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint). In the midst of their return, a mass murderer by the name, Sirius Black (Gary Oldman), has...

Martin Scorsese’s 'Taxi Driver' as an Example of Skilful and Deliberate Use of Cinematography: Essay

3 Pages 1305 Words
Cinematography contains many different intentions, much of them going far beyond the direct action of photographing the action. Many of the methods used are all about adding visual subtext and visual metaphor to a scene. The ways in which the cinematographer uses movement, composition, color, and light can be powerful tools to enhance the dramatic elements of the story. Martin...

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