Essays on Entertainment

Schizophrenia and A Beautiful Mind The movie, A Beautiful Mind, is a biographical piece that portrays the life of John Nash, a man with schizophrenia. As portrayed in the movie, John Nash meets the criteria for schizophrenia perfectly. The movie opens with John Nash heading…

This paper will discuss the psychopathology that is present in the movie: A Beautiful Mind. A Beautiful Mind is about protagonist John Nash, a renowned mathematician that suffers from schizophrenia. This disorder is depicted throughout the entirety of this film as it showcases how it…

Delusions Defeated John Nash is a brilliant, but awkward mathematician who has a stunning perspective of the world. He finds beauty in the ordinary and solves equations to discover the extraordinary. Although his unsociable nature seemed to bring him to a distance with his fellow…

1950s was an era when rock ‘n’ roll was strengthening its hold on the society, but it was also an era that was fueled by racial discrimination. Regardless of segregation being illegal during this era, it was nonetheless tangibly apparent within society, and rock ‘n’…

Film Review Essay on the Movie 300 The graphic, gory, vile, and intense movie called 300 is about two opposing armies constantly battling each other. On one side is the sinister Persian army with thousands of soldiers ready to clobber any foe. On the other…

300 is a movie directed by Zack Snyder and based on true events that took place in the B.C. era. It primarily focuses on the Battle of Thermopylae, a very important battle during the Greco-Persian War which took place during the second Persian invasion of…

The obtaining of power and its leading to corruption is able to be represented in George Orwell’s allegorical novel “Animal Farm” and James McTeigue’s dystopian film “V for Vendetta”. While the obtaining of power may bring corruption, a benevolent leadership does not necessarily mean power…

Nothing brings out the worst in a person than a hot summer’s day in the middle of a drought. Each character in Do The Right Thing is at a different degree of racism, and chooses to act upon their racism with varying degrees of violence….

London Bridge Attack Recent years have witnessed atrocious events. In particular, the issue of terrorism has emerged as a troubling global problem as waves of violent attacks are carried out. Even some of the supposed safest places on the planet can no longer guarantee the…

The film, “Do The Right Thing” directed by Spike Lee has the power to transform one’s political sensibilities through Lee’s depiction of the racial tensions that exist in the multiracial community in Brooklyn, New York. By using a black perspective to tell the story, this…

The Triborough Bridge The construction of the Triborough bridge reflected the federal government taking action in New York against the Great Depression, as the bridge was mainly funded by a federal organization created in Roosevelt’s New Deal – the PWA.The Triborough Bridge was the first…

In what ways have contemporary action films such as ‘The Hunger Games’ represented female characters as being more powerful? To what extent and why does this appeal to young female audiences? Over the years, the representation of women in the media has changed dramatically. Due…

Supersize Me is a social experiment documentary that goes above and beyond to show us the health risk fast food consumption is involved. If someone was to tell you that you’re practically killing yourself by eating that BigMac we probably wouldn’t believe them. Eating fast…

In the film, SuperSize Me, director, and star of the film Morgan Spurlock, explores the world of fast food to prove that it encourages poor nutrition for it’s own profit. Spurlock decides to eat McDonalds food for 30 days, 3 meals a day and he…

In an effort to help America better understand the extremely unhealthy and potentially deadly effects of a fast food diet Morgan Spurlock eats nothing but McDonald’s for thirty days. In this film there are quite a few things that can be critiqued beginning with the…

Schindler’s List Ever since watching Night and Fog and now Schindler’s List, I’ve had a sudden interest and fascination in films and documentaries about the holocaust. Night and Fog helped me better understand some of the historical events in Schindler’s List, but the film as…

Introduction Randle McMurphy is the center of focus based on the reference ’One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest.’ In this psychopathology report, we will be looking at Randle Patrick Murphy, an Irish-American, who was born on the 22nd of April 1925 and Passed on, on…

Clipped Wings and a Beak Nailed Shut One popular definition of insanity is the act of doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting a different outcome each time. In the book One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey depicts the living…

South Park’s Ambiguously Clear Purpose To Change the World “There’s shit that you shouldn’t say running for president that Cartman should totally be allowed to say within a satirical cartoon,” South Park creator Matt Stone was quoted as saying after being compared to President Elect…

The environment that surrounds a particular person can be either detrimental or beneficial. Specifically, the people who one grows up with can be a great influence. In Kathryn Stockett’s The Help, one can easily see many relationships between the different characters. Besides the obvious family…

South Park and Art Form for the Digital Age South Park and the Open Society by David Curtis and Gerald Erion is an article that analyzes a popular television show and explains the meaning and purpose that lurks beneath the jokes and humorous plot. Art…

“Contentious Language: South Park and the Transformation of Meaning”, Marcus Schulzke tries to understand the meaning of words and their ability to transform. Schulzke goes on to explain South Park generally stating, “Since its first episode, it has pushed the boundaries of free expression, questioned…

In Spike Lee’s 1989 classic “Do the Right Thing,” there are several portrayals of racial interactions throughout the movie, given the basis of the existing circumstances like the rising tensions between residents, demographics of the community, today’s heat wave, and other contributing factors like fatherhood…

“Life is Like A Box of Chocolates” In the movie Forrest Gump, Forrest tells his whole life story through his eyes. He deals with some mean people picking on him because he’s different and doesn’t have as high of an IQ as most everyone else…

Is Forrest Gump Historically Accurate? Forrest Gump, directed by Robert Zemeckis and the titular character played by Tom Hanks, tells of a lovable idiot who experiences great achievements throughout the later half of the 20th century. It utilizes historical fiction to capture the essence of…

The future of the United States, according to Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games novel, is filled with bleak, rigid and never-ending misery. In other words Suzanne Collins picked a world in the future, formally North America but now called Panem that has many dystopian properties. Dystopia…

The movie “12 Angry Men” involve contentious decision making by the jury. A chamber of the jurors is expected to deliver judgment. A Puerto Rican boy is brought before the jury for killing his father with a switchblade knife. The case experienced mixed reactions on…

12 Angry Men Analysis The movie 12 Angry Men gradually shifts from an argument about positions to whether or not an 18-year-old boy should be given the death penalty. Not to mention, the film also includes an integrative negotiation through good negotiation techniques utilized by…

The film “Market Imaginary” primarily focuses on the manner in which the Colobane Market serves an alternative global economy that embodies the interconnectedness of cultures and elaborates on the movements of goods and the urbanity of the market. The film itself is organized by introducing…

Gattaca Film Analysis The film Gattaca looks at the future possibilities of law and technology development and how these advancements would affect the society as a whole. The film Gattaca suggests that the society would have only two distinct social classes of those with generic…

Introduction Set in 1950s America, a court jury is faced with sending a young man to face the death penalty for murder accused of killing his father. The film starts in a court room with the judge explaining the processes of what must happen to…

Breaking Away Film Essay In the film, “Breaking Away”, written by Steve Tesich and directed by Peter Yates, four adventurous, yet negligent, best friends who have graduated from high school the year before, are uncertain of which direction their life is going in or which…

During the movie titled Freedom Writers, the students in Ms. Gruwell’s class all experienced difficulties in their past. However, these struggles did not have an impact on their future, although that is what it seemed to be when the students were first presented. One of…

The three movies I am going to discuss in my paper are Good Will Hunting, Finding Forrester, and Freedom Writers. These movies all tie in together with education and improving someone’s view of their self-worth. These movies are about someone of importance believing in someone…

Writing and friendship in the films Finding Forrester and Freedom Writers Forrester and Freedom Writer films portray some of the adorable qualities and attributes that teachers should have particularly in inspiring students to perform and turn to good people in the society. Finding Forrester films…

The Cookie Monster is a classic children’s character from the long-running show “Sesame Street”. He has spent the majority of the last 47 years on air scarfing down cookies like it’s nobody’s business. Those cookies have contributed heavily to the many awards the show has…

Informative Essay: Loch Ness Monster Envision yourself, on the peaceful sea, but then you see an odd creatures’ tail. Many people claim the Loch Ness monster is real, and many have actually claimed to have actually seen it. Although some claim it is a waste…

Forrest Gump After looking through the list of the 10th edition of the American Film Institute’s 100 Movie Award Ballad, a beloved movie of mine stood out to me; Forrest Gump was named #71, as one of the best American Movie produced . The storyline…

9/11 Reflected In US Pop Culture As millions of terrified people watched, the World Trade Center, a landmark of America, crashed to the ground in a resounding thud, sealing the fate of the almost 3,000 people trapped inside and injuring thousands of others. The plight…

The Converse All Star as a Pop Culture Sensation The Converse All Star is a model of sneaker that became a pop culture icon in the 20th century; its unique style has remained a symbol of fashion and sports through the decades into the present…

Introduction When envisioning a time in our society’s history when the world was rebellious, free spirited, and mindful – the 1960’s comes to mind. Radio, film, television, and music are media which affect and contribute to the known identity of a society at a point…