The Documentary Before the Flood go through this issue of climate change and global warming issue and how this climate change is affecting the Nature. They focus on ice, the sweeping views of earth, seeing the rushing waterfalls in the glaciers, and, massive land mines…
Essays on Movies
The documentary begins with a reflection about “The Garden of Earthly Delights” painted, by Bosch, which shows “a paradise that has been degraded an destroyed”. Climate change is a danger that has the potential to do that to our Earth. In the documentary, newly appointed…
It is 1985. It will be on weird summer of for the town of Hawkins, Indiana. On Wednesday, Netflix dropped the primary full-length trailer for this current summer’s exceptionally foreseen third season of Stranger Things. Furthermore, it appears our most loved gathering of bicycle riding,…
No matter how old you may be or what time of day it is, a movie will always sounds appealing. The beauty of a movie is that it can be ambiguous towards an individual’s emotions. A movie can make you shed tears, put the biggest…
Race and religion are two views in the world that can really tie people together, or terribly separate them apart. The movie “Crash” by Writer-director Paul Haggis links several connected stories about class, gender, family and race in Los Angeles. In the Ted Talk, a…
Stranger Things set in 1983 and focused on a group of children in the little Indiana town of Hawkins. Their quest for their companion ‘Will’ who disappears as he cycles home one night. The group of kid discovers Eleven, a nearly quiet young lady with…
In this essay, I will be discussing how my Vertigo and Rear Window represents the overall divide of masculine and feminine within the films and portrayal of female desire and sexual objectification. The films I have chosen to discuss in this essay are Vertigo and…
Saving Private Ryan is an American War movie written by Robert Rodat and directed by Steven Spielberg. The movie sets on Omaha Beach as a part of the Normandy Invasion in World War II. Starring Tom Hanks as John H. Miller, captain of U.S. Army…
I must concede, this is the most incredibly vicious film I have ever observed. The film’s overly sensible depiction of men in fight left me and other individuals from the theater audience paralyzed. This is completely the best American war motion picture at any point…
The films Pulp Fiction and Vertigo, are very similar in the way in which they use homogeneous film techniques in order to communicate to their audience their messages. The use of these formal choices are what help develop their unique cinematic style which in turn…
The world you know today may not be the world your children and grandchildren will get to live and experience. Through out time color and life, itself begins to fade just by the simple fact that we don’t know how to take care of Earth….
The documentary, Deadly Deception, is based on the true story about the Tuskegee Study which was carried out in Macon County, Alabama over a forty year period. Sanctioned by the United States Public Health Service and the Tuskegee Institute, and paid for with taxpayer dollars,…
Created by Matt and Ross Duffer, the science fiction Netflix Original Series, Stranger Things, is one of the most talked-about shows within the last three years. The first season began in July of 2016 and its current third season in July of 2019, Stranger Things…
It is often said that “The Godfather” is an ironic interpretation of the American Dream. The film is an obvious reflection of the immigrant experience in America. The film focuses on one of the darker aspects of this experience. Throughout history, there have been many…
Saving Private Ryan was first released September 11th 1998. It was directed by Steven Spielberg whose other famous films include Jaws Jurassic Park and Schindler’s List. The main stars of the film are Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper and Matt Damon. The film won…
Hacksaw Ridge is an American war movie, directed by Mel Gibson and released in 2016. It is based on the life of the military medic Desmond Doss. Desmond grew up in a small village in Virginia. His father had fought in the first world war…
Some events, like losing a friend or a child, need little translation. Others, like what happens to Will Byers in Stranger Things, stand as analogies. Events like those should not happen, but they do, sometimes more often than any would like to admit. Though people…
Alfred Hitchock is a director with high attention on his movies. Many story lines and techniques within cinematography of Hitch are common standards for films today. Hitch films are known for being mysterious, cynical, as well as suspenseful and they are all similar, but different…
On a Saturday evening of October 2019. I’ve gone to an outdoor movie at Miller park in Chattanooga, TN. This was quite an experience because I’ve never been to one in the past. Hence, I was super excited also because of the free admission. The…
This premier episode of Stranger Things, “The Vanishing of Will Byers”, begins in the small town of Hawkins, Indiana. Taking place on November 6th, 1983, a running guy is trying to escape an unknown creature which winds up attacking him. At the same time, Will…
Shortly after D-Day, a squad of soldiers is sent into occupied France to locate Private James Francis Ryan, and bring him home. There have been plenty of films made about such specific missions set during World War II, but they tend to seem cartoonish, with…
The world as we experience it ourselves is constrained in its extension to the solitary viewpoint. In film, in any case, utilizing a similar setting with the utilization of a wide range of camera points and positions, creating shots that are arranged with fresh stable…
The plot of the movie Saving Private Ryan is soldiers are assigned to find Pvt. Ryan and bring him home. The Army Chief of search and rescue has ordered them on the mission for search and rescue, Ryan’s return will boost morale on the home…
For the movie The Birds I chose to look at it through a feminist lens. In the movie unlike Hitchcock’s other movies, there is a lot of female representation throughout the film. The main character Melanie is a very important role in the movie. Not…
Another example of amour fou can be observed in Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo. While Plath’s “In Plaster” and Hitchcock’s Vertigo both trace the singular notion of amour fou in their works, the difference in the nature of their artistic media make the manifestations of amour fou…
Witness Identification is one of the most important pivotal issues when it comes to the criminal justice system as they help solve serious crime cases. Any slight mistake or error can cause wrongful analysis and conviction as the issues is a leading matter during the…
Disney’s Zootopia has many undertones that mirror the United States’ society that the casual viewer may miss. After taking a closer look, we are able to see a social hierarchy with the predators usually occupying positions of power, such as a lion as the mayor….
There are numerous reasons to why this movie is my all time favorite. I’m not usually the type of person to categorize things i enjoy by having a “favorite”, but this movie was different to me. As many times as I have watched and re-watched…
National name of Morocco or Maghrib is known as al-Mamlaka al-Maghrebia (المملكة المغربية) which means ‘Western Kingdom’’. The land area of Morocco was 172,317 square mile equal to 446,301 square kilometres and the total area of this country was 172,413 square mile equal to 446,550…
The term of zombie is a concept that remains in our minds as living dead from horror movies. In recent times, this term has often been used to describe standing firms while it should have been closed a long time ago. Zombie firms are seemingly…
Mise-en-scene is a term used to indicate the director’s command over what shows up in the film outline. Mise-en-scene incorporates those parts of the film that overlap with the craft of a theater: setting, lighting, outfit, and the conduct of the figures. Realism is likewise…
In the beginning there was an orca named Tilikum. He and his family were swimming near Iceland but on November of 1983 he was taken from his family pod with a couple of his brother and sisters. He was only 2 years old and was…
According to the book A Short Guide To Writing About Film: Ninth Edition, author Timothy Corrigan discusses that themes in film “become the foundation for analysis because they point to the main ideas in a movie.” This statement serves to be very true. The theme…
When most people think of early films, they may think of traditional popular films from the ‘40s like Casablanca or It’s a Wonderful Life. Although these films are early, they did not set the standard for films today. These films do have a special place…
Forrest Gump is a movie displays a man (Forrest) facing many tribulations throughout his life; those tribulations were wearing braces on his legs, being shot and having a very low IQ level. Forrest never let these tribulations affect his happiness, he was one to follow…
I am expounding on the utilization of lighting in the opening scene of The Godfather. The Shots of The Godfather as a whole film is arranged and utilized explicitly to create states of mind, and have extraordinary mental effect. This is similarly as valid for the absolute…
The movie I watched was “Troy” and it depicts the Greek culture. The setting of “Troy” was placed around 3,200 years ago in Sparta, Mycenae, Ithaca, Phita, and Troy Greece, also can be known as the Bronze Age. The main characters of the movie are…
In their time as an author, writers write many great books but this paper is about an author named Madeleine L’Engle and her life and journey as an author. Madeleine L’Engle is an author who wrote many books in her time, her best one being…
Rain man is the classic drama film of 1988, it is the story of two brothers, younger brother is a self-obsessed vehicle trader Charlie Babbitt which is his mid-twenties and other autistic brother is Raymond Babbitt. Charlie’s father died and attorney share his father’s will…
In the distant past, in a galaxy not very far away…before the kingdom struck back, heralding the return of Jedis – there arouse a young talented director called George Lucas. The upcoming moviemaker hatched a crazy proposal for a teen space opera that nearly never…
Brokeback Mountain is a case of a contemporary sentimental dramatization film delineating the sexual relations of two men in the American West between 1963-83. The film is set where American laws restricted the acknowledgment of relations between same genders; thinking of it as improper and…
In the borough of Brooklyn, during the 1900’s, immigrants faced discrimination and crushing poverty. In the world that Betty Smith describes in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, however, poverty is defined as a virtue, a force that causes people to grow, and for families to…
When I watched the movie Crash for the first time in 2005. I like it but I have never watch it with a different perspective view or what the movie wants to present to us. The film describe different stories in how they engaged each…
A Beautiful Mind is a film about a mathematical genius named, John Nash. It is based on the life of John Forbes Nash Jr. The film shows us the struggles that Nash went through – and how he overcame them – throughout his adult life….
’12 angry men’ is a 1957 movie directed by Sidney Lumet. The whole movie revolves around a room having 12 jury men who are in here to get a mutual consensus over a murder of a man. The 12 jury men out of which 11…
This is a movie worth watching several times, about human rights, about freedom, about human nature, about history, about faith, almost a lot of profound but closely related to human questions, it will let you know what is the greatness of martyrs, seems to better…
Introduction In this modern world, social media already plays a significant role in our day-to-day lives and it’s certainly affecting the way we interact with the real world. The modern technology indeed changed people’s lives, we became dependent on what technology can offer to us…
There are four major changes it makes in the The Hate You Give movie vs book — some are understandable, some are little too dramatic for an already dramatic story. First of all, in the movie Starr and Khalil kiss before he is killed. An…
Edward Munch’s painting looks as if it’s a scene from a horror film. One of his most famous paintings, The Scream, is a well known painting for the amount of expression given in just a single piece of artwork. The main image shown in the…
Salt of the Earth movie is controversial for the communist-like politics the film portrayed. The United States blacklisted this film in fear of audiences realizing how Mexicans were mistreated. The film is about the 1951 strike Mexicans had against the Empire Zinc Company. However, in…
The documentary “13th” displays how America has merely given slavery a new coat of paint and a new fancy name, imprisonment. The 13th Amendment says that slavery shall not be permitted except as a punishment for a crime committed and Congress can enforce this law…
Before the Flood is a documentary about the impacts of climate change, it is 1 hour and 36 minutes long and was released in 2016. National Geographic, producer Fisher Stevens and actor Leonardo DiCaprio come together to chronicle DiCaprio’s exploration of how climate change is…
The Fault in Our Stars is a novel written by John Green that mirrors life and death through two cancer patients, Hazel Grace Lancaster and Augustus Waters. Hazel has been struggling with thyroid cancer since she was 13, while Augustus has been struggling with osteosarcoma….
One of the primary subjects of the story is the way where that society habitually imagines that it’s hard to deal with the people who are one of a kind. Additionally, Bartleby totally couldn’t be progressively exceptional if he endeavored. The whole culture of Wall…
I was triggered after roughly 10 minutes into the documentary. The constant feelings I had were sadness and anger. I knew some aspects of US history; however, the film opened my eyes more to the subjects; of racism and inequality which people are still experiencing,…
Jared Vennett, which was portrayed by the actor Ryan Gosling in The Big Short movie, found out about what his colleague Burry knows and his goal to be profitable. Jared Vennett is a bond trader in a bank called the Deutsche Bank, upon discovering their…
A fear or paranoia of pain, vulnerability and death, the feeling that someone is watching you, the feeling that your life is in jeopardy. Aesthetic horror is the same feeling as horror but through what we see. It is similar to horror because it is…
On the recommendation of my classmates, I watched the film ’12 Years A Slave’. This is the first time I have watched a film about black slaves. After watching it, I couldn’t be calm for a long time. The unequal treatment suffered by the slaves…
The determination to find a silver lining in everything makes people unrealistic. This is true in Silver Linings Playbook. Impractical dreams lead to a skewed sense of reality. Furthermore, the recognition and acceptance of mistakes are vital to one’s success and personal development. In and…
In the book Monster, by Walter Dean Myers, the readers explore the American legal system through the eyes of a young African American boy named Steve Harmon. The author does an impeccable job delivering the truth of the American judicial system to the readers, by…
Jane campions postmodernist values within her 2009 film Bright star and John Keats neo-classical perspective embedded within his poetry effectively assists in reimagining the notion of stories being told by every generation, through the use of intertextuality. Campions Bright star is a romanticised film with…
“The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind,” is the first film directed by the successful actor Chiwetel Ejiofor. The true story of the real-life hero, Malawian engineer William Kamkwamba, is so praiseworthy, heartfelt and genuine that the film deserves no complaints, in my opinion. The movie…
In the early 19th century the Monroe doctrine was set by the United States, this doctrine stopped European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere. This caused wealthy western powers to rush to gain new colonies in Africa. The driving forces behind European imperialism in Africa were…
In the novel Monster by Walter Dean Myers Steve Harmon is a black sixteen year old that is on trial for allegedly taking part in felony murder. However Steve is innocent or at the very least can’t be proven guilty for multiple reasons such as…
As a part of species living biosphere, human, has frequent interaction with other parts of the biosphere, ecosystem, and even more aspects. People have affected nature in good, bad, and long-term ways, meanwhile, nature has left a variety of effects on humans. People cut down…
Through the Saving Private Ryan summary and plot analysis, they were on Omaha Beach during D-Day invasion. The film director does a good job on portraying the actual event on D-Day. He shows the horrors of war and the actions taken during war. The inspiration…
The US justice system brings an aura of brutalizing nature. In Walter Dean Myers’s story Monster, the main character Steve Harmon, depicted as a “monster,” fights for not just his trial, but also his true personality. He is accused of participating in a felony murder…
In This The Hunger Games Book Report I will talk about the story where a dystopian take on a very real issue that we as humans have. It’s like Keeping up with the Kardashians, but 1000 times more deadly. The story takes place in the…
Hidden Figures is a 2016 American biographical drama show movie coordinated by Theodore Melfi and composed by Melfi and Allison Schroeder. It depends on the non-fiction book of a similar name by Margot Lee Shetterly’s about dark female mathematicians who worked at the National Aeronautics…
From nothing to something, zero to hero. This is the american dream. Making something of yourself when you’re either low class or just plain broke. If you’re selling crack to make a life, and you get rich, that’s your american dream. Comparing the book and…
Jennifer Siebel Newsom, writer and a director of “Miss Representation.” In her documentary she argues that mainstream media and culture play a part to the under-representation of women in place of power and authority. The younger generation of girls is targeted audience. The documentary is…
Introduction ‘The Pursuit of Happyness’ is based on the actual story of Chris Gardner whose struggled to keep his young son in good living conditions. The movie displays the phrase ‘Pursuit of Happyness’ as noted by way of Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence…
There are a large number of film adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, but the first of all was A Midsummer Night’s Dream . Directed by Charles Kent and J. Stuart Blackton, this ground-breaking adaptation was released on an important date: Christmas Day. However,…
Pride and Prejudice is a British-American novel written by renowned author Jane Austin. Jane Austin is also known for literary pieces such as Persuasion, Sense and Sensibility and Mansfield Park. English film director Joseph (Joe) Wright in collaboration with screenwriter Deborah Moggach adapted the famous…
The movie was directed by Mel Gibson and screenplay was Randall Wallace. The movies genre is a acton, history/educational movie. It’s a long movie about a man that wants revenge for his country and wife. The movie presents it form in the form of dialog…
Coach Carter encourages everyone to work at their full potential as basketball players and as students. At the beginning of the movie Coach Carter hands out a contract to everyone on the basketball team. Telling them what they need to do to play on his…
Pursuit of Happyness is a motivational film that is based on the life events of Chris Gardner, now a successful American businessman. In the movie, the financial struggles of Chris had caused him to lose his wife and to get evicted from their apartment. He…
What is really the impact of Protestant influence in America? What was going on during the separation of church ans state? Many essays state that the most notable impact was the religious pluralism, which was promoted by separation of church and state, plus culture of…
Life is Beautiful, showing us that life is beautiful in spite of everything. This sense of drift shows us how successful the film is. Of course, this idea becomes concrete with the awards it receives. While the effect of Life is Beautiful has faded and…
Epiphany is different in these three stories. In each story, the realization that dawns upon each character is different in structure and how it reflects the story. In “The Necklace” epiphany occurs at the end of the story, and unlike the other two it does…