One doesn’t often think about comparing movies as different as Forrest Gump and The Dark Knight Rises. Because they’re completely different genres, it’s hard to imagine they could have any similarities at all. But after thinking about it for a long time, it starts to make a little bit of sense.
For one thing, they both have some symbolism, although Forrest Gump has a lot more. The feather symbolizing freedom, the leg braces symbolizing society, the box of chocolates symbolizing life, the shrimp business symbolizing the working class, and the ping pong ball which symbolizes focus, just to name a few. Batman himself is a symbol to the people of Gotham city and that’s the point. Bruce even said; “As a man I can be destroyed...but as a symbol...as a symbol I can become incorruptible, everlasting...” The masks worn by Batman, Bane, and Cat Woman symbolize masks, oddly enough. They both literally and figuratively conceal the person’s true identity. It’s also noteworthy that Batman’s mask covers his entire face except the mouth area, and Bane’s mask only covers the mouth.
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Have you ever seen Indiana Jones and Raiders of the Lost Ark? In that movie if you’re paying attention you can see a faithful reproduction of the biblical account of the Ark of the Covenant – the most sacred of all objects from the Bible. It is gilded with Gold, with fine woods and carvings – with the figures of two cherubs (keruvim – those who bring God close) on top – wings outstretched and barely touching at the point where God’s presence might one day descend and perhaps glow brightly like a metaphoric shining light of truth and knowledge.
“It was the worst of times it was the best of times.”(book). In the book A Tale Of Two Cities innocents were killed, abused and imprisoned. This book had a hero and a bad guy. The hero was Sydney Carton and the bad people were probably the revolutionaries, Madame Defarge and Monsieur Defarge. In the movie The Dark Knight Rises innocents, were also killed but in several different ways. In this movie, the bad guy was Bane and his accomplices, and the hero was Batman.
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As much as the sun shines on the ground, the world is an extremely dark place. Christopher Nolan, a director for many incredible films notability Batman and the Prestige, puts extreme emphasis on the gloomy evil parts of the planet earth. There is a common theme and pattern throughout his films. In his films, they usually take place in a city, the parts of the city where crime is eminent. Christopher Nolan in most of his films finds a certain gothic element and makes it a recurring motif throughout the film. The Prestige was the symbol of sorcery, the supernatural, while Batman Begins was the bat. During Batman Begins, most of the places Bruce Wayne went were dark alleys and facing criminals. In both films, Batman and the Prestige, the main
The all-time greatest superhero is Batman. Since the beginning of comics, Batman has been one of the best detective, crime fighting superhero’s known. His combination of smarts, athletics, and money give him the power to be whatever he wants. “One thing you will never hear Batman say ‘Save me Superman” (Movie Batman vs. Superman). He is saying that, although everyone else needs Superman to save him or her, Batman does not because he is better than the skilled Superman. In the movie, Batman defeats one of the greatest superhero’s, Superman, and proves that he is the best. Since his debut in 1939, Batman has always been the best superhero and always will be.
A Wrinkle in Time, Star Wars and The Hunger Games are similar and different in their approach to the Hero’s Journey. Many parts of the Hero’s Journey such as the call to adventure, crossing the threshold, tests/allies/enemies, and the ordeal have many differences as well as similarities.
The Watchmen is a graphic novel by author Alan Moore published by DC Comics as a 12 issue series from 1986 to 1987. It tells the story of a group of past and present superheroes and the events surrounding the mysterious murder of one of their own. The Watchmen depicts superheroes as real people who must confront ethical and personal issues because some superheroes don’t have super powers. Kick-Ass is superhero film based on the comic book of the same name and the film adaptation is directed by Matthew Vaughn. It tells the story of a typical teenager called Dave Lizewski who sets out to become a real-life superhero of the name of Kick-Ass. The Watchmen and Kick-Ass both subvert the typical features of superhero fiction genre and conventions
A novel based off of a 19th century mass murderer and a movie with a 21st century twist. The book written in 1901 was about the mass murderer Jack the Ripper. The movie was a 21st century remake of the novel. The novel The Hound of the Baskervilles written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the movie The Hound of the Baskervilles directed by David Attwood are comparable in three aspects. The characters in the movie and the book, the scenes, and the plot structure have many similarities and differences.
Death of a Salesman is a play by Arthur Miller that follows the dying days of Willy Loman. Willy is a salesman who is not very at selling whatever he is selling so he takes the easy way out and goes to his neighbor, Charley, who has worked very hard for his money. Willy thinks that Charley and his son Bernard are nerdy and that they are not successful. Success to Willy is all about looks, which is why his son Biff grew up with the idea that as long as you are well liked than you will be successful. Willy faces the conscious battle between what he wants his sons to see and what he wants to keep personal. He wants to set the example of success to his sons by having a death of a salesman where tons of people attend his funeral and everyone knows whom they are there for. However, because he cheats at everything in his life from his job to his wife, his sons, Biff and Happy, have no father figure to look up to. This upsets Willy because he wants his sons to find happiness and success by following in his footsteps. Mr. Loman thinks that he will find happiness in work and doesn’t see that his wife, Linda, finds happiness in him. Linda finds joy in their relationship even though she is unaware of the affair he is having with a woman in Boston. She would do anything for him because for her he is everything. She would even kick out her own son because he brings so much pain to house and that “[he] can’t just come to see [her] because she loves [Willy]” (Miller). He is her happiness and her love. She doesn’t want Willy to die when he died. Willy ends up dying in a car crash and thinks that he solved his family’s problems, which is success in his eyes.
The Dark Knight and Rosemary’s Baby have very similar themes that help guide the films along and tell two very intriguing stories. Both Nolan and Polanski use lighting keys and color usage of costumes to convey these themes. The main theme that can be seen continuously throughout both films is the unsettling
Film Noir contains several classic movie traits that separate it from the other numerous genres in the industry. The movies The Big Sleep and Chinatown are examples of Film Noir for their femme fatale, hardboiled detective and the use of Mise en Scene throughout the films. After viewing The Dark Knight the Rises, I have come to the conclusion that it too falls under the category of Film Noir for using the same traits as the previously mentioned films.
The force of reality that plays a factor on a person is what drives decisions that are ultimately made and the results that follow. Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas and Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan are films in which genres play a big role in what is directed, but the things that make the film so valuable to the eye are the stories being told, how those stories are shot, and the performances by the actors and actresses that give us the sense of reality and surrealism.
Many movies aren't as good as some, but some are just as better as others. Many movies have a lot of similarities and others have not a lot of similarities. Take both of these movies for example. “Rear Window” was made in 1954, the movie was based around a violent man killing his wife, being watched by a neighbor who is handicap at the time. Disturbia, made in 2007 is about a man killing multiple people being brought into his house, with a younger person watching him from his house.
‘Mum, I want to watch Superman movie!’ ‘Okay, John, but you must finish your homework first,’ mum says. When we were small, we loved to watch superheroes movie and most of us used to imagine ourselves as our favorite superheroes. When we grow up, superhero movies become part of our lives. We all love superheroes because they made us feel save and secure. Some of us even worship them as God and we try to imitate them. For me, superhero movies are the best and I love to watch them very much. My favorite superhero movies are ‘Iron Man 3’ and ‘ The Dark Knight Rises’. Although both of them are superhero movies, there are few similarities and differences between them, which are the costumes, moral values, technology and also hero characteristic.