I grew up watching the Power Rangers with my cousin, so I knew it would bring back childhood memories. That is what made watching Saban's Power Rangers even more exciting. The beginning caught my attention when "Planet Earth: Cenozoic Era" popped onto the screen glowing yellow words. I find it captivating when a film begins in the past and continues into the present. The film is stellar in design, composition, humorous dialogue, and cinematography camera shots, however, it falls a bit short in action which overall makes Saban's Power Rangers a satisfactory film to watch with family and friends.
The film genuinely captures modern time with its design and composition. It is noticeable that the armor for the power rangers upgraded and looks more realistic than in the television series. The same goes for the Zords, Dino machines they fight in. Both costumes and setting show the advanced development of technology and how fashion has changed. The clothes each actor wears shows their personality in the film. The lighting and shadows in every scene capture exactly what needs to be
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It mainly came from the blue power ranger who is named Billy Cranston and he cannot read humor or sarcasm because of a condition he has. Billy describes how he supposedly beat another student to a crowd by saying, "...if you must, come at me, come at me, bro." Then when he contemplates whether or not he should jump to the other side, " the drop is more than 100 feet, which means death is imminent" It is humorous that he speaks to himself and mentions how his mother can find someone if he dies so she would not be alone and makes the jump. Billy has the excitement of a child and does a little clap when he likes what he hears. When all the Zords become one Billy yells "like a mama Zord, no that sounds lame like a mega Zord" to describe how they look. Then right after they all try to walk and end up falling making everyone
That was the era of time where women wore bustles and corsets under their big lengthy dresses, as well as fancy hats on their high volume hair. The men were always looking sharp as well. They wore silk vests under their long black coats with a hat to top off. There was a scene in the movie where Doc Holliday was getting a straight razor shave from the barber. The 1800’s was the era of the straight razor shave, and I thought that was very cool how they added that into the movie, (Giusti.) I believe that was an important detail because that was one of the things the 1800’s was known for. I loved all the props they used; from the saddlery and tack, to the guns and carriages. It really gave me that old western feeling and that is something that all old western movies try to get across. The setting was very accurate and interesting. The town of Tombstone was filled with saloons, saloons, and more saloons. Gambling was a big deal back in the day and in Tombstone. The movie did a really good job of recognizing that and incorporating it into the setting. Tombstone overall displayed an amazing film filled with outstanding
They rock classic 90’s clothes and Malcolm sports a flat top haircut. This movie doesn’t have a lot of explosions any other things that would require CGI, which was breath of fresh air. Most movies now use CGI throughout most of the films, but this movie didn’t have any. This movie was all about social issues so there was not need for CGI.
It felt like something retro but with better special effects. This was surprisingly satisfying, because as technology progresses, even though a movie classic’s storyline may be phenomenal and the characters iconic, there is still is that craving for better visual effects. This movie kind of breathed a new life into that same feeling that movies like E.T. or the Goonies, give the audience by providing advanced CGI graphics. The provided the audience with some of the nostalgia, but the fact that the main characters were children is really what did it. It helped tremendously that the writer made sure his protagonists didn 't appear to be overly contrived. Many films with child stars tend to have the characters perform actions that would realistically be above the scope of ability for someone in their age group. But J.J. Abrams did a great job of fully developing each of their personalities. He let them show more of the emotions that would be expected from real life children. They shed tears, they were afraid. One of Joe’s friends, Preston (Zach Mills), even refused to go. Not a single one was unrealistically heroic or did ridiculous stunts, they were courageous but not so much so that they audience couldn’t suspend disbelief. And another refreshing aspect of the film, was the ‘romance’ between Alice and Joe. Abrams kept it on the more platonic side as it should be. Six graders should never be sexualized in film which unfortunately
Of course, none of this is meant to imply that the film is actually any good. While entertaining in its ridiculousness, the entire genre was starting to get a little shoddy at this point, and this is obviously a very low-budget production with flimsy sets and excessive padding. Dr. Frankenstein provides some name value, but he could really be almost any generic mad scientist and Golem makes a rather poor substitute for Frankenstein's monster. It feels a bit like a television production, and many of these luchadore films would fit quite well next to campy productions like the 60s Batman series, though there's a lot less winking at the camera here.
...ues have progressed along with technology, which is clearly visible when looking at The Kid and Iron Jawed Angels. In The Kid there was no sound or color so the actors and actresses really had to be over dramatic with their movements in order to get their point across which in some ways too away from the seriousness of the film. In Iron Jawed Angels on the other hand, the way the actors and actresses spoke and conveyed their emotions with much more subtle movements really added to the emotion in the story. Although these movies weren’t able to touch every detail of what was going on at the time that they took place, they were definitely able to bring up some. Even though they were so different they are each important because they represent the perspectives of unrelated individuals of the same time, which just goes to show how much America truly is a big melting pot.
The Super Suicide Society was a group at Devon School that had members join by jumping off a tree into the river. One night at the school Leper Lepellier decides he wants to become a member of the Super Suicide Society. Each time the Super Suicide Society opens a meeting Gene and Phineas jump off the tree one at a time. Because they decided to do a double jump at this
"Vampyr" challenges the conventions of movie making. It also challenges the viewer. The small indie film maker would do well to get this film and study it frame by frame. Many lessons on how to stretch the boundaries of the artform are on display. It is ironic that nearly 70 years later, not many filmmakers have achieved what Dreyer did with primitive technology. "Vampyr" is a groundbreaking work of art which should be on everyone's must see list.
...transition between each stage was flawless. I enjoyed that screens were used to create the background for each scene allowing for the smooth transitions. The screens gave the appearance of being three-dimensional making the scenes seem much more real. I also enjoyed the lighting being used as spotlights during some of the scenes and being used as a transition between scenes, or day and evening.
Final thoughts, I really liked this film and really can't think of anything I had an issue with. The musics fitting, the cinematography is good and the ending is great. That said the whole time I was watching Re-Animator I kept thinking of how much this film feels like Return of the Living Dead and that made me just want to watch that instead. But that's just me and I still heavily recommend you watch this film should you find yourself with time to watch a true cult classic.
Kevin Krajick’s article “Tracking Myth to Geological Reality” was published by American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2005. This article examines how many myths can be linked to geological evidence. Geologists have been investigating how ancient geological phenomenon are able to shed light on the origins of many myths. Scientist have even uncovered evidence that may serve as the inspiration for biblical stories. Many are hoping that understanding these myths and the geological phenomenon they depict will reveal important information about natural disasters like: tsunamis, floods and volcanic eruptions. It is hoped that this information will save human lives in the future. With all of these new discoveries it is important to remember that it is easy to go too far. Myth cannot account for all geological phenomenon and vice versa. It is crucial to make sure that scientific integrity remains the focus when linking myth and geology.
Films do and have always reflected society because they show what's important to people. Films demonstrate fads and hot button issues. Film is not only a piece of art but also a tool of social reform as it expresses the feelings of humans and their idea of contemporary society. Films are the mirror that reflect the society. They are controlled by powerful forces that filter information to the public as well as reflect their fears. This has been held true in the film industry for many decades. For example, when society had a fear of widespread crime then there were many films that reflected the police catching the criminals. When society felt that the schools were not educating the children then there were films reflecting inspirational teachers or school administrators who took charge and turned a school around. This has held true for all types of films throughout the decades. Popular science fiction films of the 1950s were no exception and reveal some of the widespread fears of that era.
Equally, the film’s visual effects are stunning without being overwhelming or redundant. We do not see action sequences repeated from the first movie but fresh new twists that appear as visual candy. Many sequels simply mirror their predecessor in hopes of striking gold twice, only to fall short. Not so with X2. The filmmakers have taken what was essentially a good movie and built on its foundation to create a second movie, which is not just a flat reflection of the first, but a movie which can stand on its own.
Remember the Titans is a film from 2000 displaying a true story of a racially divided football team from the 1970s. The movie highlights the relationships of the black and white people, and how they learned to interact with each other in a time when this was not the way of life. It brings up a number of questions throughout, of what is right and what is wrong, and really challenges the characters, making it a very interesting movie to watch. I have seen this movie many times, and each time I feel like I get something new out of it. It is a movie that can be used as a teaching tool, it does a great job of interpreting not only what was happening in the United States of America at that time, but social psychology concepts through real life situations.
It is natural for films based on novels to different in formats, such as the setting. Scotts films imagery differs greatly from Dicks vision in the novel although they have the same story plot. Even though Scott left out and changed most of the settings in the film, he still provided Dicks vision of a futuristic mix of old and new technology.
I did like how for every scene they adjusted the colors from the background to the characters outfits. For the majority of the time the characters were wearing light, white, and pastel colors.This was definitely one of my favorite things about the movie because the colors were soft and touched the tone and overall feeling of the movie, from Jaime’s soft heart to their soft love that lasted even after her death.The editing for some scenes was really good as well.For most scenes the film focuses on the people within the frame so they blurred out the background so the audience wouldn’t get distracted. The change in scenes was very smooth, they played a song to go along with the transition from one scene to the other and the crew did a great job with capturing the right angles allowing us to see only what had to be seen. In each frame presented to the viewer we are also able to figure out that the weather felt like, in some scenes their hair would be blowing and the plants that were seen as well. My favorite editing part was when Jamie was singing in the play and they made transparent images of her as the camera rotated. For a few scenes the viewers experienced anxiousness like the part where Jamie was entering the cemetery and we didn’t know why which was pretty exciting because of the way the frame was set up we saw the dull night and just a small portion of the moon light shining upon Landon and Jaime. After looking at the movie from a different perspective I do not like it as much as I once did but now I admire different parts of the movie that at one point I never even shared interest