In 2001, one of the most memorable performance’s in Hollywood was Honored with an Academy Award, for Best Actor In A Leading Role. The Oscar, went to Denzel Washington, for is amazing performance in Training Day. A powerful departure from his good guy roles, Denzel Washington, plays Alonzo Harris, a street smart, crocked, undercover narc, out on the mission to save his ass, from the Russian mob. On the day in question, he is giving rookie cop Jake Hoyt (Ethan Hawke) a chance to prove himself worthy to be a part of his elite squad of undercover narcotics officers.
From the beginning of the film, in the early hours of the morning, in the city of Los Angeles, we are introduced to Jake Hoyt, a first time father, getting ready for his first day of training, with his senior partner, Alonzo. Little does he know, that he is in for the rockiest 24 hours of his life. Jake is alarmed at Alonzo's unorthodoxy, which includes making him smoke pot so he'll know what it feels like, drinking on the job, and letting bad guys go if they're not "important" enough to spend time on.
The violence is minimal until the finale, when Alonzo is killed by the Russian Mafia, which more than makes up for the lack of bullets seen in the first 100 minutes. Whether the violence is necessary or gratuitous depends on your point of view. To me, violence is unjustified only when it doesn't fit the context or when the film hasn't already earned my respect, causing the blood to turn me off even more.
The idea that Fuqua ( the director) employed violence just for attention never crossed my mind, as the film was compelling enough already. Surely he knew he didn't need it as a gimmick. He included it because it works. There was nothing different from this movie compared to many others, Fuqua didn’t use any special camera techniques, that really made you say “WOW,” but the movie was really, well written, and directed, Fuqua captured the true essence of the streets of Los Angeles, to some this is just a movie, with a brilliant performance from Denzel Washington.
Alonzo isn’t my only favorite, money hungry character, who gets played at the end. One of my favorite movies was directed by acclaimed music video director, Hype Williams. He made his debut in 1998, with
It applied all ethos, logos, and pathos perfectly and was very interesting to watch. Their argument was that people who go on a killing spree are not just doing it for fun, they suffer from mental illness and if people see these signs in someone else, then maybe it can be prevented in the future. This argument doesn’t justify the act of mass killing it simply explains what the cause may be behind it. With the helpful use of rhetoric for their argument, this film set up a very good evidence to back up their argument and open the eyes of viewers to spread
...sening up in this country, although not quite to the extreme as in Natural Born Killers. Despite the controversy caused by the assumed message that "killing is cool," there is important ideology embedded within the film. There is sanity within the insane. The film, in a sense, displays the consequences caused by the suppression of the inner, free soul. We've all seen instances of people "cracking" under the pressures of modern society. I'm not suggesting that we live like wild animals, but I do think that Natural Born Killers is an excellent movie which made a natural attempt to kill standard ideology.
In Florence, Italy, the famous, Leonardo da Vinci started painting The Mona Lisa one of the most well known paintings in the entire world, in 1503 and finally completed it in 1517. One of the biggest reasons for the popularity of the painting is the artist himself. Leonardo is one of the most recognized artists of all time. The Mona Lisa was painted after Lisa del Giocondo, the wife of a wealthy merchant Francesco del Giocondo from Tuscany. The painting was created to be a celebration of their home's completion as well as the arrival of their second son. The Mona Lisa is one of the most well know paintings from the time of the Renaissance. This painting as well as Leonardo da Vinci, inspired and affected many of the artists and writers in the Renaissance. It also changed the way people saw and made art. During the Renaissance art was usually just what they saw. They drew people the way they were, with no real sense of freedom to be creative. The Mona Lisa's background was mainly different because of its landscape. The Mona Lisa was one of the first paintings if not the first to have an imaginary background. This means that the background was so unique, because no other artists had decided to create a piece with an Aerial view, creativity, and freedom. It opened up new possibilities for other artists to step of out their comfort zone and not only make what was expected of them.
Russell, David O., dir. American Hustle. Writ. Eric W. Singer and David O. Russell. Columbia
Before I talk about the College of Business Administration on ASU’s Campus; I will discuss the leadership COBA. COBA is under the leadership of Dean La’Quita Booth and I will discuss three leadership theories that reflect Dean Booth and three strengths and weakness. She has been the Dean for the COBA for five years. Three leadership theories that I will use to describe Dean Booth are: leadership traits, behavioral approaches, and situational leadership. Leadership Traits
This means that the drivers are essentially driving around on the road blindly (“What” 1). Texting while driving causes 1,600,000 accidents per year, 333,000 injuries per year, and 11 teen deaths every day (“DWI” 1). Driving while intoxicated seems like the most significant cause of accidents, while on the road, however, texting while driving is much more hazardous. Texting while driving is about 6 times more likely to cause an accident than driving while intoxicated and is the same as driving after four beers (“DWI”
“But who among us doesn’t already check his email more often than necessary” Greg Beato writes in paragraph 9, and his statements are extremely accurate. Over the years, we have become
That is equivalent to downing four beers and then getting behind the wheel.”. Texting while driving is considered to be the highest form of distracted driving. In 2002 2,600 people died from distracted drivers and in 2011 3,331 this number has gone up by 22% in the last 9 years. In 2002 drunk driving accidents have killed 12,405 people but by 2011 that number has decreased by 25% to 9,296. This shows that texting while driving is on its way up and may continue to get worse. The National Highway & Transportation Administration (NHTSA) declares that 1.6 millions accents are caused by texting and driving every year, thats almost 25% of all automobile accidents (Masters).We already know that texting increases chance in an accident, well so does dialing by 2.8%. Also so does talking and listening at 1.3% and reaching for your cell phone at 1.4% (Texting). On November 28, 2010 Nina Todd was leaving her mother house with her two sons, when Karli Brown struck her car head on. In result of the accident Nina’s
Texting while driving is a terrible idea because it puts people in danger, it can cause endless expenses and it causes trouble, obstacles, and heartache for the affected families. There is potential property and vehicle damage that could be a consequence to texting while driving. This act can injure and kill the offender and others. Many victims and their families can suffer emotional effects from crashes. There are many processes to help end this horrific behavior. Stop texting and driving and spread the facts.
Fruitvale Station was a powerful, strong, and saddening movie for viewers globally. In January 2009, Oscar Cruz, was killed execution style by a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) officer, when he was both un-armed and handcuffed. The film displays a day in the life before, and the moment Oscar was killed. Oscar was a young, African American male whom was a son, boyfriend, and father. The movie displayed the positive, and negatives aspects of Oscar’s choices in his life. He was not a saint; however, he had a big heart. The movie showed Oscar going through the struggle of losing his job at a grocery store, and contemplating selling drugs again. Oscar has a flashback of when he was in jail, and throws a bag of weed into the ocean. He and his girlfriend are arguing, fighting, and then making up. They take their daughter to a party, and he picks up his mom a birthday card. Essentially, the movie displays that Oscar Grant is a real person, who faces the same struggles many of us do regardless of our race. He loves his family, argues with his significant other, makes up with significant other, cherishes his daughter, loses his job, struggles with money, give stranger’s advice and is continually looking to change for a better, happier life. In this portion of the movie, there is a keen focus on showing viewers who...
In this paper I will be looking at an article called The Over Training Syndrome, which was written in 1994. I will be comparing the information in the article with the content from the week 6 Qualifying Sports Training lecture. This will be done by directly quoting the article, then the lecture and having a short discussion on the quoted point. The four areas of comparison will be; the definition of overtraining, the cause of overtraining, the effects of over training, and the recovery time from overtraining. The goal of this paper is to discuss the advancement in knowledge over the last twenty years in these four points on overtraining.
According to Ian Mulgrew, a journalist/author from Canada, many accidents are blamed on distracted driving and most of the distractions are caused by cell phone usage (Mulgrew). This shows that accidents are being caused by texting and driving. A majority of people have busy lives that leaves them to get things done while on the road. Texting or using a cell phone while driving is very hazardous to yourself and the people surrounding you. Most people are against this action is because it causes many car accidents every year. Did you know that texting while driving is one of the longest eyes-off-the road time of distracted driving activities? According to DWI, text messaging makes a crash up to 23 times more likely. While other activities like, dialing, talking or listening or reaching for a device is less likely. While driving, adults and teenagers cannot resist the urge to pick up their cell phone and send a text or respond to one. When a
The Mona Lisa by Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci is one of the most visited, written about, sung about, and talked about paintings of all time. In the following pages I will give a detailed description of the painting, the historical context surrounding it’s inception, and an in-depth comparison between Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and Vincent van Gogh’s Self Portrait.
Creating a vision, carefully crafted, can help the team know who they are and who they are not. Miranda was able to get buy-in to her vision through her reputation and strategic thinking. Creating a vision for Runway proved to be very effective for Miranda to motivate the organizational member and get them to perform well.
When Castro first came to power in Cuba, the population of people of colour in Cuba was disproportionately poor, lacking sufficient medical care, social services and educational opportunities. Racism was against Castro’s passion for social justice so he passed policies to desegregate beaches, parks, work sites and social clubs. He outlawed all forms of discrimination, including discrimination in employment and education. Castro also worked to increase the number of Afro-Cuban political representatives, with the percentage of Black members on the Council of State expanding from 12.9% in 1976 to 25.8% by 200313. When talking about Hitler’s policies impacts on minorities in this circumstance jews should be eliminated, not because they are not important but because it is already well known fact, the issues between Hitler and the Jews. In saying that though Nazi’s saw many groups including: homosexuals, black Germans, Jehovah’s Witnesses and the disabled as undesirable.14 As part of their punishment in 1933 Hitler had 400 Black Germans sterilized so they could not reproduce. Not just talking about minorities Hitler was seemingly against any sort of women having any sort of power whether it be in his party or in society in general. Or he wanted to manipulate woman to get out of working. In June of 1933 he introduced the “Unemployment Relief Act” which would give a loan of 1,000 Reichsmarks, (about $4500) to a couple only if the woman had a job and was going to leave it for the husband to work15. Even before that Hitler banned women from having jobs in the Nazi party until he eventually banned them from having jobs at all. Castro on the other hand was entirely for the inclusion of women in society. Outside of social policies like free abortion and easier divorce, he was adamant in getting women in the work