I am a big fan of the film Mask, a psychological film starring Cher, Eric Stoltz and Laura Dern. Although, I had watched the film previously, I decided to re-watch it recently for old time’s sake. Additionally, I wanted to know more about the film and so I started looking for information on the internet. I stumbled onto a site that gave an in depth analysis of the film. Although it is a fairly old film, the story will move one to tears. It’s so inspiring and empowering to anyone who is facing any difficulty in life. It makes ones problems to seem so small compared to the character in the movie. This movie was released in (1985), the film was both a commercial and a critical hit and went on to garner several Academy and Golden Globe Awards nominations. The film is based on a story of Roy L Dennis, who was nicknamed “Rocky “and who suffered a skull deformity at an early age. The boy had a deformity of the skull which was caused by an extremely rare illness called Craniodiaphyseal Dysplasia. It causes the cranial enlargement; and is commonly referred to as Lionitis. The film the Mask is an eye opener to many people who may have never heard of the disease or who may have heard of it but may not have come into contact with a person suffering from it. The events of the film give these individuals a chance to witness the disease and how it affects somebody’s social life and how the individuals suffering from it cope with life. It also shows how people should treat others suffering from the disorder. Rocky, the main character lives with his mother and her boyfriend. Despite his rare condition, he is accepted fully and appreciated unconditionally by his family, including his grandparents and his parent’s friend who enjoy riding motorcycl... ... middle of paper ... ...zes an opportunity to explain many things which she is unable to see. The young couple who are now in love eventually go to see Diana’s parents together. Rocky’s old wounds are opened again since the parents are not pleased by their future son in-law. This forces Diana parents to take Diana to a far away school of blind so that she can be separated from Rocky. The phone call messages to Diana by Rocky are not handed over to her and some are in fact deleted. This makes their relationship deteriorate. This is very common even in today’s world. Parents are overprotective and want to dictate to their children who they should marry. This depresses Rocky and as a result he gets a serious headache which eventually kills him. The movie ends with Rocky being laid to rest. Works Cited Bogdanovich, P. (Director). (1985). Mask [Motion picture]. Universal Pictures.
I am writing a film review on the 1976, classic movie Rocky. In this review I will explore the main character Rocky, along with secondary characters Adrian, Pauley, and Mick. I will compare Rocky’s self-concept and self-esteem to the secondary characters. Identify whether the characters are nourishing or noxious individuals. Finally, we will describe how the main character is perceived by other characters.
George Orwell quote, “He wears a mask, and his face grows to fit it.” The documentary, “The Mask You Live In”, directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom shows different ages of males who struggle to be themselves while battling America’s limited meaning of manliness. George Orwell quote, “He wears a mask, and his face grows to fit it.” Influenced by the media, among their age group, and the grown-ups in their lives, adolescents dissociate their emotions, disrespect women, and is aggressive. Society gender stereotypes affect young males to change to fit into the societal norm as they characterize “real” men.
The film industry suffers from ups and downs. The industry itself is always making new things happen from older ideas. The remaking of classic films has become a common thing; however, some are remade very poorly. The film industry decided to remake the film “The thing”. The film is a very unique remake because it acts as a prequel to the original film. The original film was made in 1982 and the remake was made in 2011. The original film was a very unique horror film, and so was the remake. These films both share similar stories, as well as the remakes little twist to the original story. The original film is set in an American scientific research film. The remake is set as a prequel and shows what happened in the Norwegian scientific research station. These films, share many things, but only one was praised. Critical analysis is very crucial when comparing
Both Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence and Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility deal with expectations in society with respect to relationships and suitable decorum. Both texts are especially concerned with the women during the time and how they should appear and behave in society. Although the two societies are exceedingly different, they still have similar strict codes. Society causes women to struggle between desires and opinions, and to find a balance between reason and emotion. Each character has to face hardships in order to find happiness with loved ones through the burden of society eying their every move.
The Disney Pixar movie, Inside out, allows the audience to experience the emotions of Riley, and her parents as they move across the country. The movie had many themes, but the majority of the movie was centered on emotions, memory, and the events that place in the mind in order to keep it in tip top shape. In particular I would like to discuss the unreliability of autobiographical memories, the regulation of emotions, and “the islands of personality”.
In Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris’ 2006 movie Little Miss Sunshine, they depict the tribulations of a dysfunctional family trying to get their daughter to a beauty pageant, while encompassing strong portrayals of common issues in the United States today. It communicates the individual’s struggle to be perfect, as well as the difficulties of the average middle class family in society. In this paper I will analyze three characters; Olive, Dwayne, and Richard Hoover, identifying their life stages, psychosocial development, role in the family and their resiliency through the stories challenging circumstances.
Director Stanley Kubrick once said, “When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man.” This point is extremely evident in today’s society. The world today has constructed an idea of masculinity that doesn’t allow for boys to be secure with who they are. Society is constantly pushing boys towards perfection leading to anxiety, and as a result these men are not choosing who they want to be or how they want to live; instead they are being who everyone else wants them to be and living how everyone else wants them to live. The film trailer for, “The Mask You Live In,” focuses on this issue, and pushes for some form of change in today’s popular culture. Their goal is to bring to light an issue that many individuals today are overlooking, that being how many boys are wearing a ‘mask’ and the fact that the phrase “man up” is something we need to begin to redefine. Expert opinions, interviews with young boys, factual evidence, emotional appeal, and imagery all help the film create a strong, positive argument.
The last important paper I wrote was an essay for my psychology class. I was given a list of different movies and was instructed to write a paper about one. With guidelines of what had to be discussed within the paper, I ultimately had to make a connection with the characters and different mental disorders. Evidence had to be exhibited to back up our reasonings for our connections and opinions.
The film Rocky is about a young man named Rocky Balboa who has had a rough upbringing. He resides in a ghetto neighborhood in Philadelphia and lives in a shabby apartment. Rocky works as a debt collector for a local boss and boxes in his free time. Later in the film, Rocky is offered the opportunity to box a world champion boxer, Apollo Creed (played by Carl Weathers). Rocky begins heavily training in hopes of creating a reputation for himself in the ring, as well as pursuing a relationship with Adrian. Rocky Balboa goes from an unknown fighter to boxing against a world champion in a dramatic representation of the American Dream.
In the article “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema,” Laura Mulvey discusses the relationships amongst psychoanalysis (primarily Freudian theory), cinema (as she observed it in the mid 1970s), and the symbolism of the female body. Taking some of her statements and ideas slightly out of their context, it is interesting to compare her thoughts to the continuum of oral-print-image cultures.
Imagine a world where masks are illegal or non-existent. Whether your intentions are for the good or bad positive or negative you have good or bad intentions, masks are not an option at all. All of society would be completely different, maybe possibly for the worse. You would not be able to save or fix relationships, hide or distort the truth, or even change your persona in anyway; you are forced to be your pure, unedited self whether you like it or not. Embracing and expressing yourself would become an extremely different experience, most likely in a bad way. In the real world, people who don’t wear masks are tremendously exceptionally unbelievably hard to find. Everyone everybody has their own reasons for wearing a mask,
Rocky Balboa is the sixth film in the Rocky series that tells the story of an underdog boxer who rises from the pit of poverty into a life of wealth. Only striving for what is earned out of life, Rocky struggles throughout the film series trying to achieve a sense of happiness. In the sixth film, Rocky Balboa, some of the struggles he undergoes is the abandonment of his son, Robert., and losing his wife, Adrian, to cancer; forming the discontent he has with himself for feeling that has failed the ones closest to him. Looking for a sense of completion, Rocky attempts to renew his boxing license with The Pennsylvania Athletic Commission. Initially I viewed the Rocky series as a franchise that focused primarily on brawns rather than brains; a preconceived notion that lead me to believe the
Cognitive behavioral psychology is when a person's ideas, emotions, and behavior work together to form one greater opinion on life's subjects. In the movie, Inside Out, the main character, Riley experiences a move. Her father's job forces the family to move from Minnesota to San Francisco. Riley becomes very distressed about this, considering all her friends are in Minnesota. Riley begins to act out. Riley's thoughts and actions can be evaluated through the ABC technique. Created by Albert Ellis, this technique helps psychologists analyze a person's irrational beliefs. A stands for activating event. B stands for belief. C stands for consequence of those thoughts.
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