The movie that I choose to watch is “The Rise of the Planet of the Apes”. In class we learned that primates have different categories. The categories include; movement, reproduction, intelligence and behavior patterns. In the movie, the main ape, Caesar, as well as the other primates in the movie shows examples of these categories. Although, like most modern day movies, some behaviors and characteristics are not true and do not relate to the material that we studied in class.
This film was made in 2011 starring James Franco as the main character, Dr. Will Rodman. The movie takes place in San Francisco, where Will works in a laboratory hoping to discover a cure for Alzheimer’s disease. The main thought in Will’s head every day, is trying to save his father. Charles, Will’s father, suffers greatly from this sickness and even the hired nurses have all given up on his recovery. Charles and his team came up with ALZ-112 which is a shot that they hoped would be the scientific breakthrough that they’ve been hoping for. The ape he tested the ALZ-112 on showed rapid results of increased intelligence level. Along with the increased intelligence level, the ape’s eye color had changed from a dark brown to a bright green, giving her the nick name “Bright Eyes”. While Will was showing his boss videos of Bright Eyes preforming tasks with remarkable results, his boss was very impressed. During the presentation, Will’s coworker, Franklin, tried to remove Bright Eyes from her cage. Bright Eyes was not happy with them taking her from her cage, she ran around the lab destroying everything in her path. The boss ordered Franklin to kill the ape, thinking that her behavior was a side effect of the ALZ-112. Little did they know, Bright Eyes was only bei...
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...see, like monkey do”. At the end of the movie, we see Caesar riding a horse. This is a part of the movie that I found to be quite comical. In the movie we never saw any horses, so for Caesar to know how to climb on a horse and to ride it is too far fetched. Also in the movie Caesar was able to talk by the last scene. This is not true, primates like Caesar are able to learn sign language and other ways to communicate but they are not able to talk.
“The Rise of the Planet of the Apes” was a very good movie to watch, I would recommend this movie to other students taking this class. The movie portrayed primates in the way we learned about them in class although some of their behaviors and characteristics were not always true to what we learned. The movie did do a good job with showing the categories that primates have although some of their behaviors were exaggerated.
Ken Kesey's award-winning novel, "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest", was adapted into a film in 1975 written and directed by New York City native Bo Goldman and Czech director Milos Forman. Towards the end of the novel and film, Chief Bromden escapes from the ward. This scene is conveyed differently in the novel and film; however, there are evident similarities between each form of media. This scene is important to the plot because it wraps up the entire storyline. In the film and novel, similarities within Chief Bromden’s escape from the ward include the way Chief escaped, how he couldn't hear anyone in the ward due to being deaf, and how McMurphy assisted Bromden with gaining his confidence to lift the panel and throw it through the window. McMurphy essentially changed Bromden to help him break out of the asylum and back into the real world.
Stanford opens up his book with his prologue: “Save the Apes!” which serves as a thesis to his entire argument. He shows readers how similar we are to the apes in terms of social and physical behavior. With that, readers go onto a journey with the apes. In the first chapter, “Heart of Darkness,” readers are introduced to the four siblings – the chimpanzees, the Gorilla, the Bonobo, and the Orangutan.
I believe that E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial is the best movie of all time and here is why. The film E.T. directed by Steven Spielberg, was nominated for nine Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director. Not to mention E.T. superseded Star Wars: A New Hope as the highest-grossing film of all time in the United States. Also, this movie was filmed in chronological order so the emotion between the characters were real which resulted an emotional response from the audience. Finally, E.T. is a timeless film, any age or generation can enjoy it because of its universal
The story of The Martian focuses on the obstacles botanist and astronaut Mark Watney must overcome to survive on the planet Mars. His adventure is filled with fictional and non-fictional elements that are most likely difficult for the normal individual to identify what is actually realistic and what is simply fantasy. After taking a closer look, this film contains a lot more realism to actual science and space travel today. This paper will closely analyze and discuss three accuracies and inaccuracies of the film in relation to the content discussed in ESS 102 lectures, labs, and assignments.
Through Goodall’s research valuable information such as the chimpanzees eating larger mammals such as a bushpig were uncovered. Goodall made a valid argument when she mentioned that the behavior of these chimpanzees may have been comparable to that of our ancient hominin ancestors. Goodall went in to observe the chimpanzees with no previous bias opinion, and this I believe attributed to her successful study of the chimpanzees. Goodall is able to in time get close enough to the chimpanzees in order to gain the knowledge and material needed in order to properly study chimpanzee behavior. Noting the compelling nature of Goodall’s research, I believe that without Goodall’s research the lack of information on chimpanzees and their behavior would be distressing. It isn’t often that we learn of a species that is deemed most biologically equivalent to us, and then find in that study that they are much similar to us. The chimpanzees live in group setting much like humans and our society. Chimpanzees also demonstrated use of tools in order to hunt for food, such as using leaf stems to fish for termites. They also demonstrated predatory behaviors in hunting and killing other larger mammals such as bushpigs, baboons, and other monkeys. In short the chimpanzee is an intriguing species that can be closely compared to
One of the most important things to remember about any living thing is that we are not invincible. Everyone and everything who has and will be born has or will die. Though everyone hopes to live a long and successful life that is not always the case. When looking at this still shot of The Fault in Our Stars produced by Temple Hill Productions, the college-aged female audience instantly sees the young love and inevitable sickness and heartbreak in a black and white pathos-driven photo overlaid with an emotional quote by author, John Green. This black and white photo draws attention to itself by the use of a friendly, youthful looking font and a nice focal point that draws our immediate attention to the couple.
Congo is known as a parody, which failed to make the audience curious, also by adding some lackluster parts the result gives a heavy loss towards direction. Each viewer have different perspective towards the movie, it’s a typical jungle adventure story and mocking movie which was based on Michael Crichton’s works, he also wrote Jurassic Park which was count in his great hits. Congo movie betrays the playful attack on stereotypical; covering the gender and race roles which show the racist/sexist in 1930s-1940s. Anyhow, the movie had great influence over the one who is locked with love of apes and believes that they also have equal rights as human. The evaluation is that movie is not praise-worthy and has
Our earliest ancestors are primates. They are our closest relatives which is why we can see our behavior’s and practices in them. If we observe them we can get a better understanding of them and us, human beings. But unfortunately we all don’t get the chance to see a Primate right in our backdoor. So the best thing I could do for my observation was to visit them at the zoo.
Humans and non-human primates have many behaviors and characteristics in common. All humans and non-human primates also share physical and beha...
...ther gifts he asks “when comes another [as great as Caesar]?” (877) in order to make the crowd feel complete and utter guilt for their betrayal and anger towards the conspirators who killed their beloved idol.
Chimpanzees are a lot like humans in their behaviours. They are extremely smart since they are able to make and use tools and weapons. The female mothers are very affectionate and protective over the young and the rest of their family. The young chimps are also very dependant on their mother for necessities such as food, shelter and warmth.
Julius Caesar is shown to have many reprehensible character flaws over the course of the drama. Namely, he is illustrated as having a belligerent sense of arrogance. Initially, the great majority of the Roman public adores and esteems Caesar. However, this adoration inflates his sense of self-pride and arrogance. For example, in the play’s introduction Caesar is given warning about a plot to extirpate him from the throne. A soothsayer warns him to “beware the ides of March” (890). Rather than to obviate the attempt, Caesar blows off the Soothsayer, stating “he is a dreamer, let us leave him” (890). Later in Act II, Caesar has been informed of dead men walking, a lioness giving birth in the street...
This past weekend, I watched the movie The Last Airbender, and I knew immediately that it would be a film I’d remember months later - just not for the right reasons.
In Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar", Caesar is displayed as a powerful and dynamic figure in Rome because of his many accomplishments in previous wars as well as battles. When Caesar returns to Rome from a recent victorious defeat in battle, he receives a warm welcome by all the citizens of Rome. They consider and see Caesar as a hero and a strong individual, which is why they attempt to crown him King three times. A group of generals in Caesar's army are jealous and concerned with the amount of power Caesar has; they make arrangements to kill him. "Power is said to be a man's greatest desire he'll do whatever it takes to achieve his goal, even to kill." In comparison to Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" and the film Julius Caesar, we see many similarities. Furthermore, I will discuss these similarities in great depth.
Disruption is a film by Kelly Nyks and Jared F. Scott (2014). It is based on the march that happened in New York City on September 21, 2014 on climate change. This was one of the largest rallies for climate control held. During the film one will hear from people of different statuses from President Bush, to Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, to scientist, college professors, authors, founders of groups, leaders, community organizers, and people from different countries on how climate changes throughout the years have affected the world we live in today.