The movie Four Christmases has two main characters are Vince Vaughn (Brad) and Reese Witherspoon (Kate). This movie is about an unmarried couple that has no plans of getting married or having children anytime soon. Every Christmas they plan an adventurous vacation for the two of them. They do this to avoid going to all of their families’ houses for the holiday. This year Kate and Brad planned to go to Fiji for vacation, but the weather took a turn for the worst and they weren’t able to go. Due to the weather, their flight got cancelled. The news caught them on live television alerting their families that they were now available for Christmas. Both Brad and Kate’s families are divorced, so there were four families to visit. They plan …show more content…
Brad is a successful lawyer in San Francisco that is outgoing and has a lot to say when asked his opinion. He comes from a broken home consisting of two older brothers and parents who divorced when he was young. Judging by his educated demeanor, highly expressive self, you would not think Brad comes from a lower class family. His father and brothers portray the stereotypical redneck family, while his mom is a free spirit who didn 't have a career. Growing up, Brad never felt like he fit in with his family and since he was so uncomfortable, it affected him into adulthood. Brad is someone who always considers risks when making decisions and the biggest risks he wants to avoid is getting married and starting a family. He fears these life changes because he is afraid of repeating his parents’ mistakes. Brad plays the role of Kate’s long-term partner who in the beginning of the movie supported Brad 's decision of being a couple without any plans to start a family or get married. Even though they aren 't a married couple, people mistake them to be engaged due to their interactions together, which is really dynamic and in sync. Brad is considered a rounded character. When Kate tells Brad that she does want to start a family he tells her no, they have a fight and for the first time in the movie they are apart as Kate goes to her dad’s house and Brad goes off to his dad’s house. Brad also realizes that he is not so different from his father, who he doesn 't get along with when his father tells him that marriage and kids was the worst decision he’s made in his life. Towards the end of the movie, Brad decides he is okay with making changes in his life, which meant having kids and getting married. Brad finally goes back to Kate and tells her that he is open to starting a family and everything that goes along with
Behaving wrong could ruin many friendships. Especially the ones you love. A Christmas Carol is a perfect example of this. It shows how greed and anger can destroy some great companionships. The main character, Ebenezer Scrooge, is the very greedy man of this play/movie. All he cares about is making money and using it all on himself. Until he gets visited by three ghosts which are the past, the present, and the future. This drama and movie have many similarities, yet many differences.
The play “A Christmas Carol – A ghost story of Christmas” by Charles Dickson, directed by James Black in Houston, TX was performed in a similar way in “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickson, directed by Michael Wilson in Washington, D.C. The both plays had similarities and differences throughout the play in which demonstrated different creativity from the different directors. The rating that was given by the reviewer of the play in Washington gave a 5 out of 5 star rating. For the play that I went to watch the rating I would give it would be a 5 star rating.
In Truman Capote’s short story, “A Christmas Memory”, Capote shows his true admiration for Sook by illustrating her loving character. Throughout the story Capote explains the ways Sook was an extraordinarily loving person to Buddy. For example, Sook giving Buddy ten cents every Saturday for him to see a picture show, she tries to sell her own valuables to purchase Buddy a gift for Christmas, and she spends most of her time with Buddy. Sook was a loving person to everyone she met, but she was most loving to her best friend Buddy.
Do you ever feel like people change? In A Christmas Carol, written by Charles Dickens, Scrooge is a grouchy, unsocial, miserly, uncharitable old man. He is extremely unsympathetic and bah humbugs everything to do with Christmas. On Christmas Eve, Scrooge is magically visited by 3 ghosts. The ghost of Christmas Past, Present, and Future. Scrooge has a rude awakening of haunting memories he holds onto. These memories make him feeling as if he needs a second chance and a fresh start at life. What better day than Christmas to tidy the dreaded past. The mysterious ghosts bring him to the past, present and future in one night. Scrooge had remarkable experiences and felt emotions he had never thought were possible to feel again. Scrooge longed for
In the fictional play, A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, by Israel Horovitz, Scrooge’s first impression is not very good. He refuses to donate to the poor, he dismisses family who want a relationship, and he is miserable and tries to make others the same way. When two men come to see Scrooge, they were asking for donations for the poor. Scrooge, being one of the wealthiest people in the community, is very dismissive, wrongfully so, and asks the two men to leave empty handed. When Scrooge asks if there are workhouses for the poor to go to, the men explain that most people would rather die than to go there. In response Scrooge states, “If they would rather die, than they had better do it and decrease the surplus in population.” (649) When
One aspect of the movie is the characters. Tyler Perry develops the characters through similar situations from the first movie, Why Did I Get Married, in order to discover other traits of the characters in the second movie. The purpose of four couples is to act out the difference between stable and destructive marriages; it
Scrooge approached the door, but didn't have a speck of knowledge of what's going to happen next. When Scrooge is about to open the door, his old friend, Marley, and worker appeared on the door knocker in surprise. Scrooge walked in his dark house with a little fear, still think it is just, humbug. His mind resolute to playing tricks, he thought. Christmas eve, A night to fear, yet to thank. Life can change in a matter of minutes. In the story, “A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley. Scrooge faces a series of turning points that altered his life forever. In this Exploratory essay, Three turning point will be talked about. Each one with a different ghost, Past, Present, and future. Each with a different lesson Scrooge has to face.
It is hard to believe that there is anyone on the planet that hasn't heard of the story "A Christmas Carol". Although it isn't hard to believe that people do not realize that there are differences between movies and novels. In this case, that fits right into that subject. Here are some of the differences between the movie and the novel.
“After the passing of the Great Reform Bill, the liberal Whig leadership struck a snag. Several years of depression put the conservative Tories back in power in 1841. Wages and living conditions grew steadily worse as the industrial revolution permitted the rise of great fortunes for owners and employers along with starvation and poverty for great numbers of the working classes.” (Earl Davis, The Flint and the Flame, Page 115)
June did not get married, but her mother was not upset at the fact, but it did cross her mind that she was because most of the other daughters were married and she was not. After her mother died it took a toll on her, for example, one scene when all the mothers and daughters were taking a photo June didn’t want to be a part of it but was asked to. But on the other hand, Waverly got married twice, the first marriage was to a Chinese man with whom she had a daughter with. Waverly stated that she wasn’t happy and the only reason she did it was to please her mother and she felt like she still wasn’t pleased. Waverly second marriage was to a white man named Rich, Waverly felt her mother would be disappointed with her, so it took her some time to break the news about them getting married. One day in the hair salon Suyuan finally admits to Waverly that she didn’t have a problem with Rich. June and Waverly both just wanted to please their mothers the best way they
In "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, Ebenezer Scrooge undergoes a transformation as a result of his encounters with three ghosts and becomes a kind, happy, and generous man. His greedy, cruel, and grumpy demeanor is replaced seemingly overnight, but he doesn’t just wake up and decide to be nice. It takes three Spirits to change his outlook on life - The Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present, and Future. The Ghost of Christmas Past makes Scrooge begin to regret his selfishness, and the Ghost of Christmas Present begins to teach him about others. This second Ghost helps to make him realize that money doesn't buy happiness. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, however, teaches the most profound lesson of all: unless he changes, no one will care if Scrooge dies. Because of the Ghosts, by Christmas morning Ebenezer Scrooge is a completely different person from the man who went to bed on Christmas Eve.
A morality play, not unlike some of the popular plays I have seen. I think we all have seen this familiar theme many times over the years. As we head into the Christmas season, where reflective thinking becomes this very theme. I can compare this play with some of these seasonal plays. The play that comes to my mind immediately is, "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens.
Color is a powerful tool in film making. What once was only black and white is now a full spectrum of vibrancy. But monochromatism is still an integral artistic choice in film. Blacks and whites in movies and television tend to represent the dark nature of scenes: death, evil, sadness, the macabre. Deep blacks, rich grays, and harsh whites tend to illustrate the Gothic influence of the piece as well as its tone. Adam Barkman, a writer famous for his analysis of films, explains the impact of color in film in his book A Critical Companion to Tim Burton “When we see a particular color, we immediately attach a particular set of meanings to it that is triggered by either our instincts or our memories” (Barkman
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966&2000) explains not only the life of the Grinch but the Whos as well. Through the theorists of Karen Horney and Erik Erikson, viewers can learn why the Grinch’s personality is formed. Not only had it formed, but through the years it transformed.
The movie, The Wishing tree, portrayed a man who became good friends with two young children. He felt comfortable with these children, because they took the time to understand the man that they called Magic Man. Magic man had a disability and could not speak. In the movie the little boy Jamie was trying to find Magic Man during a storm, and a terrible accident happened. Jamie was struck by a falling limb, and the only on there to save him was Magic Man. Jamie’s parents jumped to conclusions, not knowing Magic Man and his love for the children; and assumed that he was the culprit of Jamie’s accident, because of his past. Clara represented Magic Man in court, and the truth about what truly, occurred came to the surface. Not until then did Jamie’s parents believe that Magic Man was not guilty for the accident, then they understood and embraced Magic Man.