4 reason why this movie was a waste of my time (and the 1 Reason it was worth it) At 10:30 sunday night I started watching “The Usual Suspects”, what comes next is a mixture off kickstart, coffee, and the specific type of sassy that comes to me after midnight. I wish I could say I enjoyed watching this movie but, in all honesty I had much difficulty just saying awake during this movie. The following is a breakdown of all the crap they decided to squeeze into an hour and 47 minutes. When movies show the end of the story at the beginning: This is a personal preference but, I absolutely hate it when movies give the viewers a snapshot of the ending at the beginning of the movie. Now, I have to spend the rest of the movie trying to piece together the rest of the ending. I like the traditional …show more content…
Which character was which? When new people came into the movie I didn't understand their purpose. I had a hard time putting all the pieces together. I wanted a movie to entertain me not make me think. It’s almost one, the only thing I wanna think about is my bed. Like, you said sometimes we want emotional movies and sometimes we just want entertaining movies. This was definitely not a entertaining movie. *When you watch a movie and none of the plot is adding up* 4.) If its not disney it's not for me: I know that this is being very selective but, I only enjoy disney movies for the most part. I was hoping that this movie would be an exception but wasn't. I don't really like suspenseful, dark thrillers. The movie seemed really dramatic and didn’t have any cheesy puns. I have a type and this just ain’t my type. 5.) (The only reason I’m happy I watched this): If there is one reason I’m happy I watched this is because now instead of forcing my boyfriend to watch girly disney movies with me, I can show him this. I think that he would enjoy it. I wouldn’t have to watch it because… well you
The film Graduate begins with the protagonist a recent college graduate, whom is looked upon as a hero by his family members and expect great things from him. His name is Ben and struggles with what plans he has for the future. Although, Ben develops a sexual relationship with Mrs. Robinson but she is the antagonist. She doesn’t allow Ben to continue dating Elaine and represent unhappiness with an uncaring marriage, and resorts to alcoholism. The non-diegetic sounds in this film is taken place for the audience to help interpret the feelings in the character of Ben by adding music. The film is followed by diegetic communication with his father and Elaine. The audience can see his father tell Ben to come out and surprise the family with his scuba
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, directed by Guy Ritchie. The film came out in 1998 and first aired in England (U.K). Being such a success, the movie was then broadcasted to America and the rest of Europe and grossed $28,172,686 with a budget of only $1,350,000. The film’s genre is crime as it is mostly centered around gang activity, comedy and violence. The movie mostly focuses on four friends pooling money for a big high-stakes poker match hosted by a gambler and porn star, Hatchet Harry. Eddy is the gambler of the four friends and has unique gift to read people’s reactions and scarcely loses in poker. At the start of the poker game Harry cheats and Eddy ends up half a million pounds in debt to Harry. Eddy, depressed and scared, tells
Good Will Hunting, directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, is a story of a troubled genius finding his place in the world. Will Hunting works as an MIT janitor until solving a math equation gets his talents in the eye’s of Professor Gerald, a math professor. After getting into a fight and potentially going to jail the character decides to attend therapy sessions regularly. Gus Van Sant is a well known director who is known to illustrate emotional meaning through his cinematography. In the specific clip between 1:46:29 - 1:51:45, the director conveys compassion and recognition through the use of the mise en scene.
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I really enjoyed this movie. This was a movie where audience really felt being present through the dialogues. The movie was about life
The Minority Report is a film that tries to stop crimes before they happen, with the enlistment of 3 teen pre-cogs. These pre-cogs predict future murders and the authorities swoop in and arrest the would-be murders, before they have the chance of committing the crime. Even thing goes great until Anderton, a cop played by Tom Cruise, is suspected. Written by Philip K. Dick and then turned to film by Steven Spielberg in 2002, the short story to film became a success. Though there are many differences between the book and the movie, one would think Steven Spielberg would not be able to grab audience’s attention, but with his skills, Spielberg went above and beyond all measures. Many times, novels to films end up being either a great hit or a “Well, why did I watch this?” Some authors choose not to turn their novels/novellas into movies because they are afraid of the outcomes that it may have. Turning a novel into a film can be quite the challenge, indeed. There’s the questions of the plot staying the same, will characters change, how can there be more action or suspense? What will be the ending? How can we grab viewers’ attention? All of those questions would intimidate anyone, even me. I chose this film because read was interesting and intriguing. Then for the novel to turn film and really draw my attention was something that I had never seen before. It was also a movie that I could look at and relate to because of the crimes that are happening today. It makes me think of our day and time having a pre-crime system, but without the glitches.
How are the themes of healing and death portrayed in The Green Mile? Use film techniques to support your answer.
Aside from that, it did leave me questioning what type of immortality Adeline had. Is she only able to retain her youth? Or is she also immune to sickness that may cause death? Questions like that were left unanswered, however, that doesn’t mean that the movie is rubbish. With the exception of romance, the film does contain a good amount of drama and scenes that drive you into deep thoughts. It leaves you with a bittersweet nostalgic feeling, a good sign that the film did a great job in creating a connection with its audience. Overall, it was a good film, not at the same par with the award-winning films, but great in its own
The mafia is an essential component of the Italian-American experience. While only .0078% of Italian-Americans were criminals at the tail end of the late twentieth-century mafia movie hysteria (), the films reflect upon an omnipresent illegal business model. With that in mind, mafia films also reflect upon the Italian-American community. Depictions of the mafia in American movies are interpretations and reflections of their experiences and are crucial to our ideas of just who Italian-Americans are, even if we do not have the right to classify them at all. Their characterizations evolved from often foolish, criminalistic foreigners who inevitably fall, to more complex, emotive and successful individuals,
True Detective has one of the famous title sequences of this modern era, the show which is an American anthology crime drama television series created and written by Nic Pizzolatto, is set in the pits of rural Louisiana in the ’90s, where characters contend with a strong presence of the petrochemical infrastructure, industrial pollution of the physical landscape, religious zealots, and satanic sacrificial murders.
Overall, I really enjoyed this film and I would recommend that more people watch it. It is films such as Sunset Boulevard, The Birds, and Dial ‘M’ for Murder that got me interested in not only classic films, but becoming a filmmaker myself. This is truly a classic and one of the best movies of cinematic history that will never lose its effects on cinema. The acting was superb, the storyline riveting and the characters were people you could care about. Max was my personal favorite. There was a quiet, tragic dignity to him and I expected something to be revealed about him but was not prepared for the truth. Even though this was not my first time seeing this film I was taken aback all the same. I honestly cannot think of any other film that works well on so many different levels.
A genre is a type or category of film (or other work of art) that can be easily identified by specific elements of its plot, setting, mise en scène, character types, or style. (Goodykoontz, 2014) The gangster film is a sub-genre of the broader genre of crime film. A genre main objective is to classify the depiction of entertainment. The genre of my movie is a gangster film. My movie I chose was Scarface. Directed by Brian De Palma.An update of the 1932 film, Scarface (1983) follows gangster Tony Montana and his close friend Manny Ray from their trip on the Cuban Boat Lift for refugees to their arrival in Miami. (Scarface, 1983a)
1983 brought with it another brilliant gangster film, also staring gangster actor Al Pacino. Scarface is perhaps one of the most, if not the most, serious film about the underworld workings of America. Full of bitterness, greed, and raw emotion audiences find that things they may have once thought about the workings of the mafia differ greatly. Scarface is a much rougher more gruesome gangster film then audiences had yet experienced. With his all consuming desire to rise up and take control of every ongoing around him, Tony Montana, played by afore mentioned Al Pacino, does not give us even one feature to redeem himself from the greed that surpasses all others. Tony Montana gives us the gangster version of the Horatio Alger Myth. His quick rise to greatness surpasses all those who came before him. However, that quick rise up the corporate gangster ladder soon gives out and sends Tony Montana down a steep drop to his destruction. This film gives audiences the ever present reminder that what goes up, must come down. If Tony Montana had not risen up to quickly he may not have been overwhelmed by his newfound fortune.
The Notebook was a phenomenal film with incredible performances and many heartfelt moments from beginning to end. It is a love story that many of us fantasize of living someday. And although the movie has its good points, this movie also sets a bad example for some people. The Notebook takes place during the 1940s in North Carolina. It is a complicated love story between two teenage lovers named Noah Calhoun, a country boy, and Allie Nelson, a rich girl, who meet each other at a local carnival. They fall desperately in love, but Allie’s parents do not approve of their relationship, mainly because Noah does not live a wealthy lifestyle like them. After Noah goes to serve in War World II, Allie seems to move on from their relationship,
Erin Brockovich (Julia Roberts) was a three time divorcee struggling with three young kids. She was involved in a hit and run accident and was badly injured thus hired a lawyer, Ed Masry (Albert Finney) to assist her in this case. Unfortunately, Ed Masry loses the case and he offered Erin a job as a file clerk in his small legal firm. She came across a file regarding Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) and the people of Hinkley, which caught her attention and went on her investigation. After much investigation, she found out that the people in Hinkley are suffering from contaminated and poisonous water that is causing health threats and illness to the people, young and old. She found out that the plant PG&E had in Hinkley is the cause