Kung Fury is an animated short film written, directed and starring Swedish multimedia entrepreneur and aspiring film maker David Sandberg. Kung Fury began when Mr. Sandberg decided he would give up his day job and put everything into his dream of directing a film. "So I just quit doing commercials and music videos, I said, I’m going to do my own project. I had this idea for an 80s cop-inspired film called Kung Fury. My plan was to shoot the entire thing and then do all the visual effects myself. I have a background in visual effects. But it turned out that it was way too much work and took too long and I was completely broke. I had to sell my couch and my TV to be able to afford rent and food. I was, like, at the tipping point. I told myself I needed to do something about this." (2015).
This is when David’s project began
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Average height with an athletic body type. He spends most of the movie looking very serious. He’s also a police officer for the LAPD.
Conative: Kung Fury is indicative of an 80’s action hero in Hollywood. With his leather jacket and rugged good looks and all around readiness to kick ass, he could be mistaken for a young Kurt Russel. (Who was the lead actor in many films that defined the 80’s and what Kung Fury is trying to replicate.) His head band also signifies he is skilled in martial arts. Why does his headband tell me he’s good at Kung-Fu? Headbands have become iconic in pop culture due to their use in movies such as ‘The Karate Kid’ and animated series ‘Afro Samurai’. The use of the colour red on his headband and singlet also signify the personality traits of the character. Red is the colour of fire and blood, so it is associated with energy, war, danger, strength, power, determination as well as passion, desire, and love (2015). He is also wearing Wayfarers and Cons which raises the idea that he had an upbringing in 1980’s urban
The film’s protagonist is Po, a panda that, from the beginning, does not appear to be capable of doing anything heroic. As in the hero myth outline stated by Leger, Po comes from a “mundane world, doing mundane things” (Seger 312). He works in his father’s noodle shop and although he admires those that practice Kung Fu, he does not have any martial arts training of his own. But Po is content with
The auteur theory is a view on filmmaking that consists of three equally important premises: technical competence, interior meaning, and personal signature of the director. Auteur is a French word for author. The auteur theory was developed by Andrew Sarris, a well-known American film critic. Technical competence of the Auteur deals with how the director films the movie in their own style. Personal signature includes recurring themes that are present within the director’s line of work with characteristics of style, which serve as a signature. The third and ultimate premise of the Auteur theory is the interior meaning which is basically the main theme behind the film.
Fury, directed by, David Ayer, starting Brad Pitt as Sgt. Don Collider, is a fictional film that portrays how hard life can be for a soldier during war. The film takes place in around April 1945 in the ending stages of World War II. Sergeant Don Collider has the mission to lead his 5 man team in a Sherman tank to a final push against the Nazi’s. The platoon faces many obstacles on the way, and one of the major ones they face is having a young rookie soldier in the platoon. The young soldier, Norman Ellison acted by Logan Lerman, is scared and lost and doesn’t know what to do in time of action. He puts the whole platoon at risk not only once, but multiple times.
In Style Wars, one sees how social marginalization affected graffiti writers in 1970s and 1980s New York. Firstly, Style Wars chronicles how the city government employed racist policing and propaganda to criminalize writers of color. Secondly, the documentary shows that newspapers and TV networks unequally privileged writers of higher socioeconomic status through front-page and prime-time coverage. Thirdly, the film depicts graffiti writers who conformed to masculine norms as disproportionately visible throughout the city. Although many writers featured in Style Wars minimized barriers against making art, legal racism, classist media coverage, and interpersonal masculinity limited recognition for certain writers.
In the movie, The Karate Kid, Mr. Miyagi gives this small, yet powerful piece of advice to Daniel LaRusso as he trains Daniel for the fight of his life. The Karate Kid centers on a teenage boy named Daniel LaRusso who moves to California and faces the difficult task of fitting in. However, a belligerent gang of karate students called the Cobras begins to bully him when he strikes up a relationship with Ali, the Cobra leader's ex-girlfriend. Wanting to fight back, but afraid of the dangerous gang, Daniel asks his handyman, Mr. Miyagi, to teach him karate. Overall, The Karate Kid is a movie about inner strength, self-control, and humility. As Daniel goes through his journey, he learns that arrogance and an unwillingness to learn from others
Han – a period of time in China in which the country was merge together (Dictionary)
When American Sniper opened in theaters January 2015, the world was shocked and excited that a film about a war has finally shown the emotional and psychological pain a soldier goes through. To many this was a new concept but, what the public did not realize, was in 2014, a World War II film, Fury was released. Fury is an insightful film about a tank crew surviving through World War II through the emotional and psychological hardships. The film takes place in April 1945, five months before WWII ends (Fury, IMDb). There are many key points to which makes Fury a modern war film from the extent of backstory each character has, to the prescreening prep and training, to the research of the props. Though American Sniper and Fury differ in wars and
The end of World War I, according to some European historians, occurred on May 8, 1945 or V-E Day. A day marking the change of the world’s enemy from Nazi Germany to Communist Russia. Fears of Communism, the totalitarian government of Soviet Russia, were invited through the use of propaganda in the media by the United States government. Illustrating this type of propaganda is the motion picture, The Red Menace released in 1949 by Republic Motion Pictures provides acumens of the fears and concerns on the minds of Americans during a period in America’s history known today as the Cold War.
The film demonstrates the long-lasting martial arts through the sword fight between the warriors. Chinese martial arts are a unique mixture of self-defense, exercise, meditation, harmony, and self-discipline. Additionally, it uses the strength of body and brain. Each battle scene in the movie depicts that martial arts virtue peace instead of violence. It is shown in the scene, where nameless (Jet Li) is fighting with broken sword while floating on the lake and drawing a pattern with their sword. The martial arts define the styles of Chinese tradition and life of the warriors. It is one of the important aspects of Chinese culture as it is deeply imbedded in China, and it serves as a representative of the culture. It has enhanced my understanding on importance of martial arts in Chinese culture.
Synopsis: Ex Machina is about a coder named Caleb Smith (Gleeson) who wins the workplace lottery to spend time with his brilliant boss for a week at his remote estate. When Caleb gets to his house, he is told to interact with an A.I robot in a series of conversations and report back to his boss, Nathan (Isaac). Nathan wonders if Ava (Vikander ), the artificial intelligence robot’s personality is equal or greater to that of a normal human being.
I’ve no doubts about the value of Noah Buschel as a film director and a writer. Despite somewhat underrated, he gave us interesting movies such as the indie romantic drama “Sparrows Dance” and the crime thriller “Glass Chin”.
Sex, love, depression, guilt, trust, all are topics presented in this remarkably well written and performed drama. The Flick, a 2014 Pulitzer Prize winning drama by Annie Baker, serves to provide a social commentary which will leave the audience deep in thought well after the curtain closes. Emporia State Universities Production of this masterpiece was a masterpiece in itself, from the stunningly genuine portrayal of the characters of Avery and Rose, to the realism found within the set, every aspect of the production was superb.
I chose to view the movie Lion, a movie based on the book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley. This movie is about a five-year-old boy, Saroo, living in a poor, rural area in India. Saroo convinces his older brother Guddu, to let him tag along and find work in a nearby city. Saroo ends up trapped and alone in a decommissioned passenger train that takes him to Calcutta, over 1,000 miles away from his home.
Full Metal Jacket is written and directed by Stanley Kubrick. The film was released in 1987 and it is starring Matthew Modine (Joker), Vincent D’Onofrio (Pyle), Adam Baldwin (Animal), and R. Lee Ermey ( Guy.Segr. Hartman).
Is Kung Fu Panda a definite winner? Well, I’m afraid not for its core ideas - they aren’t exactly a breathe of fresh air on the American “Family Movie” scene. But purely for incredible animation and good, simple FUN, Kung Fu Panda is most certainly in the Top 1! Yet, even with a star- studded cast (Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan) and stunning animation, I’m not quite sure it lives up to the hype….