Michael Shannon, the man behind the character of General Zod in the Man Of Steel, said a few days ago on the set of Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice, "he had flippers on his hands." The words of the American actor Michael Shannon created speculations about General Zod transforming into the rumored villain Doomsday in the film. Michael Shannon claims, "I wasn't there," "It's a really awkward situation-I'm in the trailer for a movie that I didn't work on." Michael Shannon added, "Somebody was asking me about this in New York and I made up some ridiculous answer about how my character Zod has flippers, and this went viral on the Internet or something and people have been asking me about that. That is so obviously a complete bulls*** story, right? But people took it seriously." …show more content…
As the interview goes on, Michael Shannon seems to be fed up with the PR team of the studio, as they want to make it certain that Michael Shannon will not throw any leak about the film. But seems the actor got slip ups, as he first said that he got no part in the film, but he stated that he went over and "did some voice-over stuff." Michael Shannon said, "The thing about the whole Krypton universe, apparently, is that even when you destroy them, there are ghosts." "The first [film], Jor-El (Russell Crowe) is there even though he's been dead for lord knows how long. I went over and did some voice-over stuff because it's like that ghost thing. But I don't know if I'm supposed to say that. I get very nervous." Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice will kick start in theaters on 25 March 2016.
In the 90s sitcom Coach, Hayden Fox is the epitome of manhood. This 40-something is a head football coach at a university, a divorcee whose role as a father has only just begun and he lives alone in a cabin. This man is as much of a guy as you can get. His life is football and he has a strict set of rules in which to live by. He has a very set view and definition of masculinity. Hayden Fox is Generation X’s Archie Bunker, only not quite as much of a bigot, just a traditional manly man set in his ways. Much like All in the Family, Coach didn’t do very well at first and attracted negative reviews of critics. In a Los Angeles Times review of the first two episodes, Howard Rosenberg writes about “the wit-less story burdened by hackneyed, brain-versus-brawn characters”. This is quite harsh after only two episodes but it seems the brain-versus-brawn mentality rings true especially between Hayden and his daughter and wife. Despite the similarities between All in the Family and Coach, the main point of Coach is not that of relevance TV in the 1970s but is more of a way to attract male viewers in a TV genre watched mostly by women. Coach Hayden Fox is an ideal man and a character that men can relate to or aspire to be just like women with all of the female TV role models of the past. Coach’s main character Hayden Fox simultaneously plays two main roles: a model of masculinity for male viewers and an old fashioned man to both love and hate similar to Archie Bunker.
Is this film about Superman or about a mysterious bearded man who protects people once in every decade of his lifetime? One problem that the film has lies within the first hour of the movie - in which the film, having up to that point not yet really established Superman as a hero. Opposed to the original Superman in which Superman would be fully developed within the first scene of the movie. In addition to his powers being fully developed, Superman would have already established his arch nemesis as well. This course of action took way to long, and while understanding that the director wanted a firm background of Clark Kent as well as Kal-El this action could have been more upfront. In Man of Steel Clark Kent should have transformed into Superman and shown the world who he really is and...
...has just started producing major films, he stated that as of December of 2013, that he would produce a film based on the critically acclaimed graphic novel series The Sandman created by Neil Gaiman. His success has yet to come, we will wait to see what the future holds for Joesph Gordon-Levitt.
Nobody can teach someone else how to grow up. You can’t force someone to mature and realize they need to stop being so profoundly immature. People have a difficult time with letting the past go and/or breaking old habits that they don’t want to change.
“The Patriot”, starring Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger, was one of the highest grossing films of 2000. Based upon the story of an ex-soldier turned father and farmer, “The Patriot” is set in South Carolina during the Revolutionary War. This critique on the film, however, is not based upon how monetarily successful it was, but rather on its historical accuracy. So the question arises, does “The Patriot” accurately portray the struggle between the colonies and Great Britain during the Revolutionary War? The answer is a overwhelmingly definite yes. Mel Gibson plays Benjamin Martin, an ex-soldier who became a hero while fighting for the British during the French and Indian War. His fighting days long over, Martin settles down with his seven children after the death of his wife. The story begins here in 1776 on a farm in South Carolina.
Character Analysis of Louie Zamperini Louie Zamperini has escaped the grievance with his life and has become an advanced soul. Louie Zamperini lived in a miniature house in Torrance, California. He was a fascinating Olympian. He was also held captive as a prisoner of war. In the book Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand uses the life experiences of Louie Zamperini to show the traits of optimism and rebelliousness.
Monster is the story about a 16 year old black boy named Steve Harmon from Harlem. Steve is on trial for a being a possible accomplice to a murder. The book begins with him in jail waiting for his trial to start. The story is written in screenplay format along with Steve’s journal writing which he does even in the courtroom. Steve enjoys filmmaking and screenplay writing. Steve writes this way to keep his sanity while being in prison during the trial. The majority of the story takes place in the courtroom. Steve is there with another defendant, James King, who has his own attorney. The events of the robbery unfold through the accounts of witnesses, attorneys and the participants. The book is about Steve’s trial and whether he will be found guilty of felony murder. In the end, Steve is found innocent but the reader is left to wonder if Steve is guilty or not. It is a story of a young man who wants to act tough and ends up in trouble for this.
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In the prologue of Pillars of the Earth, an innocent, young man is hung. By the end of the novel, it is learned that the young man played an important role throughout the book. This man was said to be hung for theft, but it is revealed by the end that he knew a scandalous secret. This essay will reveal who he was, why he was a significant character, and why he functions as a central character and plot motivator though he was not alive throughout the novel.
Many people believe Marlon Brando was the greatest actor of the 20th century. His life was filled with wonderful, interesting, but also encountered troubling times. Marlon Brando was a rebellious boy who later grew up to be known as the “world’s greatest actor.”
A perfect movie character is one that the audience can form a complex, personal relationship with in the short time that a movie is viewed, displaying the art of acting and drama perfectly. When the thought of lovable movie characters is brought up, Johnny Depp will almost always be apart of the discussion. With his quirky, lively attitude which blends perfectly into roles that should not have soul, Johnny Depp is truly a one-of-a-kind actor. With a spectrum of characters Depp has played, ranging from Edward Scissorhands in the movie Edward Scissorhands (1990), to playing his role in 21 Jump Street (1987), up until the recent Pirates of the Caribbean (2003), he is involved in roles that “only the likes of Depp can pull off” (“Johnny Depp”, 1). Although coming from rebellious teenage years and many “ups and downs of his personal life” (“Johnny Depp Biography”, 2), the actor has become one of the great faces of the movie scene of his generation. Depp's success, which some could contribute to luck, was carved out of his pure talent for expressing raw emotion through the characters he played and his free-bird, wild attitude in his early years. His talent and spirit changed the face of acting and of rebelling. Johnny Depp's early life, countless classic works, and personal actions created a persona that molded a new face of acting and of free-spirit for his generation.
Batman Begins has an incredible amount of struggles that not only Bruce Wayne must face but all of Gotham must face. The first of many of these was Thomas and Martha Wayne's sudden death at the beginning. This left both the people of Gotham and Bruce Wayne to struggle along without them “Their deaths galvanized the city into saving itself and Gotham has limped on ever since.” (Batman Begins, Ras Al Ghul, Scene 31) This also created much anger and rage in Bruce Wayne that he released as Batman. There is also the struggle with the crime rate in Gotham and keeping alive the cities slowly falling government. These things differ from the Dark Knight where the struggles are with mainly the Joker and his actions. Many more unexpected and out of control struggles occur in The Dark Knight. The Joker (mastermind terrorist) creates many series of problems and difficulties for Batman, Gordon, Dent, and all of Gotham in general. Another big problem, quite different from the first one is the capturing of Joker. Unlike the first film, the struggles of The Dark Knight are much more external while the first one was fixing what was on Gotham’s internal problems. An example was after Rachel’s death it changed Harvey into an evil person therefore changing the whole ending of the movie, and a lot of the next one. Another big difference between the two films is The Dark Knight has a lot more violence and explosions,
Steve Rogers was a gaunt fine arts student growing up at the time of the Great Depression. His alcoholic father died when Steve was a kid, and his mother died from pneumonia after Steve graduated high school. In early 1940, shocked at Nazi Germany’s horrific atrocities, Steve tried to enlist in the army. Failing to meet the physical requirements, he was invited to volunteer for Operation: Rebirth, a project designed to augment US soldiers to the height of physical excellence with the inventions and discoveries of Professor Abraham Erskine. Rogers willingly accepted and became the first test subject. After injections and ingestion of the "Super Soldier Serum," Rogers was exposed to controlled bursts of "Vita-Rays" that activated and stabilized the chemicals in his body. The process successfully altered his physiology from its scrawny state to the maximum of human efficiency, including significantly enhanced musculature and reflexes. Soon after the process, Professor Erskine was assassinated by a Nazi operative, leaving Steve the only remains of Erskine’s genius. Renamed “Project: Rebirth,” variations of the Super-Soldier serum were later tested, under inhumane conditions, on African-American soldiers. The most successful of these was Isaiah Bradley, and Project: Rebirth’s resources were eventually absorbed into a multinational superhuman research project renamed Weapon Plus.
A hero is defined as someone who is acknowledged for their courageous and selfless behavior or actions. Clint Eastwood’s character Walt Kowalski, in the film Gran Torino is a stellar example of this definition of a hero. Walt was more than a decorated war hero; he helped his neighbors and community. Eastwood’s character generated opportunities for Thao, a young man who didn’t have a father and lacked guidance. Walt saved Thao’s sister, Sue from an unfavorable situation as well as gave his own life to protect her and her family from a local gang. Walt proved throughout various stages of his life that he was selfless and willing to do the right thing no matter the situation. Walt did whatever it took to preserve peace and save his friends and community from harm. No matter the circumstances Walt’s morals and integrity would not falter. His actions would be above and beyond the average man’s. The movie highlights certain heroic events in Walt’s adult life beginning with his service in the United States Army during the Korean War.
"The Man from Earth", is a Science-Fiction-Film with the direction of Richard Schenkman and scenario from Jerome Bixby. The film was published in 2007 and tells about a man named John Oldman, he asserted to be a 14.000 years old Cro-Magnon-Man. The plot of the movie is generally taking place in a single room. It is one of the films that I know with the largest scary discrepancy between content quality and cinematic quality. The film has the look of a bad 90´s television film, just as stiff actor and partly uncut dialogues. In addition, it is probably the poorest effect of science-fiction-film ever; it plays completely in a boring wooden hut somewhere in rural America. No robots, no spaceships, no laser swords and however a science fiction. After all, the premise of the film is a fantastic natural environment and makes the film worth seeing.