Movies
When I was a kid (not that long ago, thank you), movies made me dream
of what my life would be like when I grew up. After coming back from a
great movie, I could sit in my room for hours and fantasize about the
worlds I would see and the places I would visit outside my bedroom
window, the places that only exist in that narrow, nebulous space
between dreaming and waking. As I grew older, "wiser" and less
innocent, I realized that those moments of fantasy can only be
captured for a moment. As is the cruelty of adulthood, they are
banished in an instant when the alarm clock rings, leaving only
sorrow, regret and the slim anticipation that upon the next morning's
sunrise, that glorious moment may return yet again to taunt you with
that briefest of serjeanties.
Pleasantville, though not a perfect film, brought me to that place
again, if only for a few moments. Though critical consensus of the
film was mixed and audience reaction more muted than expected, I found
it to be a wonderful and moving fantasy, and one of the few films to
understand the medium of film and what stories are best told with it.
One thing I remember most about movies from my childhood is that they
knew they were movies. Today, we often just get glorified television
shows, desperate attempts at literary adaptations, or, worst of all,
video games blown up to big-screen proportions.
But, with Pleasantville, something many critics missed was that this
film could only be done through the medium of film. Its inspired
tableau of a black and white world turning to color could never be
conveyed with he written wor...
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...er interfered with the score.
Personally, I thought it was more interesting to hear than just the
isolated score by itself.
Also included is a 30-minute documentary on the special effects
techniques and art of the film, broken up into about five little
mini-features. These were actually better than I thought, though the
tech fellows interviewed did seem a bit uncomfortable in the
spotlight. But, the features are very informative and enjoyable.
Also included are the standard cast & crew biographies and theatrical
trailer, as well as a visually interesting Fiona Apple music video for
the obligatory single off the movie, "Across The Universe."
Interestingly, it is directed by Ms. Apple's current boyfriend, Boogie
Nights director Paul Thomas Anderson. Wonder if his New Line
affiliation has anything to do with this?
...self working in a healthcare facility (hopefully a doctor’s office). In five years I plan to start working on my Bachelor of Science in Health Science Degree. In five years I would’ve gotten the experience and knowledge I need to move forward in the facility.
Star Wars is a science fiction adventure novel. The symbolism and characterization was really excellent in the story. The story gives a great look into the future as it has many different types of things we have not yet invented; blaster rifles, space ships that go the speed of light, fat alien slugs, and beam swords. The plot of the story sucks you into the novel and makes you want to continue reading the novel.
'The broken globe'; by Henry Kreisel tells the story of a father and a son torn apart by their differing views of the world. Another story which I feel parallels this story in certain aspects is the 1977 classic 'Star Wars'; by George Lucas. In Star Wars, Luke Skywalker, a young farmboy on a backwater world, receives a lightsabre from Obi Wan Kenobi, this inspires an urge to leave his world and learn to be a Jedi. One of the conflicts Luke must face is his Uncle Owen who wishes him to stay on his world and be a farmer. When Luke finally does leave he becomes very successful.
Movies may be put out fast or slow but they always take in an excess of a year at minimum – many take two years or even four years. All movies are put into a process that all movies go into, some take longer than others and end up more worthwhile in the end. Often times, the organization whether it is Warner Bros or Disney may pick a director before a producer or vice-versa but never before anything else; the budget is usually estimated and agreed upon when hiring or before. Generally, the producer has more power than the director whom ends up vetoing the last minute choices of the director in the script, casting, and even the scenery but it doesn’t happen that often as the director envisions the movie and it is the job of the director to make it occur.
way down deep inside, I 've got a dream!” (Tangled). Every person has a dream for their life,
Today is Star Wars Day, an unoffical holiday that celebrates the Star Wars franchise. With the announcement of a new Star Wars cast and a release date, it seems that everyone is looking forward to the future of the series and re-looking at the past Space opera. With the new information about the upcoming Star Wars film, Disney attraction and things and the numerous stories of the expanded universe, it is hard not to get interested in this imaginative series. So on May 4th, watch the film or the animated series and just have fun. May the Fourth be With you.
...ng of family finances. I will work on my marriage and spend quality time with my spouse. I will accept my mistakes and learn from them. I will push myself to start my nonfiction book on Fibromyalgia Best Treatments. I will follow-up with my job prospects. I will spend more time writing and learn how to revise with excellence. My ultimate goal is that I will gain employment in a temperate climate.
There is a great assortment of movies that are made each year, and all different genres to choose from. Movies are a massive part of the entertainment area in today 's society. People from all over the world have different opinions about each genre, such as which is their favorite or least favorite. Since the movie selection has such a wide range of genres, it can make for a difficult decision on which one to choose. When picking a movie to watch, a couple of the options are laughing to tears watching Adam Sandler or being scared to death by Freddie Krueger.
I feel like no matter how much you plan or hope, life's just going to go the path it chooses, with a chain and cuff around your legs. But if i were to have the ability to choose, I would want to travel to Korea after college and buy a lot of skincare products then come back to America and hopefully get married to someone i love and care about and who loves and cares about me as well. I don't want to keep in touch with my parents, i love my mom but she never loved us enough to leave him. i just hope i find out what my purpose is in life and i hope my mom realizes she needs to move on for the better of herself. I want to figure out what I'm doing with my life and why God put me here, so I'm going to live on until i find
the future I would continue to pursue my goals no matter how hard of an obstacle I would face. Being an
Changing my life for an education that will follow me with an eye like an eagle. I decide to attend college for my second time to have the ideal of how to run a business with my Culinary Art Degree. Year of 2011 I revived to blessing my Associated in Culinary Arts and my beautiful daughter. After follow my dream that my grandmother started for me when I was nine made me so happy to graduate. So I decide to go back to college at Strayer University to get my bachelor degree in Business Management that play role in cooking, if you want to open your own restaurant. The Journey whom which, my daughter can continued my ledge from her great grandmother, grandmother, and a mother. That will be the most happily feeling ever.
about my future, I didn't see myself growing up in a family where I would not
As a senior in high school many students ponder the big question of life that seems to be asked by many. No that question is not where do you want to go to college, what are you doing after high school, that question would be where do you see yourself in ten years. As I reflect on my childhood I have many dreams and aspirations that I would like to accomplish within the next ten years of my life. In ten years I can see myself having many of my goal accomplished, if not accomplished, I will be working on accomplishing those goals to fulfill my life.
‘Then came the films’; writes the German cultural theorist Walter Benjamin, evoking the arrival of a powerful new art form at the end of 19th century. By this statement, he tried to explain that films were not just another visual medium, but it has a clear differentiation from all previous mediums of visual culture.