On the opening week of Pitch Perfect 2, the film produced more money than every other movie released around the same time (Contrera). With that being said, Pitch Perfect 2 had word out of being an incredible movie. Pitch Perfect and the sequel are musical comedies that follow the a cappella group, the Barden Bellas. The first movie, released in 2012, centers on the group undertaking the challenge of competing against other talented and experienced teams across the nation. Most movies that are a sequel tend to not be as good as the original film, but Pitch Perfect 2 happens to be even better than the leading Pitch Perfect for several reasons. The second movie offers more a cappella singing to look forward to, an impressive amount of well-known celebrities starring who never allow for a dull moment, and main characters who prove to be just as entertaining to watch as in the first movie. With 35 phenomenal songs heard in Pitch Perfect 2, “Flashlight” originally sang by Jessie J, was a jaw-opener when performed by the Barden Bellas. This song was clearly the song snatcher for the sequel. The integral feeling brought by the song shows how much friendships mean to the …show more content…
One of the most loved actresses in the movie, Fat Amy, doubled her humour in Pitch Perfect 2 and a big reason was her romance with Bumper. With both of these individuals already being funny, them together made a couple that can make anyone giggle. In the second movie, “Fat Amy is a serial scene-stealer” (Pehanick). With Fat Amy being so loved in the first movie, having her as an even bigger part in the sequel made for a great turn out. Also, having Chloe still be in the show was amazing. Chloe is in her seventh year of college because she does not want to leave the Bella Bardens. She brought humor to the group knowing she was purposely failing college to stay in an a cappella
The Killer Angels is a historical novel that recounts the battle of the Civil War, specifically focusing on the Battle of Gettysburg. Set from June 29 to July 3, 1863 and told from the point of view of several soldiers and commanding officers from both sides, Michael Shaara effectively illustrates the sentiments behind the war that tore America in two, from the strategic battle plans to the emotional hardships endured by all.
The novel The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara depicts the story behind one of the bloodiest, and highly significant, battles of the American Civil War, the battle of Gettysburg. The battle consisted of 51,000-casualties between the Union and Confederate army forces. Mainly focused on letters, journal entries, and memoirs, Shaara tells the story of Gettysburg by using characters from both sides of the war. The characters chosen grasp the divergent views regarding the impending days of the war, and countless numbers of those views develop throughout the novel. Such views come from the Confederates own General Lee and General Longstreet, and the Unions own Colonel Chamberlain and soldiers from both sides. From those depicted
In the movie “Akeelah and the Bee”, Akeelah challenges herself through entering a spelling contest to win the nationals. Over thousands or of words in the dictionary, she memorizes them with the help of Mr. George, her family, and friends.
The popular dancing movie, Footloose, was directed by Herbert Ross in 1984. Craig Brewer, produced a remake of Footloose in 2011. Both of the original Footloose and the remake, have multiple differences that split them apart. Although they follow the same theme, the sequence of events that took place happened in different orders and well as some characters were not present in the remake as they were in the original. The acting, dancing, and setting were varied slightly but it followed the same trend as the original. Directors Herbert Ross and Craig Brewer, directed the same film, while Craig Brewer made the film more modern, while keeping the film following the same trend.
History is full of great figures whose influence shaped the world we live in today. However, such great figures are kept on books, and people know little or nothing about them. Usually, people do not like to read history books because they provide bleak information. Although Alexander Hamilton is one of the most influential founding fathers of the United States of America, having an insight about him through history books can be a hard process. Therefore, The Hamilton Mixtape by Lin-Manual Miranda offers an interesting and concise alternative to history books. It gives a holistic view on Alexander Hamilton and the founding fathers of the United States in terms of both personal and political lives. The work consists of forty six songs, each
With our cast of characters between the two films we have a stoner (Spicoli), Jocks (Charles Jefferson, Oz and Stifler), Shy (Rat, Finch and Jim) and sexually experienced (Linda, Stacy, Stifler, Nadia, Vicky, Kevin and Jessica). By looking at the characters in both films we see the overlap of the types of students that are typical in high school. It does not matter if it is a high school in California or
In 2009, R&B singer, Maxwell released to the world Pretty Wings, a song in which meeting the right girl at the wrong time becomes bittersweet. Black was the first album of Maxwell 's BLACK summer 's night trilogy. He explained to MTV News "Three sides of my crazy personality. Black is dark. Summer 's is the lighter side. That album is more of a gospel side - not in the traditional sense, but more like Deepak Chopra meets that minister or that pastor down in the South somewhere. The Night album is the ultimate love record (Pretty Wings by Maxwell Songfacts)”.
In 2009, a comparably young well-known movie director’s, Joe Wright’s, third film, Soloist, was released. This movie is based on Steven Lopez’s true story about his friendship whom one well-known LA Times columnist with whom a musical-talented homeless. The magnificent point of this movie is to watch how the director expresses the whole LA cultures and ideas in a two hours long movie. LA has unique and special characteristics compare to any other city. Joe Wright and screen writer, Susannah Grant, uses various cinematic techniques to express those characteristics with scene details with implications to express the actual views of LA and with outstanding actors’ acting and storyline to portrait LA’s issues and ideas. This film is just
Can you imagine your child, the one who you set up playdates and buy things for because you love him or her, will turn out to be a mass murder? Perhaps, what is like to live with a person who you later find out to have hatred towards the world and humanity? Unfortunate, the surreal and unimaginable tale would unravel for the Rodger family on the tragic day May 23, 2014. Elliot Rodger, the son of Hollywood filmmaker Peter Rodger, went on a rampage that left three of his roommates stabbed to death, three others shot dead, and 14 innocent by-standers injured in Isla Vista, California. The event left many people traumatized, no one would have expected that Rodger can carry out the execution of innocent people, but while searching investigators
This movie was a mix of adventure, mystery, and a little bit of comedy. Sometimes you might be on the edge of your seat wondering what is going to happen or on the floor laughing. What is this movie, you may have asked? The Sandlot! This hilarious movie was made on April 1, 1993, and was directed by David Evans. The Sandlot stars Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar, Karen Allen, Dennis Leary, and James Earl Jones. This movie was definitely an immeasurable yes, more immeasurable than The Beast, yes, for you to watch.
Imagine you are waking up in a strange room that is not familiar to you. You wake up to see that you are not the only one that is in the room. As everyone is starting to wake up they all start to break down and figure out where they are and why they are in this same room that you are in. No one can remember the last few hours. As everyone starts to come to, everyone notices something moving away from the corner. There is a puppet riding a small tricycle that moves into the center of the room. Once he stops his mouth opens and out comes the first mission that everyone is about to face. Everyone is told they have to find a key that will unlock the door that will let everyone out to their next mission. No one knows that they are involved
House of Yes is a quirky movie about a family of quite strange individuals. The story focuses on the Pascal family: Jacqueline, known as Jackie-O, recently released from a mental hospital idolizes the great Jackie Onassis Kennedy. Jackie-O’s twin brother Marty, younger brother Anthony, and their mother Mrs. Pascal. Based during Thanksgiving Day in 1983 (20 years after the assassination of President Kennedy), Jackie-O learns her brother Marty is bringing home ‘a friend’ for the holiday. She is quite overjoyed her brother is coming home, but is curious and disturbed about the friend he is bringing with him. Marty is obviously nervous and hesitant as he sits in the driveway debating about going into the house. Once inside he introduces Lesley,
Roland Joffé’s The Mission excellently demonstrates the powerful, far reaching, and frankly, life changing effects cultural interaction between differing cultures can have. Set in the mid 18th century in the Amazon rainforest, the film primarily focuses on Father Gabriel, a Jesuit missionary played by Jeremy Irons, as he establishes a Christian mission for the purpose of converting the native Guarani people, and later as he organizes a resistance effort opposing the closing of the mission. In critical instances throughout the movie, the positive effect of cultural interaction is evidently clear, as the Guarani way of life is greatly improved through the knowledge and technology Father Gabriel, Mendoza and the rest of the mission introduce to the Guarani, while in other scenes the obvious downsides of cultural interaction are violently and brutally exposed as Portuguese settlers destroy the mission and enslave the Guarani.
Gangs of New York mostly took place in the streets of Five Points and Paradise Square. Five Points was named for the points created by the intersections of Park, Worth and Baxter Streets. By the mid-1800s, Five Points was known as New York City’s most notorious slum neighborhood. It was home to an infamous, overcrowded tenement., which throughout the movie is portrayed as a very dangerous place. This is said to be true, Five Points is alleged to have sustained the highest murder rate of any slum in the world. According to an old New York urban legend, “the Old Brewery, an overcrowded tenement on Cross Street housing 1,000 poor, is said to have had a murder a night for 15 years, until its demolition.” Five Points was also portrayed as a very
The movie glory is a movie based on real life events that took place during the Civil War. Although a lot of the scenes are inspired on real life events many details are replaced to make the movie more dramatic. The movie glory is based upon the 54th regiment which was the first unit consisting of African American soldiers. This was a very controversial and was an event that the public kept a close eye on.