Analyses on Roger Ebert’s ‘Love, Rosie’ movie review
From the opening paragraph it is clear that Roger Ebert is not a fan of the film - Stating that the movie not existing at all would not be a bad thing. This is effective as it lets the reader gain a sense of what direction this review is going in, letting them make a pre-judgment of the review and the film before going ahead and reading the main parts.
Moving on more into the review itself Roger Ebert states the tragedy of the love that continually misses each other “over a dozen years (Roger Ebert)”. The way he first mentions these implies that the story line of the film gets lost in the repetitive cycle creating an uncomfortable watch. But also creating a theme of the film helps the
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He also outlines a mishap in the story plot of Rosie naming two Boston study areas on separate occasions,one of which is in a separate location to what she was first trying to refer to. Roger Ebert then vaguely points out another issue in the story; the struggle and impossible manor of Rosie trying to keep her baby hidden from Alex - her best friend. But then quickly dismissing it stating that the film has “many other problems (Roger Ebert)”. This and other little language details such as “whatever (Roger Ebert)” in these situations shows the motion that Ebert is very dismissive and will not let any minor details or character attempts slide. Moreover, this point is backed up later on when Roger Ebert showcasing the factor of not actually seeing Alex “forge a medical career (Roger Ebert)” and that “we never actually see him studying or caring for patients (Roger Ebert)”. Which I see as an unnecessary factor to the story plot anyway, so whats the importance of it being included? As long as the viewers know what he’s studying and the location he is placed to not be with Rosie. So by outlining this point it is in my opinion that Ebert is mildly dramatic and hungry for all the - unnecessary - details, despite the factors that the producers are also having to stick to the running time of the film, therefore being limited to the scenes …show more content…
However Roger Ebert once again does this in a very dismissive tone.
He applauds Lily Collins and Sam Claflin on their acting - calling it “honest and effortless (Roger Ebert)”. Except then moving onto delivering his last comment on the poor and painful story with “you wish for them to end that streak, but not nearly enough. (Roger
November 1998, written for FILM 220: Aspects of Criticism. This is a 24-week course for second-year students, examining methods of critical analysis, interpretation and evaluation. The final assignment was simply to write a 1000-word critical essay on a film seen in class during the final six-weeks of the course. Students were expected to draw on concepts they had studied over the length of the course.
...le, abuse, pregnancy, money, accusations, sex, love, relationships, death, family and disagreements. These issues can be supported by scenes from the film but we could fail to appreciate the rest of this document. These statements are easily supported when viewing the film.
Although the nursing profession has emerged tremendously since the 19th centuries and many great accomplishments and changes has taken placed over the years, however there were presented issues from the film “Sentimental Women Need Not Apply” that were striking to me as they are still very relevant in both the nursing field and in our society.
Rosie the Riveter is a cultural icon of the United States whom represented the women who worked in factories during World War II, many of whom produced military equipment and war supplies. These women sometimes took entirely new jobs replacing the male workers who were in the military. The symbol of feminism and women's economic power was often amplified through Rosie the Riveter. "Rosie the Riveter" was a popular phrase first used in 1942 in a song of the same name written by Redd Evans. Auto factories were converted to build airplanes, shipyards were expanded, and new factories were built, and all these facilities needed workers. While the men were busy fighting in war, women were dominant in assistance. Companies took the idea of hiring women seriously. Eventually, women were needed because companies were signing large, lucrative contracts with the government just as all the men were leaving for the service. The various elements or figures of Rosie was based on a group of women, most of whom were named Rose. Many of these women named "Rose" varied in class, ethnicity, geography, and background diversity. One specially, who's had the biggest impact of all Rosie's was Rose Will Monroe. Rose Will Monroe, the most influential "Rosie" at the time, represented women during World War II by working most of her time in a Michigan factory.
Women have historically been pushed out of the labor market, regardless of their low cost to employers. As Ruth Milkman cites in her work “How Women Were Purged from the War Plants,” the reconstruction of the pre-World War II workforce after the war was the most severe instance of sexual division of labor. According to Milkman, women workers were excluded from heavy industries because there was minimal resistance from the union or women workers and because the Fordist revolution changed the way management appropriated labor. The narrators of “The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter,” however, would more likely agree with Ngai’s ideas about labor policy in Impossible Subjects. According to Ngai and “The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter,”
Propaganda, a form of communication, uses a variety of techniques to persuade a population in a negative or positive way toward an idea, position, or political agenda. This goal is often achieved by using misleading information. This use of advertising forms an opinion or set of beliefs and ideas in the audience’s mind that the creator of the piece is attempting to formulate. The 1942 World War II poster, Rosie the Riveter, is a prime example of propaganda due to the portrayal of a strong, leading woman that persuaded millions of women into joining the United States workforce during war time. By the help of this poster, the number of working women rose from 14.6 million to 19.4 million in just 3 years (Shmoop Editorial Team, 2008).
The portrayal of art cinema is to some extent accurate when considering the time period of this film. Art film was first introduced to the American film industry during the period of time when this film came out. Art cinema utilizes its own set of artistic expression. Hollywood classical films on the other hand, are at odds with the artistic concept, and are considered to be mainstream. When we look at Classical films, we think of the basic Hollywood movie where there is a beginning, middle and end, and the whole movie comes together at the end, with a little bit of romance. In this specific movie, the audience is faced with a confusing dilemma of choosing whether this movie is an art film or a classical film. Most even think it has a documentary approach, but what makes this movie even more successful and even more entertaining, is that it is both art cinema and classical cinema.
Her expectations of a father are set too high based merely on her not ever knowing who her father was. She reveals to Don that she thinks of her biological father as a hero who would come into her life and fix everything. She fails to achieve happiness, as she reveals later that she wants to seek revenge on her biological father for leaving her. After learning who her biological father is and comparing it with the hero she imagined in her dreams, she becomes angry. She ultimately fails achieving happiness by the results of searching for the perfect father through The Father Project. “‘Funny you should ask,’ said Rosie. ‘I said it was about closure. But I think, subconsciously, I had this fantasy that my real father would come riding in and…deal with Phil. …’I said it was a fantasy,’ she said. ‘I saw him as some sort of hero’ (262). This quote shows when Rosie describes who she wants her father to be and even admits that it is a fantasy. There truly is no such thing as a father being a hero, even for her. These high expectations of a father figure are not realistic and should have never been interpreted that way in the first place. Rosie also does not trust others because of the environment she was brought up in, where she did not ever know that Phil was truly her father. “So I don’t trust men. I don’t believe they say what
Ebert, R. (2007, October 19). Gone Baby Gone :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews. rogerebert.com :: Movie reviews, essays and the Movie Answer Man from film critic Roger Ebert. Retrieved April 25, 2011, from http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071018/REVIEWS/710180303
Rose uses very detailed description of what his mother did on a regular basis to get a point across to his readers. He wants us to see that working a blue collar job requires a tremendous amount of brain power. And the reason he is so successful, is because of the detail he uses. When I read this specific paragraph I honestly can imagine what Rosie used to do while at her job. How she adapted to new situations. How she was able to remember what each person ordered out the nine tables she was in charge of. To being able to know if something was taking too long to cook and check-in with the chef to see if there was a problem. These are just some of the problems Rosie would face each day while working as a waitress. I believe that even today waitresses are looked down upon by most people. But they are hard working people and deserve respect for what they
Despite this occasional negative reception, nothing signifies the influence of a film on screen culture more than when dialogue enters the vernacular of a nation. The iconic line “You’re terrible, Muriel” highlights “an intangible outcome beyond anything money can buy, striking
Using the movie Love Jones I will talk about the characteristics of male/male and female/female relationship as they are portrayed in the film. Then I will talk about how different the female/male relationship is and focus primarily on their communication styles. There is some harsh vocabulary included in my essay but only in quotations that I have taken from the movie itself to communicate what was going on in the scenes I have chose to talk about.
In my research I came upon an interesting trend in nearly every review for movies produced by Simpson and Bruckheimer. Most critics tend not to criticize their films for their merits (be it artistic or visceral), but instead critique the producers themselves.
Love, Rosie is a romantic comedy film, which based on “ Where Rainbows End ” the international bestseller book by Cecelia Ahern. Christian Ditter, an American director of this film, he was talented for making romantic and comedy film and popular from Juno film which can change view point about teenager mom same as Love, Rosie because in this film has scene about pregnancy. This film is beginning in May 2013 in Toronto before moving to Dublin. Release date is on 17 October 2014 by Constantin Film. Running time is 102 minutes.
...n (Director) mistakenly seems to believe can carry the whole film. On the strength "based on a true story", he has rejected attention-grabbing characters, an imaginative plot, and unforgettable villains.