"I have by me, for my comfort, two strange little white flowers; shriveled now, brown, flat and brittle, to witness that even when mind and strength had gone, love and mutual tenderness still lived on in the heart of man." As shallow of an outlook this is on the human race, this is what Wells intends to portray in his book. Given that he is an atheist, this is really the only outlook that still makes life somewhat worth living. None the less, our goal is to analyze the story and two movies that were made supposedly to represent it. From this, we will rock you determine how well the directors accurately represented what H.G. Wells wanted to portray. First, we will analyze the first movie made in the 60's, then the movie made recently in …show more content…
The director did well in portraying their lack of work and moral values like they’ve been reduced to cattle. The story plot is the same here, the time traveler meets the Eloi, he learns they don’t have any real intellectual capacity then loses his time machine, etc. But then things get a little interesting, despite Weena's pretty good casting. The time traveler is planning to go steal back his machine, and then all of the sudden, Weena and the time traveler have some romantic scene of which I was disturbed. Firstly, because I do not at all understand why someone would want to hook up with a distant future human species with the mental capacity of a fiver year old (I personally would go insane). Secondly because this scene is just typical hollywood for you, desperate to add some awkward love that skews the representation of the book. After this little romance, Weena is kidnapped (so predictable) and the time traveler goes down to rescue her, cheesily beating up morlocks as he desends down to their abyss of hell. He manages to rescue Weena and help the Eloi regain their moral fortitude by fighting the Morlocks, and they all live happily ever after; all of which is contrary to the story. The time traveler then returns to his own time to retell his tale to his friends at dinner, only to disappear again just after he is finished. And …show more content…
Now I don't feel I need to say much as to the story simply because it is so obviously skewed on so many levels. However in all fairness, it did have a few good points I liked better than the other 60's version which I will discuss. I will also go over a few reasons why I think certain characters were added and varied.
I enjoy good news first most of the time so thats what I will start with here in chronological order. I really enjoyed Filby and his relationship he had with the Time traveler, I believe he was a good cast and fulfilled his purpose. Emma was also intresting and I liked her hat, but thats not really important. I also will have to agree with you I did love the chalkboards; not just because they were awesome, but because when I read the book I thought of the time traveler as borderline obsessive with his work and I think the massive chalkboards with math all over them brought that out which I liked. But now we have next the actual revealing of the time machine itself which I thought was very well done along with the effects of time traveling and showing the sun streak across the sky. As for the character of the Eloi, I thought they were pretty well done. They did seem to have little will to fight and were helpless which was really the main thing I thought needed to be expressed when casting them. Along with that, the language
Lewis, J. (2008). American Film: A History. New York, NY. W.W. Norton and Co. Inc. (p. 405,406,502).
Beginning the mid 1920s, Hollywood’s ostensibly all-powerful film studios controlled the American film industry, creating a period of film history now recognized as “Classical Hollywood”. Distinguished by a practical, workmanlike, “invisible” method of filmmaking- whose purpose was to demand as little attention to the camera as possible, Classical Hollywood cinema supported undeviating storylines (with the occasional flashback being an exception), an observance of a the three act structure, frontality, and visibly identified goals for the “hero” to work toward and well-defined conflict/story resolution, most commonly illustrated with the employment of the “happy ending”. Studios understood precisely what an audience desired, and accommodated their wants and needs, resulting in films that were generally all the same, starring similar (sometimes the same) actors, crafted in a similar manner. It became the principal style throughout the western world against which all other styles were judged. While there have been some deviations and experiments with the format in the past 50 plus ye...
McCrisken, T. B., & Pepper, A. (2005). American History and Contemporary Hollywood Film. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press.
Classic film noir originated after World War II. This is the time where post World War II pessimism, anxiety, and suspicion was taking the world by storm. Many films that were released in the U.S. Between 1939s and 1940s were considered propaganda films that were designed for entertainment during the Depression and World War II. During the 1930s many German and Europeans immigrated to the U.S. and helped the American film industry with powerf...
... The Web. 18 Nov. 2011. Dirks, Tim. A. The "Film History of the 1970s.
For this project, two films were viewed. The first one is Annie, a film made in the early 80s about a girl in an orphanage. She is then brought to live in a mansion for a week with one of the richest men in this world. He doesn’t like her at first, but he learns to love the little girl, and adopt her. The second film, Cinderella man, is about a boxer who loses his job after he breaks his hand during a match. He is then left to fend for his family. He begins to slowly rise up as a boxer and fight again, much to his wife’s distaste. For this project, I will discuss the similarities and differences between the films, and the time period, setting, and characters. Annie is the first film.
According to historians like Neil Burch, the primitive period of the film industry, at the turn of the 20th century was making films that appealed to their audiences due to the simple story. A non-fiction narrative, single shots a burgeoning sense
A noticeable difference in the way movies have changed over the years is evident when comparing and contrasting two films of different eras which belong to the same genre and contain the same subject matter. Two vampire movies, Dracula and Bram Stoker's Dracula, present an interesting example of this type of study.
People normally tend to assume that plants in the past vary in differences and traits compared to species that are present. People have the impression that the past species had diverse weather conditions and nature related incidents forcing them adapt and become different from others. In the book, Andrew Knight had the idea that the food that was available could have tampered with their genes. Reproduction could have something to do with species changing. With plants, minor situations could determine whether they disperse a seed. It happens quickly and changes the genes of the plant causing a new formation that is disseminated through plant. Reproduction inheritance of genes is an important aspect when trying to determine ancestor’s life. By studying these pigeons, Darwin decides that all pigeons have originated from the rock-pigeon. Many people believe that pigeons have descended from a numerous amount of species and birds. Pigeons mate for life and by doing so the breeds are kept together and have markings in same areas of body. They mold into different species as years have passed because of the natural selection or an idea that Charles called unknown selection.
When deciding what movie to do for this particular paper I faced a few issues. I knew what the requirements were, but I wanted something different and something I could have fun watching and writing as well. So, after looking around and pondering movies for weeks I finally decided on a perfect choice The 60’s directed by Mark Piznarski?
Life is no bowl of cherries. Sometimes you can't explain everything. You just can't, and Martin Amis knows this. Time's Arrow is a book on the holocaust. There is nothing new about its material, and it makes no attempt at explaining anything. So why bother reading (or writing) it? What separates this book from your average "holocaust book" is that this really will, as it says on the backcover, present you with a "different" perspective. Time's Arrow is not your typical holocaust book. It does more than just make your head think - it takes you through the whole ordeal backwards.
The ‘New Hollywood Cinema’ era came about from around the 1960’s when cinema and film making began to change. Big film studios were going out of their comfort zone to produce different, creative and artistic movies. At the time, it was all the public wanted to see. People were astonished at the way these films were put together, the narration, the editing, the shots, and everything in between. No more were the films in similar arrangement and structure. The ‘New Hollywood era’ took the classic Hollywood period and turned it around so that rules were broken and people left stunned.
During the mid and late 1970’s, the mood of American films shifted sharply. People needed to get away from such negative memories as the Vietnam War, long gas lines, the resignation of President Nixon, and ...
The book and the movie were both very good. The book took time to explain things like setting, people’s emotions, people’s traits, and important background information. There was no time for these explanations the movie. The book, however, had parts in the beginning where some readers could become flustered.
Barsam, Richard. Looking at Movies An Introduction to Film, Second Edition (Set with DVD). New York: W. W. Norton, 2006. Print.