Comparing Dangerous Liaisons by Choderlos de Laclos and Cruel Intentions the Movie It is my intention to compare the book, Dangerous Liaisons by Choderlos de Laclos, to its modern movie version, Cruel Intentions starring Sarah Michelle Gellar. I intend to examine how the original French text was modified in reference to plot, character, morals/values, and themes. I also plan to discuss how these transformations change the meaning of the story and reflect different cultural/historical contexts
our every day lives sibling rivalry is as ancient as humanity itself, but in Cruel Intentions it is taken to a whole new level. The film is centered around the immoral lives of Sebastian Valmont (Ryan Phillipe) and his stepsister Kathryn (Sarah Michelle Gellar), who both live together away from their divorced parents, and are spoiled beyond reality by a rich inheritance. Sebastian and Kathryn love to play, but not in the "it's-just-for-fun" way. They love to dehumanize other people, and concur them
With Buffy the Vampire Slayer taking the Australian television market by storm, it is becoming increasingly obvious that Buffy does more than just kick vampire butt. Star Sarah Michelle Gellar not only entertains teens nation wide, but also questions morals and values – the same values that have been plaguing the gothic genre since Bram Stoker’s Dracula – and socialises with the majority of young Australians’ lives. Popular culture is becoming increasingly consumed by a moralistic tone, and Buffy
The stereotypical valley girl would have to be one of my longstanding favourite characters in both television and film. With the valley girl known for often being the quintessential popularity queen, it may not seem so obvious to include the Buffy we know today as part of the valley girl hall of fame. But one only has to go back to the 1992 film, Buffy the Vampire Slayer to observe the full extent of Buffy’s bleach blonde valley girl roots. To place Buffy within the larger category of the valley
who is still in high school to have such a rare, collectable and expensive car. How ever Sebastian holds a burning flame for his cunning stepsister Katherine, played by Sarah Michelle Gellar. She is well aware of this lust that Sebastian has for her and uses it to bate him into doing what ever she wants him to do. Gellar also plays her part to near perfection she plays a manipulative and seducing role, her performance totally make you forget that she is the nations favourite vampire slayer
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Notable Alumni from the school include: Carrie Fisher, Rita Moreno, and Sarah Michelle Gellar. When she enrolled she studied in theatre. At eight, soon after enrolling in the school, she performed in an off-broadway production of the play Sophistry (Biography.com; “Scarlett…” Thefamouspeople.com). She didn’t start performing on the
“Call of Duty: Black Ops” was developed by the American video game company Treyarch, and published by the video game publisher Activision. Call of Duty: Black Ops, a first person shooter video game, was released worldwide on November of 2010 and became the seventh installment of the Call of Duty series. All the gamer and Call of Duty fans hoped this game would be as amazing as the previous Call of Duty games. According to Mike Snider from USA Today, “Treyarch 's mission is to match the firepower
Not another Teen Movie There have always been teen movies that make fun of each other, but Not another Teen Movie tops them. They have parodied so many movies for the humor of each scene that they have made a great movie. The main story line to the movie is set to mimic She’s all that where the popular guy tries to make the ugly unpopular girl into prom queen. In this movie they have used this and many other recognizable scenes from movies like The Breakfast Club, 10 Things I Hate About You, and
as Miami Vice or Three’s Company). Today there is a whole slew of shows and movies, which are redefining and re-categorizing the stereotypical language in relation to gender. One such television series is Buffy, The Vampire Slayer (starring Sarah Michelle Gellar). And although it may seem like a typical teen-angst show, and the main character is a “whiny, rich” girl who fights demons , many people believed it would be exactly like the film (of the same name) which came out five years before the television
the vampire looking for blood, very quickly it is revealed that it was she, Darla, who was the danger and with this curve ball the idea of strong women and female empowerment begins. With a new high school, and new characters particularly Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy Summers, Nicholas Brendon as Xander Harris, Alyson Hannigan as Willow Rosenburg and Anthony Head as Rupert Giles. We are delivered the foundations for characters and story very smoothly and packed with information within the first
7. Shall We Dance (Peter Chelsom, 2004) adapted from Shall We Dance? (Masayuki Suo, Japan, 1996) In the original film, Shohei is a content but a bit bored accountant and family man. One day, while he is travelling by train, he catches a glimpse of Mai in a dance school. He decides to secretly enroll for dancing lessons, which he begins attending every Wednesday night. However, his wife, Masako, thinks that he has an affair an hires a private detective to follow him. Masayki Suo directs a film that
What is critically known as the best American musical, Gypsy provides American musical theatregoers with dynamic characters, a captivating story and extraordinary music. Gypsy is an American musical that is based on the self-written book, “The Memoirs of ‘Gypsy Rose Lee’”. It is often referred to as, Gypsy: A Musical Fable. The musical made its debut on May 21, 1959 at The Broadway Theatre in Manhattan. The characters have been subject to many in depth analysis throughout its lifetime, adding a lot
lesbian characters in the series. It avoids an elaborate search for homoerotic and non-normative sexual couplings between other characters in the series. If I were to do such a queer reading, I would probably concentrate on the Willow and Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar), or Faith (Eliza Dushku) and Buffy relationships as Farah Medlesohn has done in her essay, "Surpassing the Love of Vampires"(2002: 45-60). Alternatively, I might focus on the sadomasochistic relationship between Spike (James Marsters) and