Grave of the Fireflies is based off of Japanese history. This film is a 1988 Japanese animated drama film. It is based on parts of the 1967 short story, Grave of the Fireflies. Set the city of Kobe, Japan, the film tells the story of two siblings and their desperate struggle to survive the final months of WWII. The film is commonly described as an anti-war film, but this translation has been…
Usually comic book movies have a clock-full of issues, however extrusive amidst the system is orchestrating of an action sequence. Let’s cross-examine superhero based movies. As a motion picture aficionado, can we reminisce an action sequence in the comic book genre that we can reckon as one of the highly regarded action scenes of all time? If you are finding difficulty to bring up one, by virtue of strictly speaking there are none. These days filmmakers do not fabricate an action scene anymore, all they actualized is eradicated, and that synthesizes the showdown furthermore a clash of egos than a desperate attempt to save people’s life. A first-rate action sequence will always have purpose, for example the affray between Indiana Jones and the Nazi’s armada in effort to repossess the Ark of the Covenant, which have been extradited to Germany in “Raiders of the Lost Ark”, or the determinative stand of Ripley and the marines in “Aliens “or in the recent past the Wildwood chase in “Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadow”. None of these action scenes level an entire city or shown horde of dispensable alien army (okay, maybe Aliens) yet, they come to pass infinitely more mind blowing than any action scene ever conferred on any of the comic book movies before, why due to they are well staged and have purpose.…
Film Noir, meaning “black film’ in French, was the trending style and genre in American culture between the 1940s and the 1950s. It is a combination of European cynicism and the American landscape. Film Noir has its origins from German Expressionism and French Poetic Realism. Nino Frank, who was a French film critic, was the first to introduce this black and white genre to Hollywood in 1946. Many of the directors who introduced Film Noir where refugees from Nazi, Germany. From that moment in time, it became a popular genre for all films being produced in Hollywood. It became a popular genre because it managed to create a plot with excessive visual and urban style, and a sense of ambiguity. Plots of Noir films are composed of some kind of murder…
In 1952 there were multiple fantastic films that made it a close competition for best picture. I narrowed down my list of movies to The Quiet Man, High Noon, and The Greatest Show on Earth. I narrowed it down to these three because Moulin Rouge and Ivanhoe did not perform up to the standards it needed to have a chance at best picture. By thoroughly evaluating these films it has been determined that The Greatest Show on Earth clearly deserved to win its best picture award becuase of its emotional scenes, creative film techniques, and an impactful ending with a twist.…
The moment little human beings start exploring the world, digging into knowledge, is when a successful mindset should be inputted into a child. At that age a child is full of innocence with almost the same mindset as anyone his/her age, almost everyone is equal and given the pathway to be successful. So what changes them as they get older? See a person's mindset is developed over time as they grow older but the way they see themselves, compare themselves to others, and what they believe they can accomplish all influence whether or not they will be as successful as they possibly can but it all starts from childhood. In a documentary, “Mad Hot Ballroom”, New York City fifth graders from different backgrounds, schools, ethnicity, wealth, etc,…
Good Night, and Good Luck covers the McCarthy era, the severe anti-red period in the 1950’s and takes place within CBS studios. The main character of the film is Edward R. Murrow who reports for CBS news. Upon the events of harsh McCarthyism, Murrow chose to use his public power to challenge senator McCarthy and his strong anti-communist ideology. The reporter argues on behalf of a person in the United states Military who is somehow connected with communist people. In a following broadcast, he makes is clear that the senator is given the opportunity to refute and defend what is being said about him over their airtime. After a week or so, McCarthy responded by discrediting Morrows statements by telling the American people that Murrow has ties to communism himself: that he has worked for Russian organizations and was “engaged in propaganda for Communist causes” twenty years ago.…
The 1986 film "Sixteen Candles" tells a timeless tale of growing up in suburban America. The film's star, Sam, played by Molly Ringwald, wakes up with big expectations on her sweet sixteenth birthday only to be completely disappointed. Not only does she find that she looks exactly the same as when she was fifteen, but her family is so preoccupied with her older sister's wedding that they forget her birthday altogether.…
In closing, The Big Sleep is an excellent movie with suspense, screams, intrigue, gunshots, murder mystery, lies, cover-up, gang of killers, and even romance, with atmospheric rain and thunder as our intrepid detective tries to unravel the puzzling clues he discovers mostly at night as he encounters numerous suspects along the way, making this a top rated film noir genre that…
Film Noir is most often seen as a man’s world- the hard boiled detective is the ultimate…
Sister James and Sister Aloysius play a very important role in John Patrick Shanley’s movie Doubt, which is about the mistrust that takes place in a school directed by the church on priest Flynn command. There, sister Aloysius is the principal, so she is in charge of the student’s rights and responsibilities. On the other hand Sister James is a history teacher. Both characters are important for their way of handling the doubt.…
The final part of Perkowski’s analysis outline is evaluating the social and psychological role of the vampire for the time period it was originally intended for. Since this film was released during the 1980’s it is viewed as being in line with many people’s beliefs at the time that family values were declining, as divorce rates were high, and people believed that these values needed to be re-established in society. Additionally, people believed that this problem could be blamed on and was due to the hippie generation, which is why the film also contains many references to hippies, including the music Michael and Sam’s mother Lucy listens to and the marijuana plant that their grandfather has in his kitchen. Michael, Sam, and their mother are…
"Lights! Camera! Action!" the dramatic yet traditional prompt associated with Hollywood and the pictures. Hollywood appears to be this extraordinary glamorous world; however, in reality is it? Many people dream of being in the limelight of Hollywood; where there is an endless amount of money, power, and fame. Society fails to examine what's behind fame; the dark, twisted, and the ugly truths hiding within those exact words. Billy Wilder explores and divulges the dark yet unknown, harsh realities of fame, following Hollywood's transition from silent pictures to talkies; with his film Sunset Boulevard.…
In the autobiographical novel, Night, by Elie Weisel, there is a persistent change in theme. The story begins in 1944 where Elie was very focused on learning about his religion from Moshe the Beadle. However, later on, the Jews were forced to move into ghettoes in their city. This began the lowest point in their lives. From then(There? meh), they were taken to various concentration camps such as Birkenau, Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Gleiwitz. It wasn’t until April 10, 1945 that they were freed. Throughout the advancement of this novel, Elie’s feelings about himself, his family, and his God were altered while in concentration camps.…
The scene I have chosen as my personal favorite is the opening scene of the movie, Stranger Than Fiction, 2006, starring Will Ferrell and Emma Thompson, and directed by Marc Forster from a screenplay by Zach Helm. The American humorous drama-fantasy film (Smith) portrays the self-contained IRS agent, Harold Crick, whose dull life is perfectly regulated by numbers and calculations until one day, when he begins to hear all his life’s events being chronicled by an, at that time, unknown English woman’s voice in his head, which ultimately turns his orderly life upside down.…
The Glass Menagerie is a play of a family who is incredibly unstable. The play is about many other things, however the childlike minds of the main characters are a main point of the film. Each character of the film is caught within their own fantasy. Their inability to stay in reality hurts each character differently. Restoration is not actually attained in this film, however there was a desire from the mother, Amanda, for restoration. This movie is not a good depiction of restoration because no restoration actually takes place. A simple definition of restoration is putting things back to the way they were. Laura has always been aloof and crippled, and Tom never seemed to be interested in the reality in front of him so there is nothing to put back. Amanda is however trying to recreate her youth through the many reminiscing’s of her past the forcing of Laura to get gentlemen callers, and the nagging of Tom to stay home are Amanda’s way of trying to seek restoration. Although incredibly flawed, Amanda does try her best for the people she loves, Tom and Laura. Her feeble attempts at restoration only show that care that she has for her family even though her the way she shows it is flawed.…