The Fast & Furious fearless leader - Vin Diesel, unleashed a dramatic new trailer for his upcoming supernatural action film 'The Last Witch Hunter.' The video trailer gives a slight indication of the resurrection of a death-dealing villain set on destroying humanity. Vin Diesel's The Last Witch Hunter will be directed by Breck Eisner.…
The story is ingeniously told through narration of a grandfather reading the Princess Bride to his sick grandson. It begins when Westly and Buttercup…
In the film, The Empire Strikes Back, Luke unconsciously follows in his father’s footsteps by being corrupted by anger and impatience in his training with Yoda, his encounter with his own soul in the cave on Dagobah, and in his showdown with Darth Vader in the carbon freezing chamber in Cloud City. First, Luke subconsciously follows in his father’s footsteps when he exhibits anger and impatience in his training with Yoda. After the battle of Hoth, Luke travels to Dagobah with his trusty droid companion, R2-D2, and the two crash land on Dagobah in search of the infamous Jedi Master, Yoda. Luke sets up a camp right outside the crashed X-wing Starfighter, and as he prepares his camp, a strange creature appears and the two converse. Luke tells…
“Inconceivable!” Stated Wallace Shawn in The Princess Bride. This amazing cinematography was written by William Goldman. This cinema is a lovely fairy tale adventure about a beautiful young woman named Buttercup and her true love Westley. He must find her after a long separation and save her. In this classic film, they have to battle the evils of a mythical kingdom of Florin to be reunited with each other. The Princess Bride is based on William Goldman’s novel.…
Anyone would do anything to try to save or destroy true love. The Princess Bride is a fictional story that was written by William Golding. The book follows a princess named Buttercup and she is put into incredible situations all because she wants to say how she actually feels when it’s too late. The Princess Bride contains horrific scenes that you couldn’t imagine someone being put through. But, on the bright side the situations that they were put through helped them grow and or unmask themselves and expose who they truly are.…
The 2011 movie “Bridesmaids” acted as a catalyst for female-driven movies and TV shows. This movie was a first for the film industry; a successful R-rated comedy with female-centric themes, and people loved it. Writer Kay Cannon stated; “'Bridesmaids' I think opened up a door to allow women to show a bunch of different women in different ways of being funny.” This box-office hit also allowed for women to be better accepted in the comedy community, where there is generally more men. Along with just being accepted, women want to change how they are portrayed in the media. Most people believe that a woman will be able to write about a woman better than a man could. Actress Anna Kendrick would agree; “There's something to women writing for themselves,…
In the movie, Bridegroom, there were many cultural differences aroused throughout the entire movie. Shane Bitney Crone struggled at a young age with anxiety from the fact of the acceptance that he was gay. He was afraid that no one would accept him for being this way, and everyone would look down upon him. His mother was his biggest supporter; she was there to pick him up when the kids at school shamed him for being attracted to guys. Also, his sisters and father played a huge role in his support team. Throughout the years until he graduated high school, he struggled with finding the acceptance of who he was, and where he belonged in this world. Little did he know that in another state a boy was struggling as well,…
This picture tells a fictionalized story of William Wallace, a 13th century Scotsmen who would go on to make his mark on history. As Braveheart tells it, Wallace (played by Mel Gibson, who also directed) fell in love with his childhood sweetheart (Catherine McCormack) after returning to his hometown (Wallace lived with his uncle for about half his childhood because his father and brother died in battle).…
In The Princess Bride there are two main characters (in my opinion) and a few of major characters. The main characters in the story are Buttercup and The Man in Black also known as Westley. Without these two love birds the story of The Princess Bride or as I like to call it “Another Romeo & Juliet with A Mature Twist” wouldn’t prevail. Westley is the man that Buttercup is “head over heels” for and who she is willing to give up her life just to not love another. Eventually she fails to keep her word, and plans to marry Prince Humperdinck, not knowing that her death is around the corner. Buttercup is a princess and she’s being forced to potentially love someone that she doesn’t…
Flashback to the summer of 1977, the United States had just celebrated its bi-centennial, Jimmy Carter was in the White house, and the king of rock and roll was in his last days. A bright eyed and bushy tailed young filmmaker named George Lucas was about to launch his newly created project on the world, “Star Wars”. Lucas, not a pedigreed filmmaker by no means, is given the greenlight by 20th century Fox and the budget of 11 million dollars to film his creation. The film was released on Memorial Day weekend of that year, and we all know the rest is history.…
Goldman alters the fairytale in order to meet the changing society by not making a clear happy ending. The way he ends The Princess Bride makes it more realistic to today’s society. Real life isn’t always a happy ending, sometimes the good guys don’t win and the hero doesn’t end up with the girl. In today’s society people don’t live in fairy tales anymore, they realize that life isn’t perfect and that's exactly what Goldman did in The Princess Bride. While The Princess Bride has a more realistic ending it still deals with sexism in the story. The princess still needs saving and is seen as this beautiful, useless damsel in distress. Although in this time period we are more about women empowerment, treating women fairly to men is still a huge…
The pardoner, in Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The Pardoner’s Tale,” is a devious character. He is a man with a great knowledge of the Catholic Church and a great love of God. However, despite the fact that he is someone whom is looked at with respect at the time, the pardoner is nothing more than an imposter who makes his living by fooling people into thinking he forgives their sins, and in exchange for pardons, he takes their money. His sermon-like stories and false relics fool the people of the towns he visits and make him seem as a plausible man, which is exactly what the pardoner wants. In fact, the pardoner is an avaricious and deceitful character whose driving force in life is his motto, “Radix malorum est cupiditas,” which is Latin for “greed is the root of evil.” The pardoner’s entire practice is based upon his motto and is motivated entirely by greed.…
With the assassination of President Lincoln, the presidency fell upon an old-fashioned southerner named Andrew Johnson. Although an honest and honorable man, Andrew Johnson was one of the most unfortunate Presidents. Over time there has been a controversial debate as to whether Johnson deserved to be impeached, or if it was an unconstitutional attempt by Congress to infringe upon the president's authority. The impeachment of Andrew Johnson was politically motivated. The spirit of the Jacksonian democracy inspired Andrew Johnson. In 1857, Johnson was then elected to represent Tennessee in the US Senate. "While serving in the Senate, Johnson became an advocate of the Homestead Bill, which was opposed by most Southern Democrats and their slave owning, plantation constituents." 1 This issue strained the already tense relations between Johnson and the wealthy planters in western Tennessee. Eventually the party split into regional factions. Johnson made the decision to back the Southern Democratic nominee, John Breckinridge. By this time the rift between Johnson and most Southern Democrats was too deep to heal. The break became final when Johnson allied himself with pro-union Whigs to fight the Secessionist Democrats in his state for several months. 2…
Summary: Discusses the Australian film, The Castle. Explores how Australia is depicted in the film. Provides a plot summary.…
Edward the Longshanks, king of England was a dominant figure bent on obtaining allegiance by most any means available. He was an autocratic leader in that he was the central authority. The only power that he was willing to give was to those that he could still control through fear and bribery. Expansion of his power base came by using the greed of others. Given no concern for human needs, he expected his followers to do what they were told and not think for themselves. Input from others was received but ultimately what he wanted was all that mattered. He used negative theory by applying fear for those that opposed and positive theory by offering rewards for those that agreed with him is his quest for power.…