1. The strong point of the movie is that it shows the parallel worlds of Lana and her uncle Paul. They both are people who try to help the world be a better place and they both end up in horrible situations in two very important cities in the United States. Lana is in Los Angeles volunteering at a Christian homeless shelter and Paul who is a Vietnam veteran tries to prevent Los Angeles from attacks just like 9/11. He suspects everyone who is of Arabic origin. They meet each other when a Pakistani gets brutally murdered. The best part of the movie is the well-assembled scenes, they are very dynamic, and that makes it that the two storylines come together so nicely. The Paul’s character is very tragic, he has suffered so much trauma in his life,…
I choose this movie because of the interesting reviews online. Not only were their reviews on the movie itself but also on a book written by Jennifer Clement titled Widow Basquiat. The movie portrayed the common actions of the people of the time well. It didn’t avoid the topics of drugs and homelessness in larger cities. It also showed some racism towards his skin color. Not only from others but from himself towards rich white people that he was working for. Overall I think that this movie did a very good job of showing his life, the good and the…
Absa's use of untrained actors/actresses works well in this film by giving it a flavor of reality. I would recommend this movie to anyone interested in seeing things from a non-western point of view or anyone wanting to see how different cultures interact and intertwine. If you do not like subtitled/foreign films, I would not recommend this movie unless you have a grasp of the French language. There is some fun poked at the differences involving Islam and Christianity, so if you are not tolerant or can't find humor in religion, you may be slightly offended.…
All in all, it was a great movie with great direction and acting. The storyline is great and makes it hard to stop watching. It keeps the audience glued to their seat to see what happens at the end of the movie. And, the ending is so appropriate for the movie. It was great writing and what an action drama should be like. The recommendation for this movie could not be higher. It is a true…
Love is defined by dictionary.com as “an intense feeling of deep emotion.†Love is not something that should be forced, because of common interests, intelligence, or good weather. Love is much more natural, it is not an equation to be solved; it is an emotion to be felt. Who one decides to marry is one of, if not the biggest decision one has to make in his or her life, it should not be taken lightly. In Mavis Gallant’s short story, The Other Paris, Gallant mocks humanity’s modern day over analyzing of love through narrative voice and characterization to prove that love is not something that should be forced or solved, but something that should happen naturally on its own.…
I liked this movie because of the settings, the way the movie was done and were it was done was beautiful because they used diffrent settings in a serious manner. One of the reasons i liked this movie again was when madea poured at bucket of water on the girl because, it was an unexpexted part in the movie and extremly funny to me and that happens in reality but its usually a cup, but this was a bucket that part of the movie really helped.…
“Maybe there is a beast...What I mean is... maybe it’s only us.” In Lord Of The Flies the boy turned savage just the same as Allie did in Mosquito Coast and Chuck in Cast Away. Everything goes wrong in all of these pieces of literature. Mosquito Coast is more different than alike than Lord Of The Flies and Cast Away.…
On December 1, 1955, a black woman was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama; her name was Rosa Parks. Rosa was arrested for not giving up her seat on a bus to a white man. This event during the Civil Rights Movement sparked a massive boycott against the bus system, the boycott affected the way black’s had to travel throughout their own cities, and the Freedom Rides also started to after Rosa’s arrest.…
It’s amazing how different the country was back then. It is a very moving film and it’s difficult not to be moved emotionally by the tragedy and senselessness of it all. It is just as vivid to the all the friends and relatives of the four little girls, as if it happened yesterday. As I stated, the film is very intense and moving because the memories of the people involved are still quite vivid. One scene that stood out to me was when one of the mothers’ stated that she doesn't harbor any hate. She used to but has kind of resigned herself to the fact that that it wouldn’t do any good at this point. Nevertheless, she admits that it’s something that she has to work on daily through her belief in God. Of course, it makes us wonder if we would be able to somehow handle it as well as she has.…
Use the tables below to make note of new or challenging grammar and vocabulary that you encountered in this unit. Also look at your notes from previous units and add any items that you need to keep track of.…
Artificial sweetners have been in use for over one hundred years. A low calorie substitute for sugar it is used in many ways. Like it or not artificial sweetners are used in may low calorie products.…
Life has lots of emotions: happiness, sorrow, guilt, frustration, love, and so on. Love is the one emotion which brings in huge changes in our lives and a different kind of emotion begins with it. How can we describe it? Describing love is very hard because in every phase of life, characterization of love can be varied. In childhood, through romantic films and stories, we started to get feeling that love is passionate and when people will be going through it, life would be full of happiness. In adulthood, people’s perception about love might change. Those who are fantasizing about love realized that it is not only about physical attraction but also about relationship, responsibilities and companionship. When ages grow, some people become optimistic about love, some become pessimistic and some of them are on a way to rediscover love. Definition of love can be changed not only with one’s maturity level but also with his/her cultural values. In Raymond Carver story – ‘What We Talk About When We Talk About Love’ – the main protagonists Mel and Terri, and Jhumpa Lahiri’s creation – ‘Going Ashore’ – soon to be married couple, Hema and Navin, had enough knowledge about love but they could not still fully realize it. So, they are on their ways to discover the essence of love.…
love can maintain life instead of death. It also shows how the simple act of giving can bring by…
Upon reading Erich Fromm's The Art of Loving, I gained a better understanding of what love really is. Fromm's book puts love into perspective. He begins with several facts with regards to the attitude in which people treat love. They are the problems of how to be loved, the object to love as well as the confusion between the initial experience of falling in love and the permanent state of being in love, which had a great impact on me, as far as thinking about what love is.…
I am going to start this reflective paper with the most predictable beginning: What does it mean to love for the sake of love? Getting to the main point commenced with research first, tackling concepts about love, particularly on what it is. What is love? The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines love in various ways, some of which are the following – Love is a strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties, an attraction based on sexual desire, or affection based on admiration, benevolence or common interests. Some people view love by associating the noun to people or objects, e.g. “Love is my wife”, “Love is my circle of friends”, or “Love is my sparkling BMW”. Some descriptions are from songs, like the song “Love” from Petra, with the lyrics going like this: Love is patient, love is kind, no eyes of envy, true love is blind. Love is humble, it knows no pride, no selfish motive hidden inside… and sooo on. In many different parts of the world, love is defined countlessly. It is in the nature of man to make sense of things that are abstract (like love) in order to have a stable grasp on what goes on in the universe. So here is my version of making sense of love. Love, for me, is something magical that spurs deep inside and opens each of our hearts to different strengths and possibilities. Love is mystical, love is a mystery, and love is everywhere.…