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Chinatown is about the water wars. Water was a scarce commodity in Los Angeles and was centered on resources. If there was a working relationship that develops between Marge from Fargo and Jake Gittes from Chinatown, advice Marge would give Gittes so that he could do a better job handling the murder investigation into Hollis Mulwray’s death would include to not get to wrapped u in the case. Separate work life from personal life. Instead in Chinatown, Gittes gets involved with Hollis. For example, he sleeps with her and learns everything about her life. His life revolves around this case. On the other hand in Fargo, Marge can be with her husband eating at the buffet and the next moment at the crime scene. She does not let being pregnant …show more content…
Rocky was a hero and someone he would watch with his dad before a football game. Creed is a new millennium film is the spirit of “Black Lives Matter.” The film is meant to defy stereotypes. This film is meant to make a positive depiction of African Americans. The Hurtlocker also shows a positive image of an African American man. Sanborn is strong and serving his country. It shows that people from two different racial or ethnic backgrounds can get a long. At first in the relationship between Sanborn and James was not perfect. But in the end they loved each other and respected one another the same goes for Adonis Creed and Rocky. In the Hurtlocker, James would never listen to Sanborn and put them in positions that were compromising and made Sanborn uncomfortable. However, they made the relationship work and showed that even when two people come from different background that can work together. Much of the scenes in the Hurtlocker involves James’s search for the timer, a task he undertakes with ferocious concentration as the increasingly unnerved Sanborn and Eldridge stand watch (Dargis, 2010). Sanborn is the experienced one and levels out the rest of the team (Denby, 2009, pg.

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