The movie was about a group of P.O.W.s and their attempt to escape a German prison camp‚ or Stalag that was created to hold the most troublesome inmates. On the first day‚ within the first twenty minutes‚ two men tried to pass off as Russians who were allowed out of the camp to cut down trees while others hid in the trucks full of trees. None of them escaped‚ but it showed how witty‚ adventurous and desperate those men were. Another man‚ Capt. Hilts‚ one of three Americans at the camp‚ stepped across
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issues I have with the movie reside within the script. Drew Goddard did a commendable job adapting the best-selling novel by Andy Weir‚ brilliantly incorporating a lighthearted tone to blend with the seriousness of the situation. Every film nowadays strives for Nolanesque melodrama‚ so a film with this much heart is absolutely refreshing. Unfortunately‚ the sentimentality becomes a bit overwhelming at times‚ and a few scenes of shaky dialogue feel out of place. Overall‚ the movie is fantastic. Scott’s
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First‚ the filming of the movie was very amature like. It was almost like they gave an 8 year old a camera and said go get some footage. Another difference between the movie and the story was‚ the black box was newer. It wasn’t cracked and made of wood‚ it was almost like a metal box. Next‚ in the movie people game Davie a big rock. In the story‚ they gave him a little pebble. Also‚ in the story Tessie was circled by a shed. In the movie she was circle by everybody. She wasn’t up
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The feeling of connectedness to the world will bring happiness on any journey. In the movie “The Way” Tom gains meaningful companions on his pilgrimage journey. The unity of Tom‚ Joost‚ Sarah‚ and Jack taught me the importance of companionship and building relationships that are powerful enough to get through any hardship. Upon watching the movie “The Way” I learned about the importance of connection‚ and walking through life with others. Sometimes in life‚ people are stubborn‚ thinking
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viewed in class was a movie I thought I would never see in my life time. Learning about the term “Hermaphrodite” and the actual story about why people use that particular term to describe a human being always struck my mind‚ and after seeing the film in conjunction with the reading the book Testo Junkie I am coming to grips with the term. That word is also used to describe the main character in the story Phoebe‚ a women who has mens chromosomes. The first part of the movie starts out with Phoebe
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overcome by a fear of witches‚ leading them to hang innocent people in an attempt to purge the hidden threat. He eventually rewrote his book into a movie‚ making some changes on the way. Most of these changes enrich the story‚ as he takes advantage of the visuals to better portrait the emotions of the characters. One change that helps to better build the movie would be Abigail’s attempt to target Hale’s wife. She fails to do so‚ making the people doubt her as a voice of god‚ she then flees town. The
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falls in love with her prince charming and they live happily ever after. The movie Shrek‚ an ogre and beautiful princess fall in love‚ though this beautiful princess has a secret; her secret is that by day a beautiful princess‚ and by night an ugly ogre‚ at least in her eyes. Shrek thought she was beautiful as a human and as an ogre; this hidden message is shown as beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Also in the movie‚ another implied message is that people are prejudice to stereotypes. Though
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In Time. More specifically‚ A Wrinkle In Time is a book about a girl (Meg)‚ and how her father vanished. In the book‚ the government told them he was on a top secret mission‚ while in the movie‚ he disappeared after Charles Wallace was born. Meg‚ Calvin‚ and Charles work through Camazotz and Uriel to find Meg’s father. This happens in both the story and the movie. Mrs Which‚ Mrs. Who‚ and Mrs. Whatsit also helped them on their mission along the way. The story was more powerful than the movie because
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In the year of 2008‚ a movie was produced called Zeitgeist. It was directed by a one‚ Peter Joseph. The movie’s message was that‚ “The majority of the social problems that plague the human species at this time are not the sole result of some institutional corruption‚” (“Mission Statement”). Its message was well received in the younger community and thus‚ the Zeitgeist Movement‚ also called the Zeitgeist Project or simply Zeitgeist‚ was born.The Zeitgeist Movement has no political views‚ and a focus
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produced by Steven Spielberg and released in 2012‚ stars Daniel Day-Lewis as President Lincoln. Written by Tony Kushner‚ the film was inspired by Doris Kearns Goodwin’s biography Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. Set in 1865 the movie focuses on President Lincoln’s struggle to get the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution passed through the House of Representatives‚ all while facing challenges presented by the American Civil War. Lincoln won two Oscars and 108 other
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