Babel – Movie Review Babel is about four interlocking stories which are connected by a gun‚ but happen in different places in the world: Morocco‚ Mexico‚ and Japan. At first‚ these four stories seem not to be related at all. However‚ they come together at the end and reveal a complex and tragic story of the lives of people around the world. The movie also reveals the fact that all of us connect to each other in some ways‚ and we truly are not completely different. Guillermo Arriaga‚ the writer
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The movie that I choose to review is Amistad. I think this movie would be very appropriate with our course and subject. Set in 1839‚ a group of Africans take over a Spanish slave ship: directed by Steven Spielberg. Two abolitionists‚ Lewis Tappan (Stellan Skarsgard) and Theodore Joadson (Morgan Freeman) hire a real estate attorney Roger Baldwin (Mathew McConaughey)‚ who is convinced he has the key to set African free. But pro-slavery President Martin Van Buren (Nigel Hawthorne) is on the
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Look closer. The chilling tag-line of multi award winning American Beauty has great relatability‚ from the lives of all of the characters to the hidden beauty on showcase throughout the film. It cannot simply be filed into one genre‚ instead being a drama‚ comedy‚ tragedy and more. Director Sam Mendes and screenwriter Alan Ball fine-tuned the film‚ resulting in a triumph of writing‚ acting and directing. The movie follows the last few months of everyman Lester Burnham’s (played by the seemingly ideal
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the film American Beauty‚ released in 1999‚ comes to a close‚ Lester Burnham final arrives at peace as he realizes the beauty that is depicted in the title. Be as is may‚ he is suddenly met with his ultimate demise‚ but not before his penultimate realization. Although this film is coming upon nearly two decades old‚ the cinematography cannot be undermined‚ nor can the message as it becomes ever increasingly relevant in today’s society. For that‚ American Beauty is the quintessential movie that should
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contexts. I have chosen to write a positive movie review of the 2010 television version of Macbeth‚ produced by Rupert Goold with Patrick Stewart in the title role and Kate Fleetwood as Lady Macbeth. My purpose is to illustrate how this version of Macbeth‚ even though it is set in modern times and it is not always loyal to Shakespeare’s work‚ is still able to enhance the main themes and portray the characters with the same traits. I chose to write a movie review as I thought it would be interesting to
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Making Dreams Come True The movie Miracle tells the inspiring story of the 1980 United States hockey team and their journey to becoming the best hockey team in the world. Any hockey fan would be a perfect contender for watching the movie. The movie explores the many struggles that the team has to face to conquer their way through the Olympics‚ including on and off the ice. At a time when the country is in a period of struggle with the Cold War‚ Coach Herb Brooks has goals for the team that seem
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exploration crew‚ and is then visited by the monster‚ who weeps and proclaims Frankenstein as his father. This adaption of Mary Shelly’s classic novel is the most source-loyal movie‚ and boasts many ideas rooted in many different areas of philosophy‚ such as aesthetics‚ the qualities of a human and the dichotomy of good and evil. Beauty is portrayed in this move as very objective‚ because even though the monster initially had a
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Movie Review Assignment Memento (2001) Drama‚ Mystery‚ Thriller Cast – Guy Pearce as Leonard‚ Carrie-Ann Moss as Natalie‚ Joe Pantoliano as Teddy‚ Mark Boone as Burt‚ Stephen Tobolowsky as Junior Sammy Writer/Director - Christopher Nolan. Synopsis - Guy Pearce stars as a man who is trying to track down the man who raped and murdered his wife‚ but has difficulties along the way with the fact that he suffers from a rare untreatable form of memory loss. He can’t remember what happened 15 minutes
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Term Paper: American Beauty What are the costs of living in a success-driven‚ consumer-oriented‚ image-obsessed society? This challenge to contemporary America’s suburban culture finds a voice in Sam Mendes’ 1999 movie American Beauty. The film’s complex subtlety underscores its implication that subtlety itself is a casualty in our society. American Beauty’s tagline exhorts viewers to “look closer‚” but the film expresses ambivalence concerning what is revealed by closer inspection. On one hand
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Safe Haven Movie Review April Fontaine LIFC 602 June 21‚ 2015 Safe Haven Movie Review In this paper the author will review the movie Safe Haven (Hallstrom‚ 2013). The author will explain the scene in the movie that she was most impacted by the most. The therapeutic implications and how they relate to marriage counseling will be discussed in this review paper. Finally the author will discuss how she connected with the movie on a personal level. The Review Safe Haven is an excellent
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