When thinking of “The Lego Movie” it’s easy to dismiss it as another movie made to entertain the minds of 4 to 11 year olds. A movie created just for parents to get one solid hour of peace from their kids but it’s surprisingly the opposite. The movie surprises its viewers with cleverly written jokes‚ action packed scenes‚ and heartwarming characters. This Warner Brothers production grabs the attention of its viewer and keeps them entertained all the way to the end. Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher
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Critical Analysis Most readers of Frankenstein extract the obvious theme of good vs. evil in Mary Shelley’s novel‚ however; others find societies corruption and the misuse of science to be the underlining subject matter in the story. Shelley utilizes various themes in her book that were quite popular during the time period that Frankenstein was being written in. Throughout her novel the reader can reference and distinguish the similarities between Mary Shelley’s life‚ the events during the time
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American Beauty A Sociological Movie Review American Beauty‚ a film that was written by Allan Ball and directed by Sam Mendes in 1999 is a unique piece that demonstrates many sociological themes throughout the development of the plot. The characters strive to portray themselves as the All American Family. They live in a nice house‚ drive nice cars and seem perfectly normal to the general public‚ but the audience is allowed to view the deep set issues that plague the main characters; Lester
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Frontera is a movie about two illegal immigrants‚ Jose and Miguel who are trying to cross the border between the United States and Mexico. Upon entering the United States the two meet Olivia‚ the wife of a former sheriff and the owner of the land they were attempting to pass through. Olivia gives Jose in Miguel water in a blanket and departs after telling them there is a highway not too far where they can try to catch a ride. Later on‚ they run into a few local boys who are out to shoot at illegal
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Director: Matthew Vaughn Essay The director uses shots and angle to make the movie more divert. It makes the movie have emotion and thrill. In the movie Stardust Matthew Vaughn uses shots and angles to show emotion‚ excitement and power in his scenes. He uses a lot of low-angle shots to make the character look powerful‚ he also uses a lot of medium close-ups to show the expression of the character’s face but at the same time you can also see a bit of their upper shoulders‚ and he also uses a
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A major theme is an idea that a writer repeats in his work‚ making it the most significant idea in a literary work. And then‚ a minor theme refers to an idea that appears in a work briefly and gives way to another minor theme. In the movie American Sniper‚ there’s this Sniper that is in charge of the army squad. His objective is to look out for people up above and snipe them down before any of his other troops get shot
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Carrie Carrie is a 2013 remake of Stephen King’s 1974 Carrie novel. This movie film was directed by Kimberly Peirce with the help of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. The movie shows of a mother and daughter relationship between religious mother Margaret played by Julianne Moore and daughter Carrie played by Chloe Grace Moretz. Peirce shows how Carrie being in the house with her religious mother’s beliefs affects the social beliefs of Carrie at school‚ and how she takes revenge on everybody. Carrie is and
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Guinevere’s appearance played a huge roll in how confident she was‚ but in the movie they failed to emphasize this aspect of the book. There was a slight mood switch between the book and the movie when the producers decided to throw in the World War II twist. The cast of the movie becomes very serious and a little frightened whenever the planes are seen. They also threw in a feud between Edythe and Guinevere. In the movie Edythe sees Guinevere at the soup kitchen while making out with a man different
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The film we saw in class was the drama history movie Selma. The top 5 characters of the movie are Dr. Martin Luther King Jr (David Oyelowo)‚ Coretta Scott King (Carmen Ejogo)‚ President Lyndon B. Johnson (Tom Wilkinson)‚ Malcolm X (Nigel Thatch) and‚ Andrew Young ( André Holland). The movie is famous as it takes place during the famous 1965 Selma March‚ when black people were taking a stand and letting their voices be heard about the unequal voting rights they have compared to whites. Martin Luther
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another. Each character in the movie is in some way personally affected‚ transformed‚ damaged‚ or mistreated by racism. They’re also all in some way guilty of racism themselves. A racist cop pulls over a black couple and molests the wife‚ only later to risk his life to save the women; an honest cop protects a black man from discrimination only to later discriminate against someone himself. The movie in the end is both intense and thought provoking. Throughout the movie we are only shown the characters
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