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    There are few physical forces on this earth as powerful of that of a hurricane. It is therefore fitting that a movie‚ which carries its name‚ is as impacting and devastatingly effective as the meteorological event Beginning on the night of June 17th 1966‚ several shots ring out from the Lafayette Bar and Grill in Paterson‚ New Jersey‚ claiming the lives of two men and a woman. In the aftermath of the shooting‚ the police arrest two Negroes in a white car‚ based on eyewitness accounts of two men

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    The Cove Movie Analysis

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    The Planet we call home was once a beautiful place like no other planet. And once upon a time the people on earth intended to keep it that way. But as the Earth gets older and the population gets bigger‚ we are finding it harder and harder to keep it that way. Some people are making that task even harder on themselves and the rest of the world. Some people figure that you have to sacrifice one thing to have the other but if are having to sacrifice clean water‚ which is a necessity in life‚ for warmth

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    Grease: Movie Analysis

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    The creation of a finished movie involves several stages of production; pre-production‚ production‚ post-production‚ distribution and exhibition (Media College‚ 2017). In the pre-production stage of a musical film a concept and storyline is brought to a prospective production company with the purpose of attracting backing. When this is successful then the actors are matched to parts‚ screenplay written‚ dances choreographed‚ songs and music written‚ settings and props sourced along with technical

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    Precious Movie Analysis

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    "When I look at the world I’m pessimistic‚ but when I look at people I am optimistic."Rodger has an optimistic view of human nature. People continuously strive to fulfil their potentials. Thus Rodger argues that if the innate potential of this nature is allowed to unfold then the optimal personal development will follow. Firstly this essay will define Rodgers main concepts clearly. Secondly it will relate the concepts to the depiction of Precious’ life story as seen in the film. Lastly it will argue

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    man of the household‚ his goal is to much sure Jackie attend music school downtown and Sergio However‚ June found that selling illicit drugs would bring convenient cash. He knew that selling illicit drugs was only temporary money‚ so throughout the movie he constantly said‚ he was trying to get his brother‚ sister and not to forget his mother out of the dangerous streets of Philadelphia. Even though‚ June sacrificed his dreams for his family‚ he made sure that his brother Sergio and sister Jackie had

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    Analysis of Memento Movie

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    recollection‚ and to allow the viewer to understand the nature of anterograde amnesia‚ an ailment that Leonard Shelby suffers from. The ambiguity in the ending of Nolan’s work raises many questions about the reliability of human memory. Throughout the movie‚ the audience is forced to ask repeatedly if the “memory” of the protagonist can be trusted‚ and eventually doubt the fidelity of human memory as a whole. In Memento‚ Leonard’s methods of record keeping assert that human memory can be deceptive‚ and

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    Warrior Movie Analysis

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    director‚ writer and producer Gavin O’Connor. O’Connor takes us through a story of two former MMA fighting brothers dealing with a harsh family past (“Warrior”). Gavin has also directed the 2000 film‚ Tumbleweeds‚ and the winner of the Best Sports Movie Award in 2004‚ Miracle (“Gavin O’Connor”). Tom Hardy (Tommy Conlon) was also featured in a major 2010 film‚ Inception‚ and This Means War in 2012. He also played one of the main roles in The Dark Knight Rises as villain Bane (“Tom Hardy”). Joel Edgerton

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    The 54th: Movie Analysis

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    The story was based upon black men from the North‚ fighting for slavery that was going on in the South. The group of men fighting was called the 54th. Even though the chance of losing the freedom‚ that each and every black man held‚ each fought for something that should be changed. With the strength and courage that each man had‚ they had the heart to go on. When looking at the North‚ they were portrayed as a group of people that were very wealthy. That the North was going to win the war with every

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    The novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger was set in the late 1940s to the early 1950s. The novel is narrated though the protagonist‚ Holden Caulfield‚ who is a sixteen-year-old junior who traveled to New York by himself for a weekend after getting expelled from his former school Pencey Prep. During the late 1940s‚ parents rarely checked up on their children for long periods of time‚ which in this case was an advantage for Holden. The 1940s and 2016 are extremely diverse times in history

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    The 1989 movie‚ glory‚ was about the first black regiment to fight for the North in the Civil War; also known as the 54th Massachusetts. African-American runaway slaves and free men were not only fighting for their freedom‚ but were also fighting against discrimination. The government and white soldiers refused to view colored soldiers as equals‚ even though they were fighting the same war. Change began to happen by the end of the Civil War. Despite the challenges faced‚ Colonel Robert Shaw‚ John

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