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    I. Movie Poster VS Book Cover The Movie poster shows the two main characters‚ Peter Lake and Beverly Penn who love each other. On 1916 in New York City when they meet and love each other. The style of color in the poser was Blue meaning it is a winter season on that time when they meet. When Beverly Penn died‚ Peter Lake got amnesia and he lives a century until he meets a little girl name Abby in 2014 that New York City was changed and have a more taller building

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    story in order to make it more clear for those viewers who had not yet read the book. Baz Luhrmann accurately portrayed the characters of the novel in his film by emphasizing their hopes along with their flaws. However‚ there were many plot discrepancies in the movie due to Luhrmann’s need to make the movie more appealing to moviegoers. Character representation was an important aspect of both the novel and the movie. Since they

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    Mr. Krais Hnrs. Civil‚ Criminal‚ and Constitutional Law 30 April 2012 A Civil Action Essay The legal thriller A Civil Action‚ starring John Travolta and Robert Duval‚ chronicles the story of personal injury attorney Jan Schlichtmann as he brings to trial a case involving the dumping of toxic waste by two large companies that allegedly results in the contamination of well water and the death of several children from leukemia in Woburn‚ Massachusetts. Based on a true story‚ the movie depicts the real-life

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    are seeing numerous acts of violence and cruelty. These actions create a feeling of hopelessness for most people. Whether it is all of the cruel terrorism acts‚ the responses from opposites governments‚ the pollution and all of the refugee movement followed by the growing intolerance‚ we tend to have a dark feeling for what is still to come. This sense of hopelessness and this view of the future is very well pictured in the novel and the movie: The Children of Men. In fact‚ the plot‚ the characters

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    Picture the whole family sitting on the couch watching a movie‚ then bang the hero is faced with what most believe is an insurmountable task‚ at the end of the movie the family realized that the moment the dreadful event happened and was overcome‚ was what made the story what it was. The Fall of all stories starts with a trigger that starts the ball rolling‚ it starts the descent from a high to a low state. Every moviebook or poem has one‚ even if the spectator does not realize it. There is a main

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    anyone thought of a war movie‚ they immediately thought of Darryl F. Zanuck’s‚ The Longest Day. Cornelius Ryan‚ who was the author of the book by the same name‚ and happened to be a D-day veteran himself‚ wrote the movie. The book meticulously recreates the events preceding and during the invasion. It is filled with detailed descriptions of multiple occurrences during the invasion. It explains everything from mass attacks on beaches and towns to humorous anecdotes. The book wasn’t exactly a story

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    The Hunger Games‚ the introductory novel in a trilogy book series written by author Suzanne Collins in 2008‚ is a young adult novel that surrounds a teenage girl named Katniss Everdeen in a futuristic tale of a teenager who defies all odds when they are stacked against her. She is shaken to the core with sacrifice‚ adversity and danger when she finds herself forced to compete in a televised series of games where there is only one survivor. Not only does she want to live‚ but she has an incredible

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    Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Victor Frankenstein runs from all of his problems until he ends up with terrible consequences. James Whale‚ the film director for the movie phenomenon Frankenstein was not only an artist‚ but also a man who had a vision. The movie Frankenstein is based off Mary Shelley’s work of art‚ Frankenstein. After 85 years‚ the movie Frankenstein is still greatly appreciated‚ it implies a society we know nothing about and have a strange curiosity towards. James Whale is truly a genius for

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    Hunter Adams April 9‚ 2014 LEGL 3000 Movie Review – A Civil Action This movie is extremely informational‚ while also humorous and enjoyable. During many instances‚ I found myself laughing and getting emotionally attached to the plaintiffs. Throughout the course of this film‚ I whole-heartedly supported Mr. Schlictmann and his team’s actions. I found it intriguing at how much time‚ effort‚ and money they put into this case. Even with extreme opposition and many counter-arguments‚ they continued

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    Spada English period 4 Movie and Book Comparison Tuesdays With Morrie is both a book and a movie. They are alike and different in so many different ways. The movie is never going to have as much detail as the book did‚ but they did a good job making the movie as close as possible to the book. The book covered a lot more aspects of the story than the movie did‚ and the book focused on the bigger more important parts. There were a lot of main points that the book and movie were alike. In both Morrie

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