Paola Álvarez Guízar 6/06/2013 Assignment 1 Gattaca Gattaca is a science fiction film written and directed by Andrew Niccol in 1997. In this movie it stars Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman. In 1997 the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. The movie at the beginning takes places in the United States where a couple has a baby named Vincent who has problems with his heart and also has myopia. When he was born the doctor
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scratch about every 15 minutes. The only source he has is to go back to is his notes and tattoos he discovers every morning on his body. It seems as though he only has his past memories but the only memories we learn about in the movie is about Sammy Jenkins and the murder of his wife. I think that he lives in his own unique world because he is after the same objective everyday and plays a detective role to find John G. Direct evidence to explain this is when Lenny and Teddy are talking about finding
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Into The Fray: “Once more into the fray‚ into the last good fight I’ll ever know/ live and die on this day‚ live and die on this day.” Liam Neeson played the lead character‚ John Ottaway whom recited this eloquently written poem throughout the movie The Grey directed by Joe Carnahan. John Ottaway‚ is the relevant leader of the pack‚ who had flashbacks of his wife that left him and in doing so left him heartless and broken. His character was seeking answers and it seems as if the wilderness
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the ground; he cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds." Job 39:19-25.” The movie Secretariat begins with this power scripture‚ to tell a story about the greatest racehorse to ever live‚ who wins the Triple Crown in 1973. The movie was captive and thrilling from beginning to the end‚ but the most intriguing part of the movie
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8 Mile This movie is about a young‚ white man named Jimmy Smith‚ Jr. who longs to be a rapper. His nickname is Bunny Rabbit. Not only is he from a poor‚ low class family‚ but he lives in a predominately black neighbourhood in Detroit. He lives in a trailer with is mom and little sister. Every day is a struggle for him to keep his hope alive. The film is framed by two rap battles. In the first‚ Bunny Rabbit is still trying to win respect from the audience and gain confidence in himself. But when
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The Bee Movie The bee movie is an animated fiction created by Dreamworks who have famously produced many other films such as shrek 2‚ Antz‚ and many other animated films‚ however they are also well known for films such as the ring and transformers. The aim of this poster is to initially attract the target audience to watch it in cinemas. This movie poster stands out of the normal everyday posters seen around. The colors‚ the images and the writing all suggest ideologies and values that are tried
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Movie Report: Madea’s Family Reunion Sierra Hicks HDFS 2000 Summer 2013 Madea’s Family Reunion displayed examples of several themes and concepts that have been discussed in class thus far. The most obvious concepts were related to family. Although this movie focused on family‚ there were several ideas that dealt with aspects of love and marriage. There are three that caught my attention concerning family: types of family‚ how choices influence family‚ and strengths and challenges of African
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“Not Like the Movie”- Everyone has expectations but real-experiences is what counts. In her personal essay “Not Like the Movie‚” Melissa-Maurice P. Janse van Rensburg describes her journey and challenges she encountered while working as a nurse. She begins by expressing her dreams and expectations as a nurse‚ “I would be the best nurse ever; move over Florence.” She then describes in detail the tragedy and massacre she was faced with at the St. James church which nearly ended her career. Janse
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The intriguing movie Mud is about a man who is wanted in the state of Arkansas for murder. Mud lives on an island by himself in a boat to avoid being detected by the police. Ellis‚ a fourteen year old boy‚ goes to this island with his friend Neckbone and runs into Mud a few times. They decide to help Mud reach out to Juniper‚ the girl he is in love with‚ so they can leave Arkansas. However‚ they have to be very discreet with their assistance. Not only are the police looking for Mud‚ a bounty hunter
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At the beginning of the movie we see Lincoln talking to two African Americans who served in the war‚ and they went on to say that they loved his speech and one of them even quoted the end of his speech. This movie shows us how much we need rescuing. According to Spielberg‚ Lincoln and his contemporaries debated the moral merits of ending slavery now or ending the war now. Lincoln was gaining and losing votes. People are looking at it as this: if African Americans are given rights then women are next
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