Red Tails: A Film Critique Robert Black ENG 225 Introduction to Film Instructor: Dwight Paulsen October 14‚ 2012 “We have a right to fight for our country. The same as every other American.” Colonel A.J. Bullard (Imdb ‚ 2012) The film I picked for my critique is Red Tails‚ a historical World War II drama. The movie starred Cuba Gooding Jr.‚ Terrence Howard and Gerald Mcraney‚ was written by John
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Final Film Critique Draft Wanda Williams-Lark ENG 225 Introduction to Film Stanley Davis October 10‚ 2011 The film that I chose for this assignment is” I‚ Robot.” The film is set in the year 2035 in Chicago. The director is Alex Proyas and stars Will Smith and Bridget Monahan. What I will try to show is that in the near future robotic mechanisms will be able to have some sort of loyalty. This story is told through the eyes of Det. Del Spooner (Will Smith) He has a dislike of the robots
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In the 1830s and 1840s‚ the meaning of freedom to Americans differed from person to person just as much as it does today. It varied from being a white male who owned property who was very stuck in his idea of freedom‚ which meant political power and being allowed to do almost anything he could imagine. Black slaves who had no freedom had their own idea also. They dreamed of one day realizing his or her idea of freedom‚ which was to not be a slave. Along with freedom came the issue of equality
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Critique 2 Since the development of television and film‚ society has utilized the art form‚ specifically the plots of crime films‚ as a mechanism that draws on widespread attitudes toward crime‚ victims‚ law‚ and punishment prevalent at the time of the films making. The capacity to understand film history allows one to see more effectively underlying assumptions regarding the nature of crime in America as well as international society as a whole. The Silent Film Era (1897-1927) often reflected empathy
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Final Film Critique Richard Hogan ENG 225: Introduction to Film October 25‚ 2011 Final Film Critique Introduction The movie‚ The Shawshank Redemption (1994)‚ is based on a character Andy Dufresne. Andy is a young and successful banker who is sent to Shawshank Prison for murdering his wife and her secret lover. His life is changed drastically upon being convicted and being sent to prison. He is sent to prison to serve a life term. Over the 20-years in prison‚ Andy retains optimism
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Since 1968‚ there have been at least 25 films made that portray the events of the Vietnam War. Historians have to ask themselves when watching these films‚ "Did the fictional character represent historical figures accurately? Is this how a soldier would react in this situation?" The point of view of the director of the film can change with simple alterations in camera angles. For example‚ a view from the ground of a battle seen can show how the innocent people had the war in their own backyards
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In Harry M. Benshoff’s and Sean Griffin’s "Introduction to the Study of Film: Form and Representation‚" they use the terms encoding and decoding for the critique of films. Encoding is when a producer of an artwork incorporates meanings in their work whether it is intentional or non-intentional. Decoding is the viewer’s interpretation of the meaning. The decoding varies from viewer to viewer based on individual social and historical upbringing. The manner in which the producers encoded the work may
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effectiveness of the production process is prioritized over any human emotions. This can also be seen in both the two life-threatening scenes where the human is literally consumed by the machine‚ where both the mechanic and protagonist find no indecorum in going on about their duties and routine with lack of reactions. The flat lighting techniques throughout the film also represent a lack of depth in humanism. The factory workers only chase after the crazy Tramp when he pulls the lever and disrupts
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Samad 1 Jacquline Samad Professor Brown History 106 25 April 2011 The Color Purple Film Critique The Color Purple is a 1985 drama film directed by Steven Spielberge that centers around the story of a poor southern‚ Black woman‚ Cellie Harris who overcomes years of racism‚ sexism‚ and physical/verbal abuse from the men in her life like her own father and husband. As she lives her life as a slave to her husband‚ she meets two strong black women along the way that gives
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slowly‚ which has a news anchor narrating the famous prologue of Shakespeare’s world renowned tragedy‚ Romeo and Juliet. Suddenly‚ the screen cuts to an intense and out of control scene of gunfire on Verona Beach from all angles‚ a gang fight involving members of both the Montagues and Capulets. It is here in the first scene that Luhrmann truly successfully captures the viewer’s attention by truthfully portraying the two families’ raging hatred for the other. In Peter Travers’ Rolling Stone review of
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