“Gretel‚ please come downstairs‚ dinner is being served!” Mother yelled‚ clearly exasperated. “NO!” I screamed‚ “I refuse to eat dinner with any of you!” “Please‚ just come downstairs‚ we’ll be eating roast beef” mother said‚ sighing. “ROAST BEEF? ROAST BEEF?” I replied‚ raising my voice. I hate roast beef. I absolutely hate it. It used to be my favorite meal‚ but that was before my brother‚ oh‚ that little pain went missing. We were going to eat roast beef for dinner that night. It was almost as
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by the eighties heartthrob Kevin Bacon‚ in the most recent version of the film the good-looking Kenny Wormald played Footloose’s character of Ren. The original film starring Bacon came out in 1984 and was directed by Herbert Ross and Craig Brewer’s remake premiered in 2011. In both films there are a lot of similarities like the characters’ personalities‚ music‚ and the dance scenes‚ however‚ there are also many differences such as level of sexuality‚ and the setting‚ and we can see these similarities
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Sequels‚ reboots‚ and remakes are slowly ruining Hollywood. The increased flow of such films is caused by high overall monetary earnings‚ success in foreign countries‚ and a lack of new and creative ideas. The fact that sometimes remakes are successful is clearly shown with the remake of the Karate Kid in 2010. According to MTV News‚ during Karate Kid´s opening weekend‚ ¨(the movie) kicked its way to a first-place trophy worth $56 million‚ surpassing the movie’s production budget by more than $15
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move from Berlin to the countryside. From his bedroom window‚ Bruno spots a fence behind which he sees men in ’striped pyjamas’. These are Jews‚ and they are in a Nazi concentration camp. One day his parents come to an agreement that both Bruno and Gretel need a tutor for their education‚ so they hire Herr Liszt. To Bruno‚ Herr Liszt is the most boring teacher one could ever have; he teaches social studies instead of reading and arts‚ which Bruno prefers. So‚ in boredom and confusion‚ Bruno wonders
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difference is that in the book Danae survives and in the remake she is dead‚ in both it is King Acrisius that tries to kill them. In the book Poseidon releases the kraken and in the the re make Hades does but they do have the same purpose which is to sacrifice
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Bruno’s sister is only a little bit older than him and she believes everything completely. This quote is inappropriate for this film because the quote says‚ “Before the dark hour of reason grows” and in the film when Bruno and Gretel got the tutor‚ it was hard to see that Gretel is older than him and she got brainwashed. To see a kid who is younger than her not get brainwashed even though the quote says that before the dark hour of reason grows‚ showing that this quote is inappropriate. This quote
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Attack of the Remake! Perhaps loss of cultural context is the reason that the ‘Hollywood Remake’ is has become more and more prevalent in mainstream cinema. The ability for a studio to remake a movie allows a simple retelling of a story updated for modern audiences. It’s seems there are countless example of this‚ particularly in the Horror genre. Some noteworthy examples of non-contemporary western films that have been remade include; The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974‚ Remake 2003)‚ Amityville
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frightening. It wasn’t fair on the Jews at all. The Jews were killed for no reason. Only the fact that they were Jewish‚ which is really unfair. The Germans were the enemy here‚ not the Jews. In the film‚ Bruno and his sister‚ Gretel‚ were taught to be with Hitler. Gretel was a girly girl when they first moved to the country‚ but then all of a sudden‚ when she was being home schooled‚ she chucked all of her dolls away‚ and started putting up posters of Hitler. The children had been
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The Boy in the striped Pyjamas Essay The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne is a story that tells of the holocaust through the eyes of a child‚ Bruno‚ a boy who discovers a peculiar friend that lives a strange existence on the other side of the adjoining wire fence. The important ideas presented in the novel are cruelty‚ discrimination‚ and abusive power‚ the holocaust from a child’s perspective and the misinterpretations from a child who gradually discovers the world to be not as enjoyable
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A Nightmare on Elm Street A Nightmare on Elm Street is one of the better horror movies. There are quite a few Freddy Krueger movies out there‚ and this movie all started in 1984‚ with A Nightmare on Elm Street. In 2010‚ there came a remake of the 1984 Nightmare on Elm Street movie. In these two movies there are comparisons and differences between these two‚ which include Freddy Krueger himself‚ music and sound effects‚ nightmares‚ and the graphics. Freddy Krueger is pretty much the same
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