True Grit was a truly breathtaking and inspirational remake of the classic John Wayne film. The movie had a moving storyline of a 14 year old girl protagonist. The movies dialogue I thought was incredibly good for a western film. Just about every character was interesting and had there own unique personality. The story had lots of dialogue but managed to still be quite suspenseful. I thought it was a good story overall especially for a western film. I thought the movie was pretty well directed
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In the 21st century‚ many movies and books are reimagined into new creations. For example‚ Frankenstein‚ a great novel by Mary Shelley‚ was reimgined into a novel called The Rebellious Robot with modern day items. Both stories are alike in many ways‚ but the differences of these two stories are important. The author of The Rebellious Robot portrays differences in their story by changing the characters’ appearances in the stories‚ the plot‚ and the point of view of the stories. The author of The
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Chiderah Onyeukwu Professor Galvin English 213 22 January 2013 Beowulf Movie Pitch Good evening Mr. Producer‚ I would like to pitch you on the idea of a Beowulf movie remake. I know the most recent remake was a flop‚ but I believe that my idea has the potential to be much more successful. Concerning the plot of the movie in relation to the book‚ I would like to leave it as close as possible. Obviously not everything can be exactly the same because of time constraints‚ but historical accuracy is
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their individuality? With the recent slew of film remakes and adaptations of classics such as King Kong‚ The Manchurian Candidate‚ and Ocean’s Eleven‚ it would appear that the film industry has had to reach into the past to seek inspiration for their new works. Critics may claim that in the capitalistic‚ hyper competitive world of film production today‚ profits take precedence over trying to construct an engaging story line from scratch. After all‚ remakes and adaptations of film classics guarantee a
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Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. This remake of The Glass Menagerie‚ did not do Williams any justice. The Glass Menagerie is a “memory play” and it was the first of its’ kind. To achieve this type of play‚ Tennessee Williams included many‚ precise stage directions in his script. The stage directions-lighting‚ music‚ pictures on a screen-were important factors in setting the play apart and making it the success that it was. In the 1973 movie remake however‚ a lot of these stage directions were
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It was a remake of a piece he did for the Rockefellers to be viewed in their RCA building. The original piece was called Man at the Crossroads. It clearly showed that the artist favored communism over capitalism‚ which caused controversy. It also had Lenin holding together the hands of people of various race. This is also thought to be at the heart of the controversy. Although Nelson Rockefeller paid Rivera in full for his work‚ he later covered it up and had it destroyed. Rivera’s remake added a
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5. nature as artifice‚ cultural construction (define‚ give example) Once we believe we know what nature ought to look like we can remake it so that it becomes different. An example would be a painting by a famous artist of nature; people look at it and see nature‚ they do not think about who the artist is. Once we know what nature looks like we remake it so completely that we become altogether indifferent or even hostile toward its prior condition. 6. precautionary principle (define
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present that they fail to think about what could be waiting for their ancestors in years to come. Then there are the environmentalists‚ in which Wilson has a strong belief in. Wilson believes that humanity cannot remake in the Earth in its original form. The increasing human efforts to remake the earth and control the global environment for human use is causing too much change in the environment that Earth soon my not be able to support the survival of the human race‚ therefore humanity’s intelligence
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that another $6‚000 was required another ten investors were found but this was also soon found to be inadequate. Image Ten eventually raised approximately $114‚000 for the budget. 3. “Night of the Living Dead” has been remade twice. The first remake was made in 1990 and it included more gore and a revised plot.
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“The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas” is a story that takes us on an adventure back in time during the Holocaust about the friendship of two 9 year old boys; a German and a Jew. This story definitely left a place in my heart‚ and I truly loved the story because it gave me a chance to understand the feelings of both worlds‚ and it helped me understand the two VERY different lifestyles. After reading the novel and watching the movie‚ I personally liked both. Overall‚ the book was much better because of
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