Since I am not a fan of viewing blood‚ and the violent actions that causes it; I decided to watch a movie in which the violence is less grotesque. The movie that I chose to watch was "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets." I chose this movie because I have recently read that the children’s book series Harry Potter has been rated amongst the most violent books meant for young readers. If you look at "Harry Potter" through a uses and gratifications perspective‚ children would most likely watch
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Radio is a dramatic and uplifting movie that is based on the true life story of James Robert Kennedy (aka Radio)‚ a mentally retarded African-American‚ who spends his days pushing a shopping cart around the streets of Anderson‚ a sleepy town in South Carolina‚ collecting junk and old radios. It features an emotional story
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The movie Lincoln‚ was more accurate than previous portrayals of Abraham Lincoln. However‚ the movie did fail to include important facts‚ such as Lincoln’s belief that African Americans were unequal to whites and some details of the passing of the 13th Amendment. All in all though‚ the movie portrayed the Civil war and presidency with considerable accuracy. Lincoln focuses mainly on the passage of the 13th amendment and the trials Lincoln and his supporters went through. The film insinuates that
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The movie thirteen touched many important factors of adolescent’s development. Some of the ones I want to concentrate in this paper are: family system‚ developmental tasks‚ and peer pressure. The movie begins with Tracy‚ the main character‚ as a normal teenager whose life seems from the outside “ok”. However‚ even at this point in the movie‚ there are hints of Tracy’s inner pain and discomfort or distress with her world. Tracy lives a tough life. Her parents are separated‚ and do not have a good
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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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The movie Grease was produced in the year 1978. The name of the movie‚ Grease‚ doesn’t come off as a singing movie with people dancing. The movie is based on two people who fell in love over summer break. They never would have imagined that they would be going to school together when school started back in the fall. Not knowing that they went to school together‚ Sandy a Australian transfer who later became a member of the Pink Lady‘s. “Danny(John Travolta) is the coolest greaser at Rydell High‚ and
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MOVIE ANALYSIS CROCODILE DUNDEE INTRODUCTION The movie ‘Crocodile Dundee’ directed by Peter Faiman is a 1986 Australian comedy film‚ which relates to an Australian bushman from ‘The Outback’ called Mick Dundee. BODY The movie ‘Crocodile Dundee’ directed by Peter Faiman and produced by John Cornell‚ is an Australian comedy film‚ which was released on the 30th of April 1986 in Australia and on the 26th of September 1986 in United States. This movie has become one of the most successful movies in
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Make Way “Movie Brats” In the late 1960s to late 1970s‚ as the veteran directors retired‚ a new generation gradually took their place. Associated with “New Hollywood‚” these young and diverse directors‚ often in their late twenties and early thirties‚ were considered “movie brats.” These new directors Some of the more famous were Francis Ford Coppola‚ Stephen Spielberg‚ and George Lucas; all of whom had an intense awareness of film history‚ worked with quotations and remakes‚ and created extremely
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What is in your movie? ENG 225 Hannah Judson March 15‚ 2010 What is in your movie? How does one analysis a movie? How does one watch a movie? What are you looking for in the movie? When you watch the movie‚ does the movie tell you a story or do you learn any life lessons from it? Movie making is considered an industry and an art form; as an artist media‚ it can come in a form of expression. A movie has so many components intertwined into it to make it overall and complete. Therefore‚ is
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The Movie Experience Word Count: 601 Movies should be treated as a luxury commodity‚ meant to invoke feelings and thoughts that otherwise would have been left dormant and untouched. From comedies that bring you joy to sci-fi thrillers that keep you up at night‚ movies obtain their value by how successful they can engage their audience. While much of this is dependent upon the movie itself‚ where you experience it can play a vital role in your idea of its success. Comfort and affordability underscore
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