Lost Cause? Not in Lincoln The movie Lincoln‚ directed by Steven Spielberg‚ is a good representation of Civil War history with major emphasis on emancipation and the Thirteenth Amendment. One thing to notice is that this recent movie does not jump onto the Confederate Lost Cause bandwagon like many of the older movies I saw in the past. It shows that the Lost Cause view of the Civil War is beginning to fade away in modern day era but also shows the influences of present day view on Civil War history
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Christmas Carol‚ both the play and the movie‚ have many similarities with just as many differences. Although the movie was created as a follow-up to the play‚ there were many times where the movie was completely different. On occasion‚ there would be times where you could follow along to the movie with the script‚ but most of the time‚ it would be somewhat the same.The script compared to the movie is more informing and fills in empty holes. Although watching the movie is easier‚ in order to get all of
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Last Summer I watched Paul Blart: Mall Cop. I watched this movie because my friend suggested the movie to me. I watched this movie in my living room with my family. The movie is rated family and comedy. They spent ______ dollars on Mall Cop. The movie came out on January 16‚ 2009. The genre of the movie is comedy‚ crime and action. The director of the movie is Steve Carr. Steve Carr is as bright as Albert Einstein for creating this movie. The screenwriters of Mall Cop are Kevin James and Nick Bakay
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suspense this movie sets on you. The New World was directed and written by Terrence Malick. The main characters in the film are Colin Farrell who played John Smith‚ Q’orianka Kilcher who played Pocahontas‚ and Christopher Plummer. This movie was made in 2005. This movie is about settlers from England coming to the New World to start colonies. It is the story of how they made it and what different hardships they had to overcome in order to survive in this new world. Throughout the movie you see how
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said the movie market is a perfect example of a market that is flooded with these more action packed sci-fi and comic book films to a point almost every other month is a new film that follow something that falls under these criteria. The Fantastic Four movie which came out in in early August of 2015. This film was a remake of the fantastic four series that were released in the early 2005. This film was directed by Josh Trank who is a new director to the scene and after watching this movie it certainly
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change a number of things and change unnecessary details. However‚ for the movie The Book Thief the director did not seem to consider all that he was getting rid of that helped the story flow. There were many differences and similarities between the book and the movie. However‚ the film adaptation does not measure up to the original due to some incorrect order of events‚ certain details‚ and the characters. Even though the Movie and the book had some major differences they had some important similarities
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Amy Damron Introduction to Film Instructor Steven Ryan September 6‚ 2010 The most interesting movie that I have had the pleasure of watching recently was the movie Grown Ups. I wanted to go to the theater and see this movie because I enjoy comedies‚ and I usually relate really well with movies produced and played in by Adam Sandler. The comedy that was portrayed in the previews for this movie always got my attention and had me laughing‚ so I felt it would be worth it to go see it. Based upon
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Movie Review of Almost Famous In the movie “Almost Famous”‚ Cameron Crowe portrays the life of a high-school boy named William. William was more advanced than the other children. He dreams of becoming a lawyer but little does he know‚ his life is about to change. William is given the opportunity to write a story for Rolling Stone Magazine. His task is to interview an up-and-coming rock band named StillWater as he accompanies it on their concert tour. He is presented with many challenges that
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The movie‚ American Sniper‚ has definitely been one of the most anticipated and controversial films of 2014. The movie is directed by Clint Eastwood‚ and stars Bradley Cooper. This movie tells the unique and complicated story of former navy seal‚ Chris Kyle. Chris Kyle is mostly known as the most lethal sniper in U.S military history. Chris had 160 confirmed kills in total of all of his tours of duty. Unfortunately‚ Chris Kyle was killed at a gun range by a former marine who had a history of mental
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300 Movie Review The Battle of Thermopylae is a famous historical event‚ many people have known of it probably after watching the great movie 300 that was released back in 2006. The movie tells the story of king Leonidas and his 300 men fighting a fierce battle against the Persian army that came to invade Greece. However‚ like any other Hollywood movie that is based on an actual historical event‚ this movie is no exception from rewriting some of the historical facts. After a brief comparison between
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