The film Apocalypto‚ by Mel Gibson is full of suspense and adventure. It tells a story about a young man Jaguar Paw and his tribe members getting brutally captured by another tribe as slaves. For some‚ this movie might be shocking due to the violence we get to be exposed to. In the movie‚ Jaguar Paw manages to escape from the men who want to kill him and experiences very awful moments trying to survive in his forest. “I am Jaguar Paw! This is my forest! My sons and their sons will hunt here after
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half-remembered‚ and half- envisioned where we can only catch glimpses of from time to time. Community. Somewhere‚ there are people to whom we can speak without having the words catch in our throats. Somewhere a circle of hands will open to receive us‚ eyes will light up as we enter‚ voices will celebrate with us whenever we come into our own power…” 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
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a special on myths regarding the new movie‚ The Green Hornet. Seth Rogen made a special appearance in the show and tagged along with Adam and Jamie‚ the hosts of Mythbusters. Discovery Channel aired this Mythbusters program on December 15‚ 2010 at 9 p.m. The first situation Mythbusters tried to recreate from the Green Hornet movie was the scene where Black Beauty (the car the Green Hornet drove) was buried on its side‚ with a bulldozer on top. In the movie‚ the Green Hornet and Kato were able
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Videodrome Videodrome‚ directed by David Cronenberg‚ is a movie setting in Toronto during the early 1980s depicting a television station attempting to broadcast a show of violence and torture named Videodrome. Max Renn‚ owner of a small-sized television station‚ learned about a Videodrome‚ which was broadcasted in Malaysia‚ just when he wanted a change to the program the station was showing. Max immediately gained interest to the new show and order to start pirating it as he believes that the show
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see the movie “Unbroken” with my family. It is the story of a man that was a prisoner of war in World War II. On the way home from seeing the movie I complained about how some of the disturbing imagery had made me uncomfortable and how I didn’t think I could stomach watching the movie a second time. My father’s reply to my complaints was “It is your discomfort with the movie that is the reason you should watch it everyday.” That statement has been one that has stuck with me. That movie‚ like these
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Freakonomics The first part of the movie talks about the way real estate agents work and whether their interests are actually aligned with the seller of the property or not. This is confirmed by the data which shows that the homes of real estate agents tend to command a better price than the client’s as the agents hold the property for more days on the market. The agents ask the clients to sell their respective property’s right away because the additional consideration which they get‚ for waiting
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Extra Credit Movie: GATTACCA Gattacca is a movie released in the year of 1997‚ produced‚ directed and written by‚ Andrew Niccol. Movie in which he‚ (the writer) describes the story of Vincent Freeman‚ a man who had cardiovascular problems and a very inferior profile in the view of society. Vincent‚ had always dreamed of travelling into the outer space‚ the only way he could make his dreams come true‚ and travel into the out space‚ was by entering a space job/corporation known as ‘Gattacca.’ The
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understood in an easy way. The comforts of knowing there is no violence is lacked in family dramas. Although most of the movie’s plot was about football‚ and even though the majority of the movie was shot on location at the Notre Dame stadium‚ screenwriter‚ Angelo Pizzo never thought of it as being a sports movie. Pizzo stated‚ "Sports is a metaphor. Unlike most sports stories‚ it ’s not about the state championship team or a great athlete. It ’s really about the last guy on the bench. For a player
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The movie is based upon a graphic novel by Frank Miller (of comic book fame). They are both based upon a one of the most famous battles in the Persian Wars (492 - 449 BC)‚ The Battle of Thermopylae. The Battle of Thermopylae goes down in history for being one of the most heroic feats of bravery in any war. The Spartan King Leonidas led 300 Spartan warriors in a fight to block the Persian Army from passing into Greece through a two meter wide pass through the mountains of Thermopylae. The Persian
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Goonies was one of his favorite childhood movies. After all the research I did and questions I asked I can say without a doubt that this movie is the greatest movie I have ever seen. How else can he say something like that? The fact is that he must not have had a good imagination as a kid. I cant explain what "it" is but when you sit back and experience a movie with "it"‚ it will be forever instilled in your memory. Just look at some of the classic films of that decade. The Goonies is true art for
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