childhood until his execution at the hands of the Spanish colonizers‚ who occupied Philippines for 333 years. We are also thrown into the world of Rizal’s novels‚ thus we get a peep of how he viewed the Filipino society under the Spanish regime. The movie gives us an idea about how Jose Rizal‚ which is just an ordinary citizen like us‚ helped our country acquire independence. It showed us how hard it was for them to gain the freedom that we are enjoying right now. That behind every free man at the moment
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139 minutes approx. Filming Locations: Los Angeles and California Special Effects: Many of the visual effects in Fight Club have been overshadowed by effect-based movies (LOTR‚ The Matrix) but upon closer examination I found that they were perfect in their own right. They depicted a chaotic sense of disengagement‚ not only from society but also from oneself. Two of the most technically advanced shot were CGIs (computer generated enhancements) of Jack’s IKEA apartment. One was a tracking shot
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takes immediate action. To the outrage of the team‚ the school and the community‚ Carter cancels all team activities and locks the court until the team shows acceptable academic improvement... | | | * | * Coach Carter. Lessons from the Movie: * Do you have your partners blessing. Do they know what you stand for and support you? Get behind you when you aren’t getting behind you? * Preparation before you enter the field * Know your opponents & your team (Strengths & Limitations)
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In A Simple Plan‚ director Sam Raimi delivers many emotionally effective scenes. He enhances each scene with vital‚ well placed filmmaking techniques. Raimi’s techniques include implementing direct dialogue and conflict‚ exploiting the special bond between two brothers‚ and the portrayal of greed in the wrong people. The scenes which this effectiveness is presented the strongest are Jacob’s talk with Hank in the car‚ Jacob’s death in the nature preserve‚ and the final burning of the money. These
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50/50 When we first saw the trailer for the film 50/50 starring Joseph Gordon Levitt and Seth Rogan‚ we knew this was a must-see. The film’s rough story of a 20-something year old battling with “stage five back cancer” taught us that life is too short to sweat the small stuff. People go through tragic battles like disease and the possibility of dying when all we do is find ourselves complaining about small‚ narrow problems in life. Adam demonstrated true optimism and showed the audience that
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Fever Pitch is about being a fan. The book is about Nick Hornby’s life and football which is a big part in his life. He compares football with the things that happen in his life. The main character is Nick Hornby‚ at first he acts very immature but in the end he has really grown up. All he thinks about is football but after some time he notices football is not all in life but of course it acts on every part in our life. He is a fan of Arsenal‚ like many other Britanns. The book is also‚ in part
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Czechoslovakia would become a communist nation. Filmmaker Jan Svankmajer from Prague made his first feature length film “Alice” (1988) which spawned from a time period that influenced surrealist films. Svankmajer’s rooting in surrealist film influenced his movie “Alice” an adaptation of the classic “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”‚ by changing the story into a more darker and nonsensical tone then the original version. The story of “Alice’s Adventures on Wonderland” has been adapted many times over the
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[pic] [pic] [pic] Prepared by: REALYN C. CABATAY Master of Arts in Education Introduction Mr. Holland’s Opus is a 1995 American drama film directed by Stephen Herek. It stars Richard Dreyfuss in the title role and the cast includes Glenne Headly‚ Olympia Dukakis‚ William H. Macy and Jay Thomas. Mr. Holland’s Opus is presented as a video biography of the 30-year career of the eponymous lead character‚ Glenn Holland‚ as a music teacher at the
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Good Burger Ed‚ a devoted worker at a local hamburger place “good burger” and Dexter‚ a struggling student who just can’t wait for summer are brought together after Ed’s Rollerblading causes Dexter to crash into one of his teachers while driving without a license. The bills from the crash cause Dexter to have to get the one thing he never dreamed of‚ a summer job. After applying for a job at good burger’s soon to be competition “Mondo Burger” and failing miserably he finds himself wallowing in his
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Assignment: _Write a review of the 1995 Pride and Prejudice film‚ (seen in class) comment on the cast‚ music‚ setting‚ wardrobe etc._ Generally speaking film adaptations of classic novels rarely ever prove superior or a match for the books on which they are based. This may be attributed to the fact that the written word allows for more nuances than the camera. In many cases the book is severely compromised in order to make the story more cinematic‚ key parts are altered or omitted entirely and the
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