Northwest Essay In his essay “Great Movies” Roger Ebert says how our minds are “limit[ed]” when it comes to “curiosity” and we don’t let our minds explore great movies that aren’t just big hit movies. We are exposed to many movies from “100 years‚ in color and black and white‚ in sound and silence‚ in wide-screen and the classic frame‚ in English and every other language‚” but we only watch movies that are considered “box-office winner[s]”. Ebert talks about an Iranian movie he had seen with around 1
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The Great Escape Movie Review Yash Desai *POW = Prisoner of War “The Great Escape” directed by John Sturges is a movie of high standard and excellence. This action packed adventure‚ released in 1963‚ takes place in Germany at the peak of World War II. Taking us back to 1942‚ The Great Escape documents the escape of 76 prisoners from a special Stalag (prison camp)‚ designed specifically for them. By contrasting color cinematography with a classical soundtrack‚ the movie successfully blends the
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By Jacob Trieber Baz Luhrmann resurrected the dying story of “The Great Gatsby” from the 1920’s by modernizing it to appeal to today’s audiences. People almost 100 years ago had greatly varying morals and lives compared to those of today‚ which Luhrmann realized and took that as a chance to tweak the storyline to grasp the attention of newer viewers. Anyone who has read the novel can instantly tell how different it is from the movie. Nonetheless‚ Luhrmann’s style and idea to take on the story from
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Great movies do not always have to be something that immediately strikes a viewer’s interest. They can be based on a subject you have always disliked‚ or have not previously watched because the sheer filming and cinematography could become of great intrigue. Special effects‚ which play on people’s imagination‚ a noteworthy soundtrack‚ scenery‚ and camera angles‚ can make a movie spectacular. Movies that relate to real life events and touch the audience’s hearts through strong emotional appeal also
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Reflection #7 Ghost of Abu Ghraib Filmmaker Rory Kennedy takes us thru a firsthand accord of Abu-Ghraib‚ a prison where Saddam Hussein housed his prisoners but during the Iraqi war U.S soldiers took hold of this prison using it as their own prison for suspected terrorist and people they believed to be aiding terrorist. However what went on behind the walls of this prison was nothing less than admiral behavior‚ on the part of the soldiers. Prisoners were abused‚ humiliated and treated as if
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English Reading August 8‚ 2012 1-C A Reflection on the Folktale “How the Moon and the Stars came to be” This story‚ is a folktale in the mute area in Bukidnon. This story took place in an unknown area in Bukidnon but the story was said famous. The story talks about how the moon and the stars began when a Bukidnon Spinster began her work. The sky was said that it was low at that time. So she took off her beads around the neck (necklace) and her comb and put them in the sky
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time and date: 12 noon on Monday 27 October Description of Task: Following your group presentation (see below) you are required to individually write a short 3 page essay reflecting on the group presentation and the group work process. Your reflection must answer the following questions: 1 What was the main way in which you contributed to achievement of the group’s tasks? 2 In what way or ways did your group operate well? For instance‚ you may wish to identify a particular process that enabled
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Reflection Paper Li Jian B11010198 U Hon Kun B1101305 Yeap Heng Tat B1103203 Department of Psychology PSY 312 Mr. Eric Bryan Amaladas Social Problems and Human Rights An increasing number of social problems can be seen in our country. In the lecture‚ our guest speaker mentioned several social problems such as unemployment‚ drug abuse‚ alcohol abuse‚ teenage pregnancy‚ child abuse and bullying. These social problems have a lot of negative effects to our youth and they will also affect the
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The results of the Enneagram provided valuable insight to approaching the first reflective paper. Being a type three achiever/performer I wanted to immediately leave class on Saturday and work on the reflective paper through completion until I read the statement “The most profitable work I can do is to take time to relax and to grow” provided from The Enneagram Made Easy by Renee Baren and Elizabeth Wagele. Thinking about this statement I realized that not only did I need to take time to actually
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In this paper I will discuss why I want to become a teacher‚ some of my personal characteristics that will make me an effective teacher‚ how I will stay current in the field of education‚ and how I will maintain my passion about teaching. Finally‚ I will include my teaching philosophy. I want to become a teacher for a few reasons‚ mainly to be able to shape our future by helping to teach our children. Becoming part of the learning process and actually seeing a student finally understand something
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