thrillers for years to come. The opening sequence transfixes viewers with a beautiful‚ almost ethereal wide shot of Earth from the view of space‚ and slowly moves in toward three dots that turn out to be the full cast of the film (really). Sandra Bullock plays Dr. Stone‚ a reluctant Astronaut on a singular mission to space with just six months of NASA training under her belt. On the other end of the spectrum is Matt Kowalski (George Clooney)‚ the seasoned‚ jovial Astronaut-cowboy on his last mission
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The movie the Blind Side chronicles the true events in the life of Baltimore Ravens offensive tackle Michael Oher. The movie opens with historical footage of one of the defining moments in football when quarterback Joe Theismann suffered a career ending sack by Lawrence Taylor. Though this resulted in the demise of Joe Theismann’s career‚ it catapulted the position of offensive tackle in to one of the highest paid positions in football. Contextually‚ the blind side as it relates to football is the
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and Youth Studies Film Critique Name: Institutional Affiliation: Course: Date: Child and Youth Studies Film Critique The Blindside is a film that was cast in 2009‚ belonging to sports genre. The stars in the movie were Quinton Aron and Sandra Bullock. The film talks about a noble and merciful American family that adopts a destitute black teenager. The teenager’s name is Michael‚ and his mother takes drugs .and nurtures him to be a prolific left back that protects the blind side of the quarterback
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I’m going to write about a “NFL” National Football League professional football player. A football player that I’m sure a lot of people have heard of. A movie was even made about his life story. The movie “The Blind Side” came out in 2009. Sandra Bullock played the part of the adoptive mother and Tim McGraw played the adoptive father. His name is Michael Jerome Oher. He was born in Memphis‚ Tennessee on May 28‚ 1986. So he is now currently 25 years old. He is an Offensive Tackle for the
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perspective of one person or family‚ and then the same event is expanded on by another characters connection to it. The first white characters we meet are Jean and Rick Cabot‚ an L.A. District Attorney and his wife‚ played by Brendan Fraser and Sandra Bullock. They are confident‚ well-off characters whose social status is evident at first sight. Jean grabs her husbands arm upon seeing two young black men in the street and Anthony‚ played by Ludacris‚ notes she is a typical racist white woman for expressing
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Take a trip down memory lane with these top cyber films. Designed for computer buffs‚ these movies range from spy thrillers to cyber crime movies. They were selected based on their excellent plot lines and portrayals of technology. Unlike typical movies‚ these films use computers the way they are actually used in real life with a few exceptions. 1. Hackers Released in 1994‚ this film stars a youthful Angelina Jolie. It is basically a 1990s version of War Games. In the film‚ a computer savvy teenager
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spin and roll around one another freely. This gives the feeling of actual space performance. The opening of Gravity was a twelve to thirteen minute single shot in outer space that begins with a satellite repair mission going wrong and ends with Sandra Bullock falling into the black void we call space. They did this to help capture the environment in a three-dimensional place‚ giving the audience an idea of how all components in the film relate to each other. In the film you have gotten dizzy in a thrilling
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Crash. It is the perfect analogy of how we as a human race deal with life‚ people and our own experiences. Physical characteristics and racial differences may be interpreted as two distinguishing traits that separate us. I think it’s what keeps us apart. That leaves several abstract questions that the film Crash illustrates. What are the origins of personal prejudice? Do individual experiences fuel standing stereotypes? Is it easier to perpetuate existing stereotypes because “things will never change
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would experience due to his upbringing and place in society. Cameron goes through a radical transformation where he comes to grips with his background and how he fits into these two clashing cultures. Also a depiction of classic stereotypes‚ Sandra Bullock plays Jean‚ a wealthy‚ upper-class politician’s wife who shows racist tendencies toward the majority of those she encounters with no regards to the circumstances. Although she is traumatized by an event that involves racial tensions‚ she continues
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actors would be Mark Wahlberg from the movies “The Three Kings”‚ “Shooter” and “The Departed” is great examples of how Mark uses his strong personality and bad attitude to play the character in these movies. The star type actor to me would be Sandra Bullock because of the way the people interested in her and her relationships and the money she gets per movie. I think a great wild card would be Mikey Rourke because he can play any character from good to bad guys; a great example of a movie for him
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