Grant Godfrey Film Appreciation 11/27/09 Glory or Death A Film Analysis of “300” Most people have heard the story of King Leonidas and the bold three hundred; but for the people that have never heard of the three hundred Spartans until the movie came out‚ it definitely opened their eyes after viewing the film. Some do not understand why this story is one of the most amazing ones in Greek history‚ mostly the people who do not know much about it. It is an inspirational story that tells us many
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Alister Grierson’s film Kokoda (2006) is historically accurate to a limited extent. The film is based on the experiences of 39th Battalion fighting against Japanese forces in the 1942 Kokoda Campaign. The representation of the Australian Soldiers and the Japanese Soldiers were in favour of the Australians. Unbiased representation is important to understand both sides of the war. The problems with food and equipment supply do not quite show in the film‚ although the audience still gets a feel to
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is given the greenlight by 20th century Fox and the budget of 11 million dollars to film his creation. The film was released on Memorial Day weekend of that year‚ and we all know the rest is history. Now‚ flash forward to modern day. The United States is overseas battling foreign powers‚ the nation’s first African American is in the Whitehouse‚ and Justin Bieber is dominating our air
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Hollywood perspective as other countries make their own films even compete against the familiar style. Transnational films break through both ‘national’ and ‘international’ forms and can be taken on a global and local scale. Though‚ it does not limit media to one country‚ but works across many national cultures and economies. Films are not limited to just one country; they can be filmed across one or in many. Although‚ due to the original context of the film‚ not every country may be able to fully grasp all
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Hoosiers Film Analysis Why I selected Hoosiers Let me first begin by saying I am a huge sports fan. I played almost every sport growing up and have always loved watching sports‚ in particular college basketball and any type of football. I saw Hoosiers a few times growing up and enjoyed it every time. In my opinion it is one of the greatest sports movies of all time. The acting of Gene Hackman is definitely an Oscar winning performance. Even though this is not based on a true story it is
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in this film are as follows: the effects of the media on citizens to ridicule lawsuits such as Stella Liebeck’s‚ the effects of limiting the amount of money that can be awarded by a jury in damages to the plaintiff otherwise known as caps on damages‚ such as the case of Colin Gourley‚ the corporations’ influence and power in judicial elections as well as the extent they will go to as experienced by Oliver Diaz‚ and the effects of mandatory arbitration in the work place‚ battled by Jamie Leigh Jones
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The Patriot The film The Patriot directed by Roland Emmerich follows Benjamin Martin‚ a hero of the French and Indian War‚ and his service in the American Revolution fighting against the British. The Patriot is a film that romanticizes the fact that freedom is not free. The intended purpose of the film is to make Americans and those who fought for freedom to feel good about their country. In fact‚ freedom is a continuous theme in the movie from start to finish. This can be seen at the start of
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When I first met Nathan Wournos‚ I’ll admit that I was a bit of a bitch. But in my defense‚ I had practically met my death by driving off a cliff‚ and to top it off‚ he pulled a gun on me! So no‚ I wasn’t thinking clearly and I was pumped up on adrenaline and sarcasm is my fallback position. I have honed my sharp retorts and quick wit to an art form. Thankfully‚ for some reason Nathan decided to look past my hard exterior and give me a chance at a second impression. I had to give him a chance
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Starting in the early 1600’s English settlers began migrating to the Americas in search for liberty and the right to govern themselves in what they deemed a Christian manner. Thomas Morton‚ was one of the first to write about the Indians of New England. He condemned their religious beliefs claiming it was similar to devil like worship. (VOF‚4) The Native Americans were seen to be living a much happier life even without religion‚ law and a king. This daunted Christian and they did not understand how
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* Are made of animal cells * No cell walls * Eukaryotic. Lysosomes‚ centrioles. Flagella‚ cilia * Multicellular * Heterotrophic * Chemotrophic * They are either: 1. Invertebrates * Have no back bone 2. Vertebrates Things to classify Animals: 1. Feeding 2. Respiration 3. Internal Transport 4. Excretion 5. Response 6. Movement 7. Reproduction Phylum Porifera * The flagella move water into the sponge * Cells collect
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