"The movie‚ “Thank You for Smoking” is a comedy-drama about a tobacco industry lobbyist‚ Nick Naylor. The movie brings up serious issue of the addicting substance tobacco and its various effects on human’s health. In the opening scene of “Thank You for Smoking”‚ Nick has committed three fallacies: 1. “Joan‚ how on earth would Big Tobacco profit off of the loss of this young man... It’s in our best interest to keep Robin alive and smoking.” There is an element of False Analogy. He draws a weak comparison
Premium Tobacco Fallacy Cigarette
eBay etc.‚ similar is the case with movies. It doesn’t cost much to an e-book seller to produce a copy of the book ordered. Video streaming companies can stream the rarest of the movies which is liked by only few people. In such circumstances‚ if a movie or a book is a hit‚ it more because of conformity. We live in a society
Premium Electronic commerce E-book Online shopping
The Great Debaters”‚ a movie drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson a professor at Wiley College located in Marshall Texas‚ in 1935 he inspired the student body to form the schools 1stdebate team‚ which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship. The movie has an academy award-winning cast‚ consisting of Denzel Washington playing the lead role of Melvin B. Tolson; Forrest Whittaker‚ who plays the stern father in the character of Dr. James Farmer Sr.; his son‚ a debate team
Premium The Great Debaters Fallacy Argumentation theory
I chose the movie Gothika because It is a very good movie and It has one of my favorite actors in the movie. Gothika is about a Psychiatrist (Halle Berry) who works for a women’s penitentiary‚ and she had car accident after trying to avoid a girl on the road while it was rainy out. She gets out the car to go help save the girl‚ turns out to be a ghost and possesses the psychiatrist body. The next day Halle Berry wakes up to find herself in a hospital bed where she works‚ and she is also being treated
Premium English-language films Film Actor
What was the lesson that you learnt from Carl Frederickson? Why? • The movie “up” is such a meaningful story. This story talks about two main characters Carl Frederickson and Russell . In past‚ Carl was a 9years old boy who has idolize famous explorer- Charles Muntz. he admires him. one day‚ carl befriends a girl named Ellie‚ she is Muntz’s fan too .So they become good friends. They have a same dream that is going to the Paradise Falls . carl and Ellie finally get married and live together
Premium Psychology Carl Jung Old age
For this assignment‚ I chose to evaluate Charlie Chaplin’s final speech in the movie‚ “The Great Dictator”. The movie was meant to parody Adolf Hitler and to condemn the Nazi party and it’s beliefs and values. The plot focuses on how a barber gets mistaken for the dictator and the barber is made to give a speech. The barber takes advantage of this opportunity to express how he feels about World War II and everything else that has happened. The purpose of this speech was to persuade. His character
Premium Adolf Hitler Nazi Germany World War II
Poetry in Movies: A Partial List What follows is a listing of the appearance of recognizable‚ often canonical‚ poems‚ or excerpts from poems. The catalog is necessarily incomplete; readers are invited to submit new entries to the page at movies@poets.org. The filmography will be revised and updated regularly. [pic] Addison‚ Joseph “The Campaign” My Darling Clementine‚ 1946 Apollinaire‚ Guillaume “L’amour” Peau d’ane‚ 1970 Arnold‚ Matthew "Dover Beach" Without Love‚ 1945 The Anniversary
Premium English-language films Love
TITLE: GLADIATOR PLOT: The story is about Maximus‚ one of the leading generals in the Roman army. He led the Romans to victory in a decisive battle with the Barbarians that ended a long war between them. This victory helped him gain trust and favour from the old Emperor Marcus Aurelius‚ which is now old and near his end. Emperor Aurelius wishes to appoint Maximus as the temporary leader of Rome‚ even though he has a son‚ Commodus. Commodus‚ being told by his father that he would not be the appointed
Premium Marcus Aurelius Roman Empire Ancient Rome
V for Vandetta 2005 -V: Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea‚ Mr. Creedy‚ and ideas are bulletproof. -V: ...A building is a symbol‚ as is the act of destroying it. Symbols are given power by people. Alone‚ a symbol is meaningless‚ but with enough people‚ blowing up a building can change the world. - Evey Hammond: No one will ever forget that night and what it meant for this country. But I will never forget the man and what he meant to me. - Evey Hammond:
Premium Jean Valjean Debut albums 2002 albums
Cheyenne Briner English 12A Mrs. Schuetz 28 November 2012 Valuable Lessons The movie‚ The Great Debators starring Denzel Washington‚ was about a black debate team traveling from city to city and/or town to town to compete with other debate teams. It took place in Marshall‚ Texas‚ home to Wiley College‚ where‚ in 1935-36‚ Professor Melvin Tolson coaches the debate team to a nearly-undefeated season that sees the first debate between U.S. students from white and Negro colleges and ends with an
Premium Debate The Great Debaters African American