The movie The Patriot is set in the time period of the late 18th century‚ the time period of the American Revolution. Mel Gibson plays the character Benjamin Martin‚ a farmer‚ and widower of seven children. In the film a British officer murders a son of Benjamin‚ at which time he gather a small army of farmers and Indians and leads them into battle with the British. The film does a good job and portraying the effects of the time period and events that take place. In some scenes the battles are
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the Flies Psych Review Upon starting this assignment I was first faced with picking the movies from which to write the reports on. Just as every junior high student did I had "read" Lord of the flies‚ so I naturally skipped the book and went straight to the movie. I thought it would be a fun‚ good example of psychology in film. Who said slacking never pays‚ without my complete lack of the desire to read‚ I never would have known about this movie or its relevance to psychology! My psychological
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Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity pulls viewers in with superb character development‚ cinematic brilliance‚ and harrowing action sequences‚ leaving them breathless. A film that uses 3D technology and special effects in the best possible way; Gravity will serve as the benchmark for excellence in space 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
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Kristina Roberts June 7‚ 2011 Furey-EN 305 Notebook Assignment 7. Research and identify people –not necessarily local or U.S. based—who hold what you consider the “ideal job”. What does the job entail? Can you find the person’s resume/vita somewhere? Write a brief summary of the persons training and career‚ using as many real statics as you can find. Explain what you admire about this person. What kind of worker is he? What were his greatest accomplishments? Setbacks? How did the field
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This movie is a biographical look at the life of Howard Hughes. It gives fairly accurate look at this man ’s life from the 1920 ’s through the 1940 ’s. During this time Hughes was involved in directing movies‚ and piloting test planes produced by his own aviation company‚ Hughes Aircraft. This movie shows a harsh reality to Hughes ’ overwhelming affliction with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)‚ and how he coped with the disease. Hughes was an orphan by the age of 17. Hughes father was an inventor
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Movie Review: Remember the Titans In 1971‚ the black and white schools in Alexandria‚ Virginia were forced to integrate and became T.C. Williams High School. There were in the community. Above al that‚ the white football coach‚ Bill Yoast‚ was replaced by a black football coach‚ Herman Boone. There was uproar among the white players and their parents because their white head coach was being replaced. The players attended a training camp where white and black players do not mix. An exception
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Have you ever watched a movie and started to psychoanalysis the characters in the movie? In this movie we look specifically at Emily and Martin Taylor along with the complex relationships they are involved in. This obviously is a movie so some of it goes to far‚ but the conditions of the person can potentially be real symptoms. I was watching Side Effects‚ I began to understand the plot‚ symptoms‚ and reflection of the main characters. During the movie‚ it opens with a scene of bloody foot prints
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The Notebook By Nicholas Sparks Major Characters * Allison Hamilton – seventeen year old heiress‚ who shared an epic summer romance to Noah. * Noah Calhoun – local country boy who fell in love to a city girl‚ Allison. * Anne Hamilton – Allison’s mother. * Lon Hammond – Allison’s fiancé. Minor Characters * Martha Saw – a war widow‚ Noah’s girlfriend. * Frank Calhoun – Noah’s father. * John Hamilton – Allison’s father. * Fin – Noah’s friend. * Nurse Esther
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Movie Review of The Butterfly Effect It ’s not everyday that one may watch a film that can be categorized in all of the genres of drama‚ thriller‚ sci-fi‚ and love. However‚ in J. Mackye Gruber and Eric Bress ’s movie‚ The Butterfly Effect‚ they do just that. Throughout the film‚ a young man‚ Evan Treborn‚ played by Ashton Kutcher‚ who like his institutionalized dad before him‚ has memory blackouts that he must deal with. After several years had passed‚ Evan discovers a supernatural technique
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Movie Review on The Sixth Sense The Sixth Sense is a 1999 ghost story and a psychological thriller film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan about an ill and isolated boy played by Haley Joel Osment‚ and a child psychologist played by Bruce Willis‚ who tries to help him but is going through some personal troubles of his own. The film takes place in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. Dr. Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis) is a child psychologist‚ who returns home one night with his wife from an event in
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