According to Tom Cruise‚ watching a movie in theaters is better than watching a movie at home. Tom Cruise‚ however‚ is wrong. Watching movies at home is better than watching movies in theaters. Movies are better at home because there are no previews‚ there is privacy‚ and they cost less. Going to a movie theater is inferior to staying home because of all the previews‚ the people‚ and the expense. When you first walk into a theater and sit down‚ the lights dim and you settle in for the first glimpse
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Rough Draft English Paper During Odysseus’ journey in ‘The Odyssey’‚ Odysseus runs into a couple problems. He leaves home ready to fight in the Trojan War. Although he had plans on coming home‚ he never made it home. His wife Penelope and his son Telemachus assumed that Odysseus was dead. It was not until Athena came to Telemachus and gave him everything he needed to make it to his dad. What Telemachus did not know was that Odysseus wanted to come home‚ but he could not because he was being held
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The Odyssey has captured minds for over 2700 years‚ and the story of Odysseus shows his determination to fight and conquer obstacles with and without the help of the Gods. The story dates back before 1000B.c. (The Modern Library‚ 1950‚ p.VI) His creative and cunning tactics throughout the story show his determination to reach his homeland of Ithaca. After conquering the Trojan War‚ Odysseus was told by Poseidon “man is nothing without the gods”. Poseidon felt Odysseus was not thankful for Poseidon’s
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Cohort 002 English Literature February 17th‚ 2012 Who is the true hero essay? In the Homeric epic The Odyssey‚ Athena depicts the true hero. Throughout the epic Athena has always been tagging along among both Telemachus’ and Odysseus’ journeys. Aside from helping Odysseus and Telemachus she also helped Penelope as well. .On these journeys she has shown many heroic traits which does make her the true hero of The Odyssey. Athena embodies the character trait of loyalty. Athena is always seen
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transmitted there by a monolith discovered on Earth’s moon. Overseeing the voyage is a supercomputer known as HAL 9000 (voice of Douglas Rain). It should not go unnoticed that each letter of HAL’s name is exactly one before IBM. The main reason this movie still holds our attention more than 30 years after its making‚ is its respect for its own mystery. Its vision of what science-fiction authors
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this review‚ i will focus on the movie “Nineteen Eighty Four”. 1984 is a very meaningful movie which is one of the masterpiece of the antiutopia. In this paper‚ i will mainly talk about my feeling of the movie‚ who is the firm best for and discuss some of the technical aspects of the movie. First Feeling After watching the movie‚ the first feeling reflect in my brain was cherish. The reason of saying that is because the setting of the movie background. In this movie‚ one of the the biggest bright
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description of life during his time period. One important theme from this Ancient Epic is Homers description of women during the Dark Ages. he women in Odyssey are unique in their personality‚ intentions‚ and relationship towards men. All women in this epic are different‚ but all of them help to define the role of the ideal woman. In The "Odyssey"‚ Homer depicts women during his time period by describing how they behave in society‚ what their roles are‚ and shows things from women’s prospectives
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The Odyssey Essay Heroism. What is it? How can it be portrayed? Are there bad or good sides to heroism? In “The Odyssey” by Holmer the character Odysseus portrays heroism in many ways. He portrays them in negative and positive ways which lead his trip to get back home to get delayed. Odysseus‚ why is he portrayed as a hero? Why is he heroic? The reader would think Odysseus is a hero because in the epic no matter the tragedy he faces from the gods‚ specifically Poseidon‚ he overcomes the obstacles
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Released in 2006‚ the movie Hoot kind of had some drama thrown in‚ but the little bit of comedy‚ and the choice of music made it great. The movie is about a young boy named Roy Eberhart (Logan Lerman) that has to move around a lot because of his father’s work. Roy moves to a little town in Florida called Coconut Cove. While he is on his bus ride to school‚ he see’s a strange boy running with no shoes. The next day‚ Roy follows the boy‚ meets him‚ and develops a friendship with him. The boy’s name
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seen the original movie. This movie at times seemed to be a little cliché and a little childish‚ but to some extent it was kind of the purpose for it to be childish. This childishness in itself is a hidden messages‚ as are many key ideas throughout the movie‚ which will have many views looking. Although this movie maybe somewhat dated‚ it was still able to appeal to the tastes of consumers of all ages. This movie is recommended to all movie goers‚ whether young or old‚ for this movie has an interesting
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