What makes a movie good? Could it be the good actors that take part in the movie? Good acting sure can elevate the point of the movie‚ but good acting does not make a movie good. So what are some things that make up a movie? According to Aristotle‚ in Aristotle’s Poetic‚ there are six parts that help put together a tragedy or comparable to now‚ a movie. Those six parts are plot‚ character‚ diction‚ thought‚ spectacle‚ and melody. From the recent movies that I have watched; one in particular stands
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another. Each character in the movie is in some way personally affected‚ transformed‚ damaged‚ or mistreated by racism. They’re also all in some way guilty of racism themselves. A racist cop pulls over a black couple and molests the wife‚ only later to risk his life to save the women; an honest cop protects a black man from discrimination only to later discriminate against someone himself. The movie in the end is both intense and thought provoking. Throughout the movie we are only shown the characters
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Cloverfield was released to the public. The movie starts off as a group friends prepare for a going away party. During the party‚ New York City begins to start having mysterious earthquakes and power outages. The entire movie follows the group of friends as they try to get to their friend stuck in her apartment building‚ and then getting out of the city while trying to avoid whatever is terrorising the city. 10 years later‚ The Cloverfield Paradox was released. This movie is meant to be the prequel to Cloverfield
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Selma was a movie released in America in the year 2014. English was the language used because it connected with American history. This movie was admired by many viewers because of its rich details about the struggles African American’s faced during the1960s’. The movie was directed by the very accomplished Ava DuVernay. She is an African American director‚ film marketer‚ film distributor‚ and screenwriter. The film industry is dominated by Caucasian men. It took a lot of fearlessness‚ on DuVernay’s
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When thinking of “The Lego Movie” it’s easy to dismiss it as another movie made to entertain the minds of 4 to 11 year olds. A movie created just for parents to get one solid hour of peace from their kids but it’s surprisingly the opposite. The movie surprises its viewers with cleverly written jokes‚ action packed scenes‚ and heartwarming characters. This Warner Brothers production grabs the attention of its viewer and keeps them entertained all the way to the end. Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher
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Racism Charlene T Gaines GSN1214A Dean Harris 04/15/2012 Outline I. Introduction A. Thesis Statement The movie Twilight Eclipse was the third part of the Twilight Saga. This movie was just a romance movie with a twist. The director and producer tried to bring the old and the new together by encompassing what we think we know about vampires and adding a new dimension to it. With the latest cinematography and the new technology they made every scene believable and kept the audience wanting
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Movie Review – The Help ENGL – 201 October 4‚ 2012 “The Help” based on a best-selling novel by Kathryn Stockett‚ a story of three women who take extraordinary risk in writing a novel based on the stories from the view of black maids and nannies. Set in Jackson‚ Mississippi in the early 1960s‚ a young girl sets out to change the town. Skeeter‚ who is 21 years old‚ white‚ educated from Ole Miss‚ dreams of becoming a journalist. She returns home to find the family maid‚ Constantine‚ gone and no
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Aladdin: Movie versus Story Although the movie Aladdin is based on the story from One Thousand and One Arabian Nights‚ changes have been made to make the movie better. In this essay‚ some of the differences and similarities will be discussed‚ as well as which one is better. Although there are a lot of similarities between the two‚ many small detailed differences can be detected‚ and can ultimately make the difference between which one is better. For example‚ the mother plays a much greater role
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For the movie assignment I decided to view Murderball. Murderball is a true story that focuses on life as a quadriplegic and the sport of quad rugby (Murderball). Mark Zupan‚ Joe Soares‚ and Keith Cavill are three characters whose lives are highlighted in the film. Joe Soares was a former Team USA standout and in the movie he was captain of Team Canada. Soares became quadriplegic from childhood polio. The disease put Joe in a wheelchair‚ which in turn got him involved in quad rugby. As a child
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Jordyn Granito Movie: Rules of Engagement (2000) Col. Terry Childers is a highly respected Marine Veteran with 30 years of service. He is viewed as a hero but after a mission gone wrong he starts to be viewed as a killer. Now he is trial for firing into a crowd that is said to be was firing at Childers and his team with the only real witness to this is dead. In the state’s eyes he has broken the rules of engagement. His lawyer being Col. Hayes Hodge‚ also a retired Marine Veteran. Much
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