Movie Overview Essay Examples

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An Examination of the Movie, Fight Club (894 words, 2 pages)

Wow! Fight Club is a wonderful and exciting movie. David Fincher who previously directed the movie Seven, (also staring Brad Pit) takes a novel by Chuck Palahniuk and puts it to life on the big screen with great results. Fight Club is original as well as entertaining and is definitely ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie, North by Northwest (1152 words, 2 pages)

Thornhill, From Business Man to Hero In the 1959 movie "North by Northwest," the main characters Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) and Eve Kendall (Eva Marie Saint) go through a transformation of personalities and roles after being exposed to various situations. This Alfred Hitchcock thriller tells a tale about an advertising ... Read More

An Analysis of the Western Movie Tombstone (1495 words, 2 pages)

For many years, Hollywood has been filming many movies and popular TV shows that portray the life and experience of the Old West for what it was really not, heroically mythical and dangerously romantic. What were the proposes of Hollywood in filming many films about this popular subject of life ... Read More

The Realities of Life in the Movie the Odyssey (758 words, 1 pages)

The Odyssey The Odyssey is a film that contains many desirable and undesirable parts of the world and life that are well depicted. The film is very clear about which aspects are pleasant and which are unwanted. Odysseus and his men undergo many hardships but there are traits displayed that ... Read More

Neo and the Oracle in the Movie, The Matrix (1858 words, 4 pages)

Neo's meeting with the Oracle Neo goes to see the Oracle for the first time in the first Matrix movie. When he meets her, she is in her kitchen baking cookies. Then during sometime in their conversation, the Oracle says,"Don't worry about the vase." Neo says, "What vase?" (after he ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie Version of The Fugitive (314 words, 1 pages)

Thirty years after the first TV episode, in 1993, a movie version of "The Fugitive," starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones made a new run for it, an amazing one, too. Harrison Ford's character was convicted erroneously for the brutal murder of his wife, the Chicago surgeon escaped execution ... Read More

An Explanation of the Movie, Corp of Discovery (1290 words, 2 pages)

In this essay I will explain what I learned from the Corp of Discovery movie our class watched. I will also tell my thoughts and comments on it. I learned a lot from the movie and understand more about the expedition then I did ever before. In the paragraphs that ... Read More

A Review of the Movie Rudy (404 words, 1 pages)

Rudy Rudy is one of the most inspirational movies I have seen all year. The movie was produced in 1993 and was shot on the Notre Dame campus. Rudy Ruettiger struggled throughout his school years and was not one of the smartest boys in his class, but he always tried. ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie Breathing Lessons (532 words, 1 pages)

Reflection of Breathing Lessons The movie Breathing Lessons caught me completely off guard. Even though I knew a little about the movie before watching it, I did not realize what an impact it would have on me. Seeing disability on the streets is impersonal because you only see the person ... Read More

Analysis of the Movie The Merchants of Cool (387 words, 1 pages)

The movie, "The Merchants of Cool", presented an in-depth look at the relationship between marketing giants and the individuality and "coolness" of teens today. I was surprised by some of the things shown in the movie not that I was ignorant of the fierce marketing tactics used by companies to ... Read More

A Movie Analysis of The Last of the Mochicans (764 words, 1 pages)

The Last of the Mohicans Everyone has fantasies of being a super hero and leaping tall buildings in a single bound or staring death in the face everyday and somehow finding a way to escape. All of these imaginative thoughts have been derived from the past literary works by the ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie, Braveheart (1182 words, 2 pages)

The movie "Braveheart", is a story that is about real historical events and battles, though in the movie there is many inaccuracies that are left out of the movie or events in the movie that are inaccurate. The movie is entertaining and was successful, but there are many points to ... Read More

A Review of the Movie In the Company of Men (768 words, 1 pages)

Who is the True Victim? In the Company of Men is a movie women would love to hate. The movie uses women's perception of men and takes it a step further. The untruthful justice used against men in this movie is horrendous. Upon watching the movie, women think "this is ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie Friday (1141 words, 3 pages)

The movie Friday is a comedy, but it also depicts many important social issues. The story is set in the city of Los Angeles, California, in what could be called a high-class ghetto. This movie is about a young black man who loses his job and is influenced by his ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie Cabaret (596 words, 1 pages)

12 love story, music and message Cabaret is movie that get a lot of messages across to us through story, humorous and meaningful music. There are two love stories in it. One is between Sarry and Brian. Sarry is selfish while Brian has a secret. From the music sang by ... Read More

An Introduction to the Quality of Bollywood Movies (663 words, 2 pages)

If the quality of Bollywood movies hitting the screens all over India these days isn't reason enough to feel disillusioned, the kind of bloopers they are full of, which are conveniently overlooked, are enough to make you pull your hair out in frustration. If scantily-dressed women dancing on snow-clad mountain ... Read More

The Use of Parallelism in the Movie Unbreakable (2345 words, 3 pages)

Through the use of parallelism within the narrative of Unbreakable, the viewer comes to gain a greater understanding of the characters of David Dunn and Elijah Price, and what motivates them. This in turn allows the film to become more multifaceted and complex than if the narrative had simply focused ... Read More

An Overview of Dorothy’s Journey in The Wizard of Oz American Movie (666 words, 1 pages)

One learns that without struggle and hardship, without the perilous journey itself, one would never have been able to discover his true self his true home. Dorothys journey places her and her companions in many over the rainbow situations involving everything form Munchkins to flying monkeys. She belives her quest ... Read More

Movie Stars Going into Politics (818 words, 2 pages)

THERE was an interesting article in our Metro section last week. That was the one that said movie fans might no longer see Vilma Santos and Lito Lapid on the silver screen. Not unless they want to give up being mayor of Lipa City and governor of Pampanga province, respectively. ... Read More

A Comparison of the Book and the Movie The Godfather (1977 words, 3 pages)

LiteratureMovie Comparison The Godfather The Book and the movie of The Godfather have their similarities and differences that I will be focusing on. The Godfather is the best selling phenomenon - a classic of our time. The Godfather story was written before the movie came out approximately 30 years ago. ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie Kiss the Girls (1000 words, 1 pages)

"Kiss the Girls" is a movie about an anti-social serial killer who collects girls he believe's he's in love with. The movie starts out with the killer reminiscing on the first girl he loved. He sat in Cody Peers attic spying on her and her sister until he confessed his ... Read More

The Stereotyped Librarian in Movies (855 words, 2 pages)

Stereotyped Librarians in Movies What do you think of when you hear the word "librarian"? Several years ago 100 people were surveyed and asked what they thought of as the typical librarian. The results showed that most people thought librarians were quiet, mean, stern, single or unmarried, stuffy, and wore ... Read More

A Review of the Movie Smoke Signals (332 words, 1 pages)

Smoke Signals Smoke Signals is basically about a guy named Victor and his relationship with his father or lack there of. It also brings in a lot about Native American reservations and traditions, especially the oral tradition. The custom of story telling is important in Native American tradition and there ... Read More

An Examination of the Movie, Babe (299 words, 1 pages)

Babe is a drama comedy movie that is a heart-warming story by the director, Chris Noonan. It is about an ordinary pig that goes great lengths to find acceptance in life. The fantasy film follows the tale of Babe, a pig who defies destiny by daring to be a sheep ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie Pi (1277 words, 2 pages)

Pi is an independent mathematical sci-fi thriller that pushes the envelope of the most controversial ideas of life itself, broad religion versus mathematics and order. In this film a brilliant number theorist, Maximilian Cohen, teeters on the brink of insanity as he searches for an underlying meaning of an elusive ... Read More

An Analysis of the Final Paper on Movies (922 words, 2 pages)

Final Paper on Movies Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story are two very similar movies. Though they are alike in many ways, they are also very different as well. The two movies mirror each other all the way until the fight in West Side Story and until Mercutio dies ... Read More

A Movie Review of Fight Club (2690 words, 6 pages)

Fight Club The movie, Fight Club, has many themes dealing with some of the class-discussed vocabulary. Through a scene by scene, and dialogue-based analysis of the movie, I have found that these themes are emphasized through discussions, interactions, and non-dialogue scenes between the main character, his imaginary sidekick and the ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie, Mildred Pierce (597 words, 1 pages)

Mildred Pierce Mildred Pierce is a gloomy yet captivating murder mystery. The story line leads up to the crime scene presented in the opening scenes. The drama explores the unsound relationship between a helpless mother and an unappreciative daughter. Both of their obnoxious personalities add to the insanity of this ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie Lean on me (426 words, 1 pages)

In the movie, Lean on Me East Side High School was labeled a "cauldron of violence." After the school was designated the harsh term, Joe Clark a African American male became the head principal and changed the school around. Lean on Me is a story of hope, development, love, hate, ... Read More

An Evaluation of the Movie, The Last of the Mohicans (375 words, 1 pages)

Last of the mohicans I am going to be writhing an opinion based paper about the movie, "The Last of the Mohicans".It is a translation of the james fenimore coopers book that was written a long time ago. The movie is based on a dying Indian tribe that is caught ... Read More