Movie Overview Essay Examples

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A Review of the Movie Lord of the Flies (1314 words, 2 pages)

This quote describes the life faced by the characters stranded on an isolated island, in the 1963 film, Lord of the Flies. It portrays the suffering and distress experienced on the island, as ghastly and horrific as 'the horror of non-being", or death. The film is about a group of ... Read More

A Review of the Movie Gattaca (776 words, 1 pages)

Set in the not-to-distant future, the film "Gattaca" gives us a chilling yet eye opening glimpse of life bound by DNA. Children are perfected by genetic manipulation before birth and then born into a prejudiced society where DNA determines your social standing. The director, Andrew Niccol successfully expresses a bold ... Read More

A Review of the Movie Vanilla Sky (273 words, 1 pages)

In the movie Vanilla Sky, Tom Cruise takes on two roles, his characters actual life, and his dream life. The bases of these two roles remain the same. Hes a well to do young man from upper manhattan who has just about everything he wants. Money, a promising career, good ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie This Is Spinal Tap (1743 words, 3 pages)

Many of the genre characteristics of the documentary, whether intentionally or not, serve to reassure the viewer that the people and actions depicted are true and sincere. When a documentary strays from certain conventions, viewers question the actuality of the content. Such is the case in Godbouts The Fate of ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie The Truman Show (996 words, 2 pages)

In the film The Truman Show by director Peter Weir, the viewer is presented with a rural utopia. The star of this paradise is a life insurance salesman named Truman Burbank, portrayed by Jim Carrey. As we go through Truman's day we see how the world, literally, revolves around him ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie The Shape of Things (803 words, 1 pages)

In the movie, The Shape of Things (2003), the director used an over dramatic approach to display the dialogue, directorial style and the development of the characters. Neil LaBute, who wrote and directed the play, was incredibly apprehensive about the way the audience would absorb the information. The movie was ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie The Big Chill (685 words, 1 pages)

The Big Chill is an interesting movie about a group of friends and their weekend together. All of the characters meet up due to the death of Alex. They all loved him and one another very much, but it was Alex committing suicide that brought them together. The main question ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie Sixth Sense (470 words, 1 pages)

With obvious gifts for directing children, creating atmospheric stories, and working honestly with deeply felt themes about the role of the dead in our lives, writer-director M. Night Shyamalan has followed up last year's touching Wide Awake with an even better film about a boy in the grip of loss ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie Unforgiven (664 words, 1 pages)

A former assassin William T. Munny (Clint Eastwood) leads a peaceful and quiet life together with his children on the farm. One day his quiescence is disturbed by a young travelling gunman Schofield Kid (Jaimz Woolvett). He tries to talk Will into being his partner for shooting two men and ... Read More

A Review of the Movie Happy Gilmore (931 words, 2 pages)

The main character of this movie is a character named Happy Gilmore. The movie begins with Happy describing his past life and how he is into hockey. He also talks about how his father is also obsessed with hockey, how his mother left them because of that, and how his ... Read More

The Presentation of Mental Illness in Movies (1096 words, 2 pages)

Mental Illness Good morning ladies and gentlemen, mental illness is a very misunderstood illness. These people who have fallen victim to such an illness which is one in five often find life difficult to deal with. The movies clips you are about to see all have characters who are effected ... Read More

The Influence of Movies on the History Education (384 words, 1 pages)

The film industry has been greatly increasing over the years. Comedy, action, horror, love stories, etc. have been the basic themes in the movies shown today. Yet, like Pearl Harbor, The Patriot or Shindlers List, some films also are based on the historical events that have taken place. Many teenagers ... Read More

A Comparsion of Frankenstein the Book and the Movie (910 words, 1 pages)

In Kenneth Branaghs film Mary Shelleys Frankenstein, the director, Kenneth Branagh sticks to the major themes of the original book with minute changes. There are many similarities and differences between the book and Kenneth Branaghs adaptation of the book. I believe Mary Shelley wanted readers to catch the themes of ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie Monsters, Inc. (648 words, 1 pages)

Monsters, Inc. Producer John Lasseter is quoted on the official web site of Monsters, Inc. saying, Audiences love when they see something theyve never seen before but yet has some aspect to which they can relate. Monsters, Inc. lives up to this statement. Initially I was expecting a copy of ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie Planet of the Apes (811 words, 1 pages)

Some things aren't always what they seem, sometimes there more sometimes there less. In many cases there is a hidden meaning or clues that suggest theirs more than meets the eye. One particular film that caught my attention is planet of the apes the story of slavery, and history repeating ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie the Gladiator (479 words, 1 pages)

Gladiator is a wonderful story and won Best Picture in 2000. Even though the movie is so well done it does not mean that the story is historically accurate. The movie includes many historically accurate facts ranging from some of the characters to the society of Rome. However, Gladiator is ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie Harold and Maude (1225 words, 2 pages)

It is apparent from the beginning of the 1971 film Harold and Maude, that our main character Harold Chasen has a preoccupation with death and suicide. As it begins, Harold is shown walking through the study, lighting a candle and then hanging himself. When his mother walks in and is ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie Hamlet by Zeffirelli (887 words, 2 pages)

Hamlet Critical Viewing and Analysis a)In the in which Aphelia returns tokens of love from him (Hamlet), William Shakespeare portrays Hamlet as first as a normal man, but then as Aphelia returns his tokens of love, he seems to enter his so-called state of madness. Shakespeare seems to reflect him ... Read More

A Comparison of the Movies Gladiator and Traffic (1684 words, 2 pages)

Gladiator vs. Traffic For a movie to be nominated for Best Picture, it must be able to capture an audiences attention early and not let go for the entire movie. Gladiator and Traffic do just that. Both these films are extremely strong at all the points an Oscar movie must ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie Gandhi (543 words, 1 pages)

After preparing for a long day of movie watching I reluctantly put the first tape in to the VCR. I was armed with a bottle of water, a vegetarian sandwich, and a pillow. I figured these supplies would get me through the first half. When it was all said and ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie Fight Club (2584 words, 3 pages)

The movie Fight Club is a story of one man's struggle to gain control over his life. His masculinity has become so repressed by his upbringing and society that the only way he can do this is to create an alternate personality. The Narrator's alternate personality is Tyler Durden, the ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie Edward Scissorhands (569 words, 1 pages)

EDWARD SCISSORHANDS FILM REVIEW This bittersweet comedy about love, hate and innocence touched me deeply and amused me as well. Directed by Tim Burton, "Edward Scissor hands" is a story of a man, Edward (played by Johnny Depp) who is created by an old inventor who dies before he gives ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie The Green Mile (738 words, 1 pages)

It takes a lot of work to make a well-rounded film. Some movies have too much drama, or too little conflict, etc. When there's a film that captures the right amount of everything, there's no competing. The Green Mile is a good example of a well-rounded film. It has sad ... Read More

A Discussion on the Types of Movies (770 words, 1 pages)

Different Types of Movies Movies are a favorite pastime throughout America. There are many different types of movies, and people prefer different ones. Whether it is drama, comedy, or suspense, it seems like they are all equally preferred. The three best movies of the year were the comedy, Meet The ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie Rear Window (1475 words, 2 pages)

The opening of "Rear Window" is very traditional, literally a curtain raiser for the film. The genre and narrative strands that are introduced, however, are not quite as clear as we might expect from our prior expectations of a Hitchcock thriller. This essay will examine how the opening introduces the ... Read More

An Analysis of the Biographical Movie Amadeus (556 words, 1 pages)

Amadaus is a biographacal film as seen through the eyes of rival court composer Antonio Salieri on the eve of Salieri's suicide. He is at once fiercely jealous of and totally awestruck by the young Mozart, whose genius as a composer undeniably exceeds that of any other writer Salieri has ... Read More

A Comparison of Movies Gattaca and 1984 (2334 words, 3 pages)

Futuristics Final Essay Gattaca and 1984 By Diane Dennerll In my opinion, there are two movies from this course, which are very comparable. The Hollywood-esque Gattaca is a prophetic distopia concerning genetic discrimination in the early 21st Century. George Orwells classic 1984 is an even darker distopia (which was revealed ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie Finding Nemo (1004 words, 2 pages)

"Wow, wow wow," said Marlin the happy and proud clown fish, as he looked upon a large pink reef which he had picked out for his new family. "We'll name one of them Nemo," boosted Marlin of his new children. Bang, everything goes black for Marlin and when he awakes ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie Amadeus (482 words, 1 pages)

I found this to be an exceptionally fascinating movie. One of the things that I became aware of from the beginning was that when Antonio Salieri was playing his own pieces I in no way remembered hearing of any of them. As soon as he played Mozart's however, it was ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie Matrix (2361 words, 4 pages)

What is the Matrix? As the dawn of a new millennium approaches, people from all walks of life find themselves asking questions like "what will become?" and "what will destiny bring in the next century?" An event that happens but once every thousand years brings with it a sense of ... Read More