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A Review of the 1954 Movie “Japan’s Godzilla” (823 words, 2 pages)

In 1954, with nothing but their creative minds, the Toho Movie company produced the first giant monster movie. Japan s Godzilla was brought to life. In 1998, with nothing but Lucas Arts special effects, and a name which guaranteed a blockbuster, the Centropolis Movie Company produced the All American Godzilla ... Read More

A Comparison of the Movie and the Novel Carrie by Stephen King (1400 words, 2 pages)

CarrieWhen a reader is fortunate, an author is able to construct a character in such a way that the reader is led through the events befalling a character, both positive and negative. A director can bring a character to life and give a character a personality that everyone is able ... Read More

An Analysis of the Eight Key Scenes in the Movie Good Will Hunting by Gus Van Sant (2716 words, 4 pages)

Good Will Hunting is a quite new, modern film made in the late '90s. This is a deeply intellectual and inspiring film that includes many deep, hidden metaphors and ideas.The film itself is about a young man named Will Hunting. This person is incredibly intelligent, wise, shrewd and cocky. Will ... Read More

An Analysis of the Horror Movie “The Blair Witch” (457 words, 1 pages)

"In October of '94, three student filmmakers disappear in the woods of Burkittsville, MD, while shooting a documentary... a year later their footage was found." With that introduction, Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez launched what was one of the most chilling and most successful horror movies in the last 20 ... Read More

An Analysis of the Stylistic Elements of the Movie Citizen Kane by Orson Welles (513 words, 1 pages)

Orson Welles' epic Citizen Kane, is not only of the greatest movies ever made, but also a good example of Hollywood style direction. Welles employed his creative tools, such as lighting and sound, camera movement and editing, a movie that did not only represent the theater world of its time, ... Read More

An Introduction to the Analysis of the Medieval England in the Movie Becket (947 words, 2 pages)

The movie "Becket," set in medieval England under the rule of Henry II, is based on the lives of the king and his assistant. The plot centers around two main characters, the King Henry and Thomas Becket, a servant who rises in power quickly and greatly. "Becket" is a story ... Read More

A Review of the Movie “Dead Poets Society” (1091 words, 2 pages)

Many poets and directors believe in the concept of living life to the fullest. In this quote, by Sir Henry David Thoreau, he shows that we should live life to its fullest and make sure we make our mark while you still can, so people remember you. In the Movie," ... Read More

An Analysis of the Effects of the Existence of Replicants on the Complications of the Distinction between Nature and Culture in the Movie Bladerunner (1929 words, 3 pages)

How does the existence of 'replicants' complicate the distinction between nature and culture in Bladerunner?Replicants, engineered to be "more human than human", blur the distinction between nature and culture by the very success of their humanity. We need to have a clear understanding of what is meant by the terms ... Read More

A Plot Summary of Tim Burton’s Movie “Edward Scissorhands” (463 words, 1 pages)

Edward Scissorhands is another movie full of eye-candy by Tim Burton. The movie begins with the introduction of a strange little town where everything is very uniform and colored with a pastel motif. Then turning to the very different, dark mansion on the mountain, home of the star Edward Scissorhands(Johnny ... Read More

An Introduction to the Analysis of the Movie the Matrix (363 words, 1 pages)

In the movie The Matrix , there is a character by the name of Neo. Neo is pulled from the world he knows and is trust into the real one. After being shown what the matrix is, he goes on a quest to find truth and meaning in a world ... Read More

An Introduction to the Analysis of the Tarantino Movie (679 words, 1 pages)

Gangsters, violence, murder and corruption !!!!! If these are some of the things that you're into, then this is your kind of movie. Be ready to watch it more than once to be sure to get all the movie has to offer because it jumps from subject to subject and ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie Koyaanisqatsi by Godfrey Reggio (482 words, 1 pages)

Godfrey Reggio s filmKoyaanisqatsi Koyaanisquatsi is a beautiful portrayal of life and a shocking realization of how humans have altered it with technology. In Godfrey Reggio s film, Koyaanisqatsi, a powerful contrast is creatively illustrated between the benefits and the costs of the modernization, through technology, of our industrial society. ... Read More

An Analysis of the Inaccuracies in the Movie Dances With Wolves, an Epic Western War Film by Kevin Costner (843 words, 2 pages)

Stories of the frontier and Indian history have become popular topics of art, literature, music, and motion pictures. Most of these movies involving Indians portray them as a race of ignorant, thieving savages, who initiate the fighting, and deserve to be killed. Dances With Wolves manages to avoid this stereotype ... Read More

An Analysis of the Characters in the Lifeboat, a Movie by Alfred Hitchcock (955 words, 2 pages)

LifeboatThe many characters in Alfred Hitchcock s classic movie Lifeboat portrayed a variety of alternating task roles not only in creating a fluctuating group dynamic, but fatal decision making as well. Nine characters originally occupied the small lifeboat after their ship was sunk by a German submarine Connie Porter a ... Read More

An Introduction to the Analysis of the Movie in the Name of the Father (1192 words, 2 pages)

A hot topic that always draws an interested ear to the conversation is ones' views on social justice. The mere mention of the words draws people from far and wide and from all mixes of society. The main problem seems to come up when people really don't know what social ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie Magnolia by Paul Thomas Anderson (759 words, 2 pages)

Hollywood is the land of fame and fortune. Tinsletown, as Hollywood is often referred to, is usually portrayed in the media as a make-believe land of fame, fortune and happiness. This myth that Hollywood has spawned since the explosion of the entertainment industry in the early nineteenth century, has led ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie The Crow by Alex Proyas (471 words, 1 pages)

Imagine the intense beyond painful feeling of just realizing your dead and having flashbacks or you and your fianc 's brutal, murder. The night before your wedding This is one of the many emotional, moving scenes from The Crow. It stars Eric Draven (Brandon Lee) back from the dead, a ... Read More

An Analysis of the Mise-En-Scene Cinematic Technique in The Matrix, a Movie by Andy and Larry Wachowski (660 words, 1 pages)

Although the average viewer is rarely conscious of it, mise-en-scene is both a powerful and important cinematic technique in film. Mise-en-scene allows the director to guide the viewer s attention to what they should be looking at so that important details are not missed and trivial details are not focused ... Read More

An Analysis of the Religious Symbolism in the Movie The Matrix by Andy and Larry Wachowski (862 words, 2 pages)

The Matrix Religious SymbolismThe Matrix is a story of the original Judeo-Christian worldview of entrapment in a world gone wrong, with no hope of survival or salvation. The movie is a new testament for a new millennium, a religious tale of the second coming of mankind's messiah in an age ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie Planet of the Apes by Tim Burton (1077 words, 2 pages)

One of the wonders of film is its ability to take one away from the normal everyday world and immerse the viewer in a world so foreign from their own that they stare with wonder on the scenes unfolding before them. One such genre of film of science fiction. In ... Read More

An Analysis of the Role Reversal in the Movie The Planet of the Apes by Tim Burton (399 words, 1 pages)

Role Reversal In The Planet of the Apes Shows Our True SideThe Planet of the Apes is a satirical look at human society. This series, through role reversal, shows the prejudice nature and discriminatory practices of humans by allowing only orangutans to hold positions of power, by having the other ... Read More

An Introduction to the Analysis of the Movie Pleasantville (700 words, 1 pages)

The other day while over a friend s house we started watching the movie Pleasantville. At first I thought it looked terrible and was actually about to leave when I realized that the whole movie was based on the functionalist perspective of sociology.The movie was about a brother and sister ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie “Saving Private Ryan” (710 words, 2 pages)

Saving Private RyanThe movie Saving Private Ryan is about a group of American soldiers walking around in Europe during World War II. The objective of this mission is to find one man whose three brothers were killed and return that man back to his mom in America. Private Ryan and ... Read More

An Introduction to the Comparison of the Eighties Teen Movie and the Nineties Teen Movie (1968 words, 3 pages)

The Eighties Teen Movie Vs. The Nineties Teen MovieIn John Lewis s book, The Road to Romance and Ruin, he defines the teen movie as the principle mass mediated discourse of youth a discourse that rather glibly and globally re-presents youth as a culture (p. 2). In using the term ... Read More

An Analysis of the Rain Man, a Drama Movie by Barry Levinston (561 words, 1 pages)

MOVIE REVIEW RAIN MANIn their first film together, Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman made an unlikely pair work as brothers in the movie Rain Man. Charlie Babbitt (Tom Cruise) owns a car business. The first scene shows that Charlie is vary talkative. He can speaks with such eloquence. He has ... Read More

A Study on Scary Movies and the Effects on People (561 words, 1 pages)

Scary MoviesMany people feel threatened by watching scary movies. Watching scary movies creates a feeling of insecurity. But they are healthy and everyone should experience watching them. While watching them the viewer can feel the adrenaline running through their veins without putting themselves in danger. After the movie is done ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie Schindler’s List by Steven Speilberg (676 words, 1 pages)

Steven Speilberg s main purpose for directing the film Schindler s List was to tell the best story to ever come out of the Holocaust, whilst informing the viewer of the horrific events that occurred during the Holocaust was his secondary motive. Due to the fact that the movie is ... Read More

A Movie Analysis of the Blair Witch Project (626 words, 1 pages)

The Blair Witch Project The newly released movie The Blair Witch Project seems to have caused a commotion amongst film reviewers and the actual public. It s a very interesting film about three filmmakers who are actually making the film that you watch. The emotion in the film leads the ... Read More

An Analysis of the 1993 Movie Version of “The Fugitive” (316 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 Analysis of the Romantic Heroism of the Character Hawkeye in the Movie The Last of the Mohicans (791 words, 2 pages)

The last of the MohicansIn the movie Last of the Mohicans the character Hawkeye displays many characteristics that make him an American romantic hero. Throughout the entire movie he displays these characteristics. The most prominent of these being his closeness with nature. His sense of honor based not on society ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013