The charm of the characters in this movie. A lot of it comes from rebellion, which is disobedience. In a sense, human history has been driven by disobedience, the Renaissance, the Reformation, the Industrial Revolution, which turned people away from obeying the gods, the emperors, the popes, and into obeying human reason. In modern commercial society, the objects that need to be obeyed actually become large companies. Such “obedience” is no longer from the coercion of whippings, but internalized into the operating norms of the society.
A giant company such as Ford, the inventor of the assembly line and the manufacturer of aircraft and tanks for America’s second world war, was essentially a corporate authority. Corporate ethics encourage people to do more projects and make more money. How does that work? In fact, it is to obey the superior, obey the “overall situation”…… Therefore, the “disobedience” in movies often points to life itself, which makes the audience feel oppressed. In Speed, that’s what the villain Bebee says when he refuses to let Ken Miles race at Le Mans: You have to be a team player!
The word “Hero”, in English, also means “protagonist”. Classic movie protagonists are always brave enough to Push themselves against the very powerful “evil” that most people would rather fight than dare to fight. It can be said that rebellion is sexy because it releases the thoughts that people are afraid to do. So the movie is always telling the story of Allied soldiers fighting fascism, Los Angeles SWAT officers refusing to carry out orders, Harry Potter breaking school rules, and Ken Miles speaking out against Ford executives for hypocrisy and bureaucracy… They represent the audience to “stand up”, to overthrow the “mountain” on the head of the audience, the pursuit of fairness and justice.
However, considering the (even if disappointed) throughout the heroism, and stands for the human spirit to explore car, I tend to think, in 2020, the business is much more difficult than 60 s, large enterprise is far greater than 60 s, humans to the moon, class no longer cure more than 60 s, “speed king is to encourage the audience: Even if you still feel like you can’t stand up to your superiors and tell the truth, there’s nothing cooler than to rebel, to stand up for yourself, and to do your best for the future. Rebellion is the privilege of heroes. May the world give more respect and space to those who rebel.
What kind of people should we be? Is it steadfastly disobeying what you do not approve of, and pursuing only what you love? Or do we put the bigger picture in perspective and keep things calm? Or find a balance? Ford V Ferrari doesn’t offer any answers. It just promotes the understanding of different kinds of people, of other kinds of people; It can even be said that which character the audience likes almost represents the world view held by the audience.
Filmed with a budget of 41 million, this film was a delight to watch. It grossed $56,083,966 domestically and $44,538,620 internationally. Compared to the expected box office graph this film stayed right in the anticipated range. During the filming process there was not many obstacles to be over came, besides the slight miscalculation of how many lances were needed to be ordered. They started with ordering 8 and ended up using 44 in just one day and the grand total for the film being over 1,000.
The reviews for the movie were mixed. If you are expecting to watch this movie and get an accurate medieval time frame representation you will be disappointed. It is not too far off from the time frame but the producers played on the humor in the movie along with the music not being historically accurate, but it also is a huge bonus to the movie.
The film is based off of a peasant who took the opportunity to change his stars. In the process he gained friendship, honor and of course love. The message in the story is truly a great one I do believe, no matter what you were born into you are always capable of change if you are willing to put in the work. Also another message in this is there is always a double standard. In the movie you see two individuals who were pretending to be someone they were not, but depending on their “class level” determined the outcome of their true identities being revealed.
This movie is great to watch at home cozy in your pajamas with friends and family. Be sure to have a good sound system for maximizing the jam session experience. Pop some popcorn and grab your favorite snacks to enjoy this film which can be appreciated by many different types of movie goers.
Garden State is both written and directed by 2004,Scrubs star, Zach Braff. Filmed mostly in his hometown of South Orange, New Jersey. Zach Braff character Andrew Largemanisa failed actor struggling to find his footing in LA. Largeman returns to his hometown to attend his estranged mother’s funeral. Braff is joined by Natalie Portman,who steals the spotlight with her role asSam,an unconventional mentally troubled girl who helps break Braff’sself-medicated walls and allow emotions to once again enter Braff’s life for better or worse.The struggles and depressed demeanor in which the film flows arewhat Braff has said to have felt on his way to Stardom.
Garden State budget was 2,500,000. For being asmall budget,the director and film is supported by the overall natural beauty of the landscape and film cites. The hometown feels,created by Braff,welcomes us the viewer to a cast of unruly simpletons much more caught up in Lifes everyday struggles than to be bothered by the troubles facing Andrew Largeman. Garden States opening weekend internationally would bringin a low 201,115. The film has made 26,782,316 domestic since then, as well as 9,043,000 international.Garden State reaches out to 20 something year old’sand anyone caught in life’srepetitions to put forth the challenge of waking up from the comatose that is everyday life and embrace the Infinite Abyss.Garden State scored a 67 on Meta Critic. Rotten tomatoes 86% and IMDb 7.4/10.
The reception has been a bit of a rollercoaster starting out slow opening weekend then growing into a cult classic. In more recent years Garden State has been dissected and represents factors that some view as self-absorbed and emo. The movie often highlights Braff’sability to reach an audience expecting more from the world which they are growing into.
If I want to understand a movie better, I personally have a method, because I am very interested in movies, and I have also imagined what it is like to shoot myself. Generally, I will direct and act a movie in my mind for a subject of particular interest. Movies, sometimes when I think about it, I often touch myself, and I wish I could start working immediately. Then at this time, when you go to the movies of the same subject, you feel very much. You will find that the idea of the same thing between people can be so different. You will appreciate the unique perspectives of some directors, and you will also be amazed by some directors. You can make such a wonderful movie with such a plain perspective. At this time, when you watch the movie, your thoughts will change a lot if you don’t think so.
Of course, there will be disadvantages, that is, you will slowly start to understand the bad movies, and even tell others what is good about the bad movies. At this time, you have divided a complete movie, and others are just General judgment.
Generally speaking, film is an entertainment and a science. I think watching movies is for enjoyment. If it is not for interest, knowledge, research, film reviews, etc., there is no need to add too many things to it. Although you will get a lot of new experiences, you will also lose the purest visual and spiritual experience.
I usually don’t discuss movies with others, because I think my ideas are one-sided and will certainly arouse others’ opposition rather than resonance, so I don’t often communicate with others to discuss my views on movies. Of course, I am not a master, I will doubt whether my own ideas are correct, will give others trouble and doubt. But by reading my peers’ answers. I found myself wrong. As a moviegoer, what I need to do is to evaluate a movie and determine whether it is good or bad in my mind. Some peers watched the same movie with me, but our evaluation and feelings were polarized and greatly different, which is the difference between us as individuals.
The Night Of The Living Dead is a suspenseful movie, including multiple major segments. The first most important segment would be “They’re Coming to get you”. As Barbra and her Brother Johnny are at a graveyard, Johnny begins to joke around ” They’re Coming to get you” he says multiple times. As Barbra tells johnny to knock off the obnoxious jokes, she runs into an actual zombie. She then screams for johnny’s’ assistance. As he attempts to rescue his sister, he is ultimately knocked unconscious and Barbra is left to defend for herself. Another important segment is when everyone is stationed at the safe house, As Harry, Tom, Ben, and Barbra. They all are informed on the situation and have a better understanding. Two attempt to flee in a vehicle but die, due to engine flames. Everyone are ultimately bit and turned into zombies. These segments are situated this way to create the most suspense as possible , keeping the viewer waiting for scenes to come.
This Film can be seen as Horror. This is evident as the characters are being attacked by zombies creating an intense feeling of fear and shock , expression(s) shown throughout the entire entourage. The Story has a specific plot, as the base characters get a inital glimpse of the upcoming issue. The characters then come together, attempting to rid of the issue. Finally the issue gets a hold of the characters, ultimately making the characters zombies. Its told this way and not in another way, because this plot creates the most suspense, making the viewer thirsty for what comes next. It supports the horror genre as fear is displayed throughout the entire plot.
All performances are suited to give the viewer a horror or fear type feeling. The performers act on different roles as Barbra is seen as the initial main, then Ben takes immediate command of almost every decision, displaying how the story creates an emergence of any character to take leadership regardless of fear, to take down the antagonist(s) (Zombies).
The most important character is Ben, an unknown actor. Barbra was also apart of her first major film. I feel as if they chose these characters due to them being new in the movie scenery. Creating the basis and start of something special to come.
Each actor matched their role; Ben being the leader and the rest being back seat drivers, ultimately assisting the leader to the destruction of the enemy. The plot can be deemed as unrealistic due to the viewer never being exposed to real torture or gore or death (camera doesn’t catch actual moment of impact). This isn’t a bad thing because at the time of production of this film, this was acceptable and doesn’t take away from the overall plot: Zombies ( Horror) .
Summary of the plot:The film starts with the scene where psychiatrist Dr. Miranda Gray works in a psychiatric clinic which almost reminds a prison. The facility has multiple cells that are well equipped. Dr. Gray has a discussion with Chloe who spent almost 3 months in the facility because she murdered her step-father who was raping her. Dr. Miranda works closely with Chloe to lead her to a conclusion that she murdered her step-father and wanted her to realize what she did. During the discussion Miranda shares her thoughts with Dr. Miranda but doctor thinks that it’s simply a non-sense information. Before leaving, Chloe says “Never trust the person who thinks that you are crazy”.
On the way back Mirnada gets into the accident where she thinks that she almost hit the girls who was standing in the middle of the road. Miranda runs out of the car trying to help a stranger, but it turns out to be a ghost. After this, Dr.Miranda loses consciousness, and wakes up already in her hospital, but as a patient. She finds out that her husband was brutally murdered, and she herself is the main suspect, although she does not remember anything that happened after the accident. The ghost is trying to communicate with Miranda, cutting messages on her body, but her colleagues think that the girl inflicts wounds on her own.
Meanwhile, Miranda begins to get closer to her former patient named Chloe, who claims that she is being raped in the clinic and earlier Dr. Gray always thought it was not true. Once a ghost opens the door to Miranda’s room she follows to Chloe, managing to see the back of her rapist. Chloe later tells her that this man said that Miranda herself would be his next victim. Miranda begins to remember that she indeed killed her husband, but the ghost of this girl infused her body, so she decides to figure out how that happened.
Miranda runs away from the clinic and gets back home. In the basement of the old barn, she discovers a room in which there is a bloodied bed, a box with medicines and video equipment. On one of the tapes, she sees her husband involved in the rape and murder of a girl. At this time, the police arrive and detain Miranda. Sheriff Ryan, who was her husband’s closest friend, asks her how she found out about all this because he doesn’t believe in the ghost story. Miranda is trying to describe the psychological portrait of the second criminal and realizes that the sheriff himself is a murder.
Then, Miranda fights sheriff. She was able to kill sheriff and survive but not without the help of the ghost.. Almost immediately after this, Pete appears, who also guessed what really happened.
About a year later, Miranda walks along the road with Chloe, telling her that she no longer sees ghosts, and then sends her friend in a taxi. After that, she notices a boy who stands in the middle of the road. Miranda starts shouting at him to get off the, but the car passes through him without causing any harm. The girl understands that this was a ghost. And then she sees a poster with a photo of a boy, indicating that he was missing.
The production of the film was low budget compared to the revenue it generated. The film has scenes where the prison was located in Laval, Quebec. It was an abandoned building where they filmed prison scenes. The initial plan was to build the scenes without finding an actual building but the decided that it would give a real experience if they will find an actual building. Mathieu Kassovitz was the one who voted for the abandoned building located in Laval. He thought that it was perfectly fitting the plot of the film and connects well with the atmosphere of the film. Susan Levin who was producer of the film shared her opinion saying, “”When we were scouting locations during pre-production, we came upon the SVP and immediately knew that it was the place,” “The ominous mood and tone of this movie are perfectly personified by that prison.”
According to Rotten Tomatoes 14% of movie critics voted saying that it deserves watching while the rest negatively reviewed the film. Critics had two opinions about the film stating that the screenwriter does not explain the story well and there is almost no logic in the film while other critics greet the film by pointing out that the film has a twisted plot that makes it interesting to watch the film.
The genre of the film is horror and thriller at the same time. The film has a presence of psychological scenes but at the same time it illustrates murders almost in details with blood in the scenes. That makes the film to fall under two genres which are horror and thriller. There is no doubt that the film tend to be considered thriller since the film starts with doctor-patient dialogue where Halle Berry (Dr. Miranda) tries to understand the motive of the murderer. Later on, the movie shows how the main character murdered her husband where lots of blood was on the screen. Personally, I think that it fits perfectly since it has a great balance where thriller genre dominates while the horror is limited.
The movie has sounds that were well-picked. While watching I turned the volume down to analyze what it would like to watch scary scenes without the volume. It was a significant difference. The sound definitely has an impact on the viewers’ attention and overall quality of the film. Mise-en-scene: lighting in the movie was great besides the times when there were ghosts and special effects in the movie. I have noticed several times that the technology was not representing a well-drawn ghosts. For example, when Dr. Miranda met with the ghost for the first time it was glitching a little making it seem like the screen is broken. Stage of the film fits well with overall film. It does not jumps from one type of environment to another. However, prison seemed old but at the same time it was well equipped where bullet proof glass doors locked the patience. But at the same time the facility was not equipped with stable electricity which raises the question “You have money for the expansive glass doors but cannot afford fixing the electricity?” There is not a lot of content to analyze the costume of the actors since it represented real life examples of doctors, police officers and patience. Acting part was the most interesting to me. Halle Berry plays her role at her best. You can notice that her face expresses confusion when she realizes that she is patience at her own workplace.
The film Gothika is a psycological thrillers that was produced in 2003.The film director was Mathieu Kassovitz and written by Sebastian Guiterrez. Main role belonged to Halle Berry who was psychiatrist. Budget of the film was $40 million whereas the revenue that the film accumulated was $141.6 million. The movie provides clues that the viewer can notice right from the beginning of the movie. For example, when Dr. Miranda works closely and discusses Chloe’s feelings, Chloe’s response was “You can’t trust someone who thinks you’re crazy.” I think that was the key to the entire plot of the movie. Honestly, while watching the film I knew that it gave the idea that if you only pretend that you understand or feel similar to the person who shares with you his or her feelings you cannot take actions that will help the person. Therefore, Dr. Miranda gets into the cycle where she looks from the patients’ lenses.
Another great example is when Chloe is saying the truth but with the perspective of the person who felt the pain at the highest possible level, “He came back again last night and tore me like paper. He opened me like a flower of pain, and it felt good. He sank into me and set me on fire, like he always does. Made me burn from the inside out.” Dr. Miranda lives in the reality and thinks that she only needs to rely only on the facts given to her. That again confirms the idea that it is hard to truly believe the person who experienced pain and who screams for help but you only rely on facts. Dr. Miranda decides to share her thoughts with her husband but he only calms her and forces to believe that she has to live in reality and throw away Chloe’s imagination of the world where the Devil exists.
Moreover, when Dr. Miranda rejects that she is a patience of the facility where she worked, she still wants to assure herself that she is sleeping and she has to think rationally, “I am a rational person. I believe in science. I don’t believe in the paranormal, and I don’t believe in ghosts, but if you are the ghost of Rachel Parsons, unlock this cell.” Once the ghost opens the cells she realizes that this was not a dream at all.
In conclusion, even though critics has two opinions about the film and negative review dominates I think the movie is still interesting and deserves to be seen. I believe that the plot was interesting enough to have its viewers pay close attention to every detail shown in the movie. Mise-en-scene composed of well developed plot where actors play their role like it they are real person of the film.
The Gladiator is the story of a soldier from Rome who became a slave. He is trained as a gladiator and escalated to challenge the empire. The Roman soldier is Spartacus. The Gladiator movie is set about 250 years after his death. The gladiator of the title is Russell Crowe who channels manliness for two and a half hours as Maximus. The film Gladiator (2000) is directed by Ridley Scott who was trying to portray the culture of Romans more accurately. However, there were some divergences from historical facts to enhance interest, to preserve narrative continuity, and for safety or practical reasons. The unbeaten gladiators were the movie stars. They were famous and consequently free men lined up to try their chance on the ground.
The imprecision’s are legion from the opening scene. The movie starts in the last part of Marcus Aurelius’s rule. He is renowned as one of the Five Good Emperors. He depicts what would happen when his son, Commodus, took his place. Marcus Aurelius is depicted as a great emperor who cared about his Republic. He looked forward to being the best monarch he could put his all and seeking to give the people of Rome their freedom. (Potter & David, 2010) The movie states that there was the last battle which was great on the eve of Aurelius’ death with the tribes from German. Nevertheless, in reality, there was a daylong battle in the campaigning season of 170 A.D., but the death of Marcus was on March 17,180 A.D, as he was almost launching another military campaign. The scriptwriters needed to shorten the chronology to save time in a lengthy movie, but they played loose and fast with some aspects of that battle. The movie has drastically squashed the chronology of the sovereign Commodus’ reign. He became the only emperor upon the death of his father in 180 AD and he was murdered thirteen years later on December 192 AD. Ward & Allen 2001, Even though the Gladiator has not precisely shown time covered, it appears Commodus was murdered not more than two years later.
Like its hero Maximus — the squinting, beefy, unassuming, indomitable Roman general-turned-gladiator — Ridley Scott’s film Gladiator is brave, impressive, ambitious, confident, competent, and commanding. Maximus’ story is epic in scope and expertly told; the world he inhabits is convincingly realized and vividly photographed; his enemy is unsettlingly dissolute and depraved; his defeats and setbacks are tragic and daunting; his struggle to overcome is heroic. If he has never heard of the Christian theological virtues of faith, hope, and charity, he is, at any rate, an embodiment of the classical cardinal virtues of fortitude, prudence, temperance, and justice; especially contrasted with his contemptible opponent, who explicitly avows lacking them all.
The plot of the film is an autobiography of Hollywood itself at the dawn of the talkies. The story is about a dashing, smug but romantic silent film star and swashbuckling matinee idol (Don Lockwood) and his glamorous blonde screen partner/diva (Lina Lamont) who are expected, by studio heads, to pretend to be romantically involved with each other. They are also pressured by the studio boss R.F. Simpson (Millard Mitchell) to change their silent romantic drama (The Duelling Cavalier) and make their first sound picture, renamed as the musical The Dancing Cavalier. There’s one serious problem, however – the temperamental, narcissistic star has a shrill, screechy New York accent. The star’s ex-song-and-dance partner (Cosmo) proposes to turn the doomed film into a musical, and suggests that Don’s aspiring actress and ingenue dancer-girlfriend (Kathy Selden) dub in her singing voice behind the scenes for lip-synching Lina. The results of their scheming to expose the jealous Lina and put Kathy in revealing limelight provide the film’s expected happy resolution.
Surprisingly, this great film that was shot for a cost of $2.5 million (about $.5 million over-budget), was ignored by film critics when released and treated with indifference (with box-office of $7.7 worldwide). It received only two Academy Award nominations – Best Supporting Actress (Jean Hagen), and Best Musical Score (Lennie Hayton) and didn’t win any awards. The film’s musical score Oscar nomination lost to Alfred Newman’s score for With a Song in My Heart.
Now, after many accolades, television screenings, and its resurgence after the release of That are Entertainment (1974), it is often chosen as one of the all-time top ten American films and generally considered Hollywood’s greatest and finest screen musical. Great care was made to authenticate the costumes, the sound studio set, and other historical details in the film. The film’s title song was paid twisted homage (of sorts) in Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange (1971) during the brutal rape scene. At the same time that Singin’ in the Rain was being filmed, another MGM film exposing and satirizing Hollywood’s foibles was also in production – director Vincente Minnelli’s melodramatic The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), starring Kirk Douglas and Lana Turner, and Oscar-stealing Gloria Grahame who defeated this film’s Jean Hagen for the Best Supporting Actress honor.
Peter Jackson’s The Fellowship of the Ring premiered in theaters. The film opened to fanfare as the first installment of a long-awaited live-action adaptation of Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy series. But in the years since, it’s clear that it was more than that. Lord of the Rings wasn’t just a movie adaptation of a beloved series. It would set a template that Hollywood has followed for years since not just for epic fantasy, but the entire medium of film.
Since its release, there hasn’t been a production quite like The Lord of the Rings: an intense project that both adhered closely to the source material, but which also became an anchoring event in cinemas. Indeed, in the face of massive cinematic universe projects such as the Marvel, Harry Potter, or Star Wars films, a trilogy seems almost quaint.
Like the novels, The Lord of the Rings was essentially a single film split into smaller installments. Originally intended as a sequel to Tolkien’s debut The Hobbit, the novels are a story that grew in the telling, turning from a light-hearted fantasy adventure to a massive tome that would inspire almost every fantasy novel that followed it. The series has been adapted in the past with a series of animated films starting in 1977, but it wasn’t until the late-1990s that there was serious interest in doing a live-action version.
Jackson had initially planned for the adaptation to run for two films, with studios pushing for it to be condensed down to one. When the project landed with New Line Cinemas, studio head Bob Shaye somewhat famously asked, “Why would I want to do two films? There are three books. Why not do three films?” The expansion to become a trilogy would allow Jackson to adapt each novel, and to adapt more of Tolkien’s original material. Production for the film started in October 1999, with Peter Jackson helming an ambitious project: all three films of the series would be shot at the same time in New Zealand over a 438-day shoot, with additional reshoots.
The Film I decided to do my analysis on is the beginning scene to Saving Private Ryan (1998) by Steven Spielberg, the storming of Omaha beach.
The reason for picking this film is because I find that there was a lot of elements to the scene that was being played. Elements such as lighting, camera movement, camera settings, music, acting and the use of silence to form one of the most accurate depictions of war in film.
The scene starts with an establishing shot of the battlefield, then cuts to the boats and in this scene, we get to see the camera moving vertically in an aggressive way. This shows the strengths of the tides and how intense the war is going to become. The scene then starts off doors of the ships opens up and people getting killed, illustrating that the fight has begun.
Cinematographer Janusz Kamiński was Spielberg’s pick as a cinematographer for this film. Spielberg’s intentions for shooting this scene was not to glamorize war, but it was meant to let the audience understand the tragedy of war. The execution of the handheld camera shot magnifies the intensity of the film. Movement such as the camera walking and falling into the water shows the reality of war. Besides that, Janusz Kamiński also took off the coating from his camera lens to give a softer and a blur look to it, resulting in what looks like vertical lens flare.
After doing some research, I found out that this scene was shot with 45 degrees and 90-degree shutter angle and not the usual 180-degree shutter angle. This meant that there is less motion blur, and objects such as dust and smoke particles become more vivid and detailed. The decision to shoot at these settings is to give the film a much more realistic look to the film. Besides that, Spielberg wanted to make the film as real as possible, desaturating the color of the scene and also putting the camera up close to their faces, showing the reality of war. Little details such as vomiting due to seasickness, praying, hands shaking due to the thought of not coming back alive lets the audience relate that the soldier is too, humans as well.
