saying that, although the effects of entertainment initially seem positive, these effects will eventually cause pain and will ruin society. Entertainment consists of everything its critics say of it, regarding its fun and mindless nature, and is loved by many because of these reasons. However, it is not difficult to see why cultural aristocrats and intellectuals in previous centuries predicted that entertainment would take a turn for the worse. Entertainment, which is regarded by many as a…
political narratives. The most prominent medium of this manipulation is film as it enables the perfect portrayal of pain and sorrow, joy and beauty. People often deem film as a trivial spectacle produced to earn revenue: solely a form of escapist entertainment. And yet, the world of savage politics has always bled into the world of the darkened cinema. The remarkable capability of films to create or alter reality is akin to the stratagems of politicians. Facts are selectively presented and…
I don’t mean to trash my own kind, but us teenagers always seem to have problems with our parents and isolate from them. I don’t know if it’s the hormones or what, but it is common among my age group. The movie starts out with a teenage boy, Chris who is talking to his older aged dad, Phil. It is clear that this is the typical case of workaholic dad who barely has time for anything and teenager who is cold and distant towards dad because of this…
n this movie, all the parts Tom Cruise acts are incredibly amazing and the director uses specific cinematography to emphasize specific actions of Tom Cruises at specific moments to increase the suspense. For example, at 7:40s Tom Cruise swings around the skyscraper in Dubai, in this shot the director uses tracking shot to emphasize the action he is doing. We then as viewers get an emotion that increases the suspense of his actions during that shot. There is this other two parts which the…
in 2014. While the classification varies between regions the age classification is essentially the same for example PG 13 is about the same as an M rating in Australia (Parentpreviews.com, 2014) this indicates that ratings are aimed at the same age group however are just named differently in different countries. Currently a main anomaly is China…
controversial problem. Brian Godawa says that there are exhortation and exploitation in movies that distinguish the concept of the movie (Godawa 49-51). Some movies contain the sinful behavior such as rape, violence, and slavery just to maximize the entertainment of the movie, then this is the example of exploitation in movies. However, there are movies showing violence and sexual behavior not to encourage it but to inculcate a sense of morality to people, then it is the example of exhortation…
All my life I always preferred movies over books. I like to see a visual of things instead of trying to use my imagination and create characters, settings, and plot. My list of all time favorite movies can go on and on, but one movie that has impacted my life is the Lion King. From the age of five I recall waking up every weekend and playing the Lion King on my VCR. It was the first movie that I actually watched thoroughly and I have learned the importance of family through this movie. I come…
How To Stuff a Wild Bikini, directed by William Asher was released into theaters in 1965. Released during the era that the beach babe wild fire was just getting started in America. The comedy wasn’t the first “beach party” movie, but it is arguably the strangest one. For the sake of time and clarity I’ll choose a scene from the movie to review. The one I’ll go over is the How about us? part when the women are singing. In the beginning of the scene we hear the one man in the entire shot say that…
Sometimes bad things happen to good people in this story that happened. The movie soul surfer was one of the best movies I have ever seen and it is a true story. The last time I watched that movie was about a year ago and I watched it on my couch on the TV. I watched it because I love animals, surfing, and the ocean and the movie has all of those components. I have watched soul surfer about 30 time and the first time I saw it I was in kindergarten and now I am in 6th grade. Now I will tell you…
The first movie took place in Washington D.C. The name of the movie was called Ballou High School Marching Band. Also, the movie talks about the students point of view at what their school, and how life was for them in a bad neighborhood and the different outcomes and challenges that the students face everyday. This movie also talks about the environment is in their neighborhood and how they practice, what they do on their free time and how band was a big impact on their lives. Also, this…