The story is set in the 1930s and is basically about a group of explorers and filmmakers who travel to the mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant Gorilla who immediately becomes fascinated with one of the main characters, namely Ann Darrow.…
I loved the film See What I’m Saying; it was filled with new insights about deaf culture and people. This movie follows the life of TL Forsber, singer; Bob Hiltermann, drummer; Robert DeMayo, actor; and CJ Jones, A Deaf Icon. Once I got home from school, I quickly checked Netflix to see if Netflix carries it. My hopes were crushed. There were not many things about the film I did not like, are how hearing people treated deaf people and what troubles follow four deaf entertainers; a comic, drummer, actor and a singer as they attempt to cross over to mainstream audiences. An example is when a deaf man was looking for apartments in his price range he had to use this video chat and the landlord just hung up on him when the interrupter asked the landlord if they have used one of these video chats. I could not believe it the landlord just hung up. Another example, it is hard enough for hearing people to make it in the acting world, so it must be even hard for deaf people and an African American deaf person too and Robert’s interview about his last interactions with his mom using an interpreter.…
The director/writers of the film wanted to depict just how greedy and controlling developed nations can be towards undeveloped nations. In the real world this is currently happening with the US and UN trying to change cultures and customs in different nations thinking that they’re looking for what’s in their best interest. In the film the humans did the same thing with the Na’vi people, they invaded their planet, cut down their trees, and built structures on their lands. They also thought they could “sophisticate” these people by building them school and teaching them English. The director depicted human greed very accurately, in the movie the US government invaded and attempted to destroy the planet Pandora Unobtanium.…
As time goes on, on the island Jack begins to change. He turns into a savage and wants…
Often times movies created from someone’s imagination can become reality. Within every society there are corporations that try to take advantage or control of certain aspects. The corporations often times abuse the power that is given to them. Tom Radford and Niobe Thompson; directors of Tipping Point: Age of the Oil Sands and James Cameron, the genius behind the movie Avatar, show the struggles many aboriginal people face in their daily lives due to the government’s inability to lead one’s society properly. In these films, Avatar and Tipping Point, one views the selfishness of the government and how their greed interferes with the lack of action.…
agreement with his natural surroundings. As the conflict develops over the destruction of Pandora’s habitat, even the creatures come to the support and protection of the land. Neytiri says, “Our great mother does not take sides Jake, she protects only the balance of life.” (Avatar). The characters learn that overtime nature is what keeps oneself from surviving in a world full of chaos.…
1. When it comes to the depiction of genetic engineering in Gattaca, there are multiple outcomes of the scientific procedure that are positive. The first positive outcome of genetic engineering in the movie was that it allows the parents of children to choose how they want their children to be. When having a child, in the first few months, parents do not know the gender or any of the traits, unless they are genetically tested to determine the phenotype of their offspring. With the genetic engineering the movie, Anton’s parents were allowed to pick out exactly what they wanted their son to look like and also what they wanted his genetics to be. Secondly, the genetic engineering would diminish the chances of offspring being born with any diseases, conditions or disorders. Since scientists could take the genetic fault and fix it before the mother was even impregnated, there wouldn’t be any more children with conditions and disorders that affect them their whole lifetime. In the movie, Vincent was born with a condition that affected his heart and caused him to have a very short life expectancy. On the contrary his brother, Anton, since he was genetically engineered, didn’t have any disorders and was almost in perfect genetic and physical condition. Due to the fact that Vincent had a heart condition and his brother did not, his brother was accepted into Gattaca and Vincent was not (as himself). The last pro of genetic engineering shown in the movie was the fact that if a baby was genetically engineered, they could potentially do anything because their genetics would be perfect. The task of finding the correct person for a job would not be an issue anymore because specific people could be genetically engineered to be good for a certain activity or job. This would mean that people that want to do a certain job but don’t have the correct body for it, wouldn’t be deprived the job that they want. Seemingly, Vincent didn’t have the correct genetic…
Pandora. Within James Cameron’s Avatar, it is a world filled with wildly exotic plants and animals, often with little resemblance to our own world of Earth. It, like Earth, harbors it’s own sentient species, called the Na’vi. However, the Na’vi are a much more primitive race than humans, and do not react well to human technology and disregard to nature. The movie follow Jake Sully, an unfortunately disabled marine who’s twin brother was a leader in the Avatar program, which consisted of transferring human minds into Na’vi bodies, intended to help improve relations with the native Na’vi. However, Jake’s brother is unfortunately murdered in a mugging, but their identical DNA allows Jake to take his place. Jake, while totally untrained for such a task, accepts the job and, in a fit of irony, ends up being the one ‘human’ Na’vi accepted amongst the natives. Through a long series of events that will be reviewed here, he eventually switches sides and leads the Na’vi in driving the humans from Pandora, and transfers into his Avatar body so he can be with his lover. There are two hero’s journeys within Avatar, the first being Jake’s goal of being accepted into the Na’vi’s society, the second with pushing the humans from Pandora.…
A stranger in a new land must get accustomed to their new lifestyle. In Henry Clavell’s Shōgun, James Cameron’s Avatar, and Edward Zwinks’ The Last Samurai, the protagonists must find a way to learn and live through the native culture. Going native is need for survival in an unknown place. Wearing the clothing, learning the language, falling in love, taking part in lifestyle activities, and risking their lives to be trusted are part of going native.…
The heroes pass through childhood and into adolescence where they begin to become aware of the world around them. The mentors (Morpheus and Obi-wan) cleverly ensnare the heroes curiosity by…
In terms of characters, both Airbender and Korra provide interesting ones. In Airbender, there's Aang, the Avatar who's childish and originally ran away from his duties. And then there's Katara and Sokka, sister and brother respectively. Katara is the motherly, but stubborn girl. While Sokka is the comic relief, though for a comic relief he can be surprisingly smart. Toph, who's introduced much later on, is the tough, messy, noble girl who was heavily underestimated by her parents because she was blind. In Korra, so far the three characters that are the focus is Korra, the headstrong and impulsive Avatar. There's Mako, who's dark and brooding, yet not overly so as he's shown to smile quite a bit. Bolin is the younger brother of Mako, who also acts as the comic relief and ends up being a big sweetie, despite the fact he was described someone who always had a woman by his side. Despite Korra being…
First watching Citizen Kane, with not much background knowledge, it was unclear why this film is rated the best movie of all time by the American Film Institute. After watching the movie a second time with more knowledge and commentary, the reasons started to become more clear. Orson Welles had a brilliant vision for the movie, and it was all obtained through his innovative filming techniques. This is what made his film become the greatest movie of all time.…
1. Avatar- The movie is a combination of live-action shooting and photography, and CGI (computer generated imagery) they also used motion-capture photography and used "virtual camera system. NDA camera called a "simulacra," a combination of a 3D fusion camera and the virtual camera system.…
The theme of human nature is the most important and the cause of the all of the chaos among the boys. Jack and his hunters are the evil ones who love to start conflicts between them. Ralph, Piggy, and Simon are the good ones who just want everyone to work together so they can get off the island faster. But for some reason, without either good or evil neither of them could survive. There are three major conflicts that the boys face while they are on the island.…
the Island changed their personality and became savages, Jack is the first one to bring the…