Although they may not witness the suppression of speech being forced upon others‚ they may have seen it on the news or have read about it in articles. In the documentary “Chicago Girl” the film follows the story of a 19 year old girl that is leading a revolution in Syria against their leader Bashad al-Assad. The film shows the citizen being killed and tortured after standing their ground and demanding to have their rights as human beings. The documentary depicts the hierarchy of the country showing
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since it encompasses castles and armor‚ as well as bulletproof vests and boom boxes‚ the film reworks Shakespeare in a frenzy of jump cuts that makes most rock videos look like MTV on Midol.” I agree. Leonardo DiCaprio‚ 21 at the time of filming‚ and Claire Danes‚ 17 then‚ give convincing portrayals of the star-crossed lovers‚ who are just 16 and 13 in the original play. Although the two do get naked in the film‚ it is not nearly as bad as Zeffirelli’s version of the original back in 1969. As Travers
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The movie Girl Interrupted is set in 1967. It is about an 18 year old young lady named Susanna Kaysen. Susanna was not encouraged by her parents to be an individual and she surprises them when she tells them that she does not want to attend college but would rather peruse her passion of being an independent writer. Susanna ingested an entire bottle of aspirin with a bottle of vodka and claimed that she was just trying to get rid of a headache. After the attempted suicide‚ Susanna self admits herself
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Film Critique Inglorious Basterds is an intense action thriller with a comedic twist put together by director Quentin Tarantino. The movie is somewhat violent but real fantasy of what many people wish would have happened to Adolph Hitler during World War 2. Inglorious Basterds is the story of a small group of Jewish-American soldiers assembled by Lt Aldo Raine played by Brad Pitt. This group of soldiers are ordered to strike fear into the hearts of soldiers of the Third Reich by brutally killing
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Being in my final year of high school and just about a graduate my experiences are still very fresh in my mind. I’ve seen the cliques‚ the bullies‚ the dances‚ the teachers‚ I’ve seen it all. This is why the movie “Mean Girls” directed by Mark Waters and written by Tina Fey was a perfect choice for my independent study. I’m going to be talking about how cliques define you‚ how friends betray you‚ and how you can easily change yourself to fit in with a group though it may not be your smartest idea
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The Great Gatsby‚ 2013 Film Critique This past spring‚ Hollywood released the quite controversial adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s great American novel‚ The Great Gatsby. The film is directed by Baz Luhrman‚ known for his extravagant‚ visual style‚ with none other than legendary Leonardo DiCaprio as title character‚ Gatsby‚ Tobey Maguire as narrator Nick Carraway‚ and Carey Mulligan is cast as Daisy Buchanan. Set during the summer of 1922 on Long Island‚ New York‚ Nick gets caught up in the world
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emotion he was able to emphasize and show his audience that discrimination really was a problem and that it was only getting worse. Martin Luther King’s speech is based on facts and it also comes from his heart. When stating facts‚ he talks about how colored people are victims of police brutality and how they aren’t allowed to stay at hotels and motels. He also says that they can’t vote‚ and should be allowed to. King talks about things that come from his heart‚ such as when he says‚ he wants his four
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Set in America in the early 1970s the movie‚ My Girl shows how the main protagonist‚ Vada‚ goes through many events as she matures. The audience follows Vada on her journey as a young girl who has trouble seeing anyone else’s needs but her own. She tries to act mature and wants to be treated that way but it doesn’t happen because she comes across as so innocent. This can be seen by her actions of still wanting to ride a bike‚ the crush on her teacher and wanting to hang out with her best friend
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A Film Critique of “Like Water for Chocolate” Alfonso Arau’s movie “Like Water for Chocolate” is an adaptation of the novel written by Laura Esquivel. The movie relates a passionate and forbidden love with supernatural and abstract story details. The movie incorporates multiple love triangles‚ their complexity‚ and romantic frustration into a compelling exploration of love and family. Two sisters‚ Tita and Rosaura live in a conservative Hispanic household with traditional marriage practices.
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Film Critique Paper And the Band Played On The movie is about the first couple years of AIDS‚ mostly in the United States. It tells the political as well as the scientific struggle that occurred with the discovery of AIDS. The main character Dr. Don Francis heads the research of AIDS with little money and little help. This was because AIDS was considered the “gay man’s disease” and there was more emphasis on who discovered the disease than actually helping those who had it. Basically‚ the
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