IB History of Europe 12B Mrs. Akker Argo Movie review 31 March 2013 Argo is a movie about the US’s problems with Iran in the 1980’s. I was pleasantly surprised to find it very enjoyable. I don’t tend to enjoy history movies or documentaries‚ but the plot really captured my attention. I like that the filmmaker gave some background information regarding the conflict because this allowed the viewer to understand what was going on. At the end of the movie‚ pictures were shown comparing the real events
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The movie Burn! is a 1969 film directed by Gillo Pontecorvo. The main characters are Marlon Brando starting as Sir William Walker and Evaristo Marquez starting as Jose Dolores (The Internet Movie Databases). The movie takes place during the mid-19th century on the island of Queimada‚ a Portuguese colony located in Antilles(Burn!). The British send Sir William Walker to Queimada‚ an English secret agent‚ to start a rebellion against the Portuguese regiment‚ to benefit the British Sugar traders. In
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Matrix- Movie Review The Matrix is the second film of the writer/director team Larry and Andy Wachowski‚ who have once again hit the mark with their science fiction thriller with the perfect balance of action‚ excitement and suspense. The Matrix didn’t follow the trend of many other sci-fi films of this era‚ which are becoming less and less reliant on plot and focusing their attention on special effects‚ which can often result in them becoming boring and predictable. Instead the Matrix achieved
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I found the movie Kinsey to be both true to his work and to the essence of this dedicated man. Besides being highly entertaining‚ it was very relevant today to an audience which had no idea who Alfred Kinsey was or how his work had impacted their lives. Anyone who sees this movie will get to experience first hand how ignorant and misinformed people were about sex when Kinsey began studying human sexuality. Examples of this were the stated belief that performance of oral sex would reduce a woman’s
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dream at one time or another of leaving everything behind and starting over‚ searching for inner strengths. When Into the Wild was released on September 21st‚ 2007‚ based on the nonfiction book written by Jon Krakauer. Directed by Sean Penn‚ this movie shows us the gripping true story of Chris McCandless‚ played by Emile Hirsch‚ as he leaves his privileged life behind to embark on a quest for adventure and truth. The film is set in the early 1990’s and follows Chris as he graduates from Emory University
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Titanic Movie Review Titanic (1997) is a wonderful love story based on real life events‚ as told by Rose‚ the main character of the story. Kate Winslet captured her character beautifully‚ acting as if she were really in a higher class in 1912. Most of this movie takes place on the Titanic‚ although some of it takes place in present time when Old Rose tells stories about her time on the ship. The whole movie seems like a flashback to April 1912. The movie is powerful‚ wonderful‚ and at times
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America‚ to be married to Cal Hockley (Billy Zane)‚ a situation she is not thrilled about. Sparks fly when Dawson manages to talk Rose out of jumping overboard‚ but tragedy awaits as the unsinkable ship hits and iceberg and begins to flounder. In the movie‚ this story is presented to the audience as a flashback. The narrator is Rose‚ 101 years old‚ with the last name Dawson. She tells the story to a treasure hunter (Bill Paxton)‚ who is looking for the famous (and valuable) Heart of the Ocean‚ a diamond
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Jordan Hill Dr. Fabrie SDEV-03 4 September 2014 Frozen Movie Review In the movie Frozen there are two sisters named Elsa and Anna. Elsa was born with the powers of ice. After accidently injuring her sister with her powers‚ the king and the queen locked down the castle so that the people of the city don’t figure out that Elsa has powers and think that she’s a monster. After the parents go across the sea they run into a storm and the ship capsizes and they both die. Elsa becomes queen and
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Precious Summary The film Precious directed by Lee Daniels is a solemn movie dealing with the unfortunate truths of everyday life for some individuals. The film staring Gabourey Sidibe who plays the main character Clarice “Precious” Jones along with co-stars Mariah Carey and Leni Kravitz is based in the Ghetto of Harlem in the year of 1987. Precious is a sixteen year-old illiterate morbidly obese teenager whom has grown up in the Ghetto of Harlem in a dysfunctional family. Her mother Mary verbally
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3 1/28/13 Movie Paper Review: The Boy in Striped Pajamas The Boy in Striped Pajamas is a book that was made into a movie‚ set during World War Two and more specifically‚ the Holocaust. The book was written by John Boyne and when made into a movie was directed by Mark Herman and produced by David Heyman. The Boy in Striped Pajamas was made in 2006 and starred Asa Butterfield‚ Jack Scanlon‚ and Vera Farmiga. I read the book‚ The Boy in Striped Pajamas in 8th grade and watched to movie very soon after
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