The Crucible Movie Review The Crucible is a movie based on the true story about the witch trials that were held in Salem‚ Massachusetts in 1692. The movie is historically correct is the aspect that the trials started off from a group of girls trying to stay out of trouble by accusing people in the village that they casted their spirit onto them to make the young ladies act like they were being harmed by the so called bewitched. The movie is very good and properly explains how the girls started
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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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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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Keepers." In the not-too-distant future‚ scientists have discovered a way to turn off the aging gene. As the threat of overpopulation looms over society‚ money becomes a thing of the past. At 25‚ you stop aging but your death clock starts running. Green digits flash harshly on every forearm‚ signalling how much money you’ve got banked in your body. That number rises and falls‚ depending on what you spend. Everything that is usually done with money in our everyday lives‚ they use the time allotted
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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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themes and storyline of the movie. The themes Fracture revolves around are that to do with ego‚ pride‚ arrogance‚ and redemption‚ however the movie’s primary underlying theme is about discovering a person’s flaw and exploiting it until they crack. The use of the rolling ball machine allowed Hoblit to establish the vulnerability of the themes and characters within the movie. Hoblit saw ‘these “executive toys”...as reflections of Ted Crawford’s persona and his psyche in the movie’‚ highlighting the antagonist’s
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Movie Review: The Kid Based on the movie The Kid‚ there are a few theories that could be used to describe the behaviour of Russ. Firstly‚ one of the personality theories that can be used to describe Russ’s behaviour would be the Big Five Personality. Russ has a low degree of openness as he is not open to new ideas and would only use his ways to get things done. Russ likes to get things done only in his ways. He orders his assistant‚ Janet‚ constantly to get things done and if things are not done
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