The movie “Boyz n the Hood” is comprised of many types of issues that relate to social environments and different living situations based on location. The film was able to demonstrate gang violence and how a person struggles to survive in the hood. The film also showed how having a role model in life can be beneficial to succeeding in life. In addition to that, this film also demonstrates how neglected the hood is from the media and how looked down upon these people are by police officers and the government. This essay will discuss how people are affected by urban planning in the film along with the article “The Devastating Impact of Persistent Crime on Teens” by Chantal Hailey.…
Fruitvale Station is the true story of the 22-year-old Bay area resident, Oscar Grant. He spends his New Year’s Eve trying to do better but as the day progresses he begins to realize that it isn’t going to be as easy as he thought. Towards the end of the movie, Oscar and his friends ends their night of celebrating their New Year in a confrontation with police officers at the Fruitvale BART station. Unfortunately, that was Grant’s last encounter. In my opinion, the movie Fruitvale Station is an accurate representation of what occurred Oscar Grant on…
The movie I chose for my presentation is Hoop Dreams. This movie was produced in 1994 by Steve James, Fred Marx and Peter Gilbert. Hoop Dreams is an excellent three hour documentary about two black boys growing up in the inner city of Chicago, Illinois with aspirations of playing basketball in the NBA. The movie starts out when William Gates and Arthur Agee are going to enter high school. William and Arthur both are recruited by Earl Smith a talent scout to attend the famous private school St. Joseph. St. Joseph High School is a predominantly white-suburban private High School in Illinois similar to Detroit Country Day High School in Michigan. They both receive a half scholarship to attend Isiah…
The changes between “The Joy Luck Club” by Amy Tan and the movie are very subtle but they do change the relationships between the mothers and their daughters.…
In The Breakfast Club, there is an overwhelming idea of the future. The students only think about one week in advance before their Saturday detention. They never thought about what their actions could do to their future. For example, Brian did not seem to grasp that because he was so ready to kill himself over one failed assignment. He was thinking in the now and not in the future. A noticeable moral of this film is: Parents should actually raise their children. In this film, all of the parents have minimal screentime, but it is still evident that they totally suck. Claire’s parents use her as a tool of revenge against one another, and her parents fail to see the effect it has on her. Andrew’s parents push him too hard, and as a result he is…
In India, The Caste System is used to determine what rank one will be in society and the social class one is in cannot be changed. The Caste System is mostly practiced in India, however it slowly travelled and made its way to high school. In the 1986 comedy, drama, and romance, “Pretty in Pink”, starring Molly Ringwald as Andie Walsh and Andrew McCarthy as Blane McDonnagh the two main characters face many trials and tribulations in their love for each other in 1980’s high school because of the different social classes the two come from. Ultimately, because the two come from different worlds this leaves into question, can their relationship work?…
The 2011 movie “Bridesmaids” acted as a catalyst for female-driven movies and TV shows. This movie was a first for the film industry; a successful R-rated comedy with female-centric themes, and people loved it. Writer Kay Cannon stated; “'Bridesmaids' I think opened up a door to allow women to show a bunch of different women in different ways of being funny.” This box-office hit also allowed for women to be better accepted in the comedy community, where there is generally more men. Along with just being accepted, women want to change how they are portrayed in the media. Most people believe that a woman will be able to write about a woman better than a man could. Actress Anna Kendrick would agree; “There's something to women writing for themselves,…
The film starts off with the protagonists’ encounter in a baseball tournament. Invitation communication begins with Gary asking Brooke if she would like to have a hotdog. On relationship meaning level, it reflects Gary’s interest in knowing Brooke. By the end of the tournament, Gary tries to ask her out, exploring the possibilities for a relationship with her. Despite Brooke calling him “crazy”, she still chuckles and responds to Gary’s pick-up lines, hinting that Brooke is not totally uninterested. It is quickly followed by the opening credits with intimate photos that captured the intensifying communication stage between the protagonists. Their long term commitment takes the form of cohabitation, thus completing the escalation phase of the romantic relationship. After which it goes straight to the topic “The Break-up”, which showcases how the navigating phase foiled, resulting in the deterioration phase.…
As mentioned earlier, the way in which the mobster’s and their families are dressed is a direct visual correlation to their role and or manifestation of status within the confines of Henry Hill’s story.…
I give two thumbs up for the absolutely outstanding movie “Varsity Blues” directed by Brian Robbins. Varsity Blues is such an outstanding movie played by some magnificent actors such as Paul Walker, James Van Der Beek, Ali Larter, Amy Smart, and plenty other amazing actors. This spectacular movie it takes place in 1999 in a small town high school football team where their coach only cares about reaching his 23rd district championship title. As players for this football team, they went through hell and back dealing with the pressure from the community and their overbearing coach constantly giving them a very difficult time throughout the entire season. Jonathon…
Fight Club “Its only after we’ve lost everything are we free to do anything”, Tyler Durden as (Brad Pitt) states, among many other lines of contemplation. In Fight Club, a nameless narrator, a typical “everyman,” played as (Edward Norton) is trapped in the world of large corporations, condominium living, and all the money he needs to spend on all the useless stuff he doesn’t need. As Tyler Durden says “The things you own end up owning you.” Fight Club is an edgy film that takes on such topics as consumerism, the feminization of society, manipulation, cultism, Marxist ideology, social norms, dominant culture, and the psychiatric approach of the human id, ego, and super ego. “It is a film that surrealistically describes the status of the American…
Sister James and Sister Aloysius play a very important role in John Patrick Shanley’s movie Doubt, which is about the mistrust that takes place in a school directed by the church on priest Flynn command. There, sister Aloysius is the principal, so she is in charge of the student’s rights and responsibilities. On the other hand Sister James is a history teacher. Both characters are important for their way of handling the doubt.…
I will be writing about 50 First Dates starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore. This movie is about a girl who gets into an accident that results in brain damage. Then she experiences a form of amnesia called “Goldfield’s Syndrome” according to the movie. Basically, Goldfields syndrome doesn’t allow Drew to form new memories, but doesn’t erase what she knew before the accident. She can remember up to one day, then she relives the next day as if it was the first day after the accident, over and over again. The movie has its strengths and weaknesses in accurately portraying the memory. For the most part, I believe the movie did a good job portraying it.…
The film “Working Girl” illustrates the feminist fight and struggles of women in the work force in the 1980s to the present, every contradiction relates to the main problems that women face. The two main women characters in “Working Girl” represent the two types of stereotypes of women that establish themselves in the corporate world, Kathrine Parker and Tess McGill. Despite the film being an inspirational feminist story, the writer Kevin Wade created a love plot between the main character, Tess McGill and a side character, Jack Trainer. This side love plot takes away from the main tone and contradicts the original goal of the film, to inspire women to break barriers. The movie did not require this love trope, if the film had a stand alone…
Fight Club, a 1999 dark comedic film, finds originality in it’s celebration of violence in which the heroes form an underground community with the license to commit crime, drink, smoke, and most importantly, beat one another up. In this film Edward Norton stars as your typical representation of the depressed, over worked and over anxious man. His life is dull and repetitive and his job sends him spiraling into a lifeless depression. He attempts to find condolence in attending a 12-step program, where he hugs the less fortunate and finds catharsis in their suffering. Ironically, his first meeting is for post surgical victims of testicular cancer, since the movie is essentially about finding man hood.…