Viewing Report: Open Range Although Open Range (2003) is made in the tradition of a classic Western‚ it questions the social and political aspect that often seems to define the western genre. The paradigm of the film sets out to give the “villainous” characters a chance to be heroes and have love and suggests that the law of the land‚ well‚ disrupts the land. The title of the film gives reference to a time when cattle owners were still forcing free grazers from one open grazing area to another
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Invictus is Latin for unbeaten. Originally it is the name of a short poem written in 1875 by William Earnest Henley‚ a British poet. Invictus is a movie set in the 1990s about how the first black president came to be. Good morning ladies and gentlemen‚ my name is Abdullah Abdulrazzak and today I will talk to you about the ways this movie shaped my response to how I viewed Nelson Mandela and two other events which took place in the movie. In my opinion Nelson Mandela is a good leader and president
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In the movies Up and Gran Torino‚ there are many reinforcements and resistments of ageist assumptions. While Up and Gran Torino both exhibit and defend against ageist assumptions‚ they do it in similar and in different ways. Both of these movies are stories about an older man who lost his wife and grow throughout the movie because of their relationship with a young boy. These men are portrayed as grouchy old men who are lost without their spouses. When the young boys come into their lives‚ they learn
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Academy Awards are given to the best of the best in the film industry. Generally these films have memorable scenes‚ hold the viewers’ attention till the very end‚ and resonate with the audience. The finalists for the award for Best Screenplay are “Temple Grandin” and “Invictus”. “Temple Grandin” is about a young woman with autism who broke barriers with her unique out-of-the-box thinking and became one of the top scientists in the humane livestock handling industry. “Invictus” is about Nelson Mandela’s
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The movie “Gran Torino” involved a lot of ideas from class that we talked about. 1. Respect is displayed in the movie a lot as Walt is a highly respected war vet. 2. Respect is also displayed when Walt changes his views and begins to respect his neighbors. 3. There are several gangs in the movie. These include Asian or Hmong‚ Mexican and Black gangs 4. Where there are gangs‚ there will also be gang violence. This is displayed though when the gang shoots up Teo’s house 5. Another example of
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Gran Torino The concept of kenosis states that Jesus gave up some of his divine attributes while here on earth. The reason this was done by Christ was so that he could function as a real man in order to complete his mission. Jesus humility moved him to leave a more divine and majestic state and become enriched in human nature. This concept of kenosis can be easily applied to the main final scene in Gran Torino in which Walt Kowalski empties himself up for justice in order to better the lives
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“Unforgiven” is a classic anti-western western film directed by Clint Eastwood. It calls into question many of the classic elements of the western. There is no fine line between good vs bad‚ hero vs villain‚ or civilized vs savage. There are many scenes where Eastwood uses mis en scene to establish the core themes of the film. One of which is the scene where Eastwood’s character‚ Will Munny‚ is very sick with a fever after being seriously beaten by the town’s sheriff and the scene following that
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Big Whiskey a visit‚ each person facing a test towards their masculinity. Masculinity in this case is who can size up their opponent and win in a Western duel. Alcohol is a factor in who becomes successful and survives this competition. The movie Unforgiven puts a strong emphasis on alcohol and its relation to masculinity. In relation to the film‚ Alcohol has been a major
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Western movies including Unforgiven can be considered to be realism because the narrative follows that everything in the movie feels and looks real. The movie Unforgiven takes place in the Wild West‚ during the time where there were outlaws and gunslingers. The plot of Unforgiven is similar to any other western where there is a hero who is trying to accomplish a task whale the villain is trying to stop them. The western genre of movies is supported by American history creating realism within the
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One day while walking to work‚ Clint Gordon‚ a mechanical engineer‚ tripped and fell into a hole and was stranded from the rest of the world. He noticed some driftwood in a nearby flow of water. He propped it up against a wall and crawled under‚ to stop the drops of water from falling on his head. Clint was feeling hungry when he heard a splash‚ he knew what he had to do‚ he fastened a rock to a stick he had found and followed the sound. His one hope for survival was to build his own home‚ friends
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