The Great Escape Movie Review Yash Desai *POW = Prisoner of War “The Great Escape” directed by John Sturges is a movie of high standard and excellence. This action packed adventure‚ released in 1963‚ takes place in Germany at the peak of World War II. Taking us back to 1942‚ The Great Escape documents the escape of 76 prisoners from a special Stalag (prison camp)‚ designed specifically for them. By contrasting color cinematography with a classical soundtrack‚ the movie successfully blends the
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of Literature 1 April 2012 Review of The Hunger Games Movie I thought that The Hunger Games movie was overall an “ok” film with just the right amount of special affects and action sequences to complement a decent story. The director and producers stuck very close to the book as far as the story goes. This explains why the movie runs for over two hours. Although the events were very accurate‚ there were certain things that were not explained properly in the movie whichmovie‚ which changed its
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Film Review “Girl‚ Interrupted” Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a personality disorder‚ which is under the large umbrella of metal disorders. BPD is a serious mental illness characterized by pervasive instability in moods‚ interpersonal relationships‚ self-image‚ and behavior. This instability often disrupts family and work life‚ long-term planning‚ and the individual’s sense of self-identity. However‚ according to Susanna Kaysen‚ doesn’t everyone have some of these symptoms every once
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The Hunger Games Movie Review The Hunger Games was an action packed thriller. It had some highs and lows‚ but overall I give this movie a 6/10. This movie starts out in a very poor district twelve. Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) is a young‚ mature girl who has to fight and break laws to keep her family alive. Katniss would do anything to save her younger sister Prim‚ and we know that because Katniss volunteered as tribute to take her sisters place in the Hunger Games (where the Capitol
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For my AP World History Movie Review‚ I chose to watch Les Miserables; a movie based on the inspirational novel by Victor Hugo. I selected this movie because i had a summer assignment on it for ADV English and also because i thought it would be a good idea to watch the movie before reading the book and compare the two afterwards. Watching this and reading the book has helped me in starting out this school year more prepared with my schoolwork. Just like the book‚ the movie was set in the early 1800’s
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Ernest Green Movie Review In Little Rock‚ Arkansas in 1957‚ a group of 9 African American students attended an all-white school. Ernest Green‚ the oldest of the nine‚ went to the school to receive a better education and a better chance for the future. However when he and the rest of the nine got to the school on the first day‚ There was the Arkansas National Guard and many protesters not letting them into the school. So many people were there resisting because they did not want to desegregate
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Liz Burgess English 152-06 The movie Life if Beautiful by Roberto Benigni addresses how love between people can remain strong even through the most horrible of events. The movie takes a very interesting approach on how a father can bring comedy and light to the events of the Holocaust to maintain his son’s happiness. I personally thought this movie was excellent because it challenged the way that most people would want to think about the Holocaust. It is hard to bring an element of comedy to
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Movie Review: Coach Carter 1. In the locker room after the St. Francis game‚ did the players of Richmond demonstrate responsibility? Why or why not? -The players of Richmond didn’t show any sign of responsibility because during the whole game they didn’t show their “hunger” to win. And they were playing the game in a very lanky way which made their opponent win the game. 2. What do you think motivates Coach Carter to take the low-paying coach job? -Personally I think it was because
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Ernie Cardenas EN1320 UNIT 3 LAB 1 9-30-2014 This is a review of the Children’s Disney movie Meet The Robinsons that is directed by Steve Anderson and is loosely based on the book titled A Day with Wilbur Robinson written by William Joyce. I will be reviewing this movie in a two page essay and will be briefly covering it from beginning to end. I will also be discussing the movie and my opinions. This film was released in March of 2007 is a computer animated family comedy. This film was
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Hunger Games: Movie Review The Hunger Games is a young adult novel written by Suzanne Collins. It is written in the voice of sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen‚ who lives in a post-apocalyptic world in the country of Panem where the countries of North America once existed. The Capitol‚ a highly advanced metropolis‚ holds absolute power over the rest of the nation. The Hunger Games are an annual event in which one boy and one girl aged 12 to 18 from each of the 12 districts surrounding the Capitol
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