A great way of telling if a movie is any good, is by evaluating the acting. Sometimes, even if the plot is terrible, the type of acting can make the film worthwhile. However, that was not the case in this film adaptation of Fahrenheit 451. The plot and message of the film were lost to me because of the attention I had to pay to the mediocre acting. At one point in the film- the scene where Montag was imagining Clarisse burning in fire rather than the old lady- I couldn’t believe that Clarisse seemed to be smiling while burning. Even if she was happily dying, smiling just seemed so unnatural there. Furthermore, I would describe the rest of the acting as “rigid”. The acting and transitions between actors did not flow smoothly at some points-,
This week’s video was pretty amazing watching how the Kalashnikov was made and the testing it goes through. Furthermore, I would like to think that I know quite a bit about guns and the difference between them. I had to humble myself and came to the realization that I don’t know everything there is about guns. The video about the Kalashnikov was captivating learning how Mikhail Kalashnikov was wounded in battle.
In the book Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag faces many conflicts. The conflicts he’s faced with leaves him questioning his identity and just changes his life completely. All Montag ever knew was flipped upside down after he met a teenager in his neighborhood named Clarisse. After meeting Clarisse, and Faber later on in the text, and dealing with Captain Beatty, Montag goes through many challenges in his job, love life, beliefs, etc. Fahrenheit 451 informs the readers through an entertaining way about the dangers censorship can bring, it also informs people about the importance of books, persuading them to read books and see what lies between the pages.
The Manchurian Candidate is a movie based during the end of the Korean War in the early 1950’s. In the movie, Raymond Shaw, who was a U.S. soldier was brainwashed by communist. When he returns home to New York, Shaw and his commander Marco have recurring nightmares. Marco goes on to visit Shaw, and while that happens, Shaw’s mother runs the political career of her husband which is Shaw’s stepfather. Shaw’s mother is responsible for the brainwashing of her son so that she could help her husband with the presidential election.
Citizen Kane is directed, produced by and stars Orson Welles and was made in 1941. Citizen Kane does not come under one specific film genre but falls under the heading of several interesting genres, which include biography, narrative, detective and news-paper reporter genre. ‘Film Noir’ is also associated with Citizen Kane as it has many genres but also a very specific style that differs from the classical norm of Hollywood movies. This movie became extremely significant for its time and changed the face of film history. Orson Welles brought about a new way of filming with his use of low angle shots, three point lighting, transition shots and deep focus.
We recently wrapped up reading Ray Bradbury 's novel Fahrenheit 451, and looking back I can honestly say that although we are now done with the book, it is no way done with me. The topics and warnings discussed in this book are innumerable - it holds messages involving speed, technology, materialism, truth, knowledge, the importance of people, of literature, and how we can be surrounded by people and still be isolated. All of these are valuable things to reflect on, and if you are curious I highly recommend that you read the novel for yourself. It is a challenging and interesting read. However, what I will discuss today is a topic that I created a meme on a few weeks back.
Paul Feig’s The Heat, starring Sandra Bullock as FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn and Melissa McCarthy as Detective Shannon Mullins, was released in 2013 as an action-comedy film. The movie incorporates humor filled with action as Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy team up to take down a drug lord in the streets of Boston. Within the first few minutes of the movie, the audience is captivated and wants to know what happens next. The audience follows the characters played by Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy flawlessly.
Blade Runner is a movie directed by Ridley Scott in 1982. In the film's plot, replicants are automated pseudo-people delivered for bondage, however some revolted and they were banned from the Earth The fundamental character, Deckard, is a blade runner: a specialist in control to dispose of , or resign, present replicants on earth. The story proceeds around Deckard's voyage to end the individual replicants, be that as it may, in particular, it manages the entire issue of the ethical quality and character of replicants and people, and the debauchery of human culture. This essay plans to address different parts of Blade Runner, for example, its blade runner world, Deckard's character and genuine part, symbolism and replicant status. Blade Runner
(Book Burning). In the book like in real life, 'Fahrenheit's fireman prohibited books so people feel the same about the majority of the things they were taught. Montag loved to burn books like the Nazis, He loved to watch the homes go up in flames so he can enjoy the scenery of the fireflies and the sky swarmed in black and yellow. However, after Montag realized what books purpose was, he became depressed because he felt that other people should experience the passion books give you. ' Fahrenheit 451's censorship is wrong because they prohibit books but allow movies that give no education whatsoever to the citizens.
In a future totalitarian society, all books have been outlawed by the government, fearing an independent-thinking public. Fahrenheit 451 is a futuristic novel, telling the story of a time where books and independent thinking are outlawed. In a time so unenlightened, where those who want to better themselves by thinking, are outlawed and killed. Guy Montag is a senior firefighter who is much respected by his superiors and is in line for a promotion. He does not question what he does or why he does it until he meets Clarisse.
In the movie "Sliding Doors", the film splits into two parallel universes: one in which the main character, Helen, was not able to catch the train; and one in which she caught the train. The film tells about the life of Helen by alternating between these two universes, showing the outcomes of her life depending on whether she caught the train or not. If Helen did not catch the train, she would not have talked to James and she would have had to take a taxi which lead her to getting robbed and injuring her head, additionally, due to this she got home late and was not able to catch her boyfriend, Gerry, with another woman; on the other hand, if she had caught the train, she would not have gotten a head injury, which could have had insidious effects,
At different times, American cinema always produces stupid filmmakers outside the traditional formal education system. They do not even go through any film school in the film but still make movies to life. For Quentin Tarantino, he is the master of monsters. Quentin Tarantino is one of the few directors to be criticized by both critics and fans every time his work is published. Every film that he performs, more or less, often show respect, or to pay tribute to a very famous film in the past.
This is at a time when the mass migration of Eastern Jews to Germany, led them to be used as scapegoats by the rightwing press for the disastrous defeat in World War 1. They were described by papers such as Der Sturmer as the parasite that infects the Volkisch movement’s ideal of the purity of the German people. At one point Nosferatu exclaims ‘Your precious blood’, when Hutter cuts his hand, bringing to mind the old accusation of Blood Libel (that Jews ritually sacrifice Christians for blood for
How accurate is “The Imitation Game”? “The Imitation Game” is a movie that shows Britain’s darkest days in WWII and the life of Alan Turing. In 1939, a highly intelligent group that had to break the Nazi code, had been hired in Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park. . The group was all working on breaking day-to-day Nazi codes, except Turing. He was working on designing a machine that would have artificial intelligence to break any Nazi code.
Pulp Fiction, a gangster film centred around crime and drama, was directed and written by Quentin Tarantino, staring John Travolta, Uma Thurman and Samuel Jackson. The Oscar award winning film details the lives of two hitmen, a gangster, and the gangster’s wife Jules Winnfield (Samuel Jackson) and Vincent Vega (John Travolta), are on a mission to retrieve a stolen briefcase from their employer, and mob boss, Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames). Mia, (Uma Thurman) plays the role as Wallace’s wife, who is spends some time with Vincent, while Wallace leaves town for business purposes. Even though the lives of these individuals seem interesting enough, each of them wove together to create a film involving a series of funny, bizarre, and suspenseful
These biographical films are being portrayed by famous and most demanded actors and actresses such as Jamie Fox, Johnny Depp, Ben Kingsley and Jim Carrey. Below are the summarized 10 most excellent biopics about painters. 1. Edvard Munch (1976) This film was directed by Director Peter Watkins which is about Edvard Munch who is a Norwegian painter.