When choosing an action comedy movie, most expect dramatic scenes accompanied by laughable moments throughout the movie. While other movies which claim to be action comedy don’t always supply a viewer with these characteristics. The 21 Jump Street movie series keeps you on your toes and also keeps you laughing. The purpose of any comedy is to humor the audience. Comedy films are designed to make the audience laugh and enjoy themselves, as was demonstrated heavily through the 21 Jump Street movies series. In comparison to other movie genres, comedy focuses to put a spotlight on main actors or stars. The incorporation of movie stars such as Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, and Ice cube, allows the viewers to connect to these publicly identifiable individuals which adds a depth to the story line. Consistent humor throughout the series, and the eye catching action of these movies proves that the movie met its main purpose: humor and entertainment. …show more content…
The 21 Jump Street series in particular is effective because it has genuinely funny story lines along with jokes instead of a bunch of one-liners thrown together like most movies of this genre. These movies have you invested in the main characters Jenko and Schmitt and their relationships with others as well as each other. 21 and 22 Jump Street have many action sequences that are equally as serious as they are humorous. The movie series stands out in the action-comedy genre because the movies are perfectly balanced with humor and action whereas most of the other movies are going for laughs the whole time. 21 Jump Street makes you care about the outcome, the characters, and the plot while delivering genuine humor throughout which is why it is so
21 Jump Street is a movie that revolves around two undercover police officers. It all started in high school. Schmidt was a less popular honor roll student where as Jenko was a popular jock who lacked the necessary intelligence to get through high school. After graduation, both Schmidt and Jenko joined the police force, which sparked their unexpected friendship. Jenko saw the benefit of befriending the more intelligent Schmidt and Schmidt noticed the athletics of Jenko to use to his benefit. After graduating from the police academy, the pair fall short of being considered quality police officers. Luckily for them, they are assigned to an undercover unit on Jump Street. Their task is to infiltrate a drug dealer’s operation and to find who is distributing synthetic drugs to high school students. During their undercover investigation, they are in awe as they discover the extent of how stereotyping has changed from when they were high school students. However, it remains somewhat the same in the respect that stereotyping still defines everyone within the school.
The comedy combines physical comedy with gags and great one-liners, puns, word play, and more.
The story follows a group of friends that work together as an improv troupe at a sinking theater. Improv can often come with the stigma of being awkward and unfunny, but the improv scenes are some of the strongest throughout the entire film. Although the humor does fall flat in some spots (sometimes people just need to know when to let it go and move on) overall the jokes are funny and in good taste. Most are situational rather than offensive.
10 Cloverfield lane is a bleak and subdued post apocalyptic thriller which primarily makes the most of it's setting that is guided by smart and composed direction.
The Graduate is one of the most ground-breaking films from the 1960’s. Directed in 1967 by Mike Nichols, this film set a new era of filmmaking. During this time period, new directors were debuting as well. Ben’s family and family friends think that Ben is on the right track with his life. If he continues doing everything he has been; he’ll be guaranteed success. He was the editor of the school newspaper and a wonderful track star, but Ben ends up changing. He gets the girl he always wanted, but at the same time disappoints everyone who had such faith in him from the start. In the words of Ben’s own father, he states: “you’re disappointing them, Ben.”
Humor offers different levels of entertainment to many people. They’re like jokes after hearing the joke once, will it be funny again? Thus, it’s a good way to evaluate a film to how much comic does it actually provide. Still, not everyone have the same perception of their way of analyzing film but it offers a glimpse of what to expect in the film. In the film, “Hot Fuzz,” by Edgar Wright, certain aspects of the film are analyzed for its noteworthy humor.
Many movies try to tackle huge issues that face society in hopes that the ideas presented will encourage society to change. In Crash directed by Paul Haggis, he tackles the idea of racism through cause and effect between multiple groups of people in the different races. The world has been racist and intolerant of people different from themselves. Millions of people have suffered due to the prejudice of people that couldn’t understand the change of differences among one another. Long time ago, in the United States people who were not straight white, that didn’t have blue eyes or blonde hair but had darker skin were classified as inferior to anyone else. Racism has been a problem since the very first day two men of different races met. Even now, racism is still considered a big issue in our society. The movie Crash shows good examples of how racism against oneself is caused by fear, misunderstanding, deals with the issue of stereotypes and the idea of innocence and has an element of kill or be killed with the imperfections of life.
The brain’s “control center” in the movie is represented by the limbic system. In the movie, this control center is where memories and emotions are created. The limbic system contains the amygdala which is responsible for emotions such as anger, sadness, and fear; all of which are characters in the story. The limbic system also contains the hippocampus which is responsible for the memories found in the control center. In combination, the limbic system contains the parts responsible for the control center.
Director Seth Gordon seems to have completely checked out with all of this. His movie has no pace, no tone to connect with. He wants to have it nasty and gross-out funny, but he also has dramatic moments and his silly drug/crime subplot. There are action sequences, shot against such obvious and unintentionally terrible CGI, you realize this is an outright failure on every
The comedy genre is not one I am particularly well-versed in. I enjoy comedy, but for whatever reason I do not laugh as much as many people during funny movies. More often than not, I smile and chuckle while others hold their stomachs in pain from their abundant laughter. So it must be a very amusing movie indeed (or at least one that appeals to my particular tastes) to make me genuinely laugh. The Other Guys accomplishes this feat.
Overall, the script tends to be dialogue heavy. Consider trimming dialogue and adding more subtext. Most action films have a hero that has a cynical or sardonic voice. Consider adding witty one-liners that fit with an action
I was nervous before reading Orange is the New Black because I have never read a book where the setting is prison showcasing the bleak life of an inmate. The reason I decided to read this book is because I have never watched the TV-series that everyone is obsessed with, and I wanted to learn the true story behind the famous show before I decided to watch or not watch the series. The show based on a book is written by an actual convict, about her actual time in prison. Piper Kerman is a drug smuggler who was caught trying to smuggle heroine into the United States from Belgium, is an actual real person, who wrote a book about her actual real life.
It's what I first thought when I saw the trailer and what I was seriously looking forward to but alas it just wasn't meant to be. Though office jokes fly and we get plenty of the clichéd dumb slacker employees to amuse us throughout the film it just doesn't hit quite hit home. Granted there were a few chuckles here and there but for the most part I found myself cringing at just how un-funny it was. Like someone is trying to tell a funny joke, and he's not doing so good and even though he's sinking with his stupidly unfunny joke he still continues to try to tell the joke in the hopes that it will at some part become funny. Where as I can rattle off a few choice scenes from Shaun of the Dead that can still make me laugh to this day! There was nothing even remotely memorable in this film.
For me, the movie "The Graduate" is a film where a lot of people can relate to. Whether they've seen themselves in such situation like Benjamin does or they're actually experiencing it right at the moment. A fresh graduate who wants time to think of what he wants to do next but being pressured with the expectations of his family and friends. I can say that it is a good movie with a lot of strong points but personally i did not like it. I find it hard to applaud a film where i can't sympathize with the main character. And in my opinion, Benjamin is weak.Rather than using the pressure given to him as a fuel to better himself, he let it weigh him down, which leads to making bad decisions that has unbearable consequences at the end.
In the movie Crash, the director Paul Haggis interweaves multiple connected stories about race, class, family, and gender in Los Angeles, California after the 9/11 event. All the characters are shown to have life changing experiences with their conflicts of stereotypes, prejudice, and racism within a span of 36 hours. This movie has won three Oscars and was deemed “expertly written” and “Best Picture Oscar-winner … sprawling and ambitious, episodic and contrived” by Cynthia Fuchs, a professional movie critic. So, how did this movie become so well-known and popular in the U.S., even though there are already so many movies with similar themes?