If there is at least one film that I almost ended up liking, but the “almost” part hit the curve real fast by the end of the film, then that film was Enemy. There are some elements in a film that make a film work well and look great and they include many things, like concepts of photography, music and art direction to acting and many other factors, but ultimately it all breaks down to the story. You could enjoy a film and still consider it bad because it failed to give you a good story. In Enemy, I feel like there was a cool story behind it, but what became of it onscreen ended up being a mess.
Enemy is directed by Denis Villeneuve, who is well known for great award-winning movies such as Prisoners and Sicario. This Canadian production also stars the famous Jake Gyllenhaal in a multiple lead role. Talking about receiving awards, Enemy did get a bunch of them as well. But I don’t know why it deserved them. The film tells the story of a middle aged college history professor, Adam who is living with his girlfriend and is dissatisfied with his life up until the point where he discovers his doppelganger, Anthony who is a part time actor and suddenly finds a little excitement and drama. Adam starts to pay a great deal of interest in Anthony’s life and the plot continues from there onwards. There is a great deal of symbolism in this film, which makes the film deviate from the original plot. The complexity in the story arises not because one wouldn’t understand that everything that
First impressions are not always right. This is what this essay is about, and my opinion is that you should not judge even though it's hard not to. I've stereotyped and judged a person by their looks, but I was wrong and it made me feel bad. He was a good guy and he became one of my best friends. This is a 12 Angry Men essay about all the stereotyping and judging someone by their looks that is on trial in the
What makes a film great to the viewer watching it? Is it the plot of the story? Maybe even the timing of the film? Possibly the special effects? The answer is all of it makes a movie great. You cannot just take in a few things to determine if the movie fulfills your standards of what makes a film good. There are a few things that really makes the movie Arrival stand out as one of the better films of 2016. I believe that Arrival is built on the foundation that all great movies have a relatable theme, show good acting, and brings out certain emotion that keeps us wanting more.
We had to use the back door to get in. They called it the “black door”, which was basically just the name for the only door that the black people could use to get into the place. They made us come in through the back, about an hour before the front doors opened, and set up our stuff onstage. We were given a little under ten minutes to set up everything and then they sent us offstage, where we were told to stay out of sight until they called us onstage. Most places gave us our own dressing room, to hang out and smoke in, unless of course there was also a white man performing, in which case he’d get the room, and we’d sit on the floor backstage. Tonight, we had a dressing room. It was nights like this that I loved; when we could book a speakeasy to perform at, and the man who ran the club treated us like we were real stars; when we got our own dressing room, the same one that all the white men used. Those nights when we had to give up the room to those men, by contrast, were the worst; it was like being reduced from the star of the show, to the opening act. They called us Richie and the Gang. Eli played a really slick four-stringed Dobro Tenor, Lyon performed with a 22 fret plectrum banjo, Denny and Rod had the hippest bass saxophones around, Louis played the Buescher trumpet, and Ray and Eugene used whatever piano and drum set the speakeasies we played at had to offer. The girls and I sang back up for Richie, the real show-stealer. He was everything you’d expect from a 1940’s
Great Actor-Best film has excellent quality actors. Most actors selected duty that epitomize them and they can make the characters seem credible or imaginable.
Shouldn’t we have the right to state our opinion without being punished? In the following passage/trailers ''My So Called Enemy'', ''Texas Vs Johnson'' and '' American Flag Stands For Tolerance'' all show information as to how different people should be accepted. How the first amendment protects our freedom of speech and how the American Flag should or shouldn’t be treated. All three passages send a message about how we as human beings must be willing to accept peoples opinions that are different from ourselves.
O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a film that will surely make you want to fall out of your chair laughing, and make you want to get up and dance. This film is an absolute classic. It is hilarious, adventurous, and makes you feel good about yourself. The most unique thing about this film is the main characters break out of jail for the wrong reason, and then go on a wild chase trying to get home. Another unique part about this film is that the main character is currently divorced and wanting to remarry his ex-wife. The film, O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a classic comedy because it has well-rounded characters, adventure, and a little bit of love.
We all have our choices, likes and dislikes, and views and are entitled to our own. You might like something that would seem completely and utterly obnoxious to someone else and vice-versa. In the same way the Box Office works. It’s a rather rare deal when a good movie is underrated or hasn’t been given its due credit because the audience did not understand; mostly it’s because of reasons such as the budget of the movie, the cast or even the production design. Even when the story line is spot on and it can support it without fancy actors or glamourous sets.
The title of the film is called “Enemies”, it is the story about a waiter named Gittleman who is kind, well mannered, and nice. He works at a low star restaurant and has been serving a customer for the past 5 years. The customers names is Miller. Miller is a rude, sassy, cocky type guy. Who says acts like a gentlemen but doesn’t seem like it. Everyday he comes and dines at Gittleman’s restaurant. From my perspective miller enjoys acting like a big shot. He enjoys humiliating Gittleman because he see him as a weak old man. Further in the film, the two talk about personal things. Gittleman has a family of two daughters and a wife. Miller is a widower and has two sons who says are successful. He enjoys his life by doing whatever he wants to
‘They’re a weird mob’ is a 1966 satirical movie telling the story of Nino Culotta, an Italian immigrant arriving Australia with the promise of a job at his cousin’s magazine allows the director to play with the Australian Slang and portrays Australia as protective of the influences of the other countries, and a nation desperate to create its own identity. It observes Australia through an outsider’s perspective and pokes fun at the local customs. As the film happens amid of White Australia Policy, the film is filled with racism, geographic differences and religion. The movie ridicules the migrants’ culture and satire is used to alienate them as they are not made to feel welcomed if they can’t assimilate with the Australian culture. The satire
The Man from U.N.C.L.E has not done overly well in the box office, but I found it an enjoyable movie. Enjoyable does not mean that it was a well-made movie, a few of the
To have a successful life you need to Work hard and put your heart into everything you do. Everyone in their life will have to decide between what people want you to do and/or what makes more money or doing what they love to do. You should never settle for your second favorite or the one that doesn't make you happy. Everyone has potential, were all created equally and all have a chance to do whatever he or she wants with their life. Some people might call you psychotic for what you're doing. “Psychotic is a three syllable word for any thought too big for little minds”- Lex Luthor As long as you have an image of your future the only person that can stop you is you. However you need to put your sweat, blood and tears
An all-Jewish military unit tasked with the outlaw duty to do nothing but kill and scalp Nazis (Næts-eez)? Now that sounds like a Tarantino movie. Of course like any movie by the famed Quentin Tarantino, the film holds it’s fair share of blood and gore, but it also holds a deep, drawing, and surprisingly sometimes funny story.
My Neighbor Totoro makes us question if it’s necessary to have an enemy or major conflict in order to make a great movie. Although some might have found this film strange due to simplicity and anti-climactic plot I believe that is what helped it become so popular around the world.
The film I picked for my critique is Red Tails, a historical World War II drama. The movie starred Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard and Gerald Mcraney, was written by John Ridley and Aaron McGruder, better known as the creator of the comic strip “the boondocks”, from a book by John B. Holway, directed by Anthony Hemingway and produced by George Lucas . In this paper the author will show how all elements of filmmaking
In our society, almost all of us take a person only for face value. Rarely do we ever look past the actions of a person and actually consider their motives or mental state. This is most likely because doing so requires a lot of understanding and knowledge of the phenomena of the human mind. This is where Psychology and Psychiatry come into play. Through these fields of study we are able to expand our knowledge and understanding of the inner works of the human mind. It’s crazy if you think of it this way; but we just use our brains to study themselves, I mean what better way better way is there? Unfortunately, in this field of study this kind of logic has been taken to the extremes many times. In the past, psychological research ranged from simple personality tests to experiments in isolated institutions for the mentally unstable. Nowadays, it would be hard to find good examples of this but thanks to modern-day media we are able to see this extreme kind of research in full HD with his excellency, Leonardo DiCaprio, in Shutter Island.