First Do No Harm: Movie Analysis

Hearts and Minds is an American documentary about the Vietnam war. This documentary presents the different sides of the argument on America’s involvement in Vietnam. In film various interviews with military figures and other men are shown. Also interviews with the point of views of the Vietnam people. Many tones and moods are present in the film to show how the Americans role was in the conflict with the vietnamese. The film goes on to show the men that survived the physical wrecks.

A League of Their Own (Marshall, 1992) explicitly characterizes an American era when a woman’s place was in the home. Even our modern perspective implicitly follows suit. Although women have gained rights and freedoms since the 1930’s, sexism remains prevalent in America. This film offers an illustration when men went to war and big business men utilized women as temporary replacements in factories, sports, and so on. Here, course concepts, such as gender socialization, gender expressions, role stereotypes, emotion expressions, and language, correspond to the film’s characters and themes.

The film “Juvies” really made me think about how the criminal justice system treats young children. Before watching the film, I was under the impression that children were treated fairly and with care when they commit a crime. After all, they are just kids. However, to my surprise, this was not the case. Many children have been cheated by the law because they are put through the adult system and are not given a fair trial. Meanwhile, these children are expected to make the rational decisions that an adult would make. There is biological evidence that kids do not have the ability to control impulsive behavior because their brains are underdeveloped. Thus, I believe this system is extremely unfair because children are not protected in adult prisons, which makes it very difficult for them to succeed once they are released back into the free world.

During the end of the 3rd Century, the Playwright Plautus wrote many of the first Roman comedies. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a musical comedy film adaptation of Plautus's comedies.Set in ancient Rome, many aspects of Roman theatre, including stock characters, were included in the film’s production. While the film is based off of multiple comedies, Plautus's Pseudolus character Calidorus is nearly identical to the film’s Hero. During the time Pseudolus was written, the Crisis of the Third Century led to up to 25% of Roman population being comprised of slaves(Southern). Of the many stock characters Platus included in his comedies, Calidorus/Hero, the son of Pseudolus’s owner and the stock character adulescens, best

The movie “Wit” was very touching story about 48 year old English professor, Vivian, who is diagnosed with Stage IV ovarian cancer. Her physician gets her to agree to an aggressive chemotherapy treatment which is a research experiment. He tells her that the therapy is the best way to cure here cancer. Vivian went through eight months of rigorous and often painful experimental treatment especially the final weeks of her life. One of her former student, Jason, is a researcher on the team. Jason is very intelligent person but insensitivity to Vivian. He always come in the room and question such as “how are you feeling today?”, which after while loses all meaning. On the other hand she has her primary care nurse, Susie, shows compassion and sense of code of ethics which brings her into conflicts at time with the physician.

I found the play to be far superior in comparison to the original film version as the movie's writing glorified modern American consumerism. A post war financial boom brought a great amount of advertising and promotion, and the movie was overflowing with blatant celebration of products. The presence of sexism as well of the obvious lack of racially diverse main characters, was a big problem for me in my terms of likability of the movie. The play was able to strip itself of the gaudiness/lack of diversity and that left room for a brilliantly crafted sub-plot with a well rounded cast and smartly written script.

Eric’s son plays with Nan’s granddaughter in the yard. Eric and Nan’s son and James are trying to shoot some wild dogs that have been eating James’ elk. Nan is watching the children play from the kitchen window.The film ends with the children playing in the snow over the sound of guns shoots. Their laugher builds over the sound of

The EPA does not live up to their own standards because they violate their mission and purpose which is to protect human health from significant risks and the environment where they live (“Our Mission and What We Do.” EPA). The movie "Tapped" revealed many studies that show how polycarbonate plastic gradually releases a chemical called BPA into foods and liquids that are stored in containers. The chemical compounds released by these plastics can alter hormones and have other potential human health effects. In "Tapped" evidence was released that water bottles are the leading cause of cancer, developmental, neural and reproductive health effects in not just children and infants but also adults. Not only is the EPA not informing and protecting

Earlier in the Fall semester on the evening of October 20th, our First-Year Experience class met with members of Classics 390 and members of the Classics Club in Randolph Hall to watch the hour-and-a-half long film adaptation of the 1966 musical, “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”. Most of the faculty of the Classics department at the College of Charleston including Dr. Johnson and Dr. Flores, the First-Year Experience class, and Classics 390 were in attendance to watch this movie and enjoy pizza and soda. There was an audience consisting of approximately 30 students and faculty in classroom 301A in Randolph Hall. The movie was originally produced as a Broadway play over 40 years ago and it was then released as a film. Multiple songs from the original performance in New York City, including the opening song of “Comedy Tonight” which was sung by Pseudolus, were included in the movie.

Similarities is the state of fact of being similar. Differences is a point or way in which people or things are not the same. A play and movie can have the same content, but they have plenty of differences. While reading the play and watching the movie we have compared and contrasted each. Both have the same background. A small poor african american family living on the South side of Chicago. With issues that range from generational clashes to the civil rights and human movement. The Youngers have a opportunity to escape from poverty which comes in the form of a 10,000 life insurance check that Lena Younger (Mama) receives on the behave of her husband’s death. Throughout each the movie and play there are features Protagonist, Dreams, and main

Film was an extremely fun class for an English elective, overall I enjoyed learning about the technics that filmmakers use to draw the audience into the film and keep them intrigued by the plot. By far the best film that we watched this semester was The Graduate because of its now classic 60’s music and its view about the change in society. Adversely the worse movie was The Social Network with its oversimplification of issues and overcomplicating technology to portray the character as complex. Considering the quality of all the movies we watched it was difficult to pick out problems with the films.

The movie Safe Haven, includes a quote that describes the main events in the movie: “Everyone has a past, but that’s just it-it’s the past. You can learn from it, but you can’t change it.” Nicholas Sparks’ movie, Safe Haven, is a heart-racing, thrilling movie. Nicholas Sparks’ has multiple books that have been turned into “chick flick” movies; however, Safe Haven tops them all by having a love story and a suspenseful, dramatic plot. Safe Haven’s trailer includes just a glimpse of all the suspense the audience experiences.

Part 1 - In American author's 2009 book, The Help, the primary thesis is the relationship between Black maids and white households in Jackson, Mississippi during the early 1960s. The story is really told from three perspectives, Aibileen and Minny are Black women, both maids, and Skeeter is the nickname of Eugenia Phelan, daughter of a prominent White family. Skeeter has just finished school and hopes to become a writer. In general, the relationship between the Black maids and the White employers is six sided: On one side we have the White employers who have three views: 1) Their personal and private beliefs that can range from extreme scorn and bias to kindness regarding race; 2) Their public persona that must have the "proper" attitude about Blacks and "the help," and 3) Their employer attitude, which is condescending and parental. The Black view also has three segments: 1) Their personal and private beliefs that usually range from understanding not all Whites are the same and an extreme love and empathy for the White children for whom they care; 2) The public persona that is deferential, polite, and stoic to their White bosses; and 3) Their attitude and view among the Black community, which usually separates the "poor and ignorant but rich" White souls from the Black view of family and common sense. All in all, the relationship is contentious, phony, and based on economic advantage.

There are many different types of film and film genres. A film can fit into more than one genre, but there are some genres that are more general than others. Some examples of film genre are animated, science fiction, documentary, comedy, and historical fiction. Within each genre, there are also specific characteristics that help support themes and story lines within that genre.

"Split" is a rated PG-13 horror movie released on January 20, 2017 that was not only written, but also directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Shyamalan is renowned in the entertainment business for his movies filled with a great deal of twists and turns. An example of some of the movies that he has written and directed with such a style are "The Sixth Sense" as well as "The Village". Split is no different and bares M. Night Shyamalan's signature style of suspenseful movies accompanied by many twists and turns.