When I was told that I needed to rewatch Martin Campbell’s attempt at Green Lantern I sighed and began to laugh a bit hysterically. Visual storytelling, whether bland or riveting, gives the viewer an everlasting emotion that is linked to the film itself. For me Green Lantern is my least favorite film of all time. This does not mean that it is the worst movie of all time, I believe Tommy Wiseau’s The Room wins the award by far. However, Green Lantern came out as I was just getting into comics, and it was not enjoyable to watch my favorite superhero fly around with terrible CGI, let alone a CGI suit. However, when rewatching the film I forgot about all that and focused on the content I was watching. Right at the beginning of the film there is a dog fight simulation scene involving Hal Jordan, played by Ryan Reynolds, Carol Ferris, played by Blake Lively, and two drone planes. After the fight it leaves Hal Jordan uncontrollably plummeting towards the ground as he can not keep his emotions together. During this …show more content…
I found that the movie, to the step, follows Joseph Campbell's discovered narrative called the Hero’s Journey. There are twelve steps to the Hero’s Journey and Hal Jordan goes through all twelve of these steps. For example, the story has to begin in an ordinary world. In Green Lantern Hal is just an uncle and a fighter pilot trying to live his life. Hal’s call to adventure was when the ring from the deceased Abin Sur chose him to join the Green Lantern Corps. Hal’s refusal of the call occurs when he attempts to make the ring and lantern work by saying an oath he does not know. Hal becomes frustrated and gives up for a bit. Steps four through twelve are all also clearly present in the story. The Hero’s Journey is the most basic form of storytelling and I find it a redeeming quality that this movie did have a type of structure and was not just a jumble of scenes thrown
In 2014, I attended the Hero's journey summer program in hope to discover myself and to become a better man. My father who has attended the program many of times introduced me to the foundation and thought I should give it a try under the Young Men’s program with 8 other teens from around the world. Nervous but also excited about discovering who I truly was and what brotherhood really meant I found myself becoming the best of friends with these guys for 7 days. During the trip I learned that in relationships it is not only about how much you have in common, but that you trust each other and can work together as one. I could not tell you those guys last name or their favorite video game but I can tell you that I knew they had my back no matter what.
Some critics may say that the untidiness of scenes affects the comical nature of the film but, I think a
“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.”(Joseph Campbell). Joseph Campbell showed how important hero’s are by creating the Hero’s Journey and that you can be a hero just through writing and showing it through different characters. A hero shows that you can help other people to make the world better
Next, is the ‘Call to Adventure’ and the hero is faced with something that makes him start his adventure. This might be a problem or a challenge he needs to overcome. Following that step is ‘Refusal of the Call‘; when the hero attempts to refuse the adventure because he is afraid. After that is ‘Meeting the Mentor’ which is where the hero encounters someone who can give him
Marlee watched as the first visitor approached the door from the upstairs window. He was sitting upstairs cooking shrimp in a pot of oil. He was kind of confused to see a crazed person approach the abandon house at 9 p.m. This visitor looked old and weary. It was an old lady who was carrying a purse, while she was walking up to the house she took out a key like she lived there. Marlee was so scared he thought he was in the wrong house. He quickly called Max and told him to get over to the house right away! The old lady walked inside and started to walk up the stairs. She soon opens the creaky door who reveals frightened Marlee sitting in a boxy chair in the corner. Thats when she started screaming at the top of her lungs, her head was turning red like a cherry, it looked like her head was going to explode. Marlee took off running.
What images come to mind as you reflect on your childhood? Playgrounds, blackboards, and soccer balls may be among the warmest of memories. Yet for many mermaids swim their thoughts, princesses get swept of their feet, and lions roar to their loyal place in the animal kingdom. There is no doubt that today’s entertainment has most of its touch using classical influences. Walt Disney has produced animated films that have captured the heart and imagination of audiences of all ages around the world through the magic of storytelling and imagery. Many of us appreciate the imagination and magic that Disney puts into its animations with out knowing they are based off of classical and traditional storylines
Is not weird how we all heroes that go through the same path? According to Joseph Campbell, once a philosopher, that brought the many ideas of how in way we all go through the hero’s journey. In addition, he believed going through a path that allowed us to face fears or our “dragons.” Therefore, after facing our “dragons,” we could then face the inevitable. Consequently, we lose a pieces of ourselves and as we enter another world, we lose our perspective of life.
Good morning brother and sister, I pray all is well with each of you as we continue this series on the children of Israel... we hope if the spirit allows us to end this series this week... When God give you instruction to do something, don’t be greedy, don’t ask tons of questions, and most of all don’t be too lazy and don’t do it...
A reason for going there (usually a item or some sort) this gives the hero a purpose for his quest.
A dream vision is a genre of writing that takes place within a dream. Dreams can be inspiration for the dreamer, and encourage him or her to act on what was said in the dream. The Dream of the Rood is a poem that is part of this genre. There are three heros in the poem: Jesus, the cross, and the narrator.
There I was sitting at the table eating what the nuns like to call food what just looked like to me slop I was sitting with my friend Felix. He came across a carrot and it was a full-size carrot he just sat there and stared at it not even touching it if he did not hurry up and I was going to grab it and eat it.
A few months later, I found myself riding with Halt back to his quaint little cottage nestled in the woods. He was teaching me about animal tracks. As our horses tread against the snow that lay on the ground, I noticed a massive print next to the cottage, and Halt said it was a giant boar. A man was lying in the bushes and came out to claim that he had seen the boar first hand, and that it was a mad and destructive one. Halt told him to go to the castle and tell the Baron to gather a group of men so that we can all go hunt the boar in the morning. The next day, I found myself on horseback on the outside of a circle of warriors, and Horace. If the boar were to escape through our circle, I was to chase it down and finish it off with my bow.
The smallest action can make the biggest difference. I will be the first to admit I’m not outspoken, I tend to listen instead. But in order to be a good a leader you do not have to be outspoken, you must listen and speak, take action and rest. I learned that through many clubs but the most definitive moment of leadership I had was with the Lupus Walk. My FIRST robotics team had decided they needed more community outreach and since I was the nemo, the officer in charge of awards, paperwork and community outreach, I was the one to choose. At the time one of my family members was in poor health due to Lupus but she still held hope. Her strength is the reason I created the Lupus Awareness Walk in New Hampshire. I proposed this idea to my fellow
When looking at the history between the United States and Latin America, you see many interactions between them, all that aided the relationship that they have today. Despite that the United States and Latin America are in the same part of the world, the beliefs in which they govern may differ. This difference has often been seen playing a major role in the disputes that have occurred in past. The United States and Latin America have faced many social, economical and governing barriers in forming a strong and positive relationship in the early twentieth century, this is due to the differences that the two had between cultures and the constant demand for power. However, the two countries have found ways to meet in the middle of their cultural differences, to form an equally fair relationship.
This essay will analyse and evaluate a health resource designed for individuals newly diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). It appears that it is difficult to estimate the prevalence of COPD due to misdiagnosis (Carrier, 2009) and under-diagnosis (HSE, 2014). The Healthcare Commission (2006) estimates that 3 million people in the UK have COPD and that approximately 2 million of them are undiagnosed. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that more than 65 million people have COPD and that the death rate is projected to increase by more than 30% in the next ten years.