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Tyler Perry’s The family that preys This is a good family movie that can show the viewer’s how some people prey on one another. This movie reminded me of the times my brother and I didn’t get along. It shows how different families are and how they treat one another. Sadly this movie also shows how family members can be so cold blooded. This movie duplicates real life situations where innocent People get hurt, family loyalty gets divided and couples end up in divorce.

The movie exposes the shabby working and living conditions of the Mexican-American community. It provides some historical background on how Hispanic rights were violated by white industrialists. The land where the mine is located was once owned by members of the local Mexican-American community, however the Zinc Company moved in, took over the property and offered them the "choice" of moving or accepting employment at low wage. Additionally, the workers are enticed to live in management-owned houses and buy at management-owned stores. The homes of the Hispanics are shacks compared to those of their white co-workers with poor sanitation and bad plumbing. The stores sell goods at inflated prices, which put the workers in debt.

All of the scenes in the film can be related to agriculture and food consumption. The first scene may have been a farm, but then it quickly transfers into images of a factory. The film showed us that after factory production the next transition for food is the super markets. This enlightens the audience that all of the food on shelves comes from a production factory. Which would make sense considering the size of America, and the amount of supermarkets. The next topic is that most food is available year round, and that there are no seasons in super markets. With the use

“DO THE RIGHT THING”      Spike Lee’s movie Do the Right Thing is an excellent portrayal of what life was and is most certainly like in some areas of New York City and across the United States of America.      His movie tells the story of Mookie an African American pizza deliveryman, trying

When you see Pan’s Labyrinth starring Ivana Baquero as Ofelia and Sergi Lopez as Captain Vidal, prepare to take your emotions for a ride. As the movie is a fantasy/drama film set in Spain of 1944, during the civil war. Yet, it still captivates its audiences with its selection of an unconventional fairytale. While, keeping some of the same elements such as a princess and fairies of a traditional fairytale. Not to mention the sudden dark twists and turns of a ruthless stepfather, heartbreaking losses, and the horrifying unseemly creatures which the legendary lost princess Ofelia must prevail. While, taking on an expedition to completing three dangerous tasks.

He covers how the camera work and history help build and reinforce the themes in Children of Men (2006), directed by Alfonso Cuarón. His article opens by stating the importance of Theo’s relatively calm reaction to the violent bombing that takes place. This leads to my argument on the influence that refugees and immigrants’ play in the film, as well silently referencing the tragic to 9/11 bombing. The frequent reference to them throughout the movie; being killed and violently contained behind fences and held in cages, address the familiarity of the worldwide “problem” of immigration. The fear of immigrants in “the name of national security,” is also evident in the film; even showing a Homeland Security banner later in the film. In the period of this movie, violence is not only enforced and upheld, it’s ignored. Alfanso’s analysis brought up character development, specifically Theo’s dependence, which I had not even considered prior to this reading. In the beginning of the film he appears socially detached; faking sympathy to the news of Baby Diego’s death with his coworkers- in an attempt to hide his distaste of the government. Julian’s death and finding out about Kee’s pregnancy forces him to become a leader. He acts as a selfless protagonist that develops throughout the film, and may symbolize the change within the government. Overall, Alfanso’s analyzation of Children of Men is very

When it comes to a sport that you like, you always want to try your best. But in this story Rocky dedicates his whole time and effort into his favorite sport which is boxing. Boxing to rocky was wasn't only fun loving sport to him it was also hard working

Casting includes Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio as Romeo and Lots of music, fast cuts, fantastic cinematography and superb sets and costumes make it the lively tale it was meant to be. These features also make the film somewhat cartoon-like with a lot of heightened realism. Don't expect to see British people prancing around in tights when you rent this one. Luhrmann creates a world where gun-toting youths sport Hawaiian shirts and beachfront brawls are an everyday event.

The first reason is that it has very good characters that play along with each other very well. The dad is very funny and sometimes annoying, the mom just goes with what he says and the kids are always bored and can’t find anything to do with themselves and they are always fighting over the same stuff all the time.

Director, Guillermo Del Toro grew up in Guadalajara, Mexico. Growing up, the city “provided contextual and circumstantial experiences that fed into his imaginative engagement with horror and fantasy” (McDonald & Clark 23). Although Pan’s Labyrinth is a fairytale, images of tenderness and warmth are not present while those of brutality and violence are. His “own childhood experience of fairy stories, gothic tales, real stories about the Spanish Civil War and horror cinema, all contribute to his vision” (Jones, 10). Del Toro’s hardships and experiences lay the foundation for his work. Moreover, Pan’s Labyrinth takes place in 1944, fascist Spain. Del Toro’s work as seen in “both The Devil’s Backbone and Pan’s Labyrinth interrogate the historical and cultural trauma of the Spanish Civil War through the perceptions and reactions of child figures who are both victims of war” (McDonald & Clark 136). Del Toro retells

I definitely recommend everyone to watch this film since its appropriate to all ages no one is too old to watch it even though it is an animated movie. The movie has some funny scenes. Children from the ages of six really enjoy it and it was not like any other animated movie where they normally sleep. My niece really enjoyed it and watched the movie till the end. So yeah if you have a small brothers and sisters or even nephews or niece should take them to watch it because they will like it as my niece

I chose Donatello because he sounded interesting. He was well known because he was an artist and sculptor. His real name is Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi. He sculpted a figure of St. Mark in 1411 through 1413. 1407 he went to Rome to study

Innovating a New Religious Experience: The Emergence of Biblical Pictorial Narratives During the Renaissance Spanning the 14th to 17th centuries, the Renaissance was an era of European history that saw immense artistic and cultural innovation. Aptly named “rebirth,” the Renaissance was a revival of Roman classicism and humanism. Inspired movements by the Church to humanize Christ and encourage religious meditation led to the development of narrative artwork, pieces designed to draw in viewers and invoke emotional participation in the depicted biblical scenes. To an extent, the pictorial narratives served to expand the word of God to the illiterate. Nevertheless, the main significance of the emergence of narrative images is that it demonstrates

Honestly I recommend this movie to any teen and every teen but I especially recommend it to underestimated teams because I think they could relate much more to the movie; also this movie may be able to boost their team’s self-esteem. I do recommend this movie to some adults but not as much as kids and teens mainly because an adult is not going to be able to relate as much as teens or to be more exact PG-13 (mostly because of the language used).

Thus, many adults had a problem with this movie. The movie is addressed to not only children but adults as well. My adults are stubborn and don’t like things that are not how they see it. These parents have metathesiophobia. Also, those adults believe that the kids should not be watching these types of movies that shows them how to be rebellious. These parents focus on the parts of the movie that were irrelevant like how Elsa ran away. Other adults who see the positive difference between the old Disney movies and the new Disney movies encourage their kids to watch it and recommend other parents to watch it with their kids. It is parents like those who have helped changed the perspective of the medias role in our socialization. Media has always been negative towards women and the role they have in the world. But movies like “Brave” and “Frozen” are helping change those perspective in a positive way.