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The first thing to note, Johann Hari uses pathos to emotionally connect to the viewer, so he can make drugs to not be viewed as

Perhaps, the powerful storyline of the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was what encouraged one of the greatest cinematic martial arts directors Ang Lee, to make a film out of the Chinese novel. In this film, Lee’s primary function is not only to portray skillfully choreographed fighting scenes, but also to connect powerful sequences of events that touches upon the emotional complex human condition that is associated with both the Taoist and Buddhist belief systems. By not allowing action to be the sole guiding force of the narrative of Crouching

     First off, the biggest difference is the time periods of each movie. The older movie was set in Early Renaissance times. The newer movie is set in the early ninety’s. Another difference is the use of special effects. In the

Opium came from opium poppy seeds, which were grown and sold under British ruling in India. The British East India Company developed a monopoly which took place in effectively growing opium and making profits and/or trading it with the Chinese in exchange for their premium good such as silk, porcelain, and tea. According to Memorials on the Legalization and Elimination of Opium by Xu Naiji and Yuan Yulin, they explained how the rise of opium prompted many debts and death around China. Opium became an addiction for many, from the poor to officials in government positions. Cutting off all access of trading opium would’ve started issues in the trading network, not just with Britain but with the Western countries as well. Instead of passing laws to completely ban opium, they reverted to only permitting the barbarian merchants to import opium to pay duty as a medication. This made it unacceptable for money to be involved with the product. According to Xu Naiji, smokers of opium were lazy, with no purpose in life and if they were caught smoking it, the only punishment was getting the opium confiscated. However, if any officer, scholar, or soldier were found smoking opium, the would be immediately dismissed from public employ. Yuan Yulin, a minister, believes that the expansion of opium is the government’s fault, being that they cannot decipher right from wrong; he thought it was unfair that prohibition of smoking opium only applied to the officers of the government, scholars, and military but not the common people. The British capitalized on the effects of opium, because many of China’s population were going to put forth their money, goods, etc. for

Western Imperialism had a great impact on the lives of the people of China and their sufferings would never be forgotten. The British violently intruded China and sold opium, a highly addictive drug, to the Chinese people. The result of this was a devastated economy. China describes this as the century of humiliation. The First Opium War (1836-1842) started due to Britain’s confidence in their military as well as the suppression of opium. Britain

This allows the scene to create greater tension with the use of darkness diverting the audience expectations. For the camera movement, firstly it is a long shot to show the location and they are going to fight, and then it use a lot of close up, over shoulder and extreme close up to illustrate how they fight with using different Kong Fu and weapons, during they are fighting, it also has some bird s eye view shot to show how intense of their fight, because it also show the ground fault of the weapons and the struggle traces shows the suspension. As a distinctively visual technique, audiences are able to feel the suspense. The way in the shooting, the director Ang Lee has done all the details in every possible way. In the light text effect, he spent most of the low key lighting to keep the mystery of kung fu; the lens shooting, he spent a lot of The third-person perspective and two shot make the audience appreciate the traditional Chinese martial arts, and he can also take care while a lot of details, such as eye contact play against the two sides, the audience can understand the meaning of what they want to say without the dialogue. The scenes is showing a back and forth between two characters staring at each other, then that is most likely the use of the shot-reverse-shot technique.

Xu Naiji argument towards legalizing opium is. That since we know trade is happening and is needed for most to live their lives. Stopping the importation of opium would be useless because, people will finds a way to get the drug in one way or another. So, since now the English are bringing it in and trading the opium for the merchants goods it has started to effect there currency because. The English are no longer bringing their currency to trade so the currency of our country is now taking a hit. Xu proposes to let the trade happen only if opium is presented as a medicine as it used to be. Once, it enters the ports it is only to be given to certain merchants and only be traded for goods not money. This way currency brought in stays in and

As you have likely realized, the differences begin to overlap the similarities towards the ends of both movies.

First, Anthony Horowitz would like the movie because of the action. One example of action is when Alex is in the junkyard and 7 men with weapons notice him. The men tried to kill him in the junkyard scene, but Alex used his martial arts skills to defeat them. Horowitz would appreciate this action because the scene has Alex using martial arts against the 7 men to get out of the junkyard. Another example of action from the movie is when Nadia fought Jack. Nadia starts interrogating Jack to find out more about Alex. Jack becomes suspicious and a huge fight breaks out. Horowitz would love this action

Xu’s memorandum advocates for the government allowing opium to be brought into China by foreign traders as a taxable good as the best way to combat the opium problem. Xu views strict laws against opium as ineffectual for tackling the drug problem in China, noting in the first paragraph that, “the more severe the interdicts against [opium] are made, the more widely do the evils arising therefrom spread” (Xu page 1). While he acknowledges the addictive and destructive effects of opium on those who use it, Xu believes that the stricter the laws proscribing the dissemination and use of opium, the more widely used the drug becomes. Xu argues that the prohibitions against the opium trade led to increased smuggling by foreign traders and increased use of the drug across China. Conversely, when the state’s policy towards opium was one of leniency, in which opium was allowed into China and taxed as a medicine, the issues involving opium were

In 1838, the Ch’ing government began to take the illegal opium trade more seriously as they noted the debilitating effect opium smoking was having on its people. Commissioner Lin was appointed by the Emperor to stop the illegal importation of opium. Lin

I liked the movie better because you could see it instead of visualizing it.The movie is better because of the sound effects.The movie is better because there's more going

You can tell Kenny Ortega was trying to liven it up and bring it into the 21st century, but once again it had the cheesy flash of a Disney production. Ortega was focused on capturing the weirdness of the original movie but either forgot, or unsuccessfully acknowledged the campiness that was such a huge part of the originals success. Despite the flashy and athletic performances of the high kicking cast, something was clearly lost in transition. The energy level of the performance was about 4 notches down from what I was expecting and at least 2 from the rest of the

Aronofsky makes sure to show the feelings of each of the characters and their views on life. He makes sure to slow down and show small details of the addiction, such as their pupils and the close up of their “fix.” He did a great job of portraying the bleak, yet sometimes hopeful, lives of those afflicted with the terrible disease of addiction.

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.