Movie Analysis : King Kong

In the Indian Ocean where it was believed some prehistoric gigantic animals lived. Kong falls in love with, what was supposed to be a sacrifice, girl name Darrow or Dwan. Depending on what version you watch. He then goes to one of the 8 wonders of the world which was The Empire State Building, or the World Trade Center (depending on the version you watch). There is a saying that goes along with the movie which is “It was Beauty which killed the Beast” and it goes along perfectly because while King Kong was trying to defend the women he ends up being killed and falling from on top of the

There is bewilderment to decry in Peter Jackson 's "King Kong," but one progression that is comparably mellowed and a grip to the key movie 's success. Kong has conquered Ann Darrow and carried her to his landing place, high on the mountain. He laid her down, not roughly, starts to roar, and expose his teeth and beat his chest. Ann who is an unemployed vaudeville acrobat, in some way naturally knows that the gorilla is not being aggressive to her, but trying to impress her by acting like an alpha male, the King of the Jungle. Ann dpoesn 't know how a Queen Kong would react, so

Aesthetics help contribute to make a movie more enjoyable. Breaking it down, there are a few types of aesthetics that can be observed, including formalist and realistic aesthetics. The film The King of Kong: Fistful of Quarters uses realistic aesthetics, such as on camera interview, Text/data on screen, real mise-en-scene, and existing footage to make up the movie. On the other hand. Wreck-It Ralph uses formalist aesthetics like expressive mise-en-scene and expressive editing throughout the film.

In the film, Night of the Living Dead, the movie starts with two siblings, John and Barbara, driving to their father's grave to drop off flowers. John is reluctant to be there and is eager to leave while Barbara is trying to pray. John teases her like when they were children saying “They’re coming to get you, Barbara!” when they both see an unknown man. Barbara goes to apologize to the unknown man but it seems he is dazed and kills John. Barbara escapes and finds herself at an empty house. In the house, she meets Ben, who borders up to the windows after taking down 3 undead. After a bit of listening to a radio for the current status of the state of emergency, Harry and Tom come upstairs. We learn that two men, two women, and a child had been in the basement of the house during Barbara’s and Ben’s struggle with the undead. After much argumentation on if the basement or upstairs was safer between Harry and Ben, Harry went back downstairs to his wife and child. Tom and his wife, Judy, stayed upstairs with Ben believing they could properly border up the windows together. After much convincing from Helen, Harry’s wife, Harry and she join the others upstairs. While listening on the radio, they are given more updates of the state of emergency. The radio announcer suggests instead of staying in place, to now go to one of the designated “safe areas”. When places are announced, Tom says that one of the

With “lower,” animal instincts, the ape often functions as a human-like symbol of desire. An enormous furry ape and his uncontrollable quest for a “blonde” beautified by Hollywood implies that Ann is simply an object to be desired and a prize to be obtained. This helps justify Cohen’s argument that “through the body of the monster fantasies of aggression, domination, and inversion are allowed safe expression” (Cohen 25). Cooper uses his imagination to convince other male viewers that Ann is seen as a dream girl. Kong also is seen with lustful desire as he slowly peels her clothes reveling skin underneath. This was a big eye opener to audiences watching due to the many restrictions movie and TV shows had on what to show. Kong is captured for only one reason, he won't take no for an answer. He angrily and mightily pursues Ann, only to be conquered by Denham and his crew and brought to New York. Not soon after, Kong breaks free in a Broadway theater. He chases a terrified Darrow who is easily plucked by Kong off a bed, a sexual object, through the window of an apartment. She cries out in fear from the top of the Empire State Building while Kong is attacked by toy planes. In this final scene, the viewer feels some sympathy for the ape, even though Ann shows no concern for Kong. To the very end, Kong brings his attentions to Ann as he picks her up and places

The “Cemetery Zombie” attacks Johnny and Barbara as they visit their father’s grave in an old cemetery. In the struggle to escape the zombie, Johnny falls and hits his head on a gravestone. Barbara runs and makes it to an old farmhouse where the undead apocalypse continues as more zombies attack the living people hiding inside. The Cemetery Zombie is the first zombie to appear in the classic 1968 film “Night of the Living Dead”. The scene is a cult classic and the opening of the movie that would set the stage for the zombie movie genre to come.

Janet Su Professor Xue October 21 2015 Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon The film Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, directed by Ang Lee revolves around ancient chinese martial arts, highlighting 2 specifically skilled women warriors (Jen Yu and Shu Lien) who break out of the traditional social norms set in chinese history. The director of this film really brought out the capability of women leading strong and independent roles, instead of the typical weak, timid, and compliant roles. He compared and contrasted the gender roles set for women back in the day, and used Jen Yu and Shu Lien’s characters to reflect on how women feel trapped in the set social norms.

For this assignment I chose to watch Bones. I watched one of the earlier episodes that were made in 2005. Bones is a little different compared to the CSI shows because it is actually based on a team of forensics who have a particular study in anthropology and archaeology. The episodes are based on them helping FBI agents figure out criminal cases. The episode I watched was about a possible terrorist attack on the senator and many other colleges. At the beginning of the episode a man who was working with the white house as a consultant was blown up in his own car, so the main characters believed he was the threat. They believed he blew up his own car, that it wasn’t a murder scene. Bones, the anthropologist, went on scene and started

King Kong: The Entertainment of the Masses “It's money and adventure and fame. It's the thrill of a lifetime and a long sea voyage that starts at six o'clock tomorrow morning” (King Kong, Carl Denham). As Carl Denham (Robert Armstrong) drags King Kong to Broadway, he makes ten thousand dollars in just one night for the exhibition of “the Eighth Wonder of the World.” Thousands of New Yorkers paid twenty dollars per ticket, or the equivalent to three hundred sixty-nine dollars in today’s currency, to gaze at a prehistoric ape. This gaze found in King Kong is the “imperial gaze” developed against foreigners in early Hollywood travel films.

Recently In Film and Media I watched a movie called “Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon”. This movie was interesting to say the least and was kind of goofy in some scenes. Although I thought some parts were dumb most of this movie was good. In the next few paragraphs I am going to give you my thoughts on this film and explain the plot of the movie.

The film that I chose for my AFI Top 100 Film Paper is the movie King Kong (1933 film). The film first released in New York City on March 7, 1933. Universal Studios holds the 1933 copyright to this film. The film is completely unrated. King Kong was the 3rd highest grossing movie in 1933. The film was directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack. Merian was an American aviator, United States Air Force officer, Polish Air Force officer, adventurer, screenwriter, film director, and producer. He fought in multiple wars including the polish-soviet war, World War I, and World War II. Merian also won several awards for his service such as the World War I and World War II victory medals, the Cross of Valor, and the Order of Virtuti Militari.

My chosen film is The Lion King, from the AFI: Top 10 movie listed provided along with this discussion. The movie is based on “A heroic coming-of-age story which follows the epic adventures of a young lion cub named Simba as he struggles to accept the responsibilities of adulthood and his destined role as king of the jungle. His father, King Mufasa, the revered ruler of Pride Rock and the lands that surround it, teaches him about the "Circle of Life" the delicate balance of nature which bonds all animals together. Mufasa's evil brother, Scar, hopes that day will never arrive and schemes to do away with the king and Simba so that he can assume the throne for his own tyrannical purposes” (Allers & Minkoff, 1994)” The three characters I chose

In the film, The King of Kong, realist aesthetics are used to give the audience a view of the real world and create the deeper meaning that if something doesn’t look like it is real than it is ultimately flawed and inaccurate. Compared to this, formalist aesthetics that are used in the film, Wreck-It-Ralph, are not only utilized to present a whole new world that is exaggerated visually, but to primarily produce a vision that creates a deeper meaning and tone that is far from realistic.

King Kong was first released on April 7, 1933. This version was directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B Schoedsack. The lead female role, Ann Darrow, was played by Fay Wray, and the lead male role, Carl Denham, by Robert Armstrong. At the time, this movie was classified into three genres: adventure, fantasy, and horror. Most importantly, the composer of this film was Max Steiner.

Little girls everywhere spend their childhoods watching the princesses portrayed in Disney movies, dreaming about the day they too will meet their prince charming. They see how Sleeping Beauty is woken up by a prince, Cinderella marries a prince, Sleeping Beauty turns a beast into a prince, and countless other instances of a girl just like them meeting their perfect man. Disney is infamous for their outdated illustration of gender roles. Mulan is one of the first Disney princess movies in which, instead of waiting for her prince, the heroine actually saves the day, or in this case, China. Mulan makes a variety of statements about gender roles that can be examined through many