Movie Analysis: Slapstick Comedy

Oh gosh!!! There were so many things wrong with this movie, I am not even sure where to begin. So, "Vacation" is the seventh in the "National Lampoon's Vacation" series, and this one should have most definitely remained in the ether. This newest offering is hallmarked by the deirectorial debut of John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstien, both of which have been tapped to write the newest Spider-Man reboot, which if this movie was any indication of what is to come, does in no way bode well for poor ol' Spidey.

This movie is mainly about a sixteen year old kid named Craig Gilner. Craig is a young kid who comes from a pretty normal family, has friends, goes to school and has somewhat a social life, but yet still suffers a psychological disorder known as depression. This disorder Craig is battling with makes him afraid he might commit suicide, so he seeks help by going to a psychiatric facility having the mindset that he would be prescribed some drugs or at most treated that same day. Little did he know that he was going to be checked into the facility and had minimum of 5 days before he could be discharged. While in this facility he encountered different types

The movie “Wit” is a great educational tool for healthcare professionals in terms of dealing with terminally ill patients. It teaches that nurses and medical professionals should always remember that their patients are not a case nor illness nor experiment but rather human beings with souls and pains. Palliative care is one of the most disputed issues of worldwide importance. While bureaucrats in different countries are making laws on the use of palliative drugs, patients with excruciating pains learn how to “take deep breaths and be strong” (Nichols & Brokaw, 2001). That is what nurse Susie Monahan from “Wit” advises her dying patient Vivian Bearing suffering from unbearable pains due to stage IV ovarian cancer after eight painful rounds

The movie, “The Pursuit of Happyness” is a film based on a true story of Chris Gardner, where Will Smith shines a tale of rags-to-riches filled with love, family, and outcome of the American dream. Chris Gardner is an American businessman, investor, stockbroker, motivational speaker, author, and philanthropist. Based on this real-life story of Chris Gardner, Will Smith takes the role of Christopher Gardner, who was a salesman struggling to satisfy the needs of his wife, Thandie Newton, and their son, Jaden Christopher Syre Smith. With the financial problems, his wife gives up the struggles, abandoning him and their son. Things get worse as Gardner and his son are evicted from their residence leaving them with no option but to try surviving on the streets of San Francisco. They are forced to move from one place to another in the bid to get a shelter wherever they are lucky to get one. The movie demonstrates us how vigorously he is eager to chase his happiness in many burdensome ways. It exhibits how Chris Gardner becomes homeless in the beginning of the movie, but later he becomes a successful dream achiever after putting all his hard work.

Throughout the film Do the Right Thing, we continuously observe racial conflict that builds up to such an extreme point that it leads to a fight for power. This movie portrays the struggles and realities of a neighborhood with white and black African American people. This can be seen in many instances for example when Buggin ' Out, Radio Raheem, and Smiley march into Sal 's and demand that Sal change the Wall of Fame. Another vital instance shows the height of power struggle. It is when the huge fight starts in the street and results in Raheem being killed by a white police officer.

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 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy is based in the 1970s. It depicts the highly male dominated broadcast team and shows the shake up when a woman is hired as a reporter and has aspirations of becoming an anchor the television station. The particular scene shows Ron Burgundy is flustered because Veronica Coringstone is impeding on his masculinity. Burgundy exemplifies hegemonic masculinity by explaining he is a man and a professional, when Coringstone says he his acting like a baby he takes offense and explains he is a man and he his ultimately better than a women because indeed he is a man. Burgundy states, “'I’m a man who discovered the wheel, and built the Eiffel Tower out of metal and brawn. That's what kind of man I am.

Zoë Deshong Course: MUS 114 Instructor: Nathan Kelly Due Date: January 24th, 2018 Funny Face Funny Face is a 1957 musical film starring legendary entertainers Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire. The film was directed by Stanley Donen and written by Leonard Gershe.

Comedy, it makes us laugh and make our stomach hurt as we cringe to the most vulgar skits. It brings us together with friends, families, and strangers in a night filled with laughter. In the comedy field, it takes a lot of skill and delivery in their skits. The nature in comedy requires so many things such as stage presence, delivery, and reliability. Wanda Sykes, a Primetime Emmy Award winner, known most for her big and small shows to be the most relatable to people.

Screwball comedy is one of the main six types of comedy films. It normally involves aspects of escapism and has a female lead. Screw ball comedies where also meant as a spoof or parody of romantic comedies and as such often have plots centered around male and female interaction. Screwball comedy originated during the great depression, during this time period many people where hard on their luck and that could have been one of the factors that lead to screwball comedy generally depicting escapism.

This film was a social satire because it was a satire about too much ‘sexual freedom’ existing in the society. In the film, the exaggerated ways of displaying sexual freedoms (Bob openly telling Carol about his affair) that has a shocking way of condemning the many people in the society who forgot about their moral virtues. The film was ironic in that Ted and Alice who first were revolted by the behaviors of Bob and Carol, later on being influenced and showing the filthy side of greed and lust. This is a ridicule of how people who initially has the awareness of self-control later on being swayed by the repulsiveness of the society, forgetting morality. This film represents the later type of satire that it aims to not only criticize

Iliza Shlesinger, born Texas in 1983, graduated Emerson College with a major in Film. As a member of the colleges comedy sketch group she found her talent as a writer and comic. After graduating Iliza moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career as a stand-up comedian. In 2008 Iliza won the 6th season of NBC’s show The Last Comic Standing, holding the title as the first woman to win the competition. Since then she has hosted a TV dating show and been a touring stand-up comic. Iliza’s big time comedy breakthrough was her first Netflix comedy special, War Paint, which was filmed In her home town of Dallas, Texas at the historic lakewood theater kicking off her first stand-up tour. Iliza’s bold, observational, honest, and at times uncomfortable take on stand-up comedy is hysterical.

Dick Tracy, played by Warren Beatty, makes the streets of his city that are agonizing civilians due to Big Boy Caprice, played by Al Pacino, and his cold-hearted gang who always manage to get away with disobeying the law a safer place. Tracys goal is to put the infamous villain behind bars for his gambling clubs, murders, and kidnappings. Caprice takes out his competition Lips Manlis, played by Paul Sorvino, and takes over his territory, which leaves Tracy with more to worry about such as an expansion of thugs, corrupt politicians, bribery, framing, seductress Breathless Mahoney, played by Madonna, the patient Tess Trueheart, Glenne Headly, and an intelligent orphan kid, Charlie Korsmo, to keep in order. Watching this adventure film directed by Warren Beatty, is like seeing a graphic novel come to life. In Dick Tracy, the physical appearance of the characters, such as the candy colored costumes and outstanding makeup effects is a spitting image of

In the Movie “Some Like It Hot” Directed by Billy Wilder Had significant parts played by amazing actors to help create a spectacular film. This film was released in 1959 during a time where film making was very stern and didn’t have exciting and new forms of acting. The film is casted with various talents in the film. The main characters Joe and Jerry are played by Tony Cirtus (Joe), and Jack Lemmon (Jerry) play a big role in the forms of acting these men played to have such a successful film. Another Character that has a huge impact in this film would have to be Sugar Kane played by the famous Marilyn Monroe. The Three forms of acting in this film that will brought to your attention would be Cross dressing between the two main characters Joe and Jerry, as well as the behavior of characters implying sexual activities, and lastly the innocence that Sugar Kane character played by Marilyn Monroe. These three forms of acting is what makes this a spectacular film to analyze.

Postmodernism is a concept that has monopolized contemporary theory since the 1960s. It has been widely applied to film theory to review and analyse perspective. Postmodernism is most commonly thought of as a ‘departure from modernism’. It relies heavily on the increased speed of communication and the sharing of ideas; its codes are made up by self-conscious uses of pre-existing artistic styles and media conventions. It also depends on modern society being defined by media culture. In this essay, I will be examining Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999) and how it can be categorised as postmodern. I will be defining what a postmodern film is and review the term using historical examples referenced in the text.