Rudy Movie Analysis

The movie Napoleon Dynamite directed by Jared Hess and released June 11, 2004 is a comedy about an awkward teen that has trouble fitting in. Napoleon (Jon Heder) the main character, lives with his grandma until she gets into an accident and his life is immediately made worse when his uncle Rico (Jon Gries) who is stuck in his high school football “superstar” days knocks on their door and is there to keep an eye on Napoleon while his grandma is getting hospitalized. Napoleon has a red afro, wears moon boots, and is constantly practicing his atrocious ninja moves. Napoleon has a best friend in high school names Pedro (Efren Ramirez) who decides to run for class president, and it is up to Napoleon to step out of his comfort zone to help Pedro win, and get his information out around school. Napoleon Dynamite was excellent because it met the criteria of humor, acting, and the profound message.

Rudy as a young american boy had great dream’s in sports especially in Football. He wanted to be involved in this sport, but everyone around him said that he couldn’t. Now as a young man in college he is out to get everyone who tried to prove him wrong. Now he will prove them wrong now. Why did Rudy make these goals? Who did Rudy ask for help and advies? how did Rudy achieve these goals? What could have Rudy done different? These are the main questions that will be answer as you read. Rudys story is about goal setting and and rebounding from failure.

A goal was set into action when Rudy, a football player, was given the opportunity to study at Holy Cross Community College. The movie Rudy is based on a boy who grew up in Joliet and hoped to play football for Notre Dame in the future. However, when Rudy’s best friend dies in an accident, Rudy left home in an attempt to achieve his goal of becoming a member of the Notre Dame football team. Throughout the movie, never giving up on dreams and working hard to accomplish life goals are shown as the overall theme. Rudy was always told that his goals were not realistic and to give up on them. Rudy fought hard and eventually did play for Notre Dame. Rudy proved those who told him “no” wrong. Rudy accomplished his goals to play football for his dream college. I’ve had a lot of goals so far in my life, but one big goal of mine is to eventually have one of my stories published in a novel.

Nathanial Ayers portrayed the “textbook” diagnosis of schizophrenia appropriately throughout the movie. During The Soloist, Nathanial experienced hallucinations and delusions. Individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia can experience symptoms. Nathanial would hear voices inside of his mind, telling him he was not talented enough to perform at Julliard. Nathanial also had delusional thoughts about his family trying to poison and kill him. There are positive and negative symptoms related to schizophrenia (Reed, 2014). Nathanial displayed signs of more positive symptoms of schizophrenia rather than negative symptoms. Nathanial would get overly excited about Beethoven and classical music. When Nathanial talked about

The movie Rudy is about the life of Daniel E. “Rudy” Ruettiger, the protagonist or hero (page 59) and his journey (page 60) to pursue his dream of attending the University of Notre Dame and playing football for the Fighting Irish. Act I begins in the late 1960’s in a small town south of Chicago, Illinois, where Rudy grew up (ordinary world page 61). The antagonists or villains (page 59) of the story are his father, brothers, girlfriend and teachers. Throughout his life, they (the antagonists) have always told him what he could and couldn’t do. Repeatedly, they said that he wasn’t smart enough to go to college at Notre Dame and that he wasn’t big enough, fast enough or athletic enough to play for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team. Rudy’s only ally was his childhood best friend Pete, who always believed and supported him in pursuing his dreams. Because Pete believed so much in Rudy, he bought him a Notre Dame football jersey from a thrift store for his birthday. Pete’s father used to say, “having dreams is what makes life tolerable”. After the unfortunate work-related death of his dear friend, Pete, Rudy faces the decision whether to continue a life working in the steel mill with his father and brothers or pursue his lifelong dream to attend college at Notre Dame and play for the Fighting Irish football team. As Act I closes, Rudy buys a bus ticket to South Bend, Indiana.

Being able to get in the university was one thing, achieveing his goal to be part of the football team was much more. Therefore, he always made sure that he gave his one hundred and twenty percent during training in football even though he kept on getting trampled. His hard work paid off when he got the good news, he was accepted as one of the players for the Notre Dame football team. The team saw Rudy’s passion and tenacity that inspired them– their coach called this an extraordinary heart. However, it came to the point that he gave up and quitted in frustration because Coach Dan Devine, who was their new coach never let him address, even once. Though, with his heart to heart talk with Fortune, the man who helped him to get a job, he was enlightened. Fortune told him that he was also once a player but he quitted and regretted it every day. He said to Rudy, “In this life time you don’t have to prove nothing to nobody except yourself.” At the end, Rudy came back and was able to play during the fourth quarter. The Notre Dame football team won and, finally Rudy and his family could not get any happier.

The theme no matter the situation, there is a reason so make the most of it.T represents my life, and others on many levels. Most students dislike waking up for school, and are forced to go. I dislike going to school, but everyday I have to tell myself to work hard and make school better. The other theme I chose from The Maze Runner is extremely similar to the other theme, accept instead of making the most of a bad situation, this theme tells me to make the most of the opportunity’s in the bad situation. This applies to my life, because I'm in school which is not necessarily a bad situation but still take advantage of the opportunity to learn. Both of the themes can be applied to everyday life, and they can help as motivation to move forward.

All throughout the movie you can see Rudy’s determination to do his best. This is not only showed in his classes and on the practice field but also when he tells the others not to lighten up because he was only trying to help them win their next game. As much as the players were tired of hearing about how much they needed to work as hard as Rudy from their coaches, he showed them what it looked like to be fully committed. They practiced hard together and at every practice Rudy would get hit hard into the ground multiple times, but he always managed to get back up and keep playing. The one time Matteus was easy on Rudy, both Rudy and Coach Yonto yelled at him that he needed to always give one hundred percent. After that moment they realized

Back in the 1960s a house would cost about $12,400. A couple of weeks after Rudy saying no to buying a house his girlfriend broke up with him. When Rudy's football season at Highschool was over he got to give one last tackle and it was on his coach. Not only was that one of his favorite tackles it was one to remember. Before Rudy went to college one of his friends that believed he would make it to Notre Dame got in an accident in front of his eyes. In the power plant that he worked in had a mess up and his friend didn't make it. Although there were good and bad parts that he went through in his high school life it gets even better in

Based on a true story and released in 1993, the inspirational and motivational movie Rudy helped to change the minds of individuals worldwide by demonstrating the ultimate outcomes for objectives is merely limited to a matter of perception. By employing hard work, dedication, determination, and perseverance, significantly influencing the results becomes increasingly more plausible. The story demonstrates how perseverance and positive change agents help overcome obstacles. Rudy overcame a variety of obstacles, challenges, and resistances in order to accomplish his desired vision. Even from a young age, Rudy dreamed of playing football for the Fighting Irish football team. While still a young man, later in life, Rudy identified the need to achieve good grades in order to attend college at the university of Notre Dame. The following paper provides a movie summation, identifies various insights into the elements of Rudy’s vision, highlights sources needed to implement change, and offers inspiration by providing the ultimate outcomes. Rudy the movie effectively demonstrates the importance for surrounding yourself with positive influences and that most perceptions are only limited to the imagination.

The second aspect that was noticed bout Rudy was the dedication that he kept consistent. No matter how hard times may have seemed to Rudy, he was too stubborn to give up. He didn't have the grades to attend Norte Dame, so what did he do? He walked into a small catholic school and applied there. He did this to earn credit and to eligible for the fall semester at Norte Dame. That fall semester Rudy got into the school of his dreams and immediately became a hitting dummy for the Football team. Kenneth Turan wrote a review on the movie and he states "It meant a lot for Rudy to play football for Norte Dame, his obsessed determination begins to look more inspirational as the movie goes on" (1).

When it comes to the film industry, entertainment is the tool used to acquire what is desired, money. The main goal for filmmakers when they create a film is to attain money in addition to the money spent to make the movie. Therefore, in some films that they like to base off of true accounts, it is somewhat necessary to dramatize or embellish the story to really tug at the heartstrings of the films audience. They achieve this goal by the use of dramatic music, ambient lighting, and a small amount of tweaked diction. The Fighter is an excellent example of this dramatization in action because throughout the film the characters are faced with a multitude of decisions that must be made. The choices they make require the characters to choose

Tom Tykwer’s Run Lola Run (1998) is truly a brilliant film. It is very seldom that a film manages to combine the high pace of an action thriller and a deep philosophical subtext without botching it, but Run Lola Run does an excellent job at striking a balance between both. Tackling the very abstract and philosophical concepts of chance and cause-effect, Run Lola Run is truly a modern foreign classic. Tykwer manages to postulate one simple theory through the film, that the simplest of choices can completely change everything. The film is supported by stellar performances from Franka Potente and Moritz Bleibtreu as the protagonist Lola and her boyfriend, Manni. The film’s use of cinematography to add to the narrative, clever use of the aspects of mise-en-scene and explosively-paced soundtrack add a whole new dimension to this film. One of the few German films to be both a critical and commercial success, Run Lola Run is a smart and stimulating film, which demands active watching in order to understand fully. I will now analyze the film comprehensively using three main parameters; the mise-en-scene, the cinematography and the sound.

Bordertown by Gregory Nava is about the brave story of a journalist, Lauren Adrian who risks her life to save Eva’s life and investigates the murders of young women in Juarez, who are in a modern type of slavery, which makes people work long periods of time without proper remuneration. The director brings to the screen the immorality and inhumanity occurring in Mexico to these young women. In addition, his message illustrates how democracy in Mexico is not being taken as serious as in other democratic nations and how the American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has disadvantages. For instance, rich and powerful families exploit poor individuals with the government’s consent and with the help of United States through NAFTA. From what I have seen in Nava’s movie, I agree with his message.

During the opening shots of Rudy, we are above the town hearing all of the typical sounds of an industrial city and then start to hear boys playing football. As the shot pans down we begin to see the boys and instantly know the shot is meant to focus on them. A few seconds later, the boys finish the game running off field and a whimsical melody is played that makes us feel as though time is slowly unfolding. Directors call our attention to both spatial and temporal awareness through the tone, rhythm, and absents of noise in the films they produce.