Spicy Love Soup Film Analysis

Numerous people feel they belong to more than one cultures. They may have been brought up learning a certain culture, but eventually feel they belong to another or both. Analyzing the short story “How To Be Chinese”, by Celeste Ng from a formalist perspective allows the reader to dive deep into what the author was trying to portray with their writing. Using a formalist perspective can decipher the overall meaning of the story. The story consists of Mackenzie Altman striving to learn more about her culture.

Soul food is a movie that portrays not only having food that is welcoming to the people, but having to spend time together with family and friends to enjoy laughing, games, music, etc. In this movie, two ways were presented in this movie, which are culture and socialization. Each of the four theories have different explaination, but the theory that is closer explained about this film is under the category of conflict.

“Why Did I Get Married?” directed and produced by Tyler Perry is a movie based on four couples who take a reunion vacation to the Colorado Mountains in order to reunite with friends from college. On this vacation things didn’t go according to plan. Throughout the movie there was heartbreak, infidelity, suppressed feelings, conflict, and secrets raging throughout each of the couples’ relationship in some aspect. With these unfortunate events occurred at various times throughout the film it cause their trip to evolve from a place to relax, enjoy friends, and time off from work into an emotional and tense atmosphere with the involved couple seeking validation from the other couples on the reason why their marriages are the way they are. Even though the movie ended on a good note in their celebration of Janet Jackson’s character (Pat) receiving an award one of the marriages did not survive. This couple’s relationship will be my focus for this paper.

Secondly I would like to write something of a quick summary so that the movie can be better understood. The movie begins as many do as of late with a man, or to be more specific a bachelor. Of course

Grandma is a comedy-drama film that follows the life of Elle, a lesbian poet, who was married for 38 years, but then became a widow. Elle’s granddaughter, Sage, comes to her asking for $630 for an abortion as she is broke, although Elle doesn’t have any money either. Sage was too afraid to tell her judgemental mother about her situation, in which resorted to her having to ask her Grandma. Elle had a short-term girlfriend, Olivia, of 5 months, but ended things with her very abruptly. Even though Elle doesn’t have the money for Sage, she is determined to go out and get it. The movie is split up into 6 chapters, set over the course of one day, as Sage had booked the abortion for that evening. Elle and Sage go and get money of as many people as Elle could think of, but by the end of their journey, they still don’t have enough and end up having to tell Sage’s mother. Sage’s mother is angry and disappointed as they had expected but she gives the money and they go to the clinic, Sage gets the abortion and Sage and her mother have an argument but are happier afterwards. Elle goes to resolve things with Olivia, and the end on better terms. This film shows themes of LGBT+ acceptance and the importance of family. There are also major contrasts between characters which are vital to the film.

In the first shot of scene one, we are introduced to the character Senor Love Daddy which begins with an ECU (extreme close up shot) of his mouth, along with the top of the microphone and his hand with is holding an alarm clock. The alarm clock (which is a prop) is making an extremely loud, irritating, ringing sound. This is done to grab our attention from the get-go by referencing the conflict within the film which can be to some the conflict slowly reframes as it is zooming out which is allowing us to see more of Senor Love Daddy’s face and the microphone. This entire introduction scene is shown with a hard-reddish light coloring, this coloring motif paired with the slow zoom is to show us how hot it is within the setting of the film.

In an environment plagued by incessant consumerism and perpetual egocentrism, one can easily begin to feel disconnected from other members of society. It is becoming exceedingly difficult to have truly meaningful relationships with anyone by cause of the cold, systematic, and covetous fashion in which our world is governed. Due to the lack of feeling a common unity, many families become disjointed and dysfunctional. There is, however, a way in which people can once again sense profound interconnectedness. Through distinct and intimate experiences with others, an individual’s sense of societal separation is replaced with an intense perception of harmony. A film that perfectly encapsulates this phenomenon is the Academy Award-winning comedy, Little Miss Sunshine (Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris, 2006). The film tells the story of an idiosyncratic family which travels across the country in order get Olive (Abigail Breslin), an aspiring beauty queen, to the Little Miss Sunshine pageant. Through a series of conflicts, the family undergoes many transformative and significant experiences. As a result, important messages can be discerned from the film. Little Miss Sunshine follows Hollywood’s typical three-act structure of set-up, confrontation, and resolution in order to develop the notion that direct, human experiences lead to the

This film is about the main character Janie Crawford's search for happiness. Throughout this film the viewer sees the different struggles Janie faces. This includes several different marriages, and even some life threating situations. This film is a drama because a story is brought to life through dialogue and action. The audience can see and feel the conflict Janie endures. The conflict in this movie includes person vs. self, person vs. person, and person vs. nature. This film fits perfectly into the genre of drama because of the elements, characteristics and conflict seen

The film Food Inc., like many other films of its category is not so much of an informative documentary, rather more of a slanderous exposé which blows the lid off of the food industry and its operations. To say that the film is neutral and tends towards more of an educative approach would be a misinterpretation to say the least. Throughout the entire movie it is always evident that the movie aims not solely to educate its audience about the truth of their food, but to convert the misinformed and inspire a rebellion against food industry practices. The movie does this through a tactful approach of bombarding its audience with gruesome clips, facts and testimonial story lines. The film asserts it claim through a thrilling critique of the horrific meat production process which is most prevalent in the U.S food industry and its impact on humans and the environment, while extoling alternative practices which seem to be more sustainable and humane, yet are underutilized. The film goes on to highlight the different players in the food politics arena, emphasizing the role that government agencies play. Also the film divulges the reality that is the monopolization of the food industry by big multinational corporations such as Monsanto Company, Tyson Food, Perdue Farms, Smithfield Foods, etc.

Osgood: "You must be quit the girl" Daphne: "Wanna bet?" (Some Like It Hot). This line becomes comical as it easily describes the entire plot of the film. The film, Some Like It Hot, cast in 1959 and directed by Billy Wilder has become a classic film to many because of the comical story it tells. From the plot to the acting, this film is a must see!

1.2. RACISM: IS IT THE ROOT CAUSE FOR THE BLACKS TO BE INVOLVED IN CRIME AND VIOLECE?

Firstly, universal health care would allow for everyone to get the necessary care they need regardless of their medical problem or financial background. Privatised health care, like in the United States, can not be afforded by everyone as it is very expensive. In the documentary, SiCKO, by Michael Moore it explains how many American’s do not have health care and, “nearly 18,000 of them will die this year simply because there uninsured” (SiCKO, 2007). The fact that health care is so expensive leads to people trying to live without it preventing them from getting the care they need to live healthily. There are also some cases where people have to make choices because it is so expensive. For example, Rick in the documentary SiCKO cut off

The phrase “ you are what you eat” has been used for centuries. The healthier your food the healthier you can be. However, as time goes on, I hope this phrase is no longer true. The documentary Food Inc. shows our food and what farm fresh really means; things are not always what they seem. The documentary is dark and gruesome in the way it displays our food and what goes into making it, but it also opens our eyes to the world of production and similarly what we see and what we should be seeing. Although it is a gut wrenching documentary, there is an educational informative truth behind it to see if food is really food anymore.

One of my personal all-time-favorite movies, The Proposal¸ directed by Anne Fletcher, is a drama/romance that illustrates “two people who weren’t meant to fall in love” (Lieberman, 2009). The following movie trailer assists in outlining the storyline of the movie and how a series of unforeseen events can change animosity into romantic love.

Life to me is a journey you never know where it may lead you! I have chosen to watch and research on the film ‘little miss sunshine’ as I believe it is a great example of journeys. The film Little Miss Sunshine, directed by Jonathon Dayton and Valerie Faris, is about a dysfunctional family that take a road trip to a beauty contest. Along the way to the little miss sunshine pageant, the family must deal with crushed dreams, heart breaks, and a broken-down Volks Wagon bus, leading up to the Surreal Little Miss Sunshine Competition itself.