It’s been said that James Cameron can go to his grave knowing that he directed two of the greatest movie sequels of all time. The first would be, Terminator 2, which I pretty much agree with. The second movie in question, Aliens, is debatable. First and foremost, let’s set the record straight. Even though it definitely has moments of horror, I would really classify it as a very suspenseful action movie, which Cameron excels at (Terminator, The Abyss and Avatar). As far as sequels go, it does expand on the story of the original, it gives us more Aliens and the characters are pretty memorable. This is quite interesting for a film that has a feet in the SciFi, Action and Horror genres all at once, and that alone makes it a very good sequel. Thus,
This is appropriately named because Dimmesdale reveals his “scarlet letter” and publicly confessing his sin during the second procession of dignitaries. He climbs the scaffold with help of Hester and pearl and confesses the sin, adultery, and that Pearl is his daughter. Upon his revealing he collapses and asks for forgiveness for roger and a kiss from pearl. He then dies in Hester’s arms and the crowd makes a strange murmur sound.
Comparing Film Trailers of Mission Impossible Two and Gladiator In the essay I will compare and analyse the two film trailers I have been studying, ‘Mission Impossible 2’ and ‘Gladiator’. I will analyse and compare the different techniques used. These techniques are; Use of characters, lighting and colour, camera shots and angles, sound and music and editing and framing. In doing this I will be able to show how effective each trailer is in attracting an audience.
Many reviewers, though, found the non-stop tension and horror of Aliens hard to stomach. Roger Ebert, for example, noted: “The movie is so intense that it creates a problem for me as a reviewer: Do I praise its craftsmanship, or do I tell you it left me feeling wrung out and unhappy? It has been a week since I saw it, so the emotions have faded a little, leaving with me an appreciation of the movie's technical qualities. But when I walked out of the theater, there were knots in my stomach from the film's roller-coaster ride of violence.” For most audiences, the film seemed to go by very
Terminator 2 is a horror film. It shows the two levels of horror with the top and visible level of blood and gore, which is to make you sick to your stomach. The film also has the second level with the tension and suspense. If nothing is done in the film the world will face Judgement Day with massive death and destruction from nuclear weapons. The film also includes monsters. They are the terminators, who are not human and have twisted death to life. These will cause trouble and lead to the possible destruction of the world. There are no real heroes or villains in the film just the typical American citizen. The film shows the need for the average
Your thoughts on loyalty as an element of the Mission Vision Guiding Principles (MVGP) that relates to the Cherry-Halyburton Prisoner of War (POW) lecture is spot-on! As explained in the MVGP, loyalty must never be blind (Manning, 2008, p.4). Both Commander Halyburton and Colonel Cherry depended on each other for survival despite their difference in skin color, rank, and service. As you have mentioned they cared for each other military brothers and their loyalty and devotion to each other is proven in their survival.
The creator and director of Star Wars, George Lucas, was incredibly successful for his movie series, but even more successful for its overall purpose: to sell toys to ten-year old boys. The use of ethos, pathos, and logos are very abundant in this movie. Ethos, Greek for “character”, is anything referring to or relying on the author’s credibility. Pathos, Greek for “emotional”, is anything that makes you feel emotion. Logos, Greek for “word”, is anything that makes you think. By using these he was able to persuade the audience into thinking, feeling, and loving Star Wars, making the audience want to purchase figurines.
Scott has called Alien: Covenant "a thinking man's horror movie," which is really a dismissive statement to anyone who watches this movie, ponders it, and, you know, actually thinks about it. Quite honestly, we have waited with breathless anticipation for five years and we are paid back with a repetitive, empty, and hollow film that ramps up the horror, dumbing down everything else.
Alien is fundamentaly simple movie, and it is original and filmed in a way that make it a cult classic that found a place in both the science fiction and horror genres. Alien shows influence from Howard Hawk’s The Thing and George Lucas’s Star Wars. The Antagonist of The Thing and Alien are very similar. Basically, they are hostile monsters lurking in the dark and they are in outer space terrorizing a group of people. Alien’s also has very star wars esque space ship visuals.
The “Star Wars” prequels have been cited as having “ruined the original trilogy and all of its enigmatic fun,” (Norris, 2013) while the two “The Hangover” sequels have similar been said to ruin the reputation and originality of the original. Oddly written sequels may also diminish the quality of the original film’s ending, as stated by writers Rosie Fletcher, Tom Eames, and Matt Hill in their article “7 movie sequels that completely RUINED the original 's happy ending” Of “Jurassic Park 3” they said
Yes, it is obvious that this movie is one of science fiction. Having these aliens be able to take over the one thing that we are supposed to have control over is very frightening. This movie makes viewers think and consider the possibility of this actually happening. What if it already has and we have a “Thing” walking among us right now? This is what sets the movie The Thing apart from Terminator II: Judgment
In today’s Hollywood, it seems like sequels rain supreme. It’s hard to watch such great series being crippled by the needless adding of more movies. While it is true that sequels often fall so very short of the original there is no doubt that these sequels rake in the cash. Terminator 6 is a possible sequel to Terminator: Genisys a movie that received no love from critics and very little in the box office. Arnold Schwarzenegger confirmed that he would love to take part in the next installment however it’s entirely possible that the movie won’t be made. IMDB lists the movie as: Untitled Terminator 2 and the status of the movie is unknown. The future of this movie remains very shaded. The production company, Paramount, recently pulled it form their release list but many people
Bending the cost curve. The Triple Aim is part of health care delivery reform, as part of the ACA, all derived with the ultimate goal of reducing healthcare spending in the United States. The government and organizations are still waiting for evidence on the effectiveness of Triple Aim models in improving population health, controlling costs, and improving patients’ experience of care. As of 2010, concerns regarding balanced attention to the three overarching aims, indicate that healthcare organizations may increase quality at the expense of cost, or alternatively, they may decrease cost while creating a dissatisfying experience for patients (McCarthy and Klein, 2010, p. 1).
The film I have chosen to do my critique on is Zack Snyder’s 300. 300 is a film about King Leonidas, the King of Sparta, and his 300 Spartan warriors who all stood up against the God-king Xerxes and his massive Persian army from annihilation. After watching the film very closely for my critique I believe there is a serious underlying theme that everyone has the right to be free and sometimes you have to stand up and make sacrifices to keep your freedom. Standing up for freedom is never an easy task as shown in 300 but, everyone deserves to be free. In discussing the storytelling, acting, cinematography, editing, sound, style and directing, the impact of society on the
Throughout time, stories of heroes have been told. Ranging from stories from Ancient Greece to Modern-day films. Russian folklorist Vladimir Propp in 1928 published Morphology of the Folktale detailing how all heroic stories can be divided into functions that must be followed. These 31 functions broke all heroic stories down into pieces that the hero must overcome. Starting from the abstention of a member close to the hero and ending in being wedded. I will be applying these units to the popular modern day film of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. In this film, I found that there are 24 of Vladimir Propp’s units used that define Luke Skywalker’s journey through the galaxy far far away.
A long time ago in a galaxy far far away…. A man named George Lucas created possibly the greatest movie trilogy of all time. Star wars is about a civil war between the Empire and the Rebellions. Only the Jedi’s can bring balance to the galaxy. The first movie first aired in 1977, it was the most anticipated movie ever. It was about rebels stealing plans from the empire of their new weapon called the death star a moon-sized space station with the ability to destroy an entire planet. and the Empire will stop at nothing to get them back, locate their base and destroy it. Little does the empire know there is still a Jedi knight alive, a mystical Knightly order trained to guard justice and peace all around the universe, The Jedi’s also have power