This Means War: Movie Analysis

This paper explores the Movie “It’s Complicated” a 2009 romantic comedy film, based of the novel written by Nancy Meyers. In this movie Jane and Jake Adler are a divorced couple of ten years. They start a secret love affair in New York, at their son’s graduation. While Jake is trying to have a family with his much younger wife, Agnes. I will be looking at if this is a possible mid-life crisis, genetics, or if it a developmental issue of Jake for wanting to be with his first wife, Jane.

Unbroken: Analysis of the Portrayal of War War is proven to be a contest that produces no winner. In the film Unbroken, directed by Angelina Jolie, two sides are examined: the Japanese soldiers, exemplified by a man nicknamed “The Bird”, and the prisoners in the Japanese POW camp, specifically former Olympian Louie Zamperini. Even though history declares America the “winner”, this film shows the contrary; American soldiers must deal with grueling conditions in a POW camp and endure the cruel treatment of The Bird. However, the narrative that history primarily recognizes is still present in the short portrayal of Japan post-atomic bomb; the audience was shown a city in ruins with its buildings torn down, reduced to rubble, and bodies being

If her abusive step-father, Ritchie were to find out he would be furious. However, Eleanor develops a relationship with Park. It first bloomed on the bus and he would share his music and comics with her. One day, Park shows up to give Eleanor a comic, but Ritchie becomes angry. She hides her relationship and whenever she goes to Park’s house, she tells her mom she’s going to her friend Tina’s house. Ritchie finds out while Eleanor is out with Park. She decides to run away to her uncle’s house and does it with the help of

Every war will have those who support the war and those who are against the war. In 1965, those who were against the Vietnam War made their views known by many forms of protesting such as forming organizations, rallying, and anti-war protest music. Anti-war protest music was an opportunity to put people’s perspectives into song to hopefully spread their message. Buffy Sainte-Marie wrote the song “Universal Soldier” in 1962 and her message was that “Universal Soldier is about individual responsibility for war and how the old feudal thinking kills us all” (Boulanger). The song “Universal Soldier” was used as a protest anthem during the Vietnam War and attempts to untangle one of the paradoxes of life that war never leads to peace through

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.

Andy and Linda Dufresne had an unhealthy marriage. One night, when their fights were worse than normal, Linda stormed out. Andy was distressed and in his anger he went to all the local bars to drown his problems. He followed them back to Glenn’s house and stopped in the driveway. Andy takes a gun out of his glove box and spills bullets out of the car when trying to load the revolver. He stumbles up to their house and hears them through the window. Andy stands in place for a while as he sobers over a bit. He leaves and drives away from the scene, throwing his gun over a bridge as he leaves.

At the beginning of January in The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt, Doug Swieteck’s brother posts pictures of Holling playing Ariel the fairy all over the school. Holling is very embarrassed and thinks about changing schools. He tells his parents, “I’ve been thinking of military school,” I said, “In Alabama.” Holling is desperate to get away from the bullying. Similarly, Holling’s sister is angry at him for wearing yellow tights for the role and does not want to be affected by his actions. Soon a picture of Holling in the costume is taped to her locker. She does not want to be seen as the girl with a brother who dresses up in tights. She says, “ I didn’t care as long as it was just you. But it’s not just you now, is it? This was taped to

When Brent goes to the party, he wants to impress many. He drinks and drives under the influence and accidently kills Lea. “No need to feel pain, you have felt enough” (Fleischman 17). Brent feels that with one single action, he will ruin his entire life ahead. His careless action imprisons his freedom and kills a part of him too.

Jeff and Lisa think that the husband did it because part of the wife’s body is buried in the roses. The nurse and Lisa go to the garden to look, and again Jeff is stuck inside only able to watch. When they find nothing Lisa goes up the fire escape and goes inside the husband’s apartment. As Jeff and the nurse are watching they notice that Ms. Lonelyheart is about to commit suicide, but changes his reason as they sees the man coming home and Lisa is still in there. Lisa gets caught by the police.

To what ends do the illusion of free will, the mention of war and the key motif of “so it goes” contribute to the novel?

-After Reagan invites Cecil to the state dinner, Cecil realizes he can only change so much as a Butler, he decides to leave the White House to help Louis bring change to the country and the world. The movie ends with the night of the 2008 Presidential Election. President Obama’s speech serves to show the change the country has gone through in Cecil’s life and show how Cecil and Louis’s actions both played a part in changing the

Anna and Elliott Roosevelt was equally attractive and set to be married with each other. During their engagement, Elliot had doubts that he would provide Anna with a suitable lifestyle for someone of her nature. Anna wrote a letter to eased her fiancé’s doubts, that no matter how they lived that she would love him forever and married him. The young couple attended parties during the social season, for they were belong in the high society in New York, but Elliot knew he could not host a parties in his home since he knew it would never be matched with their wealthier friends. Elliot grew more depressed for he could not engaged at work. On the other hand, Anna became pregnant with their first child, and Elliot was worried of losing his wife or child during labor. After the Anna went into labor later Elliot got the news that both his wife and his newly born daughter, Eleanor, was doing well.

In the beginning of the novel, the reader is introduced to Lennie Small and George Milton, two unlikely men traveling together in pursuit of the dream to have a ranch of their own. When setting out to look for work for pay going towards their future ranch, the two land a job at a ranch. Once their dream is just within their reach, a mishap between Lennie and Curley’s wife results in the woman’s death. When the men discover Curley’s dead wife, George finds it necessary to steal Carlson’s luger and kill Lennie painlessly, before having to endure pain inflicted

The war film genre includes films about warfare, including naval, air or land battles. Films in this genre may focus on the battles, prisoners of war, military training, life during wartime or morality and humanitarian issues of warfare. This genre commonly includes works of fiction, works based on historical facts and occasionally works based on alternate-history fiction. According to American Cinema/American Culture, the genre also includes four narrative elements: the suspension of morality during times of war, the prioritization of collective goals over individual motivations, the rivalry between men and their objectification of women and the issues of reintegrating veterans. (Belton 165-71)

The movie Once Were Warriors was released in New Zealand in 1994. The film focuses on an urban family of Maori descent, the Hekes. Within the family there is a lot of poverty and domestic violence, primarily from the father, Jake. The family also includes the mom (Beth), oldest son (Nig), teenage son (Mark aka Boogie), 13 year old daughter (Gracie), and a very young son and daughter. Although any family member would make for an interesting case study, I choose to focus on the mom, Beth.