Week 5- Final Film Critique

"Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." (Forrest Gump)

Over the many years of filmmaking, there is no doubt that classical Hollywood has made an interesting name for itself. The classical Hollywood style has become quite predictable in relation to film narrative because of their unique filmmaking choices using devices like continuity editing, three-point lighting, centered framing, and musical scores. When we think of a classic Hollywood film, we usually imagine a story with a happy ending. A phenomenal film that performs all these functions

Episode IV was set during a time of war between the Rebellion, the good side, and the Empire, which is considered the evil side. The science fiction story is about a young man, Luke Skywalker, who travels into space to fight against the Empire. Luke is from the planet Tatooine, a desert, where he farms water with his uncle. Luke’s uncle buys two droids, R2D2 and C3PO, who happen to have been involved in the war and worked for the rebellion. Luke discovers a recording in one of the droids of Princess Leia saying she needed help, and that sparks the beginning of his journey. He meets Ben, also known as Obi-Wan Kenobi, who becomes his mentor, and teaches him how to use “the force”. In Star Wars, “the force” is a magical way for people to control things using their unconscious minds. Luke sets out on a journey into space to rescue the princess and join the Rebellion in the war effort. Luke and Obi-Wan meet Han solo, a pilot, and ask him to take them into space. They plan to go to Alderaan, Princess Leia’s home planet; however, they are unintentionally sucked into the Death Star, the spacecraft and weapon of the Empire. They find out that Princess Leia is being held in the Death Star, and they plan to help her escape. While Han and Luke try to help Leia, Obi-Wan is fighting Darth Vader, the evil leader of the Empire. Unfortunately, Obi-Wan is killed by Darth Vader; although, Luke, Han and Leia escape the Death Star. They go to a Rebellion headquarter and find the weak spot of the Death Star.

My dad and I are both huge movie nerds. We both love watching them and talking about them. Although we like some similar and some different types of movies, we like to watch and discuss them together.

I chose to critique the film “The Elephant Man” it is an iconic filmmaking endeavor. Director David Lynch shows the sadness and the scariness of deformities onto the audience in a way that touches your heart and leaves you with a sense of sadness and will also leave a tear in your eye. Most of the people who have watched this film are touched and completely changes the way they view crippled, weak, and deformed people in this world.

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.

Star Wars. Just the name itself holds an astonishing weight in the world of film, literature, and even video games and music. With so many works of varying fame and acclaim, almost no other piece of the Star Wars universe is more easily recognised than the 1980 film (the second in the original trilogy), “Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back!” George Lucas, the mastermind behind the film itself, knew from the beginning that this film needed to drive his vision to the satisfying end that it deserved. This included using massive, beautiful set pieces such as Hoth, Cloud City, and Dagobah among others. With these basic introductory statements finished, a thesis is to be stated: How much was the story of Luke Skywalker, as well as the entire Star Wars universe, inspired by the Hero’s Journey formula?

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.

Star Wars is a classic representation of the science fiction genre of the 1970s and 1980s because it has helped to popularize

The future looked bleak, and literature of the period reflected that. Grim dystopias were the order of the day in science fiction. Then came Star Wars, a futuristic tale coated in a shell of fantasy, chivalry, bravery and knighthood. It promised hope, in a time where societies had little left to spare. This lead to the unexpected and unprecedented success of Star Wars.

This article talks about the original review of the movie, Star Wars A New Hope. Andrews, is a film critic who works for The Denver Post. The article briefly discusses the story of the movie and talks about how the characters are briefly. It also talks about the special effects that were used in creating the movie. The director used his sense of humor to make the film fun and exciting for people. The movie is said to be the ‘best’ family movie because it appeals to everyone. It is mainly directed towards kids and teenagers but people of all ages liked it when it came out. The intended audience of this article are people who are Star Wars fans and want to know more about the movie and how it was created. This source can be useful in my research

The Force Awakens is very similar in plot to A New Hope, but there are plenty of interesting twists. The movie starts off on the desert planet of Jakku. Poe, a rebel fighter, is taken into custody by the big bad of the film Kylo Ren. However, Finn, one of the First Order’s stormtroopers, helps him to escape Ren’s ship and they crash land on Jakku. With Poe seemingly killed in the crash, Finn wanders into town and meets our main heroine, Rey, who is a scavenger fending for herself on Jakku. Rey has found a BB-8 droid belonging to Poe and the Rebel Alliance with a map piece leading to the missing Jedi Luke Skywalker. Finn lies to Rey about being a rebel fighter to escape Jakku with her. On their journey towards the Rebel Alliance, the two encounter friends and foes alike, and Rey ends up captured by Ren due to her awakened Force powers. With the help of the

Science fiction, loosely defined, is literature that involves elements of science and technology as the setting for a narrative or as a source of plot conflict. The science and technology should be related to existing scientific fact (not mere fantasy) and usually these stories take

Disney purchased the Star Wars franchise and set to work producing the most blatantly unoriginal film they could muster. With characters that are daft and ignorant, coupled with an overcompensated appeal to minority demographics, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, or more accurately, The Farce Awakens, proves to be a disgrace to the franchise and science fiction genre alike.

movie had some flaws, it did closely represent the feelings of the era that was depicted. This paper intends to analyze and give