movie analysis

Based off Charles Webb’s 1963 novel by the same name, The Graduate is an American romantic comedy/drama released in the United States on December 21, 1967 starring Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross, and William Daniels. The film was directed by Mike Nichols, produced by Lawrence Turman and the screenplay written by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham. The film was produced by Lawrence Turman/Mike Nichols productions starting in March of 1967. Mike Nichols has also directed other well known films such as Catch-22 (1970), Working Girl (1988), and more recently Closer (2004). The film was distributed by AVCO Embassy Pictures nationally and United Artists internationally. AVCO Embassy Pictures studio, founded by Joseph E. Levine, the films executive producer, also claims production/distribution for other hit films such as Godzilla, King of Monsters! (1956), The Fog (1980), and Prom Night (1980). The movie was well received due to its $104 million dollar box office opening tab. The score was produced by Dave Grusin and the songs written by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel.

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.

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.

The Disney Pixar movie “Up” follows the journey of the character, Carl, after he has lost his love of several decades, Ellie. Now, Fans will love that the popular vinyl figurine company, Funko, has released Pop figures of the beloved characters from the movie. This release comes with the 5th series of the Disney Funko pop collection. Funko POP offers its accurate design of Carl who stole everyone's hearts in Pixar's film about his journey after losing his love and wife. The vinyl pop appears identical to the movie character.

“Wit” is a movie based on the point of view of an english professor, Dr. Vivian Bearing. She is awakened by the news that she has stage four ovarian cancer and agrees to immediately undergo treatment. While she struggles through rigorous chemotherapy and her final stages of ovarian cancer, the movie focuses on Bearing’s reflections and flashbacks, as well as her interactions with her primary care providers.

In the movie Speak, Melinda went to a party before freshman year started and what happened at the party traumatized her. It was a chaotic party where there were many teens of different ages, with no adult supervision. The party most likely had alcohol, and people who attended were just friends of friends and strangers. Unfortunately, at the party Melinda just met a boy who she got close to right away. This was unfortunate because she just finished middle school, and he was in high school. What he did to her was traumatizing. They kissed and dance, but when he asked her to be alone with him, she ended up getting raped in his car. After that, she called the police and they shut down the party, but everyone was frustrated with her for doing that.

Part 1 - In American author's 2009 book, The Help, the primary thesis is the relationship between Black maids and white households in Jackson, Mississippi during the early 1960s. The story is really told from three perspectives, Aibileen and Minny are Black women, both maids, and Skeeter is the nickname of Eugenia Phelan, daughter of a prominent White family. Skeeter has just finished school and hopes to become a writer. In general, the relationship between the Black maids and the White employers is six sided: On one side we have the White employers who have three views: 1) Their personal and private beliefs that can range from extreme scorn and bias to kindness regarding race; 2) Their public persona that must have the "proper" attitude about Blacks and "the help," and 3) Their employer attitude, which is condescending and parental. The Black view also has three segments: 1) Their personal and private beliefs that usually range from understanding not all Whites are the same and an extreme love and empathy for the White children for whom they care; 2) The public persona that is deferential, polite, and stoic to their White bosses; and 3) Their attitude and view among the Black community, which usually separates the "poor and ignorant but rich" White souls from the Black view of family and common sense. All in all, the relationship is contentious, phony, and based on economic advantage.

The 2012 movie Argo is based off of a true event in 1979. During the Iranian Civil War, President Jimmy Carter gives the Iranian Shah refuge in the U.S. due to his illness. In retaliation, Iranian activists invade the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran and the staff are taken as hostages. This is famously known as the Iranian hostage crises. Although six of the staff members escape and are taken in by the Canadian Ambassador. Determined to rescue the six, Tony Mendez, who is our main character, from the CIA is brought in because of his expertise. After talking to his son one day while watching a science fiction program on TV, he comes up the idea to go into Iran, under the guise of Canadians

This movie was filmed in Baltimore, Maryland, the film shows a disadvantaged Tyler Gage and a fortunate modern dancer Nora Clark, who find themselves paired up for the showcase that both determine their futures. They had to realize that they had to work together because they only had once chance to prove it. A following party, brothers Mac and Skinny Carter and their best friend Tyler Gage, decided they wanted to break into the Maryland School of Arts and trash the school's theatre, not realizing they damaged many of the props at the school. Soon after a security appears and witnessed them damaging the place, not wanting his two friends to get full blame for the vandalism, Tyler takes full responsible. Later he appeared in court, and was sentenced to 200 hours of community service, which he had to serve at the school. While working, he noticed Nora Clark, a student who was preparing for her senior case by noticing she was having audition performance

"Split" is a rated PG-13 horror movie released on January 20, 2017 that was not only written, but also directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Shyamalan is renowned in the entertainment business for his movies filled with a great deal of twists and turns. An example of some of the movies that he has written and directed with such a style are "The Sixth Sense" as well as "The Village". Split is no different and bares M. Night Shyamalan's signature style of suspenseful movies accompanied by many twists and turns.

While being a technical marvel, 2001: A Space Odyssey simultaneously presents a superb narrative motivated by profound themes and acted out by a meticulous cast of characters. Director Stanley Kubrick succeeds in creating this insightful film through the usage of many design elements including camerawork, sound, setting, and mise-en-scène. As dialogue throughout the film is minimal, these principles of design are employed to shape the viewer’s sense of each aspect of the film and, consequently, the film as a unified whole.

In the Pixar film, Up, one of the main characters is the grandpa. His name is Mr. Fredricksen. He is a stubborn old man and is even more stubborn/mean since his wife passed away. He decides to live one of his life-long dreams and ties thousands of balloons to his house and flies away to the South American wilderness. But Mr. Fredricksen’s worse nightmare comes true.

The movie Grown-Ups (2010) is about a group of high school friends who reunite after their beloved high school basketball coach passes away during the summer. The main characters that make up this particular group of friends include Lenny Fedder (Adam Sandler), Eric Lamonsoff (Kevin James), Kurt Mckenzie (Chris Rock), Marcus Higgins (David Spade), and Rob Hillard (Rob Shneider). The childhood buddies come together at a funeral and decide to take their families on a getaway trip. They believe it would be a good idea to rent a rundown cabin on the lakeside and have their families enjoy the great outdoors while spending time with each other over the Fourth of July week. However, this particular group of adults now have kids and wives who are very

This is my very last day at Lakefront high school before I move to Mountain View High and I could not be regretting it more. My dad got a new job in Missouri and we have to move there. The thought just rushed to my brain, I have to leave my very best friend behind that I’ve known since pre-school. Right as I walked into the school, I gave her the biggest hug I have ever given someone. It made mine and her face turn red as I wrapped my arms around her and squeezed her to the point she couldn’t breath. I finally let go of her and we both sighed a sigh of relief. Then suddenly I started too burst out crying the ugliest cry I could. This was the last time I am going to see her in a long time and I don’t know what I would do without her. We talk

If a film fails to capture the theme it attempts to portray, then what is the film actually about? One would hope a film titled Transcendence would provide a unique and original story for its audience. Instead, Transcendence is plagued with a weak script and terrible acting. The film is difficult to follow due to its lack of flow and the cinematography feels dated, filled with cheap CGI (computer-generated imagery) effects and poor lighting. The solid cast and a promising new director unsuccessfully captured the overall message of the script. In a movie where “love” serves as the main motive behind the main characters’ actions, one can’t help but notice the movie itself felt cold and emotionless. The plot twist at the end of the movie not only clashed with the main character’s actions, but it also failed to muster up a significant emotional connection to the audience.