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    In the movie “We Were Soldiers” the main character Lieutenant Colonel Harold “Hal” Moore was played by Mel Gibson. The movie is based upon the best-selling book "We Were Soldiers Once ... and Young" by Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore (Ret.) and journalist Joseph L. Galloway. LTC Moore was tasked with leading and commanding the newly created air cavalry unit. Upon arrival to his new unit, he studied his new “War horse” – the Bell UH-1D “Iroquois” helicopter. He first introduced himself and his SGM to the

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    Lethal Weapon is a film made by Richard Donner in 1987. It tells a story of two policemen who become partners. Roger Murtaugh is a veteran, he has family and he is getting older. Martin Riggs is suicidal officer who lives in a trailer with his dog. To solve the case they need to learn how to work with one another. Lethal Weapon is an action movie. As in almost every type of the movie viewers can follow narration development but they become distracted by some action scenes (like blowing something

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    There have been many movie adaptations of Hamlet ever since adapting Shakespeare’s plays into movies became a profitable venture. Two of the more popular adaptations were Kenneth Branagh’s in 1996 and Gregory Doran’s in 2009. Even though they were both based on the same play, these two movies differ greatly due to director’s license. Kenneth Branagh’s and Gregory Doran’s adaptation of Hamlet differ greatly in terms of the setting and how each of the main characters are portrayed. One of the main

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    one person can be experienced by others through an apparel, called a “simstim” (Gibson 53). Finally, the matrix is the most important element in “Neuromancer” because the global information is stored and transmitted through this global computer network (Miller 107). Certain people, “cowboys”, can projected their consciousness into the matrix and penetrate virtual defenses in order to gain valuable data bases (Gibson

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    Braveheart is, one of Hollywood’s greatest films depicting the events of the Scottish in the thirteenth century. Lead by the astonishing actor Mel Gibson, who played the epic hero Sir William Wallace the leading role of course. Furthermore, synchronously producing the movie and directing it. The main plot of this story is that Sir William Wallace rallies the Scottish against the English Monarch and as well as Edward the first. Now that we know the gist of Braveheart let us delve into how William

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    many of whom we’ve never met” (414). In Neuromancer, Gibson portrays a technology-rich cyberpunk world whose synthesis of computer-science and biology seems predictive of our current social direction. In Gibson’s world, technological progress has had a significant effect on gender norms, as genderless cyber-space and cyborg body transformations muddle the basic biological distinctions between man and woman. As part of a postmodern commentary, Gibson uses technology as a gender-deconstructing tool, highlighting

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    In the film Braveheart directed by Mel Gibson William Wallace is the main protagonist of this movie who is also played by Mel Gibson himself. William Wallace is a Scottish citizen who becomes a revolutionary because the King of England Edward the Longshanks seized the throne of Scotland since there was no heir to the late king. The speech I am writing about is William Wallace’s “They will never take our freedom” speech from the movie Braveheart which I believe is a very motivating and successful

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    In the movie each character had a part to play and to best of understanding. William Wallace was the hero of the entire who comes to the rescue of his entire country to get it back from the english. His wife although she was killed played the damsel in distress who made a valiant attempt to stand up for herself ,but what was done to stand up for herself was punishable by the english so she was brought to her death.There is always the person who has to be the betrayer in the film, where they are close

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    here? Neuromancer presents technology in an accelerating culture as a potent force capable of facilitating escape, immersion, destruction, and even transcendence of self without glamorizing or demonizing technology itself. Perhaps, in this manner, Gibson is able to posit more than one viable answer to this paralyzing (peculiarly postmodern) question.               As the gap between present and future grows smaller and becomes difficult to discern, people and machines overlap and, in some

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    A useful addition to it is provided by the author who is considered one of the founders of the genre, William Gibson. In one of his interviews he stated that it "is about the present. It's not really about an imagined future. It's a way of trying to come to terms with the awe and terror inspired . . . by the world in which we live" (Anonymous collective work)

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