Donal Gibson

In Gallipoli, the final running sequence mirrors the opening sequence in order to draw the viewer’s attention to the destructive nature of war. This is emphasised by the film concluding with a freeze frame of Archy being mowed down by gunfire. The use of a medium shot assist in emphasising his movements and facial expressions as he runs (5). This in conjunction with the repetition of the whistle sound that indicates the start of Archy running, along with the mere sound of heavy breathing, reveals

the story "Burning Chrome" by William Gibson illustrates the genre's theme of characters manipulating technology to survive. The protagonists of Gibson's story are Automatic Jack and Bobby Quine, a couple of hackers waiting for their big score to come through. They need the financial windfall quickly too, since Bobby is loosing his edge at the computer console and isn't getting any younger. "He was twenty-eight, Bobby, and that's old for a console cowboy," (Gibson 170). Jack's job is to simply keep

Soulless Technology in William Gibson’s Burning Chrome An old adage states that the eyes are the windows to the soul. What if, however, those eyes have a trademark name stamped onto them? William Gibson’s short story "Burning Chrome" depicts an advanced but soulless society where most of the technological advances are portrayed as being perverted by commercialization and human mechanization, rather than dedicated to improving the quality of life. This paper will touch upon the frivolous consumerism

Feminism in Neuromancer     Neuromancer is an amazingly complex novel. Being one of the first of its kind, Gibson tells a chilling tale of a world where computers, and a thing called " the matrix," become more "real" than reality. The story, set in the not-so-distant future, has our hero, Henry Dorsett Case, embarking on an adventure that stretches the limits of the reader's imagination. But even though Case is our main character, there are others with as much or more power and

matrix serves to mash the two realms together, in times and places where AI cannot physically control the meat. The relationship between these realms is a direct parallel to God's relationship with man.   It is hard to disseminate exactly what Gibson wanted to portray in Neuromancer

Reflecting on my childhood, my sister would say a shark was under my bed and I was so scared of sharks. Doing this, she was able to keep it as a threat and use it to get what she wanted. If she wanted a drink, she would make me go get it. If I didn 't, she would say she would tell the shark what I did. This is also like in Mad Max and the Pedestrian. The Immortan Joe, Aunty Entity, the Cop Car, and Emptiness are use paranoia to keep themselves in control. First, In the movie Mad Max: Fury Road,

Mad Max Fury Road directed and written by George Miller is an Action movie and explores themes such as feminism and an apocalyptic future. The film is set in a desert wasteland in Australia and follows the characters of Max and Furiosa. Max is captured early on in the film by war boys who are the enslaved warrior followers of a tyrannical ruler Immortan Joe who controls the survivors supplies and water. Max escapes when he is attached as a ‘blood bag’ to one of the war boys vehicles and they crash

The first time I heard about the Mad Max franchise was the 2016 Academy Awards. I hadn’t seen it at that point, but all of my friends had loved it and thought it completely deserved the nomination. The skeptic in me thought it was weird that such a strange looking film was nominated, until I saw it myself. The world of “Fury Road” is huge, focusing on multiple characters and multiple classes of society in a post apocalyptic world that they live in. Once I saw “The Road Warrior” I immediately noticed

movies are Braveheart (the best) and The Cat in The Hat (the worst). After struggling to recall all the amazing films I’ve been exposed to, I’ve concluded that the best film I’ve ever seen was Braveheart. The film was directed by the iconic Mel Gibson, who also plays the leading role of the legendary thirteenth century Scottish hero William Wallace, alongside the talented Sophie Marceau and Brendan Gleeson. In the film, after suffering both treachery and personal tragedy at the hands of English

MacArthur). Soldiers are the people who are the most adamant in praying for peace because they are the ones that fight and die. These scenes of death and bravery and desiring peace are displayed in a film by Mel Gibson titled Hacksaw Ridge. In the film, Hacksaw Ridge, director Mel Gibson kept some events from The Battle of Okinawa the same but changed some of the events leading up to the film in order to set the plot and create sympathy for the characters The movie, Hacksaw Ridge, depicted true