Movies

Movies play an important role in the process of communication that also interprets a lot of code of ethics in a society. It is important for movie watchers and goers to evaluate a movie in a right way. Analyzing a movie is not an easy task and it requires in-depth understanding and expertise in certain areas to make a critical review of movies theme and the message it carries in its different plots. There is a need of a critical eye when it comes to analyzing a movie. This paper aims to elaborate...

Synopsis A movie by director, David Fincher, Fight Club has established a solid cult following after over a decade of its release in 1999. Starring Edward Norton and Brad Pitt, the movies tackles several issues like stereotypical concepts of masculinity, American consumerism and the corporate prison. A regular guy with a job he hated, Jack lived in a phoney apartment with phoney furniture. Just like any yuppie, he was caffeine drunk and sugar driven, thanks to Starbucks and Krispy Kreme. No family....

Control (2007) To be able to watch this film, I had to borrow an original DVD from a friend who happened to have this. I preferred watching the film alone for I wanted to understand every part of it.  For an hour or so, I watched it at home and the following are my thoughts and reactions to the aforementioned film The movie was basically about a man who, at the peak of his successful career in music, happened to have lost control of the most important things in his life. Ian Curtis, the main...

Every year, people are bombarded with thousands of images from magazines, movies, television, billboards, posters, flyers and the internet.  Some of these capture your attention.  Others distract you.  And still others annoy and even irritate you.  Subliminal messages from these images pass through your mind at the speed of light, and they are embedded from the conscious to the subconscious permanently like gum stuck to the bottom of a bin.  These will become part of your...

The film CSA Confederate States of America (2004) written and directed by Kevin Willmot is a mock documentary satire that presents the history of the Confederate States of America and the truth about the racial slavery in the country. The setting started from mid-19th century when 11 southern slave states of America seceded from the United States up to the mid-20th century. It is a fictional historical account of what could have happened if events in America didnt turn out they way they did. The...

Three hundred and fifty kilometers East of Kenyas capital, Nairobi, lies the Meru National park, less known, but one of the parks used by George and Joy Adamson in the 1966 shooting of critically acclaimed movie, Born Free. Being one of the least crowded parks in the country, the government had recently decided to use it to decongest the worlds only wildlife sanctuary located within a capital city, The Nairobi national park. For that purpose, the government transferred fifteen elephants, twenty...

While horror films are not my usual cup-of-tea, Edward Scissorhands, directed by no-less than Tim Burton, offers lessons about life that every bully in society should listen to.  Edward is played by Johnny Depp who also now stars as the Mad Hatter in Disneys Alice in Wonderland.  His crazy fairy-tale personality is very apt for his role as Edward, a Frankenstein-like monster created by a mad inventor (Vincent Price).  His love interest is Kim (Winona Ryder).    Kims boyfriend...

The Godfather and Goodfellas share a definitive regard in the film industry and the whole film-viewing audience for their aesthetic accomplishment and technical precision.  They consequently earn the distinction of glamorizing and deglamorizing the Mafia and its immediate counterparts through their Shakespearian method of painting family, crime, and culture  each with their own significant hues.  It is important to note then that the crimes, as a central element in both films, however,...

The location somewhere in midtown Manhattan. The place the character lives in is large and spacious, the original owner obviously did not build this with a home in mind it is a space better-suited as an office or a small warehouse. The large metal double doors are slightly ajar and the murmurings of conversation can be heard floating through. Upon entering the doors, to the far right there is a metal staircase leading to a small loft. Along the railing is a long and high shelf, filled with various...

The films Casablanca and The Proof of Life depict the male leading characters as cynical and almost apathetic men who in the end, were forced to choose virtue over love for the greater good under difficult circumstance. In Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart plays Rick Blaine, an American expatriate, who runs an upscale joint in the French-occupied city during World War II. The bar is a watering hole for refugees who want to exit war-torn Europe and gain entry to America. He soon has his life complicated...

Giant A film directed by George Stevens and starred by Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, and James Dean, depicted the life and culture of Texas in the 1950s.  The story primarily revolved around three lives.  Bick Benedict, the Texan owner of a vast ranch of 595,000 acres.  The socialite Leslie, who came from Maryland and later became Bicks wife.  Jett Rink the handyman of the Benedicts who later struck oil in his tiny land and became very wealthy  even wealthier than the Benedicts. The...

F.W. Murnaus Nosferatu is widely regarded by horror movie fans and critics alike as one of the best vampire movies of all time. Believed by many to be the first horror movie featuring vampires, it is said that Nosferatu paved the way for horror legends like Bela Lugosi to put their unique stamp on vampire characters like Lugosis interpretation of Dracula. Nosferatu remains popular nearly a century after its original release due in large part to its ability to be scary and shocking in spite of its...

Film directors play a big role to influence audience. Their masterpieces illustrate culture and values which make people retrospect about their societal roles and ideological concerns. The trilogy film Godfather is perhaps the greatest American gangster film. Though the film may seem to celebrate Mafia and violence in Sicilian and Italian heritage, Coppola hit upon the idea of making the film more of a metaphor for American capitalism. This particular film made Coppola very popular in his film...