Twilight

TWILIGHT is an action-packed, modern day love story between a vampire and a mortal starring Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan and Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen. They are breaking the rules because they are going against all odds to be with each other. I can see why teenager girls are crazy about the books and in particular the movie. I thought i was going to hate the movie but to my surprise it was really good with the exception being the annoying teens behind us who were screaming throughout the entire movie. I personally thought the book was better because it had more substance and it was very interesting and a fast read. Not to mention Edward Cullen was a very good looking vampire. I think this movie would bring out huge masses of people out to go to see it because it is more appealing to the younger and future generation of our time and in the generations to come. What make this movie a phenomenon is the story behind it all and no wonder all girls under the age of 19 years are going absolutely bazaar. I also thought the two characters were made to play the role because the capture the essence of the book. This movie was by far the best movie i have seen all year. I would definitely recommend people to go see it.

High School Musical

I thought it was the worst movie ever. I regret having seen it. The whole movie was over dramatic and every time their is an argument amongst

themselves they break out in to a song. It is the senior year of the Wild Cats and they are faced with the dilemma of being separated from each other because they are going to depart when they graduate because some are going to college in a different state and some are staying.

But, Troy had to face Gabriella leaving for college and when that happened they broke into singing mode and i annoyed me so much. But, truly this movie should be rated for kids that are ages 2-13...instead of it being P-13. All i know that was the lamest movie I've have ever seen..

The movie the great debaters is based on a true story about a debate coach Melvin Tolson played by two time academy award winner Denzel Washington. The Story took place in the 1930's where lynching and unequal rights was widely practiced mainly in the south. He wanted to prove to the world that Blacks were smart too and to inspire his people and get them equal opportunity as the Whites. He fought against the odds eventhough the odds of his team making it was very very slim to none, he was stubborn and he casted a girl to be apart of the Wiley College debate team , eventhough white women had couple of years before got the right to vote, did not mean that the country was ready to free the black man from slavery yet alone give their women the right to voice their opinion publicly. I personally enjoyed this movie because it took me back to the era of slavery. I know there are a lot of films that touch upon this subject but there is no hope for the people involved. My favorite scene is the scene where they debate Harvard University and the most commonly repeated phrase being "A law that is unjust is n law at all", basically saying that each and every individual have got to have the same amount of right and freedom to explore what they like. They ended up wining the debate and they won twelve more debates following their first win. The main point of the film was to show all the hard things that colored folks have over come and all the progress that has been made. There were some high key lighting emphasizing on some of the highlights of the movie and low key lighting showing more dark tone tone with the unjust that was happening. A lot has changed from that period of time but there is a long way to go to over come racial tension and ensuring that everyone gets the justice they deserve.

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Citizen Kane

The first scene of Citizen Kane was mysterious because it starts off with a close up shot of the sign "No Trespassing" and the viewers automatically know that they are about to enter a restricted place. There are so many questions that go through the viewers head because we wonder what was the significance of the dying words of Mr Kane which was "Rosebud". As we find out at the end of the movie the word itself isnt as important as it seemed at the begginning of the movie as the director purposely made the dying words of Mr Kane significance but it was all to throw the viewers off. Mr Kane also had a snow globe in his hand and you wonder what is the connection between rosebud and the snow globe. At the end we learn the rosebud is the sled Mr Kane used to play with and the only thing that remained constant in his lifetime. As a child his parents gave him up in order for him to pursue a better life and most importantly to get him away for his abusive father.
He had all the material things money can buy. Most of the shots were shot in low key lighting to emphasis the emptiness and the life Mr Kane lived. Even though, he had lots of money, he was deep down lonely and sad. He had changed his persona and through Mr Leiland, a close friend of his. We learn that Mr Kane changed drastically because he wanted to be loved by everyone and he felt the people owed him the love. You can not help but to feel sorry for the guy, after all his parents sort of chose his lifetime from the early stage of his life. He could've known better and chose to use his popularity and celebrity status to make a difference in hiscommunity. I guess one can say that he tried but that money is the root to evil and that he got carried away with the worldly things and not caring for others.

Art of Film I

I look forward to viewing the fun movies that we will be watching in class. Hopefully it will be a year filled with fun things to do. i also look forward to watching movies outside of class and writing about it. I like the discussions that we have in class about movie clips and why certain shot were used and what the message being conveyed is. I will certainly look at movies differently after taking this class because it will be able to identify with the techniques and other things that i wouldn't normally. I am excited, now that we will start watching Citizen Kane.