Film Analysis

Everyone has quirks that make him or her an individual. We filter through life, attempting to seamlessly weave our oddities into a “normal” person. As difficult as trying to fit circles into squares, the silver lining in these valiant attempts is that the “normal” person doesn’t exist. That is what writer-director David O. Russell understood […]

“The life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient. Or unusual. The life without color, pain or past” (Lois Lowry). Pleasantville is a 1998 American fantasy comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by Gary Ross. A brother and sister, David and Jennifer, are sucked into their television set and suddenly find themselves stuck in a […]

What do the representations of Cleopatra in film and on television (as shown on the DVD Video ‘Cleopatra’) tell us about how her reputation changed over time? Discuss with reference to two or three representations. The first major Cleopatra Hollywood film was released in 1917. It starred Theda Bara as the title character, who portrayed […]

Herbie and Stolen Car by Archie Weller both explore the lives of two Aboriginals and the racism and alienation they experience due to their Aboriginality and the way they react to the situation they are in. Both Herbie and Johnny, the protagonists, experience by white society. Herbie is the only aboriginal in his year and […]

The extent to which an individual obtains a sense of belonging is determined by their perception of the relationships and culture around them. Through Adam Elliot’s film ‘Mary and Max’, the idea that the way in which the characters look and act becomes almost as important as the ideas they communicate. This way of expressing […]

Present essay develops deconstruction of popular Hollywood trilogy The Matrix, directed by Wachowski brothers in 1999. Deconstruction technique was first conceptually introduced by Derrida and consequently has evolved in many theories, relating to postmodernist thought. Deconstruction of the first part of The Matrix trilogy will be, however, based on cultural theories of Baudrillard and Nietzsche. […]

The movie “Days of wine and roses” is an absorbing, realistic, yet frightening account of how alcohol can consume the life of an entire family and affect the lives of all those around them. In my opinion, this is one of the best, if not the best non-documentary type of movie that portrays the effects […]

The education system in America is a mess, and someone needs to fix it. Students find school uninteresting and hate it. They would rather join gangs or sell drugs than study or learn from books or traditional classrooms. Cursing or mocking the teacher is often the norm, and discipline is rarely found in poor neighborhoods. […]

The Da Vinci Code, released in 2006, is a captivating and enjoyable movie with an intriguing plot and murder mystery that will engross viewers. It has generated controversy due to its suggestion that Jesus was married and had a child, which has upset Christian organizations worldwide. Both the movie and book adaptations of Dan Brown’s […]

The film “Lone Survivor” is the most recent I watched in theaters. After seeing the preview, I eagerly anticipated it. The movie depicts the true story of four Navy Seals on a mission in Afghanistan. In my perspective, it effectively showcases the challenges and hardships encountered by our military personnel while serving abroad, encompassing both […]

In the novella, ‘Of Mice and Men’, the characters of Slim and Curley are created to have a strong influence on the other workers’ lives. While both the characters make an impact with the way they are presented, Steinbeck portrays them both very differently. He does this by giving the reader different impressions when each […]

At the start of the movie Little Miss Sunshine, it is clear that the Hoover family is unhappy and dysfunctional: with the drug addicted Grandpa, the dad who is blind to the real ‘successes’ in life and categorises everything and everyone into winners and losers, the nicotine addicted mum who is struggling to keep the […]

In the movie, Cracking the Genetic Code, we learn that people can discover their likeliness for illnesses, diseases, cancer, and more. In this age scientists are discovering so many new things from a single strand of DNA. Finding out that you are missing a nucleic acid in your genes, or finding out you have an […]

Movies enact realistic social situations and serve as social learning tools, especially animated ones that are being consumed by both young and adult audiences. The movie that will be discussed in this paper is “Kung Fu Panda”. First theory that will be introduced in this paper analyzes social groups, which exist when two or more […]

A “Catfish” is a person who creates a fake profile online and pretends to be someone they are not by using someone else pictures and information. These “Catfish” use social media sites such as, “Facebook” and “twitter”, usually with the intention of getting other people or a person to fall in love with them. “MTV” […]

Billy Elliot is a film about a young boy who discovers and starts dancing ballet. His father and brother work in the mines and are working class people. But still Billy’s father manages to let Billy go to boxing lessons. Billy doesn’t love boxing and isn’t very good either. When the local ballet dancers start […]