According to Leonard Maltin your opinion of the movie will have a lot to do with your age and gender. He suggests that the average 16-year-old male might find this the greatest movie ever. Maltin uses comedy to hook the reader in the first paragraph by suggesting how awful the movie is. “Is this merely an extreme teenage version of the hangover, or is it another sign of the end of civilization as we know it.” Maltin is suggesting that movies like Project X are making the next generation of America look reckless and irresponsible of taking care of the world they are inheriting. Maltin references one of the popular topics of 2012, the end of the world, which helps draw the reader in even more.
Not So SuperBad Sweetly absurd, Crude and awkward, Superbad is almost a typical teen movie, reminding me a bit of the American Pie films because of the simple plot and juvenile humour. However, compared to other teen movies the film is much more intelligently written than others of its genre, and this shines through in the characters. Superbad follows three high school seniors as they go on a long night of self-discovery, ending in drunken declarations of love between best friends with unrealistic yet entertaining events happening in between. The over weight Seth, played by Jonah Hill (Knocked Up) is foul-mouthed and impulsive, Evan, his best friend, played by Michael Cera is a more gentle and shy, almost to the point of being invisible,
In the original film (Hitchcock) the old dark and colorless film, the creep music provide the viewers an idea that something wicked is about to happen. Therefore again both directors did provide enough action to carry over to each scene. In the remake the casting was truly wrong; For instance the infamous character Norman Bates, the psychopathic motel owner was played by fast talking, macho man Vince Vaughn. In the remake the Norman appears to be more of a sexual predator, whom would actually please himself as he watch Marion through a peephole in the shower scene; which gives the audience a different point of view about this film and van sant character Norman. However in the original version Anthony Perkins plays Norman Bates, who truly fit the character with calmer attitude, and good boy looks as Norman.
The main characters are twin teenagers. Played by excellent actors, Tobey Maguire and Reese Witherspoon. They live in a very stereotypical household with divorced parents and often neglect toward the children by their parents. Witherspoon plays a girl who is always trying to be the popular girl. And Maguire plays a boy who is isolated from the cool kid and is considered a dorky nerd, who is obsessed with a certain TV show called “Pleasantville”.
1984 Essay Skeleton Outline Introduction History being lost, Free will is abolished by the falsification of history records, love being outlawed and the invasion of their privacy, Telescreens, Big brother, a world watched over and perfected. George Orwell created this world, quite hard to portray visually, setting a very dark and unwanted setting in which the dystopia of totalitarian surveillance and prevention of state is shown . Turning a good book into a good film in it’s whole glory isn’t as easy as it sounds .Michael Radford’s attempt to match Orwell’s descriptions of his exceptional book-- 1984 was indeed impressive and an exceptional ideal adaptation of such a deep book. It’s obvious that the movie can never be as good as the book,
Even when he thinks the TV is one of the greatest inventions, he means that it is so great that it is an ad-plastered, brainwashing, individuality bleaching, stereotyping, couch-potato making tool of society. When Trubey explains the TV like that, he is saying the TV was one of the worst inventions in history and backing up his argument with the use of harsh words. “We are all unique individuals capable of free and creative thought”. Everybody wants to be on TV because you can watch famous people have fun. Adults love talking down on teenagers, and Trubey shows subjective language in the article.
Contrary to his unwavering independence in technique and style Spike Lee has taken on the challenge of film remake. Remaking a movie is always tricky, particularly when the original has an already strong following. The 2013 remake of the Past Chan-wook’s classic, Old Boy had Lee’s critics wondering why he engaged in such a dark film. When Chan-wook’s Old Boy hit theatres in 2003, it was praised for its unique structure, it’s magnificent and action packed fight scenes, and it’s visual flair, making Spike Lee a very bold choice to adapt the film for an American audience. It’s not a shot for shot remake of the original or the 2003 version, but like Chan-wook’s version, it’s graphic so don’t watch this on a fall stomach.
He lives with his mum and her boyfriend in a trailer park due to his dead end job. His family doubt this potential and don’t offer him a great deal of support to achieve his dreams. Life does start to look brighter when he meets an old friend called Wink who has contacts who can get Jimmy deal to record a demo of his music that can possibly lead to a rap career. He also meets a girl called Alex who he starts to develop feelings for however this shadow of hope that entered his life soon disappears, as he is portrayed by Wink
Who is beautiful, kind and clever. The perfect wife I hear you say , exactly she is fake! Niccol has ingeniously given the film a much more deep plot, which I would have thought would put Carrey out of his comfort zone, but evidently not. The Truman show, is a satire of modern media. Truman thinks he ives and ordinary life as an ordinary man, but has no idea how his life is being manipulated to suit the viewer.
In “The Merchants of Cool,” the author investigates the rising fascination with teen pop culture. Teenagers are constantly vying for attention, causing them to imitate popular celebrities. Major corporations try to capitalize off this, showing productions and advertisements to influence them further. The era of family friendly programming has no longer any place in primetime television; shows such as Dawson’s Creek and Cruel Intentions have completely infiltrated the TV schedule to reflect teens’ all-consuming fascination with sexuality. One of the major networks responsible for influencing pop culture is MTV, telling kids what’s cool.