Natasha Johnson Eng. 101 T-Th 12:30-1:45 Brains: To Eat or Not to Eat : A Comparison of Early Zombie Films to the Walking Dead Fast zombies, slow zombies, Haitian zombies, Riot Zombies, Flesh Eating zombies, Intelligent zombies, dumb zombies…..what do these all have in common might you ask? They all originated from the same basic origin: Fear of the dead rising back to life and overtaking our society as we now know it. For some reason the thought of our deceased loved ones coming back to life and preying on our brains strikes fear into the hearts of the living. Within the confinement of these pages I will illustrate what a “zombie” film should and should not entail, and how far the image of the zombie has progressed into our modern day visage of the term.
It also uses humour occasionally to make viewers laugh and to relieve some of the tension built up by the suspense. Finally, it presents believable characters like Gordie LeChance, played by Will Wheaton, and Chris Chambers, played by River Phoenix, as real people. Therefore, suspense, humour, and the ability to present characters as real people make Stand By Me a highly entertaining film. First, the plot of the movie is captivating because of the suspense. This is what compels the audience to keep watching, as the viewers never know what is around the next corner.
The movie shows horror and panic, as well as containing a few moments of humour. Just like Night of the Living Dead, which featured an African American character by the name of Ben (Duane Jones), Dawn of the Dead features another African American main character, Peter (Ken Foree). African American characters in movies were something of a rarity back in the 70’s and 80’s, so this shows how Romero give his movies equality by sticking with a black character. Romero uses the zombies in the mall as an analogy of modern shoppers, who stagger around the malls, only interested in consumer products they do not need. Even though the modern day shopper is not a zombie, they might as well be in Romero’s eyes.
The documentary also provides basic novelty as well as sufficient facts to invoke conscious, raw emotions, such as: pure anger, deep sorrow, and ultimate frustration. Although it doesn’t provide amusement in an entertaining fashion, it does keep the viewers attention and educates them on the dilemma being presented. The film creatively varies its distribution of information through, viable pictures, dramatic quotes, and emotional interviews. The intense contrast of their heart-wrenching tears to their deeply
As most of it was cartoony when realistic scenes are shown it gives this mood to the viewer and makes the message even more believable. Stop motion was also used as its was fluid movement whenever the images are cartoony but pauses once it looks a bit realistic and this continues to make the movement flow easier and gave the video an interesting perspective. Even though there were these pauses the video was animation full instead of limited. As for the background was really minimalistic but much more creative. One of the major aspects of why this video have portrayed its issue very well was the narration during the movie as the voice used fits the characteristics of the message perfectly.
Joseph Alvarez Period 4 September 6, 2012 Ms. Wu Pride and Prejudice and Zombies In the book Pride and Prejudice and Zombies the man character Elizabeth has to fight for survival from a mysteries plague from an English village of Meryton. The plague turns people that have died to zombies. She is determined to stop the plague but meets a haughty and arrogant Mr. Darcy in her mission to wipe out the zombie menace. In the beginning Elizabeth meets a boy named Darcy and is attracted to him, then wants to go a ball with him. During the ball zombies start coming out of the windows killing the people there but luckily Elizabeth could fight against zombies with her dagger from her dress to slash through zombies till the finally got out of the ball.
They then set out in Louise’s ’66 Thunderbird for the adventure of their lives. Throughout the movie, there are times in which you find yourself wondering what in the world the character is doing and how they could possibly be so naive, but Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis are both so vibrant, funny, and sweet that you can’t help but feel for them. Many people view this film as sexist, attacking the male gender. However, I have quite the different outlook on it. Although it is overall empowering to women, that does not have to automatically mean it must be downgrading to men.
This was not a place of healing or hope, but of despair with little recourse. Overall, the direction and performance of the actors seemed smooth with plenty of energy to keep the audience engaged. The one scene I would absolutely change, however, is the explicitly sensual scene between Dr. McFarland and Mrs. Elizabeth Packard when he offered “hands-on” therapy. For me, the directed action did not match the dialogue. It seemed forced and ultimately unnecessary.
The scenes of the movie were “hackneyed scenes” as he says. There were repetitions of old movie scenes that are very generic in sci-fi fantasy movies. The infamous moments of crossing an almost destroyed bridge and the bridge collapsing as soon as everyone is across safely and degrading insults during mid battle. Pinkerton compliments the makeup department’s glommed-on plague pustules. However, the CGI demon they used was a lame cut and paste from a PC game called Diablo ll.
The director uses music to keep the audience in suspense, even though some of the storyline is predictable. At the end of the movie the music changes to a happier mood, which leaves the audience feeling at peace. The Bourne Ultimatum is an action packed movie and the director uses music to create tension. The sound effects utilized in the movie were used to make the scenes dramatic and thrilling. If these sound effects weren’t used, then the movies message or purpose would not be as effective.