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.
President Truman uses different decisions and symbols on why he bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In this essay, I will share in my opinion on how I think that President Truman has made the right decision. Presdient Truman made this decision himself because he knew what might happen. In my opinion, I believe that President Truman had made the right decision to drop the bombs. I have a few reasons on why I believe that he made the right decision.
The very same type of ending was seen when Holden recalled the movie he watched about the Englishman who had lost his memory and his response to it. He describes the movie as, “don’t see it if you don’t want to puke all over yourself” (138). His response to the movie most likely would have been because of how Holden had believed that Allie was somehow going to get through a terrible situation, which was clearly explained in the movie that Holden watched, but since Allie did
September 11, 2001 Angela Baker College The whole world knows what happened on September 11, 2011. There is still some speculation however on the underlying plot that triggered the event. One theory offered by Michael Moore (Fahrenheit 9/11) is that we were not exactly lied to but instead given half-truths, or deprived of pertinent information as to the involvement of all parties and how they were connected to each other to reach the end result on that fateful day. He uses an in your face approach that grasps your attention, and shows interviews with our troops families here at home. This film is a mile stone for the ongoing debate about the American Governments involvement in Iraq and the Middle East, and also an important contribution
With Freedom Come Responsibility “How do people come up with a date and a time to take life from another man?” (Gaines 157). This question is easy to answer if your a soldier in Iraq, but choosing the date to take the life of an innocent human is not right. In Arthur Miller's The Crucible and Ernest J. Gaines' A Lesson Before Dying, the only people that seemed to be accused were the innocent. A major theme for both novels would be, Recognizing injustice and facing responsibility. The main Characters are the ones that notice the injustice and try to change their corrupted society.
Brandy Andrade November 23, 2010 Casablanca In Casablanca the movie was a propaganda film because it had war and in the movie they show the war going on. Also the reason I thought it looked like a propaganda film is because all the action and gangster actors that play in the film. In this film the way the film noir is because all the romantic scenes and all the love in the movie. Film noir in this movie was great and really nice. To show how Rick’s moods change when they play the song “A Time Goes By”.
This essay appeared about a month after Benny Paret died on May 5, 1962. Due to its considerably recent release to the incident the event is still fresh. Instead of being able to put the blame of the killing of Benny Paret on someone else, Norman Cousins forces the public to realize it is really the fault of those who watch boxing. It forces them to realize the consequences of their violent entertainment. I believe that the impact of this essay is still very huge.
So in the final debate of the movie James L. Farmer jr. tells the audience about what they saw uses this awful memory to help their side of the debate. He ends up not only winning the debate for his team because of this but he also took one more step forward for black people and anti-racism. To me this scene of the movie showed me how a person can take a tragic event that has happened in their life and use it for the greater good; to help others; and to also help themselves by letting people know the truth. This scene inspired me to speak up and to try to use the bad things that have happened to me in my past to help me in my
Never has our support for a war started so high and sunk so low. As the nation debates a military strike in Syria, it's natural to wonder how Afghanistan — which began as a righteous fight Americans said they were ready to wage for as long as it took — came to this.
I think the documentary would be better if he pinpointed a reason. The section of the documentary when he took the two young males who were victims of the Columbine shooting to the CEO’s of Kmart was a good argument. When he interviewed Charlton Hesston, the head of the NRA, he really pushed his buttons and even made Charlton walk away. The Columbine Shooting was un-debatably a tragic event. But in my opinion, it could have been prevented.