I'm much more of a "genre" fan, and I much prefer fantasy, surrealism and absurdism to realism. My preconceptions were throwing me off of the film initially. The realist drama stuff seemed to drag on, and it made much of the film a hard sell. I loved the touches of weirdness, but they were too little, too far between--at least until I reached my personal interpretation of the film around the halfway mark. The film is also odd in that it's so retro.
Although both Preston Sturges and Frank Capra use imagery and comedy to deliver messages in their respective movies, Capra’s ability to express his ideas in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington regarding perseverance conveys a much more poignant message, despite Sturges’ more recognizable views about smiling through the pain in his movie, Sullivan’s Travels. The comedic elements of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and Sullivan’s Travels add to the theme of each movie, subtly giving away major plot points. Both movies draw the audience in with the use of farce, such as when Sturges has Sullivan and his companion pushing each
Discuss how film codes and conventions construct a representation of the monstrous in a film you have studied Richard Kelly’s film Donnie Darko released in 2001 presented audiences with a new idea and take on the conventional sci-fi drama examining themes of time travel, reality v illusions, religion, mental illness and questioning what people believe and why. Donnie Darko exploits the innate fear of dying alone and wanting to be remembered after you are gone. The film ends with Donnie sacrificing himself for the ones he loves and by default the world, but suggests that nobody will ever know about his sacrifice. It shows Donnie’s struggle with reality and represents the monstrous in most obvious physical form through the figure Frank, a giant nightmare like rabbit, and through several other characters within the film known as the ‘Manipulated Living’, in a figurative form expressed through the tangent reality in which Donnie lives throughout most of the film. Donnie Darko shows how the monstrous can be represented or misrepresented depending on the interpretation by the viewer.
By definition an honorable suicide is a process whereby a person commits suicide to escape the shame of an immoral action. In my opinion, the issue was the controversial incest aspect of remaking the film. American film goers gravitate towards action packed thrillers, horror or murder films, and on some occasions success is found in gore or torture pieces. Lee’s remake of South Korean and Japanese Classic don’t appeal to our society’s ideology. Consanguinity is the challenge and key issue that imitates the entire plot of the film.
In Richard Kelly's film Donnie Darko, the main protagonist believes he can create his reality through a dream. In Shaun Tan's picture book Red Tree, the subjects negative perception of herself and the world around her helps to form her reality, as her life gets better in the end. In the film Donnie Darko, the protagonist bases his reality off of his own dreams. This is evident throughout the movie when events that occur in Donnie's dreams- such as the landing of a lone jet engine in his room- also occur when he wakes up. Some elements, like the appearance of Frank throughout the film, are only apparent in his dreams, but these elements make it seem like his dreams foreshadow what will occur in reality in the future.
Horrors and Heroes Entertainment, in any form, often has a deeper meaning than initially assumed. For instance, one might assume that an action movie would be a typical “guy movie.” Nobody would be surprised to see fights, cars, and explosions in an action movie, in fact, it would be expected. However, if the storyline of such a movie was about love, the viewer would be caught off guard. This twist is what makes any great movie entertaining; it keeps the viewer interested and wanting to see more. Two authors that discuss this method of giving deeper meanings to stories are Stephen King (in his essay “My Creature from the Black Lagoon) and Gloria Steinem (in her essay “Wonder Woman”).
Many will wince and wrinkle their noses at this film's sheer, uncompromising immaturity. Perhaps they prefer their satire more middlebrow, more responsible, like that Manchurian Candidate remake. But Team America: World Police is criminally, deplorably funny. The giggling starts at the spectacular opening scene when TAWP take down a bevy of terrorists in Paris - though at the unfortunate expense of destroying the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe and the Louvre - and things more or less continue from there. The explicit puppet sex scene between Gary and Lady Penelope-lookalike Lisa is incredible, in every sense.
The Ignominious Triumph of Cinema What is it that we mean by cinema? It can either be a series of still or moving pictures [1]or a flashy visual feast, it entails both profound ideals of humanity and numerous wads of cashes. Cinema is an art, as well as an industry. One hundred years ago, Lumiere brothers’ The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station preludes the unprecedented fantasy. Everything begins with that momennt, people took movies into themselves, just as the public cried out with exitement, actually ducked, as the train seemed to move towards them.
The movie Drumline is a movie about a “wow” appealing, synchronized band. The average person watching this movie would simply enjoy it as it is. Laugh at the jokes, listen to the story etc… But someone such as Mrs.Chabonneau, see’s this movie not only as a drumming movie, but an hour and a half long life lesson. Many quotes, themes and messages behind this move entail much on how important being a leader really is. Aside the crazy drum solo’s, the loud tubas and yelling coaches, the movie is jam-packed with messages.
I think that anything from a good plot to a great chemistry on camera makes a movie enjoyable to me. When a film can put together the right mixture of action, drama, great acting, and realism, I am usually it's biggest promoter. Let me tell you what makes a film un-enjoyable. One of my biggest issues with films today involves realism, or lack thereof. I cannot stand it when the guy shoots a car and it blows sky high – lifting ten feet off the ground or flipping over.