In Sullivan’s Travels, the montage of the casualties of the Depression that Sullivan witnesses underscores everything that the movie had previously eluded too. Like Sullivan, the audience does not appreciate how horribly that time affected people and those few seconds articulated the sentiment like no words could. The movie itself, made during the Depression, does what Sullivan realizes he needs to do—make a movie that gets people to laugh through the hard times. As Sullivan says, “There's a lot to be said for making people laugh… It isn't much, but it's better than nothing.” While in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, there is not one line that sums up the entire movie’s premise, there is a lot more than one montage to show us. The audience sees Mr. Smith fighting for something he believes in, despite everything that suddenly hits him.
The strength in his voice tells the listener that he is confident about what he is talking about which is very important or no one would listen to what he had to say. He also made good eye contact which showed a sense of emotion which goes deep into the hearts of the people. King’s speech is persuasive because he knows how to convince people what he is saying is right by relating it to them in a deep, personal way. He uses metaphors that help relate situations to all of the listeners. For example, King said, “America has given the negro a bad check, a check which has come back marked ‘Insufficient funds.’” He is trying to point out that freedom for African Americans is something that was promised but never given.
The entire topic of the movie is a very sensitive one, so Cruise was exceptional in making the viewer believe that he truly just wanted to get his half of the money from Raymond, and not build a relationship with him. Rain Main was entertaining because it kept you thinking
This scene is very ironic, because the whole purpose of the event is to bring everyone together, but a tragedy happens that tears everyone apart. Malik learns the most from the event, because he finally realizes he was stereotyping and holding things against races because of one persons actions. There is a scene in which he runs into the professor and there is pure silence, but it is and understood notion confirming he understand he cannot be angry and get far in life. Higher Learning is a great film that depicts stereotypes within every race and gender. While I only covered a few, the film really delves into the importance of “unlearning” the stigma's that society places in everyone's mind.
The film makes you think about what is really happening and what is only in Jacob’s mind, therefore the narrative style itself could be a representation for what’s happening inside Jacob’s head. It also educates the viewer about Jacob’s life before the war, which explains why Jacob acts the way he does now. The choppy narrative style of the film does a great job in drawing the viewers in. The quick flashes of graphic scenes not only capture the viewers attention, they also make the viewers feel emotions such as worry, fear, or even compassion for Jacob. The movie’s opening scene is of Jacob and his fellow soldiers being attacked during the Vietnam War.
As they deliberate they are weighing the facts to ensure that they come up with a unanimous decision. The film is a very compelling and provocative one as it examines the jurors personal prejudices, perceptual biases, indifferences, ignorance and fears, that was a contributing factor in their decision making process causing them to ignore the real issues in the case, consequently eleven of the jurors voted for conviction. Fortunately, there was one brave juror who voted not guilty at the start of the deliberation because of his reasonable doubt. He was very persistent and persuasive in forcing the other jurors to slowly reconsider and review the case and eyewitness testimonies against the defendant. As a result of this there were heated discussions, the formation of alliances, the frequent re-evaluation and changing of opinions, votes and the revelation of personal experiences, insults and outburst in the juror room.
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
Holden has proven to hint at the idea that he has been a bit too much influenced by movies, which would most likely be a reason why Allie’s death was such a big deal. The movies have had a role in Holden’s life because they made him to believe that the protagonist or the “good” guy always miraculously survives dire situations, which made him believe that Allie would survive somehow through the leukemia. This idea was hinted towards when Holden was talking about how he felt after Maurice had punched him in the gut, Holden said that he was picturing himself going to the elevator, shooting Maurice, smoking a cigarette, and call up Janet to bandage him up. The idea of the “good” guy winning the battle is a very typical movie type of ending, which points to how influenced Holden is by the movies. 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.
During the film, the drum line captain, Sean, says to Devan “You're the best, Devon! But when we're on the field, nobody hears you! They hear the band.” This is a perfect example of how the rules of Leadership apply to a team. “You must learn how to follow before you can lead.” Devan was a self-centered and cocky drummer. He thought just because he had more talent than everyone else in the band, he could fight the war on his own.
He presented himself so that I empathized with the main character and his struggle to find the truth, answers, help the other patients, and escape off the island. In the beginning, I was just as suspicious as the main character, which was convinced that he was being drugged to be experimented on. It was not until the very end of the movie through the explanation of Doctor Cawley that the audience and I realized the main character was actually a patient there because of his severe case of PTSD, which is also known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, this is a serious condition that can develop after a person has experienced or witnessed a traumatic or terrifying event in which serious physical harm occurred or was threatened. The PTSD is what triggered his Dissociative Identity Disorder, which is the existence in one individual of two or more distinct personality states that each have its own patterns of perceiving, relating and thinking of environment. Andrew Latus (Leonardo DiCaprio) was in the army during the time of World War 11 during which time he had to endure millions of deaths and traumas.