Romantic comedy blog!

the romantic comedy was one that i enjoyed very much. i like comedy's in general so romantic comedy was a thing o look forward to. however, romantic comedy is not just like a normal comedy it involves a man and a women and usually the man trying to win the girl back. its got a more distinct plot line than just a basic comedy i believe. also romantic comedy's are viewed more as chick flicks but after giving them a chance i don't mind them. i mean i can see where u could call them chick flicks but they can sometimes be really good. my favorite movie of that genre was eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. it wasn't a normal romantic comedy however. it was more sad and the lighting was darker than a typical happy bright lighting romantic comedy. but it had the guy who wanted the girl and the whole movie was about him trying to win her back. the ending also wasn't a normal romantic comedy ending. it ended up with the to of them back together but you know that they are eventually going to break up again and do it ll over. i found that weird coming from a romantic comedy. but i like this whole unit it was one of my favorites so far. but we will see where it ranks in the end.

noir blog

film noir was a very interesting unit i didnt even know it was such a thing before this class so i found it new and exciting. we started out with out of the past which was a very classic film noir. it fits the mold in every way. the femme fatale was second to none she was very pretty and sudctive but she will stab u in the back when ever she got the oppertunity. the main character (i forgot his name) was the classic hard-boiled detective. he was very smooth good at his job while easily sudduced by women. it was set in the time period which was a huge part of the genre. it was set in late to early 30s and 40s. during the great depression and start of war. then we went to kiss me deadly which on a personal note wasnt the best movie i have ever seen. but it was a good film noir it had a femme fatale in that blonde "roommate" who was very tricky i didnt even think she was gonna turn out to the femme fatale. she gain mike hammers trust till he led her to the box then ditched him. mike hammer was a very good hard boiled detective not as good as the guy from oput of the past but a close second and his name is the coolest thing ever. but he was less easily suduced but still got trick by the lady. and the ending of that movie was the worst ive seen no offense to anybody who liked it but this is my blog so i can say wat i want. and the last movie we viewed was great but probs the least film noir of the three it wasnt based in the time period and was in color. so i dont know how noir it really was but plot wise and just based off overall enjoyment it was my favorite. however there was a femme fatale in evelen and gities was a good hard boiled detective who was played great by a young jack nicholus or however u spell it but overall i enjoyed the film noir unit cause it was a new thinng and i was very curious. NOIR IS SWEEEEET!

the western

for this blog i will talk about the shootings or killings of people. i will compare the 2 movies we did in class Unforgiven and Stagecoach. first off with Stagecoach it showed the good guys found it easy to kill. this is how i pictured the classic westen, as just a straight shootout and no emotion is showed befor or after a killing or death. the scene that really stands out to me was the indian chase scene. it didnt matter to anybody on the stagecoach who was shot as long as it wasnt themselves. they were pickin them off like rabbits or something. most everybody was so single minded in that and just focused on personal stuff rather than protection for the big group. Stagecoach was a very good movie to show the classic westerns view on killing people, however their is 2 ends to this spectrum as showed in Unforgiven.

Unforgiven was on the complete other side of this whole no emotion into killings/shootings. all three of the main characters found it very hard to kill someone. whether it was the schofeild kid after he killed that guy in the outhouse. after he did that he pretty much had a mental breakdown for a while. he admitted how he had never killed a guy before and how he never thought it would be so hard to do. then there was Ned who initially shot the one bad cowboys horse, but couldnt finish him off. after will finished him Ned left the group because he couldnt force himself to kill anymore and there mission was one of killing. Will also had a little trouble in the same scene as ned. he would keep stalling and wasteing time and when he finally got him he made the cowboys friend give him water. so killing in both Stagecoach and Unforgiven were portrayed in to very different manners while killing seemed easy and noble in Stagecoach, it was frowned upon and hard to do in Unforgiven.

journal 3: Pan's labyrinth

Pans labyrinth by Guillermo Del Toro was a very good well put toghether movie with many little things that made the movie more intriguing. 1 of those thing was the music and sounds that Del Toro added or directed. Del toro used an original score of music in this film. i have never heard it befor it was all orchestra and a very good one at that. their was now music from like the radio or any music with sounds it was all orchestra. Javier Navarret was the composer of this musical set. he made many great musical decisions like i felt that when we were on Ofelia the music was more upbeat or higher pitched and kept u on the edge. i think Javier did this because he wanted the audience to be curious as to what she is going to do or what is going to happen to her. the music also helped the watcher feel what Ofleia was thinking so to say. like you could tell she was confused by the music or you could tell she was excited by the music. i also noticed that it was the opposite with the captin. he got all the evil slower more sinister music to show that he was the bad guy who represented evil and all that was wrong in the world. therewas also a special set of music for the faun that no othe characters got. it was either really fairy tale like music when he was talking to her. or it was very angry or upset music when she didnt listen to him. for example when she ate the grapes and got 2 of his fairies killed he was very angery and was like an upset sourcerer music. it was really cool. the effectsthat Javier was going for was to get the watcher into each characters mind set and set the mood. he did a very good job. i think themusic was even more important because it was all in spanish so i had to pay more attention to the finner details. but over all the music was a powerful tool to this movie. maybe thats why it was so good and so easy to get into.!!!

journal 2

HOOP DREAMS

It's almost cruel the way "Hoop Dreams" keeps you on the edge of your seat, entirely caught up in the successes and failures of two young inner-city Chicago boys who are recruited to play basketball at a suburban prep school. The documentary follows William Gates and Arthur Agee for almost five years as they struggle with adolescence, family crises and economic pressures--all the while jumping through various hoops in order to get basketball scholarships to college. "Hoop Dreams" carries with it all the elements of a good fictional sports movie: plenty of nail-biting buzzer shots, plenty of triumph over adversity. But being a true story, the wins at the buzzer don't solve all the boys' problems, and the triumphs they experience are tempered by reality.
Exposing hypocrisy at every turn, the film shows us that basketball dreams unite an entire underclass, and that the pressures and expectations in the boys' lives aren't entirely their own. Parents, friends and community members repeatedly admit that they are living vicariously through the boys. Gates, in particular, feels that he carries an unfair burden: "People say to me, 'If you make it to the NBA, don't forget about me.' I always say, 'If I don't make it to the NBA, don't forget about me.'"
This film also provides some interesting insights into the off-the-court dealings at the mostly white prep school. One of the boys is sent back to public school because of his family's inability to pay the tuition. It's clear, however, that if he were bigger and stronger, a deep-pocketed alum would've stepped forward to foot the bill.
Clocking in at nearly three hours, "Hoop Dreams" is never boring and always engaging. The viewer, like the boys' parents, coaches and friends, can't help but get caught up in Gates and Agee's dreams. This makes the film all the more gut-wrenching when these dreams don't always come true

journal 1

for this jounrnal i choose "i am legend" directed by Francis Lawrence was a very enjoyale movie for me. i choose to read a positive review by James Berardinelli. this critic pretty much says every thing i agree with. that the first 2/3 of the movie is the better of the movie but that overall it wont win any awards but was enjoyable movie to watch.

The first two-thirds of I Am Legend are superior to the fast-paced,
action-oriented final 35 minutes. There's a key event that occurs just past
the hour mark and, after that, the movie feels more like a typical Hollywood
adventure than the introspective, thought-provoking production that graces
the screens for the first 65 minutes. The ending, while not a complete
cop-out, diverges from that of Matheson's book and feels a little too
convenient and facile. For most of the movie, character drives plot. The
closer we get to the conclusion, the more plot drives character.

-james berardinelli

this guote is my whole take on the film and reflect all i think about "i am legend" and i read other reviews and james had all the good info as with others but expressed his view in a way that i could understand and recognize with it.

Will Smith pulls off this half-insane role perfectly.

it was a difficult role to play and he fit it like a t. it was like a scientist who found a cure and then it turned the people into monsters so manhatten had to be evacuated and he stayed to try and find a cure.

but this movie review was pretty much my thoughts in a nut shell.

wedding crashers is pretty much the best movie ever made. first off vince vaughn and owen wilson worked great together. secondly it has some of the funniest comedy i have ever heard. thirdly todd is the best character. for the simple fact that he is the most awkward weird character imaginable. this movie depite all its comedy had a great story line which i wont spoil for you! youll have to go see it!!! but this movie is among the best movies made in the recent past!

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