I read the review of a kid’s film, “The Lego Movie” by Christy Lemire. The author seemed to be very surprised by the way she reacted to the film. She felt that it went beyond the traditional genre for children and provided a response in her review. What she felt astounding her, so much that she stated how the old cliché saying “I laughed, I cried” was very much true for her. The common expectations about the genre of the film that she points out in her review is catchy theme songs, predictable scenes, hacky punchlines, and an exhausting simple message. While reading most reviews about kid’s films, most authors state similar opinions that kid’s films are usually produced mostly for the younger generations to enjoy. In this case, she challenges her readers to watch this film because it’s …show more content…
The Lego universe mirrors our world, but for them every day is the same. Most children’s films involve humor and energy with pop-culture references, which this movie contains. The difference with this movie is that the producers who made this film provided creative ideas that made each scene so unpredictable. Lemire pointed out, “It will keep surprising you and make you want to keep watching”. The Lego Movie goes beyond normal hacky punchlines with irresistible humor and effortless energy which draws the watchers in even more to the characters in the film. It has affectionate, easy, and light jokes that were not too far-fetched or strained. The voices of the characters went over most expectations. Starting with Morgan Freeman, who plays a prophecy and pokes fun into his own real life character roles that was usually God like figures. He ends up sending the main character, an ordinary guy into an unbelievable hero’s journey. Emmet played by Chris Pratt, who is an ordinary worker drone, suddenly stumbles onto finding a piece of red plastic which ends up turning his life
For the moviegoer looking for a great movie to watch can be sometimes a challenge. Many times the preview trailer of a film may reveal too much, appearing to be good only to have been a bad movie or all the good parts shown in the trailer. Today going to a theater to watch a movie can be rather expensive and worse when the film was bad and a waste of time. Occasionally a relatively unknown movie can appeal to audiences in such a way to become a blockbuster.
In the Glass Castle, the movie beautifully portrays the scenes in a visually pleasing manner. It captures the characters emotions and physical appearances nearly perfectly. Destin Daniel Cretton, the screenplay writer, does a wonderful job of putting the thrilling stories into action. The actors chosen could not have been better casted, Woody Harrelson, in particular, projects himself into character perfectly. Reading through the book, I wondered to myself how credible the stories actually are.
The fighter jolted as a torpedo was launched, a series of loud explosions were then heard, signaling the destruction of the deadly station, the Death Star. This scene from Star Wars: A New Hope can be interpreted differently when crossing through different versions. Three of these mediums, Doescher’s play, a radio drama, and the screenplay of this movie will be compared and contrasted, revealing the uniqueness of each interpretation. By the end of this essay, the similarities and differences between the radio drama, play, and screenplay will be revealed, ultimately proving that the play is the best medium.
This time of a child’s life is best characterized as a time of rules and roles. Children between the ages of 7 to 10 finally get control of themselves physically and begins to enjoy active games, manipulating small objects (age 7), beginning group sports, organized indoor games (age 8), climbing trees, walking rails (age 9). These children are in the process of building physical confidence, they know who they are and that they control certain parts of their environment, but not other people. They still need adult attention, but they are more willing to abide by pre-determined limits and boundaries. (Goldberg, 1974) Girls and boys usually divide into separate activities at the age of nine and they often get involved in stereotypes which teach rules of behaviour.
Disney and Dream-Works are some of the top movie choices for most children and parents, but what they do not realize is that it is
Gender and Race in Film from a Feminist Analysis Representation of women and people of color in the film industry remains mostly divisive issue due to the heightened attention to diversity in recent years. Based on this observation, the current paper analyzes the state of representation in this industry focusing on the film “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.” Star Wars: The Last Jedi “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” is a film written and directed by Rian Johnson that was initially released on the 9th of December 2017. Produced by Lucasfilm, the film served as the eighth main installment of the hugely successful Star Wars franchise. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures distributed the film.
One must find the influence and the aid of others to overcome challenges. The movie and book “Wonder” directed Stephen Chobosky by composed by R.J Palacio is a story about a boy named August Pullman who has a face deformity called Treacher Collins Syndrome. This causes his face to be irregular and look different compared to others. Auggie is starting his first day of school after being home school by his mother. As Auggie walked in the school, people were walking away and avoiding being near him.
Along with swearing, there were one or two adult jokes. Realistically, even classic Disney movies have those to keep the parents entertained as well. While it’s first priority is to appeal to its target audience of kids, the entertainment range is undoubtedly all
Jaana Paske G. Christopher Williams English 150 Sec 14 2/20/2016 Rhetorical Evaluation of Jason Boog’s article, “Hello Barbie’s war on imagination: The childhood-destroying gift you don’t want to give your kid” on Salon.com Jason Boog’s article “Hello Barbie’s war on imagination: The childhood-destroying gift you don’t want to give your kid” on Salon.com talks about the consequences of technological advances in the children’s toy industry on the natural creative development and personal relationships that parents form with kids. In “Hello Barbie’s war on imagination: The childhood-destroying gift you don’t want to give your kid”, Jason Boog is using powerful, fear-invoking language to make a point of how technology, and specifically the
As a young adult, I have learned to appreciate the little lessons from movies e.g. Finding Dory, Inside Out, and Cinderella. Each lesson they teach can be taken in the simplest way possible and even on the deepest way possible. I feel as though the five best children’s movies are Monster’s Inc., Princess and the frog, Toy Story, Frozen and UP. I chose the children’s movies Monster’s Inc., Princess and the frog, Toy Story, Frozen and UP because these movies hold a special place in my heart.
I always love to read books and watch their movies, because I get to witness the differences that take place. I prefer the books because they have more detail and really let you decide how the characters look and act. Lots of times, the stories are different than the film versions. The short story, “Most Dangerous Game”, is a very good example of this. The film and the movie have lots of things in common, but this paper is about the complete opposite.
For this assignment I chose the short film Tin Toy which is a story about toys and the fear of a baby a lot bigger than them. The main character of this short film is a little musical marching band toy sold with the box name of “Tin Toy.” The toy was introduced at the beginning of the film where he was doing his own thing to come across a baby who is giant compared to him. Tin Toy represents someone who can be scared of someone who is very largely compared to him but is not as controlled and represents a threat to the main character the tin toy.
Guardians of the Galaxy is a Marvel team super hero film. Nonetheless, it is controversial to the audience whether it fits the sub-genre of a team-up film such as The Avengers. Due to the characters, none of them have their individual movie like Iron Man. However, James Gunn uses points of view and actor’s acting to enhance the intimacy among the characters that makes this movie fits into the team super hero film genre. In addition, Gunn uses makeups to not make any of the roles too standout because they all have unique appearances that balance out on screen.
Super-Size Me is a documentary film, created by Morgan Spurlock. This documentary emphasizes the message of the risks of consuming fast food and the outcomes that fast food has on people’s health. Spurlock came up with this idea from a lawsuit that involved two young girls suing McDonalds for their weight problems. The presiding judge over this case ruled that there was not sufficient evidence that their health issues were caused by consuming food from McDonalds. As an experiment to see if these girl’s claim had any merit, Spurlock was determined to only consume food from McDonalds for thirty days and see if there was any correlation between eating fast food and declining of health.
It fails on the aspects that make up a good, quick-witted movie such as creating an easy to follow storyline, correctly timing moments to place jokes, and the comical output of the jokes themselves. Throughout the film, the storyline is very difficult to follow. The events continuously jumped from one to another without allowing the viewer to gain much information on the situation, or the characters and their overall personalities and attitudes. Because of this,