Romeo and Juliet Film Review
Romeo and Juliet film review Probably the worlds most famous love story has been retold in 1997 under the watchful hand of Baz Luhrman (Also directed Moulin Rouge and Strictly Ballroom) who is trying to give this old Shakespeare classic, a more modern touch. Baz Luhrman simply takes the tragedy from the past, and drops it into the 21st century. In this strange new setting, the swords are tossed aside for guns but the old language, remains. Also the film is refreshed by young popular actors such as Leonardo di Caprio. This creates a bizarre mix, where the audience is left to think whether this is still the same old tragedy or something completely different. The actors mostly play their parts very well, but I think that Pete Postlethwaite (Friar Lawrence) who was also seen in In the Name of the Father and Miriam Margolyes (Nurse) were outstanding at portraying their characters and the best actors on the set. On the other hand I found the performance by the main figures Leonardo Di Caprio(Romeo) and Claire Danes (Juliet) appauling and it kind of felt like they knew their lines, but had no idea what they were actually talking about. An example of this is how Romeo sometimes says his words without expression or with expression in the wrong place. I think that these roles should have been taken over by more experienced actors, who have played Shakespeare plays before but
saving private ryan
Saving private Ryan 'Saving Private Ryan' was first released on the 11th of September in 1998. The film was a joint production from Paramount and DreamWorks Pictures which was directed by the well-known Steven Spielberg. Steven Spielberg is a highly known director because of many other amazing movies that he makes, that are known around the world. These films include titles such as 'Jaws', released in 1975, 'Jurassic Park', released in 1993, 'Schindler's List', which was released in 1993, and 'Minority Report', which was released in 2002, along with many other famous titles. 'Saving Private Ryan' is a two hour and 43 minutes long film, the perfect time for a film in this genre, which won five Academy Awards ( Oscars) which included the best director award in 1999. The film is based around World War Two, where the invasion of Normandy had taken place. The film is most notable for the epic 24-minute battle scene, which portrayed the Omaha beachhead assault on the 6th of June in 1944. It followed a group of soldiers into the battle, some of which are known for other great films, such as Tom Hanks who had played Captain John H. Miller and several other rangers. These other rangers had included actors such as Tom Sizemore as Sergeant Horvath, Edward Burns as Private Reiben, Barry Pepper as Private Jackson, Adam Goldberg as Private Mellish, Jeremy Davies as Corporal Upham and
Saving Private Ryan
Charlotte Coekin Analyse the Methods used to make the opening battle sequence of 'Saving Private Ryan' both shocking and realistic, and say how effective you find it as an introduction to the film. Released on the 24th of July 1998, 'Saving Private Ryan' promised to stun its audience with a war time epic unlike any other. While breaking many of the traditional conventions of a war film, the plot is loosely inspired by the true story of the four Niland brothers, three of whom were killed in action. When the decision was made to retrieve the fourth it sparked intense controversy over the mission to risk eight lives for the sake of one; a controversy which is addressed throughout the film. While directed by Steven Spielberg and featuring an all star cast, 'Saving Private Ryan' uses hand held cameras and sophisticated special effects to capture the chaos and confusion under went by this band of men, incidentally winning five academy awards in the process. Having released this wartime epic Spielberg was questioned as to his aims: "The last thing I wanted to do in this picture was use the war simply as a springboard for action-adventure. I was looking for realism all the time." And indeed this film portrays the realism of war like no other with an opening sequence that is shattering in its accuracy and ruthless in its portrayal of violence - an opening sequence which I will
Saving private ryan
Saving Private Ryan 1st July 2008 Media Saving Private Ryan is an academy award winning film produced in 1998 and directed by one of the best arguably known directors, Steven Spielberg. This film is particularly well known for its opening scene of approximately 25 minutes where it displays the invasion of the American army in the Omaha Beachhead in June 6th 1942. 'Saving Private Ryan' shows the war in a different light to how previous war films have shown it. This film is less about brave soldiers and war heroes and more about the cold hard reality of war. This film probably has the strongest appeal to young men and boys, like many war films it contains guns and violence. This film stands apart from other war films, the way in which it doesn't show the soldiers as war heroes but just as average men. I think this film is purposefully contrasting everything to attract and capture our attention, whether it's the switching of scenes, the props, the camera work or the emotion of the actors. There's never a dull moment. It goes from the touching emotional quiet, family film atmosphere of the first scene to the second scene which is a roar of rushing water and shouting men as war ships prepare to land and men are shot as they attempt to reach the shore. The opening scene of the film catches the
Saving Private Ryan
Charlotte Vaudeville GCSE Media Coursework Analyse the methods used to make the opening battle sequence of 'Saving Private Ryan' both shocking and realistic, say how effective you find it as an introduction to the film. The successful film 'Saving Private Ryan' was released on September 11th 1998, a joint production from paramount and DreamWorks pictures. This film is based on a World War II drama as US soldiers try to save their comrade, paratrooper Private Ryan, who's stationed behind enemy lines, fighting the Germans at Neville. Steven Spielberg was the director for this excellent film; he also directed other blockbuster films such as 'E.T', 'Jaws' and 'Jurassic park'. Vin Diesel, Matt Damon and Tom Hanks star in this epic movie and the film was guaranteed to be a success with these actors, portraying the roles of the soldiers, as they were highly admired by the public. The film won five academy awards (Oscars) including best director in 1999 and got another 52 wins and 52 nominations, it was also voted 'number one war film' in a recent channel 4 poll. The film focuses on a small group of soldiers lead by Tom Hanks who have to recover the only surviving brother of the Ryan family. Steven Spielberg tries to make the film as realistic as possible and in an interview he says 'I wanted the chaos up on the screen, I wanted the audience to feel the same as those recruits
Who Am I?
Jayant Mathur ToK Homework 4/09/04 Who Am I? In this write up I will answer one question, Who Am I? One can look at themselves from many different aspects such as religion, culture, media, family etc... The first aspect of myself I would like to discuss is religion. I am a Hindu. Hinduism has been around for a long time. Hinduism is one of the oldest religions ever recorded. Hindus have a lot of qualities, which are instilled during childhood. For example all Hindus are commanded never to eat Beef because it is a holy animal (like Cleopatra and the cats). Hindus were recognized as one of the most devoted peoples during the reign of the Maharajas and some still are. We believe very deeply in god. However during childhood, depending on our background, our parents explain to us what a good Hindu is, and this is the example we try to follow in order to be a 'good' Hindu. Thus I think I am a 'good' Hindu based on what my parents have taught me. The next aspect I want to discuss is culture, which is related to my religion. I am an Indian and our culture also runs a long way back in time just like Hinduism. I think that all Indians have the same culture, however our culture is more evident in the upper classes. My culture is a very strict one, where children are taught to obey their parents, listen to them, and above all respect them. My culture is a very
The Secret Life Of Bees
The Secret Life Of Bees Throughout the novel the secret life of bee's lily is looking to find out more about her mother instead she finds mother substitutes. Rosaleen, August, and the Black Madonna also known as the Virgin Mary acts has her mother's by protecting her and guiding her. Rosealeen is Lily's nanny she looks after almost all her life they re were really good friends. August is a loving caring person towards Lily and taught her things. Black Madonna/ Virgin Mary makes Lily feel safe and loved. Thought the novel, these three people help and love her as a daughter she would not have been able to get thought the tough times without them. Rosaleen is Lily's nanny she's been taking care of Lily since she was a little girl. Lily's dad T-ray got Rosaleen after Lily's mother died so, that she could take care of her. Rosaleen loves Lily and tries to protect her from her abusive father. Lilly knows that Rosaleen loves her because one Easter she brought Lily home a chick and T.ray threatened to boil the chick for dinner, so Rosaleen stepped in front of him and said "There are worse things in the house than chicken shit," "you aint touching that chicken". Rosaleen stood up for Lilly even thought she knew what T. Ray could have done to her. Rosaleen is the reason why Lily did not run away from the start but when she got arrested and beaten up Lily had to run away and
The Shawshank Redemption
I remember walking around Blockbuster and browsing through many movies. Suddenly, I see a video with the words: "Fear can hold you prisoner, Hope can set you free”. The quote captures my attention with its liberating, redemptive power of hope and the religious themes of freedom and resurrection. Frank Darabont's film, Shawshank Redemption, is a “patiently-told, allegorical tale of friendship, patience, hope, survival, emancipation, and ultimate redemption and salvation by the time of the film's finale” (Dirks). All dramas should have a conflict containing a central theme and symbol that may have layers of meanings about life or other deeper ideas while appealing to our emotions. Not only do the film fits the genre of a drama it also has a deep underlying message. After watching the film, it seems like I have just learned another lesson about life. “Shawshank Redemption is an impressive, engrossing piece of film-making from director/screenwriter Frank Darabont who adapted horror master Stephen King's 1982 novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption for his first feature film” (Dirks). The inspirational, life-affirming and uplifting, old-fashioned style Hollywood product is a combination prison/dramatic film and character study. The story starts when Andy Dufresne, play by Tim Robbins, is sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison for the murders of his
The Truman show
The Truman Show How does the film The Truman Show tell the audience about the influence of the media? The Truman Show represents the media in a way that they capture a baby at birth, Truman Burbank, until he finds out the media has captured him to create an effective and real life TV show called 'The Truman Show'. The character Truman demonstrates how the media can influence him as he is himself a product of the media through starring in his very own reality TV show. This infers that he had been unaware of his role in the TV show and that he had shown audiences a lot about the media. Truman Burbank is a friend of everyone and is respectful and a respected young man. The creator of The Truman Show adopted Truman and created a home in Hollywood for him however, he also kidnapped Truman's soul. Truman does not know that he is living in a reality TV world because if they told him he would have free choice to be in the show or not and this could effectively ruin a long lasting docu-soap called The Truman Show. Truman is influenced by the media on a daily basis. We know this because there is a certain scene where every morning he goes and buys a newspaper for himself and a magazine for his wife, whilst meeting the same people, saying the same things to each person e.g. "Good morning, and in case I don't see you, good afternoon, good evening and good night." This infers that
using ICT to communicate
This is a 1959 English premier league football results table. The page layout for this is a portrait table. For this particular results table, there are not any images; I think this is because it is a results table for a football league. The sizes of the text do not vary apart from the main title of the table which is extra sports. This is because for the main title, the size of the text is bigger then the other little bits like the name of the teams and the number of points each team has etc. There are not any paragraphs as it is a results table for football. In this particular table. The special feature is that of its colour, the mix between dark yellow, light yellow and the black font writing. This is a questionnaire designed for helping you discover more about yourselves. The page layout for this is of the portrait style. For this particular questionnaire table, there are not any images; I think this is because it is again not a very entertaining kind of text. The sizes of the text do not vary again apart from the title. This is bigger then all the rest of the text because it is the title. There are not any paragraphs as it is again a questionnaire table. There are not any special features for this questionnaire. This is a pie chart representing the results of a survey. The page layout for this is of that of a cylindrical style. For this particular results chart, there
