Film Intro Survey

  • What are the next five films on your "queue"? The next five films I would like to see are ? The Hunger Games Catching Fire, The Hobbit: There and back again, The Fast and the Furious 6, The Hangover Part 3, and Kane and Lynch.
  • What's the best movie that you've seen in the past 2 years? The best movie that I have seen in the past 2 years is The Avengers.
  • What's your oldest favorite film? My oldest favorite film is Tango and Cash.
  • List 3 films that you consider important films for people to see. I think people should see Saving Private Ryan, The Pursuit of Happyness, and The Hunger Games.
  • List 3 films that you think students in a film class need to see. I think students in a film class should see Jaws, Elf, and Jurassic Park.
  • If you have any favortie actors/actresses, list them. Will Ferrel, Adam Sandler, Will Smith, and Johnny Depp are four of my favorite actors.
  • If you have any favorite directors, list them. Peter Jackson, Gore Verbinski, and Andrew Davis are my three favortie directors.
  • List three characteristics of what you consider to be a bad movie. A bad movie is boring, has bad acting, and has a terrible ending.
  • What are 3-5 of your least favorite movies? The Watchmen, Silent House, and The Human Centipede are three of my least favorite movies.
  • List three characterisitics of what you consider to be a good movie. A good movie needs to be funny, exciting, and action packed.
  • What are your five favorite films? The Hangover, Step Brothers, Tommy Boy, Rocky, and The Shawshank Redemption are five of my favorite movies.
  • What are 3-4 of your least favorite genres? Biography, Documentary, and Musical are my least favorite genres.
  • What are 3-4 of your favorite genres? Action/Adventure, Comedy, and Horror are my favorite genres.
  • What is the first movie that really made a strong impresion on you? Saving Private Ryan made a very strong impression on me.

Monday, September 3, 2012

"REVIEW OF THE REVIEWS"

My analysis of the reviews are different. I chose to to look at reviews for the Lord of the Rings the return of the king. I personally love all three movies. The third one really made an impact on me. The first review i read was http://www.azcentral.com/ent/movies/articles/1217rings1217.html, a positive review. Bill Muller talks about how this movie really mad an impact on him and many others. He tells us that he loved everything peter Jackson did to make this movie. This review is very organized and layed out. He uses scenes from the movie for support. The tone of the review is very enthusiastic and awakening. The vocabulary that Bill uses is very complex and he uses big words to describe his feelings of the movie. Bill Muller really focuses on the director Peter Jackson and all of the characters. He focuses on them because he feels like they made the most of the movie. He realizes that they were the ones who have made him feel the way that he does about the movie. Bill referred to the culture and historical parts of the film. He talks about how all three movies were made in New Zealand and how they were affected by the culture.

The second review i read was http://search.nj.com/lord+of+the+rings, a negative review. Stephen Whitty talks about how he personally did not like the film. He thought it was a good movie but had too many awkward pauses and redundancies. This review is organized. He uses parts of the movie that he did not like. He overall liked the movie but he picked out certain parts that were not very good. The tone of this review is moody and annoying. The vocabulary that Stephen uses is not precise nor strong toned. The writer focused most on the conflicts and themes. He personally pointed out parts in certain scenes that he found bad and useless. There were no references pointed out in this review.

I agree with the point that Bill made about how Peter Jackson has created the most epic and sweeping fantasy adventure of all time. I agree with his quote because it really is still the most epic fantasy adventure of all time. There was not one part in the movie that I lost interest and wanted to be doing something else. I was drawn in for the full 3 hour, 20-minute movie. I agree that Peter Jackson created an amazing fantasy movie that will never be forgotten. I also agree with the point that Stephen made about how Peter Jackson could have left out many scenes. I loved all three movies but there were some scenes that really were just not needed. It's not that I had lost interest in these scenes its just that they could have been left out. I feel like Jackson added some of these scenes because he wanted to make this epic movie longer and remembered. I agree with both of these quotes.

If I had never seen this movie the first review that was positive, by Bill Muller would definitely be more convincing. The other review by Stephen Whitty was not very interesting nor professional. The first review would definitely be more convincing because he talked about the movie and he really made me visualize what the movie would be like if i had never seen it. It made me more comfortable with the film and it honestly just makes me want to see it again. This top critic really made an impact on me and he showed me what it would be like to watch this film.

Some things I would definitely like to include in my film review would be the Director, characters, the plot, and conflicts. All four of these things would really draw in the reader. It would make them feel like they were already a part of the movie. I would leave out the main idea of the movie because I wouldn't want to tell the reader too much about the movie before they saw it. I would really want to draw in the reader and give them some roots and evidence of the film. I loved this whole trilogy because it made me feel so comfortable and ready. I will watch these films until the day that I die because they have made such an impact on me that I cannot forget them. I give props to Peter Jackson and everyone who helped make this epic trilogy.    
 

1 comment:

  1. Good work here, CJ. You make some nice points: B. Currently, this is 5 paragraphs with no direct lines from the reviews and grammar mistakes. If you want to clean this up and move it up to an "A," just add in what you need to and make sure you're thorough in your explanation. Email me and let me know if you fix it up. Overall, Good work.

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