Movie Review

Inspired by a true story, The Strangers marks the director, Bryan Bertino's film debut capturing the horrifying home invasion by three masked psychopaths. This film unfolds in a slow intensified intimidation as a young couple, Kristen (Liv Tyler) and James (Scott Speedman) arrive at a isolated vacation home after a friend’s wedding.

While the couple is battling with a rocky relationship, they are interrupted by three psychopaths. Who are these masked strangers and why do they want to kill this couple? As you watch the film these questions will never be answered, because these three strangers identities and motivations are concealed. Bryan Betino breaks the traditional filmmaking rule by giving killers who have no motive to kill this innocent couple.

The Strangers build tension with tiny details such as, a moved cell phone, a skipping song on the record player. Kristen and James attack escalated from loud pounding noises to threatening messages on the wall, to physical violence, leaving Kristen and James no time to think of an escape of the madness. The couple engages in a fight of their lives and now are fighting for their lives. Will they surive and their love will be stronger or will they die not knowing the future?

Bibliography:
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MOVIE REVIEW

The movie that im doin my review is on "What Love Got To Do With It". Her real name was Anna Mae but after being with ike wwe all know her as Tina Turner. She always had a special voice. One day she found out that her mom and older sister moved away and she was left in nutbush to live with her grandmom. then as she got older she moved backe with her mom. Soon after arriving in St. Louis Tina got to a nite club one nite with her sister ( she's been there many times) soon gets the attention of pop group leader Ike Turner. She becomes the band's singer, his wife, and mother to his children not all hers some mite even say anna was a dummy for staying around with ike knowing he cheated on her. In love with Ike and determined not to leave in the way her mother had, she finds herself dealing with violence from her husband who can't see who is making the band such a success. this movie was written by Jeremy Perkins.

5 QUESTIONS

1.Was there really a reason why Oedipus married his mother?
2.What was the meaning of Oedipus cutting out his eyes?
3.Would you do the same?
4. If you found out you married your mother would you stay with her?
5.Was Oedipus the best character?

Panther Country 2010 4H English: 5 questions

Panther Country 2010 4H English: 5 questions
1. Why did Oedipus marryed his mother?
2. Does Oedipus and his mother have kids?
3.How does Creon feels about his brother marrying his mother?
4.Why would she marry her son?
5. who killed his father?

MOViE REViEW

the movie that i chose to do is " Love dont cost a thing" This moive is about a teenage boy Alvan Johnson (Nick Cannon) who has 1 wish and that is to be popular his senior year, but problem is he dont know the first step about being "cool" or "popular".Then the most popular girl in school Paris Morgan (Christina Millian) crashes her mother's truck, and lucky her Alvan not only can fix it, but he also have the money to receive the parts needed, which was also needed to buy his camshaft, the finishing touch to competing in nationals and winning. In return Alvan asks Paris can they pretend to be friends so that he will become popular, and so that people will acknowledge his exsists.As time bypassed, and the 2weeks are up Alvan is as popular as ever and all thanks to Paris. Now that the big "break up" is awaiting, the 2 start to catch feelings for each other, after the breakup Paris trys to get back with her ex boyfriend, but couldn't because of her and Alvan's previous "Relationship" All in wanting to be popular, Alvan was to afriad of admitting the truth.In conclusion Alvan learned that being yourself gets you overall more respect as a human being, and him and Paris ended up becoming a couple. This movie is Rated PG13

My Movie Review "Baby Boy"

Over the weekend i watched the movie Baby Boy, which was about a young man still living home with his mother while trying to live and be a man. Character (Tyreese Gibson) playing a young Man named Jodie tired of not making money and being a consumer in life. Jodie is always on his mother about the things she does and people she decides to mess with because he is afraid that she will move on and forget about him. Jodie takes on selling women clothing after taking advice from his mother about how he knows so much about women. Jodie also have a faithful girlfriend who he lies to and cheats on every chance he gets. Girlfriend Evett played by (Tararje P Henson) also has problems as her ex boyfriend gets out of jail and come to stay wit her.

As Jodie learns that being on his own isn't as easy as it seems he learns that the rode to becoming a man will be tuff but more rewarding as life goes on. Jodie gets jumped, shoots a man, fights with his mom boyfriend, and almost gets shot his self. But despite all of trials and tribulations he turns out alright in the end.

My Movie Review "Precious"

I went to see the movie "Precious" this friday, which is about an illiterate teen who enters an alternative program ."Precious" is based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire, it takes place in Harlem, New York, of a 16 year old girl named Claireece “Precious” Jones. "Precious" is raped by her father at the age of three, gives birth to his baby at twelve and she names her baby girl Mongo. She is faced with changing school when her school finds out that she is pregnant again. Her school told her about an alternative school called the "each one, teach one", so that's where she ends up going. "Precious" life changes at this point in the movie.

She starts to write out her problems she is dealing with in her journal , when her teacher asks the class to write what on their minds. Writing out her problems in her journal, and her Ms. Rain responding back to her makes her understand what was being done to her by her father and mother (Monique) was wrong. From this point "Precious" puts up a fight and not allows her mother to deprive her from an education, and manipulate her. When "Precious" mother realizes that she no longer has power over her, she tries in every way to show the social worker (Mariah Carey) she is doing her best for "Precious".

By the ending of the movie "Precious" works hard and becomes intelligent than she ever was. Have her last baby boy Abdul and love and protects him in a way, which she never had. She moves out of her mother's place and finds a place of her own. From the ending of the movie she continues towards her destiny.

Paranormal Activity

Is this movie actual footage of a haunting? Despite the film's implication that the footage was found by police and released by the families of the victims, this is a fictional movie. It is not inspired by real events. The director experienced odd noises at his home and was inspired to write a script about what might have caused it.

At the start of the film, you meet Micah (the curious and protective boyfriend) and Katie (his scared and confused girlfriend). Micah decides, after Katie voices concerns that shes been haunted since she was a child, that hes going to videotape the events of their lives, all day and night in order to get to the bottom of whatever situation theyre dealing with, whether natural or supernatural and slowly the couple begin to get answers to the question of what it is thats going bump in the night.The film is NOT your typical fast paced horror flick. It takes its time developing characters and does so flawlessly. You understand who the characters are and why they react in the way they do as the events in the film get progressively worse.The actors owned their roles and did an incredible job getting the audience to care for their characters. They did such a good job in fact, that its easy to forget that youre watching a movie. The characters, as well as the supernatural activity was very realistic. Simple, believable and most importantly, not over the top. I can honestly say that Paranormal Activity is by far the scariest film that Ive ever seen and Ive seen A LOT of horror films. Its creepy, suspenseful and gets under your skin. The effect that its had on me lingers even now, weeks later. I remember hearing someone say, "An effective scary film will follow you long after leaving the theater, while a poor one is forgotten by the time you hit the parking lot". Much like JAWS made it scary to go to the beach, Paranormal Activity makes it scary to sleep in what USED to be the comfort of your own home.

Movie- Glory Road

This movie is one of my personal favorites if not my favorite. This film is a true story that showed us what it takes to become champions.The setting is 1966 in Texas. The movie was how one man named Don Haskins, who recruited African- American players to play on a basketball, which in this time there was segregation. He took alot of heat for it but he was not looking at the color of there skin he was looking at there talent because he wanted to win. Heading into the season with 7 black athlets and 5 whites raised alot eye brows for this. The first game of the season he started 3 blacks and 2 whites. They went on and won 27 out of 28 games and was ranked number 3 in the nation.

The movie showed us how harsh it was to be black back then. The fans were throwing things at the players using racial slurs and it was horrible. But the way the players both black and white came together to reach one common goal and that was to win the championship it was amazing. Don Haskins and Texas Western University now known as University of Texas at El Paso was the first team in history to start 5 African American athletes in a game. The other players didn't like it but the coach wanted to make a statement and he did in a big way beating the heavy favorite University of Kentucky. This movie was good, even though slant magazine gave it 1 star, but others as christian answers .net gave it 3 stars and yahoo gave it a B+. This is my favorite movie. YOU GOTTA SEE IT!!!

Movie Review

The movie I chose to do my review on was John G. Avildsen's 1989 hit "Lean on Me". This movie was awesome. It was based on a true story. The movie was about a high school that was out of control and full of teenagers with troubles. This school was doomed to to put everybody to failure until they got a new principal, Mr. Clarke. Mr. Clarke was played by Morgan Freeman. He did an excellent job in the movie also. When he got to Eastside High he was very strick, but he really cared about those children. He believed in them and and he pushed them to the edge to make them get their acts together. Before Mr. Clark came and took over Eastside it was crazy in there. It was drug dealing going on in the buliding, fights, smoking, even sex. Mr. Clark came and put out anybody who needed to be put out. By the end the school was like a big happy family. I really chose this movie because it reminds me of O.H.S. From the stories about our school it used to be just like that. Now we have a principal who cares. Well in my opinion I thinks she cares. We aren't perfect but we get better everyday. At the end of the day we are all a family striving to get better just like Mr. Clark and Eastside High. I would give this movie 5 stars. It shows that anybody can do anything they want to do if they jus put their minds to it.

Movie review

Orphan is about an orphan Ester who has a hypopitarism disorder that stunt her physical growth. Kate and John Coleman are looking to adopt ester they think she is nine years old but she thirty three. John and Kate have two children already Daniel and Maxine. Maxine is deaf and uses sign language to communicate.Kate and john are having marriage problems because Kate use to be an alcoholic and that's how the lost their unborn child.

Maxine likes Ester but Daniel doesn't, he thinks she weird because she wears old fashion dresses and ribbons around her neck and wrist. Ester was Russian and the orphanage had no trace of her background. The directer of this movie is Jaume Collet Serra and the movie she created had received one nominee.When Kate goes further in the investigation of her past of eshter,she contacts the saarne insitute, a mental hospital in estonia,and discovers that the girl is not who she tell she is.

Movie Review On I Can Do Bad All By Myself

Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself.Critics gave this movie four and a half stars as well as two thumbs up.I can do bad all By myself is as good as the headlines said it would be.I think it was Mr.perry's third best film after meet the browns and Madea's family reunion. This film had people in a daze sort of giving them a reality check that may have been well needed.I say this because we (the audience/viewers) seen how the 16 year old character Jennifer was a angry teen because she had grown up responsibilities and no one to go to.Jennifer had to take on that motherly role for her two younger little brothers.She had to do so because their biological birth mother passed away from drugs and their grandmother from a brain malfunction.Jennifer had allot on her back at such a young age,but she had no choice because she had an aunt who's name was April she didn't want them and tells them so.April is a bad representation for young women in the film because she drinks entirely too much,sleep's with a married man and thinks of nothing but her own needs which obviously isn't a good characteristic for her being as though she had three nieces and nephews who needed her more than anything in the whole entire world.In this film Tyler used a unique writing style which had the audience more engaged he used myths which is something unripe in most films.At the end of the day the movie was about April's redemption which was aided by A Handyman who was part of the church congregation's that April's mother was apart of this handyman went by the name of Adam he was by far my favorite character in the film because he showed April a whole new way of living,how to love the right way as well as the necessities in life.Tyler ended this movie with a tear jerking moment which was April getting her life together,raising her nieces and nephews and my favorite part April finding her soul mate which was Adam.IF you Haven't already SEEN this film please do so i think just as well as others that you can learn a little something from it or you probably could relate to it,BUT Keep In Mind That The Movie Is (Rated Pg-13)...

Movie Review

In the beginning of all about the Benjamins, its about how a bounty hunter ( Ice Cube) a Miami bounty hunter for Martinez Bail Bonds who's tired of his dangerous, unprofitable profession and wants to start his own private investigation firm. So he his forced to hunt down a small-time grafter named Reggie Wright (Mike Epps), a person who is always getting in and out of jail for little pity crimes. Wright tries to avoid his pursuer by hiding in a van being driven by a pair of murderous diamond thieves who've just made off with 20 million dollars worth of diamonds.

Reggie left his wallet in a van, his wallet containing a winning lottery ticket worth 60 million dollars. The hunt is on for big money as the mismatched duo tries to outfox a wily syndicate for both the ticket and the precious gems. So Reggie tries to pursuade Bucum that his has the winning lottery ticket but Bucum doesn't believe him because Bucum thinks he is just trying to find a way not to go back to jail.

*Movie Review*

This Is it



Humiliated and deprived of his right as a citizen, he struggled in life to be accepted for who he was, not what society wanted him to be, yet society rejected him and cold bloodily murdered him with their words and lawsuits. Paparazzi, desperate were they to gain public attention and get rich quick that they forgot the person they were hurting was not an animal but a human being with characteristics like themselves, but different and unique. Michael Jackson had a rough child hood and a misunderstood adulthood. The king of pop they say, yet they had no respect for him. Dead and gone with his many rehearsals transformed into a movie to show the other side of him that he tried to show us, yet we rejected it and did not give him a chance. This is his piece of evidence of his existence that will be shown for centuries.
This is it, is a 5 star movies that depicts a man whom earned his title as king of pop. Active and jolly on and off stage regardless of what the world was putting him through. Michael’s interaction with his backgrounds performers gives you another perspective on him. Fun, imaginative, humorous and intelligent are the words that come to mind when trying to describe his rehearsal routines. This is the kind of movies that is not only education but fun to watch. The suspense of the music puts you on the edge of your seat. The choreography was like none ever seen in any movie, show or real life show. This is a movie that will not be forgotten centuries from now and will become an even bigger hit years from now. If our generation doses not understand the significance behind this movie then maybe the next generation will. The movie is like a jigsaw puzzle, it will have you trying to piece both sides of his life up. The side that we never got the chance to see and the side that we got to see but misinterpreted.

A movie that is kind of similar is Ruby Bridges. This is a movie about a little black girl that was judged by the content of her skin color and misunderstood. Eager for an education and to make new friends she was blinded by the hatred that surrounded her, ready to consume her like a fish in the ocean. The white people judged her before they got to know her, just like the king of pop we judged what little of himself he showed us before we got to know who he really was as a whole.






Bibliography

http://www.apolloguide.com/mov_revtemp.asp?CId=1869

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20315850,00.html

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375679/plotsummary

Movie Review

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  Critics give this movie 5 stars and a whole two thumbs up" Scary? Saw 6 is as good as they come,better than one through five"- James Hefner of New York Times news says. Like the director promise there was gore and hella lot of blood shed. This particular movie had you on the edge of your seat. With all the irony it contain you just couldn't deny the fear you had while watching the movie. Previous Saw movies have contained the same scenerio clues are left where there is a killing one after another involving torturing, but as the viewer may know different. This time around there a twist from the beginning of the movie heading steeply toward the horrid shocking end. Don't want to tell the movie now so just go see it for your self. Rated R no admission to those under the age 17, so hurry and drag your parents to the theater to see Saw 6.You surely will be in for a treat.

5 Questions

1. Why does Oedipus feel like Creon is plotting on him?
2. Who was king of Thebes before Oedipus got the job?
3. What does Oedipus do as a punishment to himself?
4. Why did Oedipus sleep with his mother?
5. Why has Oedipus left Thebes?

MOVIE REVIEW

"Boyz- N- the hood" is true street tale of how living in LA and all across America is for young black men
between the ages of 18-25. Directed by John Singleton whose theme shows to the world that all
black men are not the same and they all do not stand on the corner and sell drugs for a living. Using some
new up and coming actors such as Morris Chestnut who plays Ricky a young African America man who
been raise in the hood all his life but is determine to be more than what he seen along his side is his best friend
Tre palyed by Cuba Gooding Jr,both guys living in south central which back in the 90's was consider danger tone
to the world was just tring make it out no matter what the stakes was. Rapper ice cube played a thug Dough boy who just did not care about life and was ready to die when ever. Larry fishburn better gave a remarkably performance as Tre father that stayed positive at all times and was very well educated. He also did the one job
that every one would not thought of such as being a single parent raising his son all by him self from the age
12 up in to about 17. The film showed abuse from officers, abuse from love ones and how violence not only affect that
one person but the whole family. Boyz -N- the hood is just one of those must see movies and even after seeing for about
the 100th time i still learn from it and try to take from it, every one can relate to one or more characters in their own
little way and whether it is your mom not treating you right or you getting shot at over some thing dumb or for the young
ladies out here having a baby at a young age these are all problems we face today in our world and boyz-N-the hood
just show others who may not be aware of it is growing up in the ghetto. I give this movie 5 stars it was a wonderful movie I enjoy watching it

Three things that i am lacking are studying, doing homework, and bieng organized. Studying for me is just read it till i remember it instead of reading to understand it. I tend to study the night before knowing that i will probally not get the best grade but i always pass. Homework i never sit down and just do i have to be bored or something to want to do it. I never really had problems with homework except doing it on time. Organization i have always been poor at i never really place the right things in the right place i just put stuff in the first folder that i see. These are three key attributes that i am lacking and need to improve on.

Homework

Write a movie review about any film you see over the weekend. Prior to writing the review, read at least 3 film reviews by various authors from various news media organizations. Cite their work in your review -- a small bibliography; a filmography - the film you are reviewing. Is there a minimum length to write -- no. However, one paragraph will most likely not do well.


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5Questions

1. Did different greek artist all have the same idea, or did theytake fom each others in writing plays with tradgedy endings?
2. How did Sophocles come up with the idea that Oedipus would become king, but would do so by killing his father,and marrying his mother?
3. were the interest of most people during this time period have to do with play ending in a sudden death?
4. I have read one theban play in drama called Antigone', I wonder are most of the plays in this book have the same moral, or central idea? Because Oedipus is her father in that particular play.
5. Why do most authors in modern time tend to have different themes, and settings then what we see now in more up to date plays written somtime after 2000, tradgedy plays aren't written as often.

5 Questions

1.How many tragedies took place in this play?
2.How many times was this story written and retold over?
3.Why was Sophocles chosen to be the King?
4.Do you think it's a coincidence that most stories about kings and stuff end in tragedy?
5.What is considered to be sophoclean language?

5 Questions

1. What was the great period of greek tragedy?

2. What was the purpose of the plays?

3. What was they pose to do for the people?

4. What made Sophoeles write this book?

5. Why were they shown outside?

question

1:was theban play wriiten B.C
2:Does theban and shakespear follow the same methods while writing their plays
3:Where the idea of a theban play come about
4:Was greek life just as it was written like in this story
5:was this play ever updated like shake spear plays

1. Why was this written 200 years after the poet's death?

2. How can we be sure everything is true?

3. What made him get picked to be the symbol and leader of Athenian?

4. Why was Persia's power-state so aggressive?

5. Why were tragedies a big thing there?

5 Questions

1 What is the Theban legend?

2 Did shakespear get his ideas from this type of book?

3 Is Sophocles violent or nonviolent?

4 Was he ever married, did he have children if so when?

5 In the Athens what was Sophocles known for?

Sophocles Theban plays (intro questions)

1. Why was greece divided by contrary ideals of state craft and opposing ambitions for power during the peloponnesian war?

2. why were the greek plays performed outside, as compared to modern day plays which are performed inside?

3. why were dramatic plays refered to as a chorus rather than drama?

4. Since the audience was already in possession of the main facts of the story, why was it necessary that the play be told as a story self contained and complete?

5. Why were the plays not written or produced in the order in which they are placed?

6. Why is it that mortal man can never find a happy ending, untill the day he carries his happiness down to the grave in peace?

7. why are greek plays hard to analyze and impossible to translate?

Questions

What made Sophoeles write this book?
Why was the plays always outside?
How many people made up the Chorus?
What type of story is this?
What type of crowd listened to these storys? was there a age group?

5 questions

1. What is the rating of this book?
2. Was this play hard to perform?
3. How many kids Oedipus have?
4. Why did oedipus poke his eyes out?
5. How oedipus feel about his dad?

5 QUESTIONS

1. How long was the people divided?

2.Why did it take so long for Sophoeles to become leader of Athenian?

3. Why were the plays performed outdoors?

4.What influenced Sophoeles to write this book?

5.How many people combined to make the Chorus?

5 questions

1. What infuenced Sophocles to name his character Oedipus?
2. Why did people think that drama was and is better in theather?
3. Who published this book?
4. If Sophocles was born in 496 B.C. ,then why is people still reading his book of tales?
5. How does The Theban Plays connect with other plays written in modern time?

question

1. How are the people related.

2. What type of story is this?

3. What was the most famous play?

4. How does it feel to present your plays.

5.Who was the stories told to?

Education vs the streets

Education

education is the key to success. Without education we are just another statistic of a high school drop out. education controls our destiny, our destiny controls our future. What we choose to make out of life can either make us or break us. we need to make the best of the free education that is served to us on a silver platter. The success of our past determines our presents.Education will take us to new heights in life that we never knew existed. education will open new and exciting doors for us .lets put our hope and trust in the people who strive everyday to help us make sense out of this world we live on called earth that is full of more evil than good.



The Streets

the place where bombs without dreams and aspirations turn to, to educate them about self destruction. the morals of the streets will destroy you and make you a laughing stock if you are incapable to keep up with them. Street rules, you gotta know how to deal/do drugs, experienced in killing. with those criteria you are officially placed in society as a street bomb. The destruction of yourself may lead to greater tragedy in your family. Its like a chain reaction, once your dead and gone they bury you and find another bomb to take your place, and you are forgotten. Cold and lonely buried underground brainless with nothing to hold on to but your morals the streets taught you.