Kiss Me Deadly

I thought this movie was a lot more suspensful then Double Indemnity. The beginning of the movie was kind of confusing but you get to understand more along the way which is one the ways that it makes it more interesting. I thought the box in the end of the movie that like, lid up, was very very stupid. It make the movie look dumb and fake, it changed my inpression of the entire thing! I think this movie could have been taken more seriously and woudln't have seemed like such a joke without the stupid thing. I did like though, that the movie had more violence and dramtic scences.

Overall, NOT impressed.

Double Indemnity

Overall, I think this movie fits the film noir catagorie nicely. Some of the film noir characteristics like dramatic crime plot, low-key lighting and black film are all in this movie which makes it good for this catagorie. I like this type of genre most of the time, but not when it includes blood, which this movie didn't have so that was nice. I usually like finding out what happens at the end of the movie...acutally at the end of this movie. I like having that suspence, and not finding out in the beginning! This movie didn't interest me so much, maybe because i'm not so interested in black and white but it did a good job fitting the film noir genre!

Groundhog Day

I thought this movie, Groundhog Day, has been one of the best ones we watched in this class. I think since most people have heard of it or even seen it, made is more interesting for the people who haven't. I thought the idea of this movie was very cool, because it was different then any other. I liked how the in the beginning of the movie they made the main character, Phil Connors(Bill Murray), seem not so likable, so that in the end it would feel like the opposite. I think Bill really grew as a character throughout the film, which i believe was also the intended purpose. He got to find out who he really was and learn to be happy. He also got to realize the important things in life. I liked how Bill ended up falling in love with Rita in the end of the movie, it made it really cute! :)

Bringing Up Baby was by far my favorite movie we have watched in this class so far. Besides the fact that it was in black and white, it was so funny that didn't really matter so much. I thought Susan's character really made the movie. She was so dumb and clumbsy, it definitaly caught the audiences attention, whether it was people hating it even more or laughing at how funny it was. David and Susan clashed so much in character that it almost made them perfect for eachother. Susan was always trying to bring the fun out in David and David was always trying to be more calm with Susan. I think most peoples reaction to the movie at first was that it was so annoying, because Susan was so annoying, but without that, the movie would have been lame. I liked the ending when Susan went to David's work and he was almost finished with the new dinasour and when she feel and knocked it over, he didn't even care because he was so used to her stupidity and realized that he loved her. I think this movie was a good pick for this class because it was different and funny, unlike the rest of them, and I think even though people said that hated it, they acutally liked it just as much ;)

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Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs

For journal number three I watched Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, this movie started to be released in 1907 as a silent film but was really released from Disney in 1933. This story is about a young princess on the run from her evil stepmother. While she is escaping from the wicked queen she comes across seven dwarfs that invite her into their cottage in the woods where they cook, clean, work and sing. The seven dwarfs Sleepy, Happy, Bashful, Dopey, Grumpy, Sneezy and Doc all try to help her from the evil queen. When the queen finds where Snow White is she arrives with a poisonous apple which will put her to sleep when Snow White takes just one bite out of the apple, and once she does, she is later awoken by prince charming and they live happily ever after.
The topic I choose to write about was music in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The composer for the music in this movie was Frank Churchhill, who won an award for best musical score for this movie. He was inspired by Franz Schubert. All the songs are very original and fit for the scene that it is playing in, they are either upbeat for happy scenes or dramatic music is played for more dramatic scenes. Two of my favorite songs are “Whistle While you Work” and “Heigh-Ho”. I like these songs because they are fun and add that touch to the movie. Both of the songs have to do with what is going on at the time. Whistle while you work is played while Snow White and the dwarfs are cleaning the house and making a meal. Just like most of the other songs, this song correlates and was made for that specific scene and not just random music. The song Heigh-Ho is played while the dwarfs are on their way to work in the mine. Throughout the song they sing "And off to work we go", explaining what they are doing. Overall, the music in this film make this film an instant classic because its songs are so easily recognizable to todays and "yesterdays" youth. When it first came out the music was well renowned among critics across the nation. Churchhill did a very good job capturing all the right "feelings" this movie has to offer. Also, Larry Morey, Paul J. Smith and Leigh Harline contributed to the musical score of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Walt Disney Studios created a masterpiece.

Mise-en-scene

Citizen Kane had very good ways of using mise-en-scene in this film. The costume and make-up played a very good role in this, they helped describe the movie a alot. The comtumes were good in showing people social classes and how wealthy people were. The make-up used was alot good showing if people were sad, angry, or happy. For example, right after Susam almost died, they showed her looking very sick by using specific make-up. The scenes were also very important to the film and also showed people's wealth, especially Kane. His house was so big and beautiful it was one of the most important settings to this film. The part that most described his wealth inside that house is when they showed all of this very valued possessions in the end of the movie after his death, which really showed how wealthy he was. The lighting also had very much impact of the film, especially when Kane was signing the Declaration of Principles. Another example of lighting in this movie is with Mr. Thompson. He is always in the shadow and we never really get to see him, I think that has a lot to do with the plot of this film. The mise-en-scene is very important in this movie and impacts it in many ways.

Finding Nemo

Finding Nemo, directed by Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich, is one of the most popular animated features right now, still. There were many people that put a lot of time into this movie to make it one of the best. There were many people involved in the technical aspects of this film in all of the catagories. Such as the sound and visual department, camera and electrical animation, and production design. The screen play of this movie was done by Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, and David Reynolds and produced by Graham Walters.
Finding Nemo has a very imvolving story, good comedy, solid characters, and great visuals. The title to this movie, Finding Nemo, is pretty self-explanitory is order to what this movie is about. Nemo, with the voice of Alexander Gould, and Marlin, with the voice of Albert Brooks, live in the Great Barrier Reef. The problem starts when their family, mom and children, are wiped out by a shark leaving Marlin, now a very paranoid father, and his son Nemo to live all alone. While Nemo is off to school, he gets captured by a sea diver and taken to Sydney, Australia into a dentist office to live in a tank with other fish, whom he soon befriends.While Marlin starts the seach for him son he meets Dory, played by Ellen DeGenered, who has short term memory loose, which then adds lots of comedy to the film. They meet many other sea creatures on their journey that all have lots of personality. That make the characters very realistic in this film, lots of things that would happen in the world around us as humans. For example, Dory has short term memory lose and doesn't remember anything Marlin or anyone else tells her. Another example is fish school that they have in the ocean for all the baby fishes. Thirdly, the fish that give directions to Dory and Marlin to where Sydney Australia is, which would be just like the internet here telling us when to get right and left, and what to look out for.
The movie has very good animation with many details. Such as the different types of fish, which there were many. There was music that made this movie even better like the famous song for Finding Nemo, Just Keep Swimming, it made the movie more fun. There were also many other sounds playing in the background that made the ocean scene seem very real. The camera angles werent to challenging, they were pretty original, like the mediam shot was common. One that stock out was the long shoot what Marlin was looking out into the sea for Nemo right after he got taken away.
Overall this movie was a great. It would be a wonderful family movie for all ages. The colors will grab your attention right from that start.

Madagascar

The movie i choose to write a review about is Madagascar. I'm choosing to write about this one because it is one of my favorite movies right now. I think it is very cute, fun, and funny. I see it almost everyday at work and have not gotten sick of it yet. When i first heard the name of this movie I always thought it was going to be about cars, but i was confused with the acutual movie Cars. I like disney movies with funny animals and getting to see how they interract with eachother. My favorite characters are the lion and the zebra. I think they have the best sense of humor out of anyone in the movie and I like how they have a love/hate relationship. Marty the zebra wanted to escape from the Zoo once he heard the penguins plans, and he wanted his three best friends, Alex the lion, Melman the girraff, and Gloria the hippo to come along. All Marty wanted to do with be in the wild where he belongs and not trapped in a cage his entire life. He wanted to be out there in the real world too see what it was like. But his three best friends found that to be a bad idea and didn't want to go along. But the zebra leaves anyway and the journey began once the other three realized their friend was missing and went searching for him in the city. Then they end up on a boat, their boxes fly off the ship, and they end up stranded on an island, which is were Marty wanted to be in the first place. One of my favorite parts in the film is when the Marty the zebra walks up from his sleep with Alex the lion licking him, Alex was doing this because he wanted some steak so bad and was imagening Marty as a big juicy stake. I think this movie is hilarious and I laugh through alot of it. I remcommend this movie to anyone of any age to see this because it would be funny and cute for anyone.

Marty the Zebra: I'm ten years old. My
life is half over and I don't even know if i'm black with white stripes or white
with black stripes!

Superbad

I read a a review by Sean Burns who writes for the Philadelphia Times and is a movie critic and wrote and article about Superbad. He seemed to have really enjoyed the movie. He kept talking about how funny it was and how he couldn't control his laughter. He talking about how Knocked Up was a great way to open the summer and the same director again came out with Superbad at the end of the summer and says how it was a great way to end the summer, with and ever funnier comedy for people to enjoy

Our summer kicked off with the Sublime Knocked Up (written and directed by Apatow, starring Rogen), and now it is closes with the even raunchier, ever funnier Superbad (produced by Apatow, co-written by Rogen, who also plays a crucial supporting role).

Knocked Up was one of the biggest blockbusters and Superbad is supposed to be even better then that. He says how much of a naughty and dirty movie it is, never something you should take your mom too because it is just to inappropriate.

So filthy, so naughty, so true, Superbad is simply a joy to behold. I laughed so hard i hurt myself.

It is a great teen movie that he thinks everyone would enjoy. Sean talks about how a lot of sex movies don't turn out so well sometimes so the protagonists but this one should make them inferior because it was that good. Sean believes tho two main characters, John Hill and Micheal Cerra, are "the funniest guys in the room". I agree with Sean Burns that this movie was a very good way to end the summer. It was very good and funny, i was laughing almost the whole movie . I don't believe this movie is only funny though, i also believe it is somewhat of a love story. All these two best friends are trying to do is be with the two girls they like and will do anything for them. I think this is a real life story showing that some people will do anything, even going to the extremes, to get what they want. It is really nice how the characters appreciate each other in the end. I think it is nice how they show the nerdy kids from back in the 80's and how everyone acted, even though it is somewhat the same now. This very hilarious comedy begins with Fogell getting a fake ID and everything going wrong after that. There are many witty lines that just keep making you laugh throughout the whole thing. I recommend this movie to all teens for sure and maybe some adults with a good sense of humor. Maybe not so much parents, knowing their kids watch it and understand everything they are talking about. Most of the reviews this movie got were all good and i think that should make you want to see it too, know it was one of the best movies of the summer.

This Movie is so winning and relatable because it's all about faking it. In that sense, we are all McLovin.