Over time, movies have constantly been evolving in more than one aspect. Films have been changed through genre, special effects, editing and even the way the music plays in the background to make you feel a certain way. But one of the most affective similarities I found is that the romance factor seems to be…
Author: Dustin T. Woodstock
Pleasantville vs. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
When I watch films, I try to pick films that I feel will keep me sucked in to watching them. Every time I pick films and blog about them there is always a correlation that I do not plan at all. THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON compared to PLEASANTVILLE is very different but at…
Texas Chainsaw Massacre vs. A Better Tomorrow
Action and horror movies almost always have scenes that make you cringe because of the violence involved. Sometimes the violence is pointless and terrifying and other times there is a reason. Well, TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE and A BETTER TOMORROW are two very different movies to clarify the point being made. This is the mad man…
Costumes
While watching HARRY POTTER or LORD OF THE RINGS, we notice that these characters are not dressed up like every day people. In fact, they are dressed very different that what you would see someone walking down the street wearing. What about in western movies when you see people dressed up as cowboys or in…
Blazing Saddles vs. The Jungle Book
BLAZING SADDLES is a have-to-see film. Why? Because there isn’t one dull moment. The movie has everything from comical aspects as well as action aspects. The movie’s theme was the “wild west” under the auteurs rethinking genres title. The film was released in 1974 which does not correspond to the theme in the present day….
Stock Character
You’re watching a movie with your family and in the movie the main character has a little brother. The little brother is not the main character but you can see him in a lot of the shots with little to no attention focused on him. You know he is in the background and know that…
BONNIE AND CLYDE vs. JOURNEY TO ITALY
People are walking down the street to see a new movie poster that displays two average people face to face, romantically looking like they’re in love. Poster that previewed JTI…Mislead The pedestrians are intrigued in the poster and wonder what the movie is. The movie is JOURNEY TO ITALY. Why would people be so excited…
Rack Focusing
Many movies try to grab your attention to certain things but not all the time does it work. Maybe someone will be trying to find an escape in a room and the camera focuses on the vent or maybe someone lost something while getting ready for work and they can’t find their brush and the…
The Boy In The Striped Pajamas
One movie that affected me greatly was The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. This movie affected me in a strong way because this little boys life was such a lie from what his father tells him. He thinks that his father is fighting the war for the better..not burning Jews in a concentration camp. The boy,…
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