When I first watched Law Abiding Citizen I didn’t fully understand the weight of that the film carried with it. I was maybe 14 when I first watched the film and just cared about an action movie that would hold my attention through each fight scene. One night I stumbled upon this and as I…
Category: Fall 2018
Work Ethic training: RUDY
The 1993 film, Rudy” had a huge impact on my own personal journey, and came at a critical part in my life. The movie was based on the real-life story of Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger, a student who dreamed of attending the University of Notre Dame and to play for their famed and legendary football team….
American Psycho: The Greatest Comedy Ever Made
Ever since I was a teenager, I have been fascinated by stories about the criminally insane. Films such as the Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece Psycho or the 1991 classic The Silence of the Lambs immediately captured my attention, opening up a window of perspectives that I had never even imagined. Rather than committing horrific acts out a desire for…
DEAD POETS SOCIETY
The first time i saw “Dead Poets Society” i wasn’t expecting anything good, it was a movie that i had to see for my homework and i wasn’t that happy. I thought it was going to be just a weird old boring movie. I couldn’t been more wrong. When i finished watching the film i…
Good Will Hunting: Cinematic Memoir
When I first watched the movie Good Will Hunting, I was pretty young and never fully understood all the great messages that this movie portrayed. As a kid, me and my father would spend our nights watching action thrillers and such but occasionally watch a more “serious” movie, and one one random night at…
Harold and Maude
“> My dad first introduced Harold and Maude to me when I was fifteen years old. At first I thought it was just some oddball movie with a strange plot and slightly disturbing scenes. I thought it was strange how this young man Harold kept faking suicide in order to pester his mother. It was…
Batman Begins: A Cinematic Memoir
Growing up I watched a lot of movies. My Mother worked full time, went to school, and was raising two children. Keeping us entertained with a film was a way for her to take a nap. My experience with films had become over saturated to the point where I wasn’t really interested anymore. In 2005…
The Godfather – A Cinematic Memoir
I first saw the Godfather when I was in ninth grade, around the year 2012, and remember thinking it was an alright movie, depicting a traditional Italian family, and its involvement as being one of New York’s deadliest crime organization. However, I did not think it was much different than other mobster movies I have…
The Matrix
I still remember the first time I had watched The Matrix. I was sixteen at the time, and it had happened to be in a film class. The teacher had set up a sheet that he used as a makeshift screen. Up close we saw the giant Pods that held the humans captive, Neos mouth getting…
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