Throughout the decades, there has been an evolution of film. In 1984, the film The Terminator was released. The film follows Sarah Connor, a woman who is warned by a man from the future, Kyle Reese, that her son leads the revolution in a war on androids and one android, the T-800, has also sent…
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Fast Movie, Dark Magic, and the Classic Adventure
The film I chose for this week’s essay is “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”. The film begins in China where Indiana Jones barely escapes from a Chinese crime boss. In this opening scene, Indy and Short Round end up jumping on a plane to escape with Willie Scott, the nightclub singer. Indy,…
E.T. Phone’s Home
Steven Spielberg’s 1982 blockbuster E.T. not only broke chart records by surpassing it’s $10.5 million budget and earning $792.9 million at the box office, but also broke the hearts of moviegoers worldwide for generations to come. E.T. holds just as prominent of a relevance in society today as it did the day it came out,…
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is a very interesting watch with many different viewpoints on it. Some say it was too dark and sickening to watch, and others thought it was a good Indiana Jones movie where the actors brought the movie to life. Many movies struggle with satisfying everybody, but they try…
Vacation In The Mountains, Think Again.
If you ever dream about a winter vacation in a beautiful mansion in the Rocky’s, you will never envision the same dream after watching “The Shining” that was released in 1980. The movie was based on a Stephen King novel which many argue were not identical in production. Although the fear and drama were extremely…
The Villains Take Over: An Analysis of Batman Returns
“It’s the so-called normal guys who always let you down. Sickos never scare me. At least they’re committed.” -Batman Returns (1992) Batman Returns is the sequel to the 1989 film Batman. The film starts with Oswald Cobblepot (Danny Devito) being abandoned as an infant due to having a weird appearance. His parents put his crib…
A Dance To The New Era
FLASHDANCE 1983 DIRECTED BY ADRIAN LYNE STARING JENNIFER BEALS On April 15, 1983 the release of “Flash Dance” a romantic drama film…
Quintet 1979
Quintet was released in February 9, 1979 and was Directed by Robert Altman. The main cast includes Paul Newman , Bibi Andersson and Brigitte Fossey. How the storyline goes is a bit different from most conventional movies. Now how the movie goes it takes place in a post apocalyptic frozen wasteland. Where one either lives…
Mel Brooks’s Blazing Success
The movie Blazing Saddle is a western comedy that was directed and written by Mel Brooks. The film carries on by poking fun at sensitive topics that back in the day were hard to watch. There was many times in the movie they would say black slang or call the Indians dumb. This kind of…
Big Little Big Man
Little Big Man is a 1970 film starring Dustin Hoffman who plays 120 year old Jack Crabb recounting his adventures of his time with the Native American tribe, the Cheyenne. The story starts with 10-year old Jack in a carriage that is destroyed with his parents being killed by the Pawnee tribe of Indians. From there,…
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