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Gone with the wind

2010-05-12T06:33:00.000-07:00

What novel is Gone With the Wind based on?
-Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Describe a scene from the movie that you found memorable. (Don't answer with "none")
-when Rhett decides to marry Scarlet by just suggesting it and she calls him foolish and he proceeds to fall onto his knees and she just ends the conversation

What was Scarlett's drink of choice?
- brandy, southern comfort.

What color was Scarlett's dress when she went to visit Rhett Butler in jail?
- a very deep dark green

How was the dress made?
-the dress was made from a curtain in the house.

What is the time period, and date that the film is taking place?
-It took place during the Civil War in 1861

Write you favorite quote in the movie, and tell me when it was used.
-" Fiddle-dee-dee. War, war, war; this war talk's spoiling all the fun at every party this spring. I get so bored I could scream. Besides... there isn't going to be any war. "
-it was in the beginning of the movie before the war even started, scarlet was talking to brent about the war and she didnt want to talk about it and said the war isnt even going to happen, but little did she know.

Mob Movies

2010-04-29T15:05:00.000-07:00

compare and contrast:
-All three movie we watched deals with the Italian mob, however they are not all about the same thing. A Bronx Tale deals more with a child who has no born relative in the mob, but gets sucked into this mob that controls the neighborhood that they live in. The mob in this movie really only stays within the Bronx which is predominantly an Italian neighborhood. Although i was absent for 2 days of The Godfather, this movie dealt with the Corleone family. The Corleone family revolved around the godfather(Marlon Brando) and his family of mobsters. If you were born in the Corleone family chances are that you were involved with the family "business". Goodfellas follows the life of Henry Hill and his involvement in the mob. Henry and his two very good friends Jimmy and Tommy work their way up the hierarchy. this movie is a lot different from the other 2 because Henry is not completely Italian and it involves a ton of drug use, which is how they made their money.

Stereotyping:
-all three movies are very stereotypical. from the gigantic Italian families down to the cursing that is very prevalent in each movie. the stereotypes in A Bronx Tale is the most evident. C lived in a very typical Italian neighborhood. people dated only within their race which showed how people thought back then. even C's father who was an honorable man told him that he doesn't want C to be with a black woman. Black people to the Italians were a threat to their way of life pretty much and they never forgot to use racial slurs to display their hatred towards each other.

Goodfellas a true story:
-Goodfellas is a true story based on the book "Wise Guy" by Nicholas Pileggi. all the characters in the movie portray a real life mobster whose names change only slightly in the movie. Martin Scorsese co wrote the script for Goodfellas with Nicholas Pileggi. most of the events the movie depicts actually happened. the witness protection officer who tells Henry and Karen they have no other choice but to join this program was the actual officer who told the real Henry Hill and Karen to join. Henry Hill is no longer in the witness protection program.

Vertigo

2010-03-05T13:08:00.000-08:00

i was absent one day so i missed 45 minutes in the middle of the movie, which made it so much harder to understand. i liked the beginning of the movie, or rather the opening title sequence. the opening sequence sort of reminded me of the last 20 minutes of a space odyssey with all the colors and what not. the whole time i was confused why they kept on calling him scottie and john and found it really creepy that he kept trying to change judy by changing her hair and how she dresses to become a spitting image of madeleine. i think i wouldve liked the movie more if i could watch it straight through rather than in a few seperate days.

Notorious

2010-03-05T12:56:00.000-08:00

i thought that this movie would be good seeing as i like spy movies, but it never caught my attention. cary grant who plays devlin a secret agent who is supposed to throw alicia into another mans arms to infiltrate a circle of german scientists. problem is, devlin falls in love with alicia while she is supposed to marry sebastian who is a wealthy german business man. i didnt understand what was going on through most of the movie because everything was kind of subtle, i wouldnt even have known they had sex if you didnt say it before the movie started. overall i didnt really like the movie.

Shadow of a Doubt

2010-03-05T12:25:00.000-08:00

Charlie is bored living at home with her parents but that all changes when her uncle Charlie comes to visit. Charlie completely loves uncle Charlie and anything he does. as we find later on in the movie, uncle Charlie is a murderer on the run. i thought the chemistry between Charlie and uncle charlie was a little creepy. i kept on thinking that they were going to kiss. i also noticed how the music didnt really fit the picture. there would be times where its very happy in the movie but theres this scary music playing in the background so i didnt really know what to think throughout the whole movie.

Birds

2010-01-25T21:32:00.000-08:00

ever since we watched this movie, i think birds are evil. Back in the day those were the best graphics and special effects around. today it seems a bit primitive but it still worked for Hitchcock. i didnt think of birds to be so destructive and menacing but i know better now. i think my favorite scene from this movie was when a bunch of school kids were running away from the attacking birds and a little girl was on the ground face first and a bird was just pecking at her as she was shaking her arms and legs. Hitchcock always seems to make the simplest thing scary.

American Graffiti

2010-01-25T21:24:00.000-08:00

this movie was about some kids just driving around the town looking for something to do before one of the characters has to go to college. there wasnt really a story line, but more of just a day in the lives of these certain teenagers. street racing, picking up girls and going to dances was pretty much all they had to do in the movie. since this movie took place in the early 60's all the music was rock & roll and music that reflected the time period. even though there wasnt a story line, i didnt think the movie was terrible and worth watching.

Pyscho

2010-01-25T21:15:00.000-08:00

i usually don't like scary movie because they're never scary but i was actually nervous when i was watching psycho. from the beginning i was trying to pin point who the "psycho" of the movie was. we watched this movie for the music, and i agree that the movie wouldn't have been as scary without the music to go along with the picture. we watched the shower scene first with music then without, and in my mind, the scene with the music was soo much better. i think this is one of my favorite movies that we have watched this year.

Edward Scissorhands

2010-01-25T21:10:00.000-08:00

i used to watch this movie all the time when i was younger so I've grown to over it over the years. Johnny Depp plays Edward who was made with scissors for hands. before his creator was about to give him his hands , he dies and Edward was left all alone in this giant house on a hill. when he gets taken down to the town, where everything is a solid pastel color, he immediately sticks out. Edward scissor hands is a different kind of Christmas movie but it is one of my favorites.

Network

2010-01-25T21:04:00.000-08:00

i wasn't too sure what to expect from this movie from the beginning. i thought the first day we watched it in class it was kind of interesting. but as the movie progressed it just dragged out and i couldn't watch anymore of it. my favorite part of the movie was when Howard Beale dies on camera and everyone thought it was just for the show , so no one helps him.

His Girl Friday

2010-01-25T21:00:00.000-08:00

Hilldy, who used to work at the press, was about to get remarried to her fiance. Walter, who is played by Cary Grant, used to be married to Hilldy did not like the idea of her marrying again. he does everything in his power to sabatoge the wedding, by reminding her how hard it was going to be to leave the paper. Walter convinces her to take on one last murder case, she realizes she cant get away from the paper and decides to stay. the first thing i realized from this movie was Hilldy's awful clothes. i dont really remember most of the movie, but i found it to be entertaining and i could stand to watch it.

twentieth century

2010-01-25T20:50:00.000-08:00

so this movie was about John Barrymore's character who was a very successful Broadway director working with some wannabe actresses. he finally finds an actress whose name is Lily Garland to be the lead star of his show. as time goes on she becomes very famous and decides to leave but John Barrymore's character follows her to the twentieth century train where this huge chase happens. i didn't really like this movie but i guess John Barrymore's performance was worth the watch

Run Lola Run

2009-12-14T04:02:00.000-08:00

i think the movie stayed true to its name.the movie starts up with these questions about humanity and sets up the whole movie and why they decided to film it the way they did. i actually missed the beging but found out later on in the movie that the same events started to happen again, and again. it was like if someone played the movie over again but decided to change one little thing in the begining and changes the whole ending. i liked how the whole movie was set to heavy techno music. i especially liked the flashfoward about the peoples lives who she only encounters once or three times in the movie. i enjoyed watching the movie because it was a nice change to what we have been watching recently.

Memento

2009-12-14T03:55:00.000-08:00

i started to watch this movie a while back and fell asleep after the first 20 min. i dont really know why i never decided to watch it again beacuse its actually very suspenseful and entertaining. i never thought playing a movie in reverse could tell such a compelling story. ill admit i was confused on a lot of things, and found myself asking questions. when i was watching the movie i felt myself thinking this is how lenny must have lived, beacuse every scene felt like something new happened and you dont really understand whats going on but you get it enough to follow the movie. i thought the ending was perfect and made you sort of decide which string of lies you wanted to follow.

some like it hot

2009-12-14T03:47:00.000-08:00

i missed basically the whole movie except the begining. from what i saw it was about these two men who were looking for work as musicians and happen to get caught up with the mob and try o escape by becoming female musicians and fleeing to florida. i wasnt here the next two days but i heard the movie was actually very entertaining and cute. i dont thinkk i saw enough to make an honest opinion of this movie but from everyone elses reaction i think i wouldve enjoyed the film.

the general

2009-12-14T03:44:00.000-08:00

i think all silent movies should have buster keaton as the star. he makes movies easier to watch and enjoy with his performance. again i didnt think i would laugh as much as i did during a silent film. you dont need words with his acting. but in the end buster gets the girl, and now i know why the women that buster acted with usually never lasted more than one film with him. i really enjoyed this movie and the music was definately better than the penalty.hands down.

Bicycle Theives

2009-12-14T03:35:00.000-08:00

the movie is about a young man who is trying to find work to provide for his family after world war 2. the family has to sell their sheets for enough money to buy a bicycle so the father could find a job putting up posters. watching this movie you dont really realize how valuble something like a bike is untill you have no other means of providing for your family. in the beginging i realized that he mouths of the actors didnt match up with the sound frokm the movie. appernetly they did the film and sound seperately. i like the movie even if i got a little bored in the middle of it.

The Penalty

2009-12-14T03:26:00.000-08:00

in the beggining, the movie was actually enjoyable even if the music was terrible, but as i was watching i found out quickly that i had no idea what was going on in the movie. i thought it was amazing how the main character had to walk around on his knee caps all day on set. i actually tried to walk the same way but i couldnt do it for nearly as long as he did. i didnt really like the movie though, i thought it was too long and really hard to pay attention to.

East of Eden

2009-12-14T03:18:00.000-08:00

James dean played the part of the rebellious son who was looking for affection and acceptance from his father and mother who deserted their family when he was young. i didn't think it was such a bad movie, but i think i was easily swayed by james dean's performance. you could see his mind going in a thousand different directions when he was on camera. it think he made very interesting acting choices but overall i liked the movie.

The Men Who Stare at Goats

2009-11-10T21:55:00.000-08:00

i just saw this movie over the weekend and it wasnt too bad. i thought it would be better or at least funnier with george clooney, jeff bridges, ewan mcgregor, and kevin spacy being the stars. i liked the movie alot at first but it seemed to drag on in the middle of it. besides that i thought it was funny and kind of quirky

The Road

2009-11-10T21:52:00.000-08:00

i went to a private screening of The Road at garden state with kelly because she told me she read the book and it was amazing. i never read the book but i wanted to watch the movie anyway, viggo mortenson played the father with Kodi Smit-Mcphee playing his son. the movie is set in this post apocalyptic world where all the people were killed but a few. they never tell you how the world ends despite what the commercial tells you. the relationship the father and son had was very heartwarming. the lady sitting next to me in the movie theater had tissues next to her the whole time. i really liked the movie, even though i heard that the book is still better.

Rope

2009-11-10T21:44:00.000-08:00

another Hitchcock film about these two schoolmates who want to commit the perfect crime. they killed another one of their schoolmates by strangling him with a rope and put him in a table or some place to put books. even though the whole movie took place from wityhin the apartment i kind of liked it. it was kind of intersting that they didnt really edit the movie by making it all a continuous shot. it seemed like the actors had to be perfect because of the lack of editing. in the end the two men were caught by james stewarts charachter. the two men just wanted to kill david? beacause they were crazy. i liked how at the end the cops were on their way to the apartment and since the two characters new they were going to get caught one plays the piano and the other pours himself a drink as if to say im going to enjoy the last moments i'll have before going to jail.

Freaks

2009-11-10T21:37:00.000-08:00

at first i didnt really know what to think of the movie, and im still kind of unsure. it was a little weird to see that the actors in the film were actual freaks so it was kind of a little much to handle. it was about sideshow freaks who you never see on stage. i couldnt really understand what they were saying half the time in the movie, i guess it was the film or the pitch of the sound but alot of it sounded sort of like squeaks or gibberish to me. i wouldnt really say i liked the movie but it did keep my attention throughout the whole thing. the ending confused me after that lady turned into some kind of chicken person which made no sense at all.

Rear Window

2009-11-10T21:29:00.000-08:00

This Hitchcock film was about james stewart's character who broke his leg, and since its the 50s theres nothing better to do than to be a peeping tom and spy on your neighbors. i thought it started out kind of slow but i really like the movie overall. i liked how they showed everything from james stewarts point of view, they never zoomed in on anyone elses room to keep the story about the murder they're trying to uncover. after the movie was over i realized how much it had in common with disturbia

The Night They Raided Minsky's

2009-11-10T21:23:00.000-08:00

i wasnt here for the nfirst day of this movie so when i started watching it i couldnt really get into it. the only thing i really picked up was the amish girl wanted to dance on stage. from what i did see, i thought the movie was enjoyable. it was cute but after a while the amish girl really got on my nerves by how oblivious she was. other than the oblivious amish girl i liked the movie

Do The Right Thing

2009-11-10T21:19:00.000-08:00

spike lee's do the right thing took place in a Brooklyn neighborhood where its seperated by race. throughout the movie there seemed to be a heat wave that passed so everyone was sweating and angry. i dont think the movie wuoldve been so angry if it wasnt so hot, because it seemed to bring out the worst in people. i thought the beggining of the movie was kind of funny untill it took a huge turn in the other direction after the cops killed Radio Raheem. after that situation there was just chaos and anger.

Traffic

2009-11-10T21:11:00.000-08:00

the one thing that stands out about the movie is the different filters they used to film different scenes of the movie. the scenes in tijuana were warmer colors like yellows and orange to represent mexico and the heat. the scenes that were tinted blue represented michael douglass's scenes. those scenes were more serious and looked more corprate or professional compared to the scenes with Benicio Del Toro. i liked the movie but it was a little hard to follow if your not watching it straight through.

Robin Hood

2009-11-10T21:05:00.000-08:00

Robin Hood was filmed in Technicolor which seemed to give the movie more life. the actor who played robin hood played it with alot of confidence which made the movie easier to watch. the whole movie was vibrant and seemed sort of like a fantasy because of all the colors.

Raging Bull

2009-11-10T20:59:00.000-08:00

i kind of enjoyed watching Raging Bull, i like watching it in black and white because it made it seem more realistic without vibrant colors. if it were in color i dont think it wouldve told the story of Jake LaMotta like it was intended to be seen. His story wasnt a very happy one so black and white seemed to work best for the movie.

Tristram Shandy

2009-11-10T20:36:00.000-08:00

When the movie first started out i didnt think it would be to bad, it kind of held my intrest at first but i found out pretty quickly that i had no idea what was going on in the movie. As the movie progressed i found myself getting more and more confused. I didnt really like the movie, it was confusing and i couldnt pay attention to most of it

my first blog

2009-09-14T18:51:00.000-07:00

The Purple Rose of Cairo
-i thought the beggining of the movie went kind of slow but it picked up really fast. i actually really liked this movie and i even had myself picking sides on who Mia Farrow's character Celcilia should really be with. the ending kind of suprised me but when i think about it, its exactly what wouldve happened in real life. cecelia just found herself caught up in which world she would rather live in..the perfect world of the movies or real life.

Sherlock jr.
-i didnt think i would like a silent movie as much as i enjoyed watching this. i thought it was funny even by some of todays standards. Buster Keatons face always looks as if he has no emotion what so ever. the movie showed alot about how times were back then like how buster and the girl acted when they were together. things were alot more reserved back then.

2009-09-10T10:04:00.000-07:00

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