Elvis Presley: Elvis Aaron Presley was an American singer and actor. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as "the King of Rock and Roll", or simply, "the King". In the film, he was seen on television dancing like Forrest.
Bear Bryant/ Alabama Football: Paul William "Bear" Bryant was an American college football player and coach. He was best known as the longtime head coach of the University of Alabama football team. In the film, he was seen at the football field, impressed by how fast Forrest was.
George Wallace: George Corley Wallace, Jr. was an American politician and the 45th Governor of Alabama, having served two nonconsecutive terms and two consecutive terms as a Democrat: 1963–1967, 1971–1979 and 1983–1987. In the film, they showed the desegregation of University of Alabama where George Wallace had his speech.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Friday, May 22, 2015
Operation Hollywood
In almost every Hollywood movie, there's always a villain and hero, conflict and solution. Films are very much cliche or very similar. Especially, if it's a war movie involving the military. Hollywood and the Pentagon have different sides of the argument concerning assistance from the military in the development of films depicting war.
The film producers calls the Pentagon to read over the scripts of movies. Hollywood producers didn't like he idea of "Lassie" and the plane crash accident. They didn't want children believing that the military created crappy equipments. The military hated the movie, "Platoon" which had no cooperation. They disliked the fact the the soldiers had a mind of their own to disobey the leaders. Any film that the military assists says that war is good. Any film that isn't assisted says the war is bad. Hollywood try's to glamorize the military so that people would join, but by the time soldiers flew to Iraq and saw it wasn't too glamorous, it was too late to turn back.
"Pearl Harbor" was like a recruiting film for the military. The film would reawaken the audience to that time period. It kind of showed the audience a lot of unreliable events. Events that probably never happened, but Hollywood knew it would catch the audience's attention.
The media has savaged the military. "Top Gun" a military war movie. "The Longest Day" another military war movie. For almost three decades when people thought of a Great War movie it is likely that they immediately thought of Darryl F. Zanuck's, "The Longest Day". The film meticulously recreates the events preceding and during the invasion of Normandy. " 'The Longest Day' is more a film of tragedy, glory, and courage involving one very important day and the hundreds, even thousands of lives that were forever changed. And even though the filmmakers who produced the movie were mainly American and English, the movie portrays the Germans fairly. Without some of the stunning visuals that the five directors put in the film, it would have been impossible to comprehend the scale of the invasion.
"Pearl Harbor" was like a recruiting film for the military. The film would reawaken the audience to that time period. It kind of showed the audience a lot of unreliable events. Events that probably never happened, but Hollywood knew it would catch the audience's attention.
The media has savaged the military. "Top Gun" a military war movie. "The Longest Day" another military war movie. For almost three decades when people thought of a Great War movie it is likely that they immediately thought of Darryl F. Zanuck's, "The Longest Day". The film meticulously recreates the events preceding and during the invasion of Normandy. " 'The Longest Day' is more a film of tragedy, glory, and courage involving one very important day and the hundreds, even thousands of lives that were forever changed. And even though the filmmakers who produced the movie were mainly American and English, the movie portrays the Germans fairly. Without some of the stunning visuals that the five directors put in the film, it would have been impossible to comprehend the scale of the invasion.
Thursday, May 14, 2015
Zero Dark Thirty
Zero Dark Thirty deals with one of the most significant achievements in our history. I only seen it once, but I'd watch it again any day. This film is a dramatization just like similar films that were watched in the past. Not everything is a realistic portrayal of the facts.
CIA is on the hunt for Usama Bin Ladin, which was a decade-long effort that depended on hundreds of officers. It is the work of a dedicated and persistent female operative Maya who locates Bin Ladin. The truth is that multiple streams of intelligence led CIA analysts to conclude that Bin Ladin was hiding in Abbottabad. In May 2011, the Navy is set to kill Bin Ladin, will they be successful?
As far as the actors and actresses, of course, I think the main character did a good job. Jessica Chastain plays the role of Maya. I can relate to her empowerment and she's very fierce in the film. When she wants something done, she's very determined to get it done. Not only that, but Maya was focused on that specific case.
The film creates the strong impression that the enhanced questioning techniques that were part of the former detention and questioning program were the key to finding Bin Laden. I liked the determination of Maya who depended on herself to solve the case. The whole scene of putting a tracker in the phone to track down Bin Laden was creative.
I would recommend this movie to everyone. I thinks it should be mandatory for the youth and elders to learn. There's not one person I wouldn't recommend this film to. The MPAA rating is rated R. My final word for the film is that it was good.
RATING SYSTEM: 👍👍👍👍
As far as the actors and actresses, of course, I think the main character did a good job. Jessica Chastain plays the role of Maya. I can relate to her empowerment and she's very fierce in the film. When she wants something done, she's very determined to get it done. Not only that, but Maya was focused on that specific case.
The film creates the strong impression that the enhanced questioning techniques that were part of the former detention and questioning program were the key to finding Bin Laden. I liked the determination of Maya who depended on herself to solve the case. The whole scene of putting a tracker in the phone to track down Bin Laden was creative.
I would recommend this movie to everyone. I thinks it should be mandatory for the youth and elders to learn. There's not one person I wouldn't recommend this film to. The MPAA rating is rated R. My final word for the film is that it was good.
RATING SYSTEM: 👍👍👍👍
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Glory
Glory, the epic account of the 54th Massachusetts, one of the first all-black regiments in the Civil War, contains numerous historical inaccuracies. Some of them are minor. For instance, the regiment's climactic assault against Battery Wagner, the Confederate stronghold guarding Charleston harbor, actually took place from south to north, rather than north to south as depicted in the movie.
Robert Gould Shaw, played in the movie by Matthew Broderick, lead the first all-black regiments. In the movie, the 54th, portrayed as made up largely of runaway slaves like John Rawlins and Private Trip. In reality, the all-black regiments were free slaves. I believe the blacks wanted to fight in the war, in fact, I believe they thought they were fighting in the war. In the movie, a reporter from Harper's Monthly says to Shaw, "will they fight? A million readers want to know." To which Shaw replies, "a million and one," illustrating the fact that in 1863, even elite New England abolitionist had their doubts about the manliness of blacks.
All of the actors were impressive and really good. However, only one actually grabbed my attention and made me believe. Denzel Washington plays the role as Private Trip and in my opinion, he was great.
Matthew Broderick and Denzel Washington's characters were strong. The director did a good job on the cast. I think some of the actors like Morgan Freeman should've got more screen time since he was supposed to be one of the main characters. But anywho, my favorite scene was when all of the 54th came together around the fire and talked about the things they were thankful for.
From the movie, I learned that Glory expresses the ideas of the North Union and how they were willing to place blacks into combat in order to ensure victory. Obviously the director didn't add everything in the movie that occurred in reality, but he did put extra parts in to make the movie more interesting. The movie shows the struggle in which the commander officers of the black regiments had persuading the government to let their soldiers fight.
Teens would find this film historical and educational, which is a good thing. However, older people would like the film and look at it as entertainment. I think my grandparents would love this film. The MPAA rating of the film is R, PG. The film to me is good.
RATING SYSTEM: B+
From the movie, I learned that Glory expresses the ideas of the North Union and how they were willing to place blacks into combat in order to ensure victory. Obviously the director didn't add everything in the movie that occurred in reality, but he did put extra parts in to make the movie more interesting. The movie shows the struggle in which the commander officers of the black regiments had persuading the government to let their soldiers fight.
Teens would find this film historical and educational, which is a good thing. However, older people would like the film and look at it as entertainment. I think my grandparents would love this film. The MPAA rating of the film is R, PG. The film to me is good.
RATING SYSTEM: B+
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