This was an extremely long movie for me to sit through and watch, I found myself getting up an doing things through this show. It could be that I don't have an interest in these types of shows, it didn't even have a lot to keep my interest.
Watching the show and seeing how things were so different back then, like having to look through a phone book to get addresses, or having to write everything down, and take notes. We have so much technology now, you can get most of your information through the push of a button.
The film was very dark most of the time, and when Bob and Carl would be out driving in the daylight, and go to someones house, all of a sudden it was dark. When they went to that ladies apartment to try ans get information from her, the entire background was black. They had to do much research, with running around and making phone calls, I can't even imagine the work they had to put in to get a story, even with work they had to do to get such a high profile story, like the Watergate.
They didn't seem to scared at the time when they were working on this story, but when Bob met with his informant in the parking garage, who could tell he was starting to get scared, because this story ended up being bigger then either Carl or Bob realized. The way they showed us how the inter workings of a newspaper was back then. Even realizing no matter where you were back then you could smoke, as Carl always did.
The acting in this movie was very simple acting, they just had straight faces, with a lot of talking and finding the facts for their story. The editor always seemed to have his feet up on a desk throughout the show. You could tell this movie was made in the 70's from the colors throughout the movie, which were white, red, blue, and yellow. They had many stand-in actors in this movie, which they had to do to make it look so very busy, which I'm sure it was. The sounds of the typewriter was very prominent in this movie, there really wasn't much music, just the hustle and bustle of being a newspaper writer.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Saturday, February 4, 2012
The Cider House Rules
This is one of those movies that you probably wouldn't take a second look at renting, but when you actually sit and watch the movie in whole, it brings a different aspect to life, in all the different turns within the movie. The movie was a perfect blend of human life realism, it shows all life's struggles we face day to day. The movie was set in old world, which match perfectly for the time they were portraying it to be. The acting of Toby, being Homer, was a perfection of low volume acting, in which he kept a wholesome look throughout the show, and Candy with her look of desperation for the love of Wally, and wanting to have a child so much, but Wally was just not ready as he was always taking off to war. Then when Candy found out that Wally was paralyzed from the waist down, she knew then that she would never have the child she yearned for. I thought at that time, she would decided to be with Homer instead of Wally, but then how would that make her look to leave the man she had been waiting for all this time, just because he was hurt in the war.
Dr. Larch always wanting a child of his own never biologically father a child, but Homer was definitely his child. He spent his live training and teaching Homer the workings of being a doctor, Dr. Larch wanted his legacy to continue, with someone who would continue to take care of all those children, and help the unwed mothers. It broke his heart when Homer decided to leave the orphanage and experience life outside of those walls, even though he never really went that far. Homer's right hand man was Buster, they were buds, and Buster was really upset when Homer left. Melody had a huge crush on Homer, but at that time I don't think Homer even knew what it was like to have a girl crushing on him. Little Fuzzy's favorite color was orange, so he really enjoyed Halloween and pumpkins. It was sad when Fuzzy pasted away and they never told Homer.
Having personal experience myself being a foster parent, I see first hand what a child goes through when their parents reject them, and don't want them. I starting crying right away when Curly wanted to know why, no one wanted him, but in actuality they wanted him there at the orphanage. The only real thing you can do for a child who is rejected is to be there, listen to them and help them find their place in this world.
It discussed me, probably like most other people, when the truth came out about Mr. Rose, and his daughter Rose. It was probably the best place Homer could have been at that time, because that is when he realized, why Dr. Larch did abortions for pregnant women. Not all women want to keep a child that they chose not to get pregnant with, that is why we have so many unwanted children in this world, because of women getting pregnant, and not wanting to have that child in the first place. I felt no remorse for when Mr. Rose was dying, for a man like that to do what he did to his daughter totally discuss me. What really happened to Jack? Personally I think he said something to Mr. Rose, about Rose, so of course Mr. Rose got rid of him right away.
I noticed in the beginning of the movie that when they were taking a shot of Homer in bed with one of the kids, they had angled the camera where it looked like the beds were set up at an angle. I understand it is difficult to produce a movie based on a book, because there is so much more information in the book, and it's impossible to get all that information in a movie, because if they did the movie would be so long, people would get to bored of sitting there, and they wouldn't get the full effect of the movie.
I'm glad Homer finally realized his true calling of being the caregiver of all those children. You could tell in the beginning of the show that he was meant for that type of work. He was great with the children, and even with the women who came in, even though at the time he didn't always agree with what they were doing. There is no way I could have did was he did, when he had to dispose of the fetus. The first time he did it, and had to open the pale and look at it, you could see the surprise and discus in his face.
The piece's that got me thinking is the two suicides within this movie, and then the disappearance of Jack, and then where did Rose really go? I wonder how Candy and Wally are doing now. Then did Homer ever find a woman to be with forever, maybe Melody, or did he just stay single like Dr. Larch, and take care of all those children, also did he train in Buster to be the next doctor at the orphanage?
I really enjoyed this show and plan to go get the book to read, so I can get the full effect of the meaning behind this movie, and come to the realization of why they had to make the book into a movie. Maybe because most great books are made into moives.
Dr. Larch always wanting a child of his own never biologically father a child, but Homer was definitely his child. He spent his live training and teaching Homer the workings of being a doctor, Dr. Larch wanted his legacy to continue, with someone who would continue to take care of all those children, and help the unwed mothers. It broke his heart when Homer decided to leave the orphanage and experience life outside of those walls, even though he never really went that far. Homer's right hand man was Buster, they were buds, and Buster was really upset when Homer left. Melody had a huge crush on Homer, but at that time I don't think Homer even knew what it was like to have a girl crushing on him. Little Fuzzy's favorite color was orange, so he really enjoyed Halloween and pumpkins. It was sad when Fuzzy pasted away and they never told Homer.
Having personal experience myself being a foster parent, I see first hand what a child goes through when their parents reject them, and don't want them. I starting crying right away when Curly wanted to know why, no one wanted him, but in actuality they wanted him there at the orphanage. The only real thing you can do for a child who is rejected is to be there, listen to them and help them find their place in this world.
It discussed me, probably like most other people, when the truth came out about Mr. Rose, and his daughter Rose. It was probably the best place Homer could have been at that time, because that is when he realized, why Dr. Larch did abortions for pregnant women. Not all women want to keep a child that they chose not to get pregnant with, that is why we have so many unwanted children in this world, because of women getting pregnant, and not wanting to have that child in the first place. I felt no remorse for when Mr. Rose was dying, for a man like that to do what he did to his daughter totally discuss me. What really happened to Jack? Personally I think he said something to Mr. Rose, about Rose, so of course Mr. Rose got rid of him right away.
I noticed in the beginning of the movie that when they were taking a shot of Homer in bed with one of the kids, they had angled the camera where it looked like the beds were set up at an angle. I understand it is difficult to produce a movie based on a book, because there is so much more information in the book, and it's impossible to get all that information in a movie, because if they did the movie would be so long, people would get to bored of sitting there, and they wouldn't get the full effect of the movie.
I'm glad Homer finally realized his true calling of being the caregiver of all those children. You could tell in the beginning of the show that he was meant for that type of work. He was great with the children, and even with the women who came in, even though at the time he didn't always agree with what they were doing. There is no way I could have did was he did, when he had to dispose of the fetus. The first time he did it, and had to open the pale and look at it, you could see the surprise and discus in his face.
The piece's that got me thinking is the two suicides within this movie, and then the disappearance of Jack, and then where did Rose really go? I wonder how Candy and Wally are doing now. Then did Homer ever find a woman to be with forever, maybe Melody, or did he just stay single like Dr. Larch, and take care of all those children, also did he train in Buster to be the next doctor at the orphanage?
I really enjoyed this show and plan to go get the book to read, so I can get the full effect of the meaning behind this movie, and come to the realization of why they had to make the book into a movie. Maybe because most great books are made into moives.
Saturday, January 28, 2012
The Dark Knight
This is one of those all time best films. I grew up knowing about Batman, as my brother read the comic books. I never really got into the batman movies until I seen Batman Begins. This movie started to pull in my interest as to what Batman was all about.
The Dark Knight is a long movie, but it is entertaining throughout the movie as to what was going to happen next. I think if they were to cut the movie down to like 2 hours, we would have missed a lot of important pieces to this movie. They started the movie with lots of light and then eventually making it dark. I don't really like watching movies the portray darkness, because I find it harder to see things happening in the movie, but with The Dark Knight you could always see what was happening. Most movie's you see now have some form of a love interest in them just like this movie. Although Bruce wanted nothing more then to be with Rachel, she pretty much gave him the option to either be with her or be Batman. So when Bruce discovered that someone else wanted to protect Gotham city as much as he did, he went beyond to help him become the public face for everyone. But now Rachel had already fallen in love with Henry, before Bruce could just be himself.
There was a lot of action in this movie. Christopher Nolan's choosing of the actors he did, I feel was a risk but a good one, because each actor played their roles very well. Especially with choosing Heath Ledger, because of the movies he had played in the past like, Brokeback Mountain, 10 Things I Hate about you, and then A Knight's Tale, which that part went better with the Joker then his other parts. The Joker in this show was the one that kept my interest the most, with the way he talked, and was always licking his lips, and like smacking his mouth or like it seemed he had a mouth full of spit. The rich colors he wore, like his purple suit and bright orange shirt, along with his green hair and bright red lips. The Joker had 3 different reasons as to why his face was scared, but we never really knew why it was scared, although I believe it was the first story he told about his father. Heath's character as the Joker was one of the best parts he has ever played.
This movie has rich dramatics and very daring performances, within the show. Thank goodness they have stunt men/women to play those parts. How they made Harvey's face look they way they did, and how it match what he called in the movie a two faces internal affairs person. How Bruce's voice got deeper with the batman suit on, and the computer generated effects he could see with his suit on, and making the eyes like a flashlight. When you think of Gotham the town, I think of the Gothic live style some live, as most of the movie was in darkness and lots of black.
I was surprised that they let Rachel die in the movie, and had Harvey survive. I'm sure they did this to show us that, even though you are a good person you can always turn bad, when bad things happen to you. I did for awhile think that Rachel would be returning, and that the Joker never really did kill her, but it never happened. In the scene where Heath slides down the money, I thought that was Rachel sitting on top of the money tide up, but it wasn't.
Even though they say this was the ending of batman, I think there maybe another one in the future, because they ended it without ever really showing us the end, except for his things being destroyed, but he was never captured. Unless that was how it was meant to be, where the great Batman will always be out there, but now he can go on to live a normal life.
The Dark Knight is a long movie, but it is entertaining throughout the movie as to what was going to happen next. I think if they were to cut the movie down to like 2 hours, we would have missed a lot of important pieces to this movie. They started the movie with lots of light and then eventually making it dark. I don't really like watching movies the portray darkness, because I find it harder to see things happening in the movie, but with The Dark Knight you could always see what was happening. Most movie's you see now have some form of a love interest in them just like this movie. Although Bruce wanted nothing more then to be with Rachel, she pretty much gave him the option to either be with her or be Batman. So when Bruce discovered that someone else wanted to protect Gotham city as much as he did, he went beyond to help him become the public face for everyone. But now Rachel had already fallen in love with Henry, before Bruce could just be himself.
There was a lot of action in this movie. Christopher Nolan's choosing of the actors he did, I feel was a risk but a good one, because each actor played their roles very well. Especially with choosing Heath Ledger, because of the movies he had played in the past like, Brokeback Mountain, 10 Things I Hate about you, and then A Knight's Tale, which that part went better with the Joker then his other parts. The Joker in this show was the one that kept my interest the most, with the way he talked, and was always licking his lips, and like smacking his mouth or like it seemed he had a mouth full of spit. The rich colors he wore, like his purple suit and bright orange shirt, along with his green hair and bright red lips. The Joker had 3 different reasons as to why his face was scared, but we never really knew why it was scared, although I believe it was the first story he told about his father. Heath's character as the Joker was one of the best parts he has ever played.
This movie has rich dramatics and very daring performances, within the show. Thank goodness they have stunt men/women to play those parts. How they made Harvey's face look they way they did, and how it match what he called in the movie a two faces internal affairs person. How Bruce's voice got deeper with the batman suit on, and the computer generated effects he could see with his suit on, and making the eyes like a flashlight. When you think of Gotham the town, I think of the Gothic live style some live, as most of the movie was in darkness and lots of black.
I was surprised that they let Rachel die in the movie, and had Harvey survive. I'm sure they did this to show us that, even though you are a good person you can always turn bad, when bad things happen to you. I did for awhile think that Rachel would be returning, and that the Joker never really did kill her, but it never happened. In the scene where Heath slides down the money, I thought that was Rachel sitting on top of the money tide up, but it wasn't.
Even though they say this was the ending of batman, I think there maybe another one in the future, because they ended it without ever really showing us the end, except for his things being destroyed, but he was never captured. Unless that was how it was meant to be, where the great Batman will always be out there, but now he can go on to live a normal life.
The Graduate
This was definitely an older movie and you could tell that by the way the sound was within the movie, it almost had a echo sound effect to it, it always sounded like they were standing in a bare room. Just like when you first by a new home, and have nothing hung up yet, you have a echo sound in your home.
In the beginning of the movie they had a lot of emphases on the sound of the music, with showing Ben just sitting there with a blank stare on his face. I knew right away that he wasn't sure now what do with his life, now that he had graduated college. He seemed stuck, as to what he was going to do. He didn't want to go join his parent's party they had for him, because he knew everyone was going to ask what he was going to do now, and he, himself was unsure of that.
I noticed right away some of the emphases they place on that black and white clown picture hanging in the stairway. I wasn't quite sure if it meant anything or not, but they did keep the camera on that picture for at least a minute. Everything was very white, the walls the furniture, and what the women wore, it was very drab and dull with color, throughout the film, with the exception of the yellow color, they had on the roads, and even the women wearing yellow dresses. It was funny how, Mrs. Robertson was really trying to seduce Ben, and he caught on right away, until she made it seem that she wasn't. Then later he totally went for the affair, and totally should not have. You could tell he was a virgin, even though he denied it. In the scene where they were in the hotel room and Ben just wanted to talk, I noticed there were 2 drops of water falling, like if they were falling into a pool, the drops were in the top right corner, it could have just been my DVD, but I think it coincided with the next scene of him just chill-in in the pool.
Elaine was a beautiful girl and her mother new that, and that is why I believe she didn't want Ben to ask her out, because she knew he would fall for her, because they had more in common, then Ben and Mrs. Robertson had in common. I found it interesting how Ben and Elaine had fell in love so fast, and then when he knew he had to tell her the truth about him and her mother, I think he was hoping she would for give him. Although it took Ben some time realize how deeply in love he was with Elaine, it was entertaining to watch how he was stalking her, I got a few chuckles out of watching that.
When Elaine went to Ben's apartment and he asked her to tell him what her mother had told her, it didn't surprise me that the mother had lied. Then when Ben started to tell her the truth, that scream that came from Elaine was so intense, it made me jump a little, it was almost like watching an old fashioned horror movie. The screaming was definitely showing the emphasis on reaction instead of the action.
Now when Ben found out Elaine was going to marry Carl, and he was running to find where they were getting married and he stopped to use the phone at the gas station, and didn't get any gas, I just knew he was going to run out and knew exactly when it was going to happen by the way the director incorporated the music with the running out of gas. With the church scene, when Ben was yelling and then Elaine just looked up with a blank stare, and then all of a sudden yelled Ben's name, which was also very intense. The director showed the visible sound with the parent's face reactions and the yelling with no sound, it was like Elaine was all alone. I was happy that they ended the movie with the two of them riding off on a yellow bus. Although it seemed they ended the movie just like they started the movie, with Ben sitting there with just a blank stare, with the exception of Elaine joining in on that stare, it almost seemed as though they were thinking they both had just made a mistake.
I think the acting in this movie was very simple and easier to portray, although being able to always have just a blank face look, is probably harder to do then most realize. I'm sure the movie didn't cost much to make, but it kept you entertain as to what was Ben going to do, and were he and Elaine going to end up together or not.
In the beginning of the movie they had a lot of emphases on the sound of the music, with showing Ben just sitting there with a blank stare on his face. I knew right away that he wasn't sure now what do with his life, now that he had graduated college. He seemed stuck, as to what he was going to do. He didn't want to go join his parent's party they had for him, because he knew everyone was going to ask what he was going to do now, and he, himself was unsure of that.
I noticed right away some of the emphases they place on that black and white clown picture hanging in the stairway. I wasn't quite sure if it meant anything or not, but they did keep the camera on that picture for at least a minute. Everything was very white, the walls the furniture, and what the women wore, it was very drab and dull with color, throughout the film, with the exception of the yellow color, they had on the roads, and even the women wearing yellow dresses. It was funny how, Mrs. Robertson was really trying to seduce Ben, and he caught on right away, until she made it seem that she wasn't. Then later he totally went for the affair, and totally should not have. You could tell he was a virgin, even though he denied it. In the scene where they were in the hotel room and Ben just wanted to talk, I noticed there were 2 drops of water falling, like if they were falling into a pool, the drops were in the top right corner, it could have just been my DVD, but I think it coincided with the next scene of him just chill-in in the pool.
Elaine was a beautiful girl and her mother new that, and that is why I believe she didn't want Ben to ask her out, because she knew he would fall for her, because they had more in common, then Ben and Mrs. Robertson had in common. I found it interesting how Ben and Elaine had fell in love so fast, and then when he knew he had to tell her the truth about him and her mother, I think he was hoping she would for give him. Although it took Ben some time realize how deeply in love he was with Elaine, it was entertaining to watch how he was stalking her, I got a few chuckles out of watching that.
When Elaine went to Ben's apartment and he asked her to tell him what her mother had told her, it didn't surprise me that the mother had lied. Then when Ben started to tell her the truth, that scream that came from Elaine was so intense, it made me jump a little, it was almost like watching an old fashioned horror movie. The screaming was definitely showing the emphasis on reaction instead of the action.
Now when Ben found out Elaine was going to marry Carl, and he was running to find where they were getting married and he stopped to use the phone at the gas station, and didn't get any gas, I just knew he was going to run out and knew exactly when it was going to happen by the way the director incorporated the music with the running out of gas. With the church scene, when Ben was yelling and then Elaine just looked up with a blank stare, and then all of a sudden yelled Ben's name, which was also very intense. The director showed the visible sound with the parent's face reactions and the yelling with no sound, it was like Elaine was all alone. I was happy that they ended the movie with the two of them riding off on a yellow bus. Although it seemed they ended the movie just like they started the movie, with Ben sitting there with just a blank stare, with the exception of Elaine joining in on that stare, it almost seemed as though they were thinking they both had just made a mistake.
I think the acting in this movie was very simple and easier to portray, although being able to always have just a blank face look, is probably harder to do then most realize. I'm sure the movie didn't cost much to make, but it kept you entertain as to what was Ben going to do, and were he and Elaine going to end up together or not.
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Amelie
This was a difficult movie to watch as I spent most of my time reading the subtitle, instead of being able to watch the actually picture. I did catch that the color green was strongly portraded in the movie, along with the rich colors of red in her bedroom. Her bedroom had two portraits one of a dog and the other a goose wearing pearls. The setting in the film was set to an old world French theme, which of course makes sense seeing the movie was French. They showed a lot of subjective filming in this show with filming so close to Amelie's face, which always seemed to be just straight or smiling. Which brings me to the fact that she seemed to really enjoy hearing others have sex, or even at the beginning where she was laughing slightly while have sex. The part where her mother dumped the gold fish into the stream and the fish staring straight back up to Amelie, showed the bonded connection she so much desired to have with another.
They always seemed to produce all the right emotions at the right time throughout the movie, like when she heard the boy being made fun of, she would go do things to the owner of the produce shop, where she shopped, and do things to the items in his apartment, to make him think he was going crazy, I'll have to admit this part in the movie made me feel good, as to someone teaching someone a lesson, although it didn't seem to effect him to much, he just kept picking at the boy.
While Amelie had gotton this strong sense to start helping people, she really wanted to make sure that her father would get the help also, by taking that gnome of his and having someone create pictures of different parts of world with the gnome in it, and then returning the gnome back to it's original spot. I think she did this to show her dad that it would be ok for him to travel to all those places he and her mother wanted to travel too, and still beable to return home. It made me feel sad that in the beginning her father told her, they never traveled because of her heart condition, when in contrast she never really had a condition, it was her excitment of getting the little bit of attention from her father. I think her father and mother had a little bit of OCD (obsessive complusive disorder), and in turn which probably made Amelie get the complusion to help others.
During her spout with the glass man, trying to help him paint the portrait of the woman in his picture, she was really telling him about herself and her feelings. When the glass man finally figured out that she was talking about herself, he in turned helped her move forward in getting with Nino and why she should reveal herself to him.
She was really intrigued by Nino and the way he collect portraits of people, that he didn't even know. I think it took her so long to reveal herself to him because of her past, and the way her parents raised her without that longing affection a child needs. It was also funny how she ended up showing Nino that the mystery man rally was just the picture booth fixer. Although she fell in love with Nino without really getting to know him first. How much it upset her to think he had gone out to be with someone else, while the whole time they were out searching to find her. When the two finally met face to face, they showed it in such slow motion with them kissing each other on the cheek, neck and above the eye, you could just feel the tension leading up to them being together in a very passionate, loving way. I like how they ended the movie with them two riding off to live happly ever after.
They always seemed to produce all the right emotions at the right time throughout the movie, like when she heard the boy being made fun of, she would go do things to the owner of the produce shop, where she shopped, and do things to the items in his apartment, to make him think he was going crazy, I'll have to admit this part in the movie made me feel good, as to someone teaching someone a lesson, although it didn't seem to effect him to much, he just kept picking at the boy.
While Amelie had gotton this strong sense to start helping people, she really wanted to make sure that her father would get the help also, by taking that gnome of his and having someone create pictures of different parts of world with the gnome in it, and then returning the gnome back to it's original spot. I think she did this to show her dad that it would be ok for him to travel to all those places he and her mother wanted to travel too, and still beable to return home. It made me feel sad that in the beginning her father told her, they never traveled because of her heart condition, when in contrast she never really had a condition, it was her excitment of getting the little bit of attention from her father. I think her father and mother had a little bit of OCD (obsessive complusive disorder), and in turn which probably made Amelie get the complusion to help others.
During her spout with the glass man, trying to help him paint the portrait of the woman in his picture, she was really telling him about herself and her feelings. When the glass man finally figured out that she was talking about herself, he in turned helped her move forward in getting with Nino and why she should reveal herself to him.
She was really intrigued by Nino and the way he collect portraits of people, that he didn't even know. I think it took her so long to reveal herself to him because of her past, and the way her parents raised her without that longing affection a child needs. It was also funny how she ended up showing Nino that the mystery man rally was just the picture booth fixer. Although she fell in love with Nino without really getting to know him first. How much it upset her to think he had gone out to be with someone else, while the whole time they were out searching to find her. When the two finally met face to face, they showed it in such slow motion with them kissing each other on the cheek, neck and above the eye, you could just feel the tension leading up to them being together in a very passionate, loving way. I like how they ended the movie with them two riding off to live happly ever after.
MEMENTO
At first this film was a little irritating, constantly going backwards, it seemed like you would never get to the end. As the movie went on, I would get more and more interested in finding out how the whole story started, just like when you are watching a movie and can't wait to find out the ending, this movie wanted you to find out what the beginning was.
I also noticed throughout the movie all the blue colors that were constantly protrade. Whether they were dark blue, or light blue. Blue is a claming color and maybe the director chose to do it in that way because, when the action did happen it would make you more excited, because you were clam.
It seemed like the director just took shots of the scenes and played them in that form, instead of editing them, although I know you have to edit a film to keep some form of flow within the film. The director did lots of extreme close-ups to Leonard's wife's face, I think he was trying to make that piece dramatic, so we could see that, that was one of the driving forces behind Leonard's madness in finding his wife's killer. I think a lot of this movie was filmed in a subjective and indirect subject manner, as it seemed a lot of the takes were in close-up.
Leonard was always in a different room at the Discount Motel, it started with him being in room 304 then to 303, and 121, and then towords the end he came out of room 21, which just could have been missing the 1. Even though Bert told him at one point, they had checked 2 rooms out to him to make more money, I wonder if they really had many rooms checked out to him to make even more money. I thought right at the beginning of this movie that the tatoo Sammy Jankins, was really who he was, but in his mind he thought of someone different. I think he created this other person in his mind, so he didn't have to face the fact that it really was him. Throughout the movie it showed that Teddy was the bad person, but towards the end/beginning, I wondered if Teddy really was the good guy, and just tyring to help Leonard deal with what had happened to his wife. Even though Teddy really was a dirty cop, because he was willing to let Leonoard kill people and still money. I was surprised to find that the one perosn he really trusted Natalie, was really the bad person in this movie, and figured out that he was the person who hurt James, because of the clothes and car. I never really did figure out why he wrote on Teddy's picture "don't believe his lies", because in actuallity that should have been the one person he did trust, because Teddy was honest with him throughout the movie. He even told him his name was John Gemmill.
If Leonard really had a short-term memory loss, how was he able to know everytime that he had this condition of a short-term memory loss. He was always able to tell people that he had this condition and that he wouldn't rememeber them in about 10 minutes. Maybe Leonard just snapped after his wife's death and decided to makeup, that he had short-term memory loss, so if he ever got caught he would be able to use this in a court of law, and just be put in a mental institution, like he picture Sammy in one. I think Leonard will conitinue to go on and find all the people named John G. and continue to kill them, becaue he never realizes the fact that he had already killed people with those initials.
I also noticed throughout the movie all the blue colors that were constantly protrade. Whether they were dark blue, or light blue. Blue is a claming color and maybe the director chose to do it in that way because, when the action did happen it would make you more excited, because you were clam.
It seemed like the director just took shots of the scenes and played them in that form, instead of editing them, although I know you have to edit a film to keep some form of flow within the film. The director did lots of extreme close-ups to Leonard's wife's face, I think he was trying to make that piece dramatic, so we could see that, that was one of the driving forces behind Leonard's madness in finding his wife's killer. I think a lot of this movie was filmed in a subjective and indirect subject manner, as it seemed a lot of the takes were in close-up.
Leonard was always in a different room at the Discount Motel, it started with him being in room 304 then to 303, and 121, and then towords the end he came out of room 21, which just could have been missing the 1. Even though Bert told him at one point, they had checked 2 rooms out to him to make more money, I wonder if they really had many rooms checked out to him to make even more money. I thought right at the beginning of this movie that the tatoo Sammy Jankins, was really who he was, but in his mind he thought of someone different. I think he created this other person in his mind, so he didn't have to face the fact that it really was him. Throughout the movie it showed that Teddy was the bad person, but towards the end/beginning, I wondered if Teddy really was the good guy, and just tyring to help Leonard deal with what had happened to his wife. Even though Teddy really was a dirty cop, because he was willing to let Leonoard kill people and still money. I was surprised to find that the one perosn he really trusted Natalie, was really the bad person in this movie, and figured out that he was the person who hurt James, because of the clothes and car. I never really did figure out why he wrote on Teddy's picture "don't believe his lies", because in actuallity that should have been the one person he did trust, because Teddy was honest with him throughout the movie. He even told him his name was John Gemmill.
If Leonard really had a short-term memory loss, how was he able to know everytime that he had this condition of a short-term memory loss. He was always able to tell people that he had this condition and that he wouldn't rememeber them in about 10 minutes. Maybe Leonard just snapped after his wife's death and decided to makeup, that he had short-term memory loss, so if he ever got caught he would be able to use this in a court of law, and just be put in a mental institution, like he picture Sammy in one. I think Leonard will conitinue to go on and find all the people named John G. and continue to kill them, becaue he never realizes the fact that he had already killed people with those initials.
Friday, January 20, 2012
Good Will Hunting
This movie had a really strong Irish-American influence within the film. The Characters were made to seem all Irish-American, but only Ben Affleck himself has real Irish in him. To me the film portrayed this man Will (Matt Damon), who had bad things happen to him in the past, and was struggling to find his way. He trusted no one except his best friend Chuckie (Ben Affleck), at that time. Being a foster parent, for children with the same kind of issues that Will has, I can see where it was difficult to trust others, because whenever he started to trust someone or even let someone get close to him, they would bring nothing but heartache and disappointment to him.
The main symbolism in this movie to me, is the painting in Sean's (Robin Williams) office. To me this represents someone who is alone and struggling to find their way back. This is obviously the spot where they started the movie, in which Sean begin to counsel Will. It is humors to watch Will make jabs at others or try to tell them how they are feeling, or why they are doing what they do. Obviously Will is an extremely intelligent person, and would do well out in the world, if only he could move on from his past. This is an extremely hard task for Will, because he feels safe being with his friends, and in the community in which he lives.
I think it has taken Will so long to move past his past, because he himself has no confidence, which shows in the beginning of the movie when he starts a fight. To me that represents him needing to show others, that he is tough and a big man. I don't think Will ever had someone stand up to him or say the things to him like Sean had, and that I believe was a great breaking point for the two of them.
Only towards the end of movie do you finally see that Sean has broken down Will's wall, and by repeating "It's Not Your Fault" was a big symbol to the show. Also when Chuckie has the talk with Will on how if he was as smart as Will, he would get out of there.
I liked that they ended the show by showing Will stop by Sean's home to deliver him a message, that he was moving on, and he was picking Skylar first, and that they needed to stay in touch. There is nothing more comforting than know, you have accomplished a great task in help a person become something great. To know that you have taught them things, showed them things, and they they will always appreciate what you have done for them. The best part is knowing they want to stay in touch, so you can continue to see their accomplishments.
The main symbolism in this movie to me, is the painting in Sean's (Robin Williams) office. To me this represents someone who is alone and struggling to find their way back. This is obviously the spot where they started the movie, in which Sean begin to counsel Will. It is humors to watch Will make jabs at others or try to tell them how they are feeling, or why they are doing what they do. Obviously Will is an extremely intelligent person, and would do well out in the world, if only he could move on from his past. This is an extremely hard task for Will, because he feels safe being with his friends, and in the community in which he lives.
I think it has taken Will so long to move past his past, because he himself has no confidence, which shows in the beginning of the movie when he starts a fight. To me that represents him needing to show others, that he is tough and a big man. I don't think Will ever had someone stand up to him or say the things to him like Sean had, and that I believe was a great breaking point for the two of them.
Only towards the end of movie do you finally see that Sean has broken down Will's wall, and by repeating "It's Not Your Fault" was a big symbol to the show. Also when Chuckie has the talk with Will on how if he was as smart as Will, he would get out of there.
I liked that they ended the show by showing Will stop by Sean's home to deliver him a message, that he was moving on, and he was picking Skylar first, and that they needed to stay in touch. There is nothing more comforting than know, you have accomplished a great task in help a person become something great. To know that you have taught them things, showed them things, and they they will always appreciate what you have done for them. The best part is knowing they want to stay in touch, so you can continue to see their accomplishments.
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