Most movies that depict people going to live off the land are very vague and unrealistic, but Into the Wild is different. The creators of Into the Wild took Jon Krakauer's story and followed Chris' footsteps to show us the life that he lived and the people that he met. Into the Wild has a wonderful story, fantastic acting, and terrific visual effects to communicate with us the risk that Chris took on his journey and the importance of biology and language arts.
Into the Wild's story is about Chris McCandless' crazy journey after college graduation because he took a risk by burning his social security card, his credit cards, his cash, and his left over identifications. Chris McCandless took the risk of travelling throughout the country because he loved the outdoors and he always wanted to be free and independent. His risky actions were successful until the very end because he was killed by a poison from a pea plant. Normal people would not take this risk because they know it is dangerous and they are afraid. Through Krakauer's story, we learn that Chris McCandless' risk made an impact on the people that he met. Some of the people like Jan Burris and Ron Franz loved him because of his ecstatic personality and his open mindedness to nature and to other people. His death in the end was both tragic and poignant because many people like Ron Franz wanted him to live life. Ron Franz wants Chris to be his grandson because he wanted his family to continue on and he wants some one that he can both relate and talk to. The people's hearts that he touched and the lives that he affected was a part of Chris McCandless' personality, but the actor also acted his part well.
The actors in this film were truly the real life characters that they play because they really touched our hearts by their relationship with Chris McCandless. Emile Hirsch plays Chris, and he has the smile that no body will forget. His smile and face is all so friendly and familiar because he is Chris and everything he does is so spontaneous. Being a person that has read the book by Jon Krakauer, I can feel Chris' presence in Emile because his voice, his language, his actions, and his relationship with others are the same as Carine described him in the book. Jena Malone is Carine McCandless and she created a very close relationship with Chris. Jena has become Carine because with her voice in the voice over’s we can sense Carine's presence, and it is like Jena and Carine are one person. Hal Holbrook is the next best actor in this movie because his last conversion with Chris as Ron Franz did not like acting instead it looked like a serious conversion that the two were having together. The conversion also created a suspenseful moment that made us all pause and think. Shawn Penn really knows how to pick actors and crew members because this movie has great visual effects.
The visual effects of this movie were intriguing because they went to Alaska and every place that Chris travelled to in his journey. The visual effects were great because it was realistic. Most people have never lived out in the wilderness for hundred plus days and this movie gave us a great perspective on the experience. The experience was harsh, deadly, and filled with choices. McCandless could not hunt big animals with small children because he had a soft heart for families. He wanted to leave his annoying family, but in his heart he still loved them. We can see evidence of that when he tries to shoot a bear. The gushing blood from the moose gave us a feeling of never eating meat again because it is taking another life. It is similar to a homicide, but hunters are killing animals. Sean Penn used these visual effects to communicate that McCandless killed it to survive and not for prizes. Sean Penn also used the film to teach us important lessons about life and living out in the wilderness.
The moral from this movie is that living off the land is both dangerous and unpredictable. The weather could be rainy or snowy for several days in Alaska, so any hikers living off the land would be starving if they did not bring enough food. Director Penn wants us to be prepared when living out in the woods. This movie also teaches students like me to read carefully and learn taxonomy well. Reading carefully is not only for the SATs, but it is for survival. Chris McCandless learned the lesson after he ate the poison. Taxonomy is the science of categorization and it helps categorize organisms. It uses the most specific two groups to categorize the organism. They are the Genus and the species. McCandless learned how to read the Latin names, but he forgot to learn about each native Alaskan plant.
Sean Penn has used the story that Jon Krakauer’s wrote to teach us about Chris McCandless and his tremendous bravery for living off the land and for changing the lives of others. This story has inspired many people to follow their dreams and never give up. We are all human beings, and if Chris can do it, then we can do it too.
Monday, August 2, 2010
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Inception
The mind is like a puzzle that can be solved.There are only a handful of people called extractors that can unlock the puzzle.These extractors design dreams and plans to insert into other people's subconscious and they can also take information away. The most skilled extractor Mr. Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio).He has been banned to see his children because of the will left by his wife and he has terrifying memories of his wife. The more we get into the film, the more we start to understand Mr. Cobb's life with his family. Inception is a film about cracking the code of the minds of people and understanding the complexity of dreams. Inception has used good visual effects,well done acting, and nice locations to portray the story as a doorway to the unlocking the mind.
The key to solving the puzzle begins with Cobb landing on the beach and brought to the Japanese house for lunch. This beginning scene seems confusing at first , but the story gets better when the clock is turned back and returned to the first time that he dreamt of the palace. The whole beach and palace turned out to be a dream and the goal was to gain the documentation that was locked in the Japanese executive's mind. However his wife is always in his head and thwarting his plans to succeed as a extractor. The whole confrontation between his wife and himself goes back to one she was still alive. Their confrontation is just as complex and disturbing as the puzzle that is being cracked because she likes him , but wants him away. She wants to live old with him, but she tried to kill him in his dream. Their whole relationship is part of the puzzle that Cobb needs to solve. His wife is like Benedict Arnold because she is always on the other side of Cobb and his assistant wants him to confront her.
The visual effects were pretty good too, but they were not exceptional because the only real visual effects that I like were the low gravity and the walking on the ceilings and walls and the the two road ways put together. The visual effects were not revolutionary, but they did help convey the message that in dreams, the possibilities are endless.
Leonardo DiCaprio is the best actor in this film because he has portrayed the part of Cobb like he is Cobb. There is no doubt that he has persuaded us that he knows what he's doing and he is the greatest extractor in the world. He has also convinced us that he is a team player and he is also a family man.
Inception is a great movie and the whole movie is like a Rubicon cube and a sudoku puzzle combined, but the movie is not finished. At the very end, Cobb returned home , but the spinner continued to spin forever. That would mean that he's still in a dream. It could also point out that the whole movie is a dream inside a dream that has not been solved one hundred percent. The movie is both creative and innovative because the director is the writer. This is the difference between good movies and the best movies because the director makes every last call and they are always right. That is due to the fact that story writers can tell the story in any way possible.
Lastly , Inception is a great movie and there is no doubt that this will top the Box Office and be the Best Motion Picture of 2010, but there are critics that hate Chris Nolan and his movies. This may cause Inception to have only three Oscars.
The key to solving the puzzle begins with Cobb landing on the beach and brought to the Japanese house for lunch. This beginning scene seems confusing at first , but the story gets better when the clock is turned back and returned to the first time that he dreamt of the palace. The whole beach and palace turned out to be a dream and the goal was to gain the documentation that was locked in the Japanese executive's mind. However his wife is always in his head and thwarting his plans to succeed as a extractor. The whole confrontation between his wife and himself goes back to one she was still alive. Their confrontation is just as complex and disturbing as the puzzle that is being cracked because she likes him , but wants him away. She wants to live old with him, but she tried to kill him in his dream. Their whole relationship is part of the puzzle that Cobb needs to solve. His wife is like Benedict Arnold because she is always on the other side of Cobb and his assistant wants him to confront her.
The visual effects were pretty good too, but they were not exceptional because the only real visual effects that I like were the low gravity and the walking on the ceilings and walls and the the two road ways put together. The visual effects were not revolutionary, but they did help convey the message that in dreams, the possibilities are endless.
Leonardo DiCaprio is the best actor in this film because he has portrayed the part of Cobb like he is Cobb. There is no doubt that he has persuaded us that he knows what he's doing and he is the greatest extractor in the world. He has also convinced us that he is a team player and he is also a family man.
Inception is a great movie and the whole movie is like a Rubicon cube and a sudoku puzzle combined, but the movie is not finished. At the very end, Cobb returned home , but the spinner continued to spin forever. That would mean that he's still in a dream. It could also point out that the whole movie is a dream inside a dream that has not been solved one hundred percent. The movie is both creative and innovative because the director is the writer. This is the difference between good movies and the best movies because the director makes every last call and they are always right. That is due to the fact that story writers can tell the story in any way possible.
Lastly , Inception is a great movie and there is no doubt that this will top the Box Office and be the Best Motion Picture of 2010, but there are critics that hate Chris Nolan and his movies. This may cause Inception to have only three Oscars.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Into the Wild
Most movies that depict people going to live off the land is very vague and unrealistic, but Into the Wild is different. The creators of Into the Wild took Jon Krakauer's story and followed Chris' footsteps to show us the life that he lived and the people that he met. Into the Wild has a wonderful story, fantastic acting , and terrific visual effects.
Into the Wild's story is about Chris McCandless' crazy journey after college graduation because he took a risk by burning his social security card, his credit cards, his cash, and his left over identifications. Chris McCandless took the risk of travelling throughout the country because he loved the outdoors and he always wanted to be free and independent. His risky actions was successful until the very end because he was killed by a poison from a pea plant. Normal people would not take this risk because they know it is dangerous and they are afraid. Through Krakauer's story, we learned that Chris McCandless' risk made an impact on the people that he met. Some of the people like Jan Burris and her crew at the RV trailer park and Ron Franz because they loved him and they admired his ecstatic personality and his open mindedness to nature and to other people. His death in the end was both tragic and poignant because many people like Ron Franz wanted him to stay in life. Ron Franz wanted Chris to be his grandson because he wants his family to continue on and he wants some one that he can both relate and talk to. The people's hearts that he touched and the lives that he affected was a part of Chris McCandless' personality , but the actor also acted his part well.
The actors in this film were truly the real life characters that they play because they really touched our hearts by their relationship with Chris McCandless. Emile Hirsch plays Chris and he has the smile that no body will forgot. His smile and face is all so friendly and familiar because he is Chris and everything he does is so spontaneous. Being a person that has read the book by Jon Krakauer, I can feel Chris' presence in Emile because his voice , his language , his actions, and his relationship with others are the same as Carine described him in the book. Jena Malone is Carine McCandless and she created a very close relationship with Chris. Jena has become Carine because with her voice in the voice overs we can sense Carine's presence and it is like Jena and Carine are one person. Hal Holbrook is the third best actor in this movie because his last conversion with Chris as Ron Franz did not like acting instead it looked like a serious conversion that the two were having together. The conversion also created a suspenseful moment that made us all pause and think. Shawn Penn really knows how to pick actors and crew members because this movie has great visual effects.
The visual effects of this movie were immersing because they went to Alaska and every place that Chris travelled to in his journey. The visual effects were great because it was realistic. Most people have never lived out in the wilderness for hundred plus days and this movie gave us a great perspective on the experience. The experience was harsh , deadly, and filled with choices. McCandless could not hunt big animals with small children because he had a soft heart for families. He wanted to leave his annoying family,but in his heart he still loved them. We can see evidence of that when he tries to shoot a bear. The gushing blood from the moose gave us a feeling of never eating meat again because it is taking another life. It is similar to a homicide, but hunters are killing animals. Sean Penn used these visual effects to communicate that McCandless killed it to survive and not for prizes.Sean Penn also used the film to teach us important lessons about life and living out in the wilderness.
The take away from this movie is that living off the land is both dangerous and unpredictable. The weather could be rainy or snowy for several days in Alaska, so any hikers living off the land would be starving if they did not bring enough food.Director Penn wants us to be prepared when living out in the woods.
This movie also teaches students like myself to read carefully and learn taxonomy well. Reading carefully is not only for the SATs , but it is for survival. Chris McCandless learned the lesson after he ate the poison.Taxonomy is the science of categorization and it helps categorize organisms. It uses the most specific two groups to categorize the organism. They are the Genus and the species. McCandless learned how to read the latin names, but he forgot to learn about each native Alaskan plant.
Sean Penn has used the story that Jon Krakauer’s wrote to teach us about Chris McCandless and his tremendous bravery for living off the land and for changing the lives of others. This story has inspired many people to follow their dreams and never give up. We are all human beings, and if Chris can do it, then we can do it too.
Into the Wild's story is about Chris McCandless' crazy journey after college graduation because he took a risk by burning his social security card, his credit cards, his cash, and his left over identifications. Chris McCandless took the risk of travelling throughout the country because he loved the outdoors and he always wanted to be free and independent. His risky actions was successful until the very end because he was killed by a poison from a pea plant. Normal people would not take this risk because they know it is dangerous and they are afraid. Through Krakauer's story, we learned that Chris McCandless' risk made an impact on the people that he met. Some of the people like Jan Burris and her crew at the RV trailer park and Ron Franz because they loved him and they admired his ecstatic personality and his open mindedness to nature and to other people. His death in the end was both tragic and poignant because many people like Ron Franz wanted him to stay in life. Ron Franz wanted Chris to be his grandson because he wants his family to continue on and he wants some one that he can both relate and talk to. The people's hearts that he touched and the lives that he affected was a part of Chris McCandless' personality , but the actor also acted his part well.
The actors in this film were truly the real life characters that they play because they really touched our hearts by their relationship with Chris McCandless. Emile Hirsch plays Chris and he has the smile that no body will forgot. His smile and face is all so friendly and familiar because he is Chris and everything he does is so spontaneous. Being a person that has read the book by Jon Krakauer, I can feel Chris' presence in Emile because his voice , his language , his actions, and his relationship with others are the same as Carine described him in the book. Jena Malone is Carine McCandless and she created a very close relationship with Chris. Jena has become Carine because with her voice in the voice overs we can sense Carine's presence and it is like Jena and Carine are one person. Hal Holbrook is the third best actor in this movie because his last conversion with Chris as Ron Franz did not like acting instead it looked like a serious conversion that the two were having together. The conversion also created a suspenseful moment that made us all pause and think. Shawn Penn really knows how to pick actors and crew members because this movie has great visual effects.
The visual effects of this movie were immersing because they went to Alaska and every place that Chris travelled to in his journey. The visual effects were great because it was realistic. Most people have never lived out in the wilderness for hundred plus days and this movie gave us a great perspective on the experience. The experience was harsh , deadly, and filled with choices. McCandless could not hunt big animals with small children because he had a soft heart for families. He wanted to leave his annoying family,but in his heart he still loved them. We can see evidence of that when he tries to shoot a bear. The gushing blood from the moose gave us a feeling of never eating meat again because it is taking another life. It is similar to a homicide, but hunters are killing animals. Sean Penn used these visual effects to communicate that McCandless killed it to survive and not for prizes.Sean Penn also used the film to teach us important lessons about life and living out in the wilderness.
The take away from this movie is that living off the land is both dangerous and unpredictable. The weather could be rainy or snowy for several days in Alaska, so any hikers living off the land would be starving if they did not bring enough food.Director Penn wants us to be prepared when living out in the woods.
This movie also teaches students like myself to read carefully and learn taxonomy well. Reading carefully is not only for the SATs , but it is for survival. Chris McCandless learned the lesson after he ate the poison.Taxonomy is the science of categorization and it helps categorize organisms. It uses the most specific two groups to categorize the organism. They are the Genus and the species. McCandless learned how to read the latin names, but he forgot to learn about each native Alaskan plant.
Sean Penn has used the story that Jon Krakauer’s wrote to teach us about Chris McCandless and his tremendous bravery for living off the land and for changing the lives of others. This story has inspired many people to follow their dreams and never give up. We are all human beings, and if Chris can do it, then we can do it too.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Toy Story 3
In 1995, Toy Story was released and millions of people around the world saw it. Then in 1999, Toy Story 2 was released and it got twice the amount of people. Toy Story 2 was better than Toy Story and Toy Story 3 was the best movie in the series. I did not expect Toy Story 3 to be better than Toy Story one or two, but Pixar Disney gave us a surprise. They used their creative skills to creative a brand new story that is humorous, enjoyable, and consistent. Toy Story 3 is the best movie in the summer of 2010 because it has a creative story, humorous voices, and consistent to the end.
Toy Story three is better than other animated movies this year because of its creative story. Shrek has used the same story , but different version for all four movies. Toy Story 3 is different because the story is something new and it has not been used in other movies. The whole story is depressing and sad because the toys are losing Andy to higher education. Andy has become too old and they are accidentally sent to a Day care center. They had been miserable all week in the Day Care center because the head( a hug a bear) is a Dictator that wants everybody to be the same as him. He had to be overthrown and destroyed because he is implementing a type of socialist society on the other toys. Woody escaped the day care, but came back through a three year old girl. Woody is the hero, but Buzz and Jessie are helping him lead their friends back to Andy's house. The big bear is really evil because he first accepts their help in the landfill. However , he then abandons them to die.
The humorous voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Wallace Shawn ,John Ratzenberger, and many more actors have made this movie the best because they would have spontaneous jokes and puns. I have rarely seen animated movies that are like a comedy, but is also like an action-adventure movie. They can escape, but there is lots of fun and they are the quintessence of Andy's childhood.
Toy Story 3 is not choppy, but is consistent. There is the same amount of fun and excitement in the end as there is in the beginning. It would never get boring and I keep on wanting more from the creators at Pixar. They gave us more in the Credits, but I still believe they can give us even more.
The consistency, the humorous voices, and the creativity of Toy Story three makes the Toy Story series successful in finance and awards. I have no doubt that the Academy will nominate Toy Story three for Best animated feature, and it will beat How to Train your Dragon for the Oscar.
Toy Story three is better than other animated movies this year because of its creative story. Shrek has used the same story , but different version for all four movies. Toy Story 3 is different because the story is something new and it has not been used in other movies. The whole story is depressing and sad because the toys are losing Andy to higher education. Andy has become too old and they are accidentally sent to a Day care center. They had been miserable all week in the Day Care center because the head( a hug a bear) is a Dictator that wants everybody to be the same as him. He had to be overthrown and destroyed because he is implementing a type of socialist society on the other toys. Woody escaped the day care, but came back through a three year old girl. Woody is the hero, but Buzz and Jessie are helping him lead their friends back to Andy's house. The big bear is really evil because he first accepts their help in the landfill. However , he then abandons them to die.
The humorous voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Wallace Shawn ,John Ratzenberger, and many more actors have made this movie the best because they would have spontaneous jokes and puns. I have rarely seen animated movies that are like a comedy, but is also like an action-adventure movie. They can escape, but there is lots of fun and they are the quintessence of Andy's childhood.
Toy Story 3 is not choppy, but is consistent. There is the same amount of fun and excitement in the end as there is in the beginning. It would never get boring and I keep on wanting more from the creators at Pixar. They gave us more in the Credits, but I still believe they can give us even more.
The consistency, the humorous voices, and the creativity of Toy Story three makes the Toy Story series successful in finance and awards. I have no doubt that the Academy will nominate Toy Story three for Best animated feature, and it will beat How to Train your Dragon for the Oscar.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
9
Imagine being one of nine rag dolls that represent the last of the human race. Imagine being in a world where robots have defeated humans and they have ruled over us. The Director of 9 and Tim Burton tells a creative story about the rag doll number 9 and how he was able to defeat the machine. Nine is a special animated movie because of its animation style and story.
9 is very dark and may not be suitable for most people. The darkness symbolizes no hope left, no more humans, and the domination of robots over humans. The movie also has very few dialogue because the director wanted us to focus on the story and the surrounding. He wants us immersed into this post apocalyptic world because he wants to prevent this from happening.
The story of 9 is revolved around the rag dolls. The nine rag dolls are bits and pieces of the scientist's soul because of is machine. His machine can take a soul out of a human being. The story is about rag doll number 9 joining the rest of the rag dolls and finish the goal of the scientist. The goal was to get rid of the machine because it has no soul and the dictator( resembles Hitler) has turned it evil before he died.
9 is a unique movie that everybody has to watch. Even though it is scary and creepy, but the movie is very unique and creative. It is human imagination mixed with stories from the bible.
9 is very dark and may not be suitable for most people. The darkness symbolizes no hope left, no more humans, and the domination of robots over humans. The movie also has very few dialogue because the director wanted us to focus on the story and the surrounding. He wants us immersed into this post apocalyptic world because he wants to prevent this from happening.
The story of 9 is revolved around the rag dolls. The nine rag dolls are bits and pieces of the scientist's soul because of is machine. His machine can take a soul out of a human being. The story is about rag doll number 9 joining the rest of the rag dolls and finish the goal of the scientist. The goal was to get rid of the machine because it has no soul and the dictator( resembles Hitler) has turned it evil before he died.
9 is a unique movie that everybody has to watch. Even though it is scary and creepy, but the movie is very unique and creative. It is human imagination mixed with stories from the bible.
Friday, June 25, 2010
Alvin and chipmunks 2
Alvin and the Chipmunks the squeals features three male chipmunk and three female chipmunk that can sing. They live in Los Angeles , California. All six of them can sing , but Hawk only wants the chipettes. Mr. Hawk hates Alvin for ruining his job. This movie has a weak story, annoying chipmunk voices, and it used a overused location.
Alvin in the Chipmunks' sequel is about the chipmunks and the chipettes going to school and the mean manager getting revenge. The best part of the movie was the school scene because the animation blended well. The majority of the movie was like the movie, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, because the animation and the people did not cooperate coherently. A real life and computer generated things should complement each other instead revolving around the animation.
The chipmunk's high pitched voices was unnatural and just plain human imagination. Their high pitched voices made watching the movie difficult because it does not look natural. Chipmunks cannot talk nor can they talk in high pitched voices.
Hollywood is a location used by many movies. Some of them are animated or real action movies. The movie Bolt takes place in Hollywood and Star Struck takes place in Hollywood. I want to see a new location instead of the same one that has been used by directors for over century now.
There is nothing special about this movie. This movie could be one of the worst movies in the 21st century.
Alvin in the Chipmunks' sequel is about the chipmunks and the chipettes going to school and the mean manager getting revenge. The best part of the movie was the school scene because the animation blended well. The majority of the movie was like the movie, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, because the animation and the people did not cooperate coherently. A real life and computer generated things should complement each other instead revolving around the animation.
The chipmunk's high pitched voices was unnatural and just plain human imagination. Their high pitched voices made watching the movie difficult because it does not look natural. Chipmunks cannot talk nor can they talk in high pitched voices.
Hollywood is a location used by many movies. Some of them are animated or real action movies. The movie Bolt takes place in Hollywood and Star Struck takes place in Hollywood. I want to see a new location instead of the same one that has been used by directors for over century now.
There is nothing special about this movie. This movie could be one of the worst movies in the 21st century.
Coraline in 2D and 3D
Traveling to a new world is not hard with movies like Avatar, Narnia, and Coraline. Coraline,released in 2009, is a trip similar to Narnia. Young Coraline just moved into the new neighborhood with her workaholic parents. She becomes extremely bored and finds a tiny secret door. Along her adventure, she meets Wybie,Bobinsky, and two actresses. The movie's story is a regular plot,but the movie is filled with suspense. The movie, Coraline, has a different animation style and it also has fine voice acting.
The movie, Coraline, has a different type of animation style. The movie is animated in a different way than Toy Story 3 and How to Train your Dragon because the animators want us to feel frightened and scared. This movie has a dark attitude, but the entrance into another world is similar to Narnia. Both Coraline and the Pevencies children want some attention and fun after a dreadful experience in their world. However Coraline does not want to go back after she escapes the other mother's intention of replacing her eyes with buttons.
Dakota Fanning as Coraline was a great choice made by the director because she is full of excitement and her voice changes to the mood and facial expression of the character.
Coraline meets the circus star, Bobinsky and learns that he likes to train mice. Bobinsky , the actresses, and her parents in the other world were only luring her and working for the evil force of the other mother. She learns that no family is more suited to her than the parents that gave birth to her.
It is a great movie that incorporates good acting and fine animation style, but it will always be second to Pixar.
The movie, Coraline, has a different type of animation style. The movie is animated in a different way than Toy Story 3 and How to Train your Dragon because the animators want us to feel frightened and scared. This movie has a dark attitude, but the entrance into another world is similar to Narnia. Both Coraline and the Pevencies children want some attention and fun after a dreadful experience in their world. However Coraline does not want to go back after she escapes the other mother's intention of replacing her eyes with buttons.
Dakota Fanning as Coraline was a great choice made by the director because she is full of excitement and her voice changes to the mood and facial expression of the character.
Coraline meets the circus star, Bobinsky and learns that he likes to train mice. Bobinsky , the actresses, and her parents in the other world were only luring her and working for the evil force of the other mother. She learns that no family is more suited to her than the parents that gave birth to her.
It is a great movie that incorporates good acting and fine animation style, but it will always be second to Pixar.
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