At first glance, 500 Days of Summer and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World may seem like two completely different films. However, once could also say that these films are very similar. The title 500 Days of Summer is significant because the title uses the word summer as a name, not the season. The nonlinear story is told by showing Tom Hansen’s 500 days that he had known Summer, the girl of his dreams. The title Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is significant to the story. In order for Scott to date the girl of his dreams, Ramona Flowers, he has to defeat her seven evil ex-lovers. Seven evil ex-lovers doesn’t sound like he has to face the whole world. However, the ex-lovers aren’t the only things that Scott has to fight in order to be with Ramona. He …show more content…
The major theme in this film besides gaming is the importance of self-confidence. Scott Pilgrim is the occasional Michael Cera, meaning that in this film he’s an insecure, quiet, and socially awkward young man who seems to have no purpose. The only things that keep him from completely shutting out the world are his band and Knives, his high school girlfriend. That is until he meets Ramona. Ramona is way out of Scott’s league, and he knows it. However this doesn’t stop Scott from trying his heart out to get her. After a few awkward conversations and situations, Ramona gives Scott a chance. Just as Scott thinks that he has a chance with her, Ramona tells him that he must defeat her seven evil ex-lovers if he wants to date her. As Scott encounters each ex, his belief that he is not good enough for her shrinks after each ex is defeated. His confidence in himself is boosted almost to the maximum after defeating most of the exes, that is until Ramona’s last ex controls her mind in order for her to break up with Scott, but he thought it was Ramona’s decision. The point that the screenwriters were trying to make is that self-confidence is the only way one can goals that seem to be …show more content…
They offered way more than an ordinary love story. 500 Days of Summer had a cool nonlinear way of telling the story by switching up the days. The film also had a fun style, with a narrator popping in every once in awhile and some scenes that don’t really make any sense but they add a flare to the film which most romantic films lack. The style is also the reason why I loved Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. The film is made to feel and look like a video game, simple as that. Split screens, sound effects, and points displayed on the screen are all elements of this film that make it so special. I’ve never seen another film so unique and visually amazing to watch. However, the visuals are not the only plus. The story, as bizarre as it sounds, it very well told thanks to Edgar Wright’s phenomenal direction. The characters are very well written, the comedy hits hard, and the video game vibe that the film gives off. The final scene in the film feels just like a boss battle at the end of a level in a video game. Both of these films have amazing storytelling with great elements that make the film
¨Grease is the word¨, and ¨what team? Wildcats¨ are well known phrases that emerged decades apart, yet come from almost the same movie. With a twenty eight year age gap between the movies Grease and High School Musical, there was bound to be some differences in the way the characters handled their problems. The leading characters being protagonists, Sandra Dee with Danny Zouko and Gabriella Montez with Troy Bolton all being influenced by how their time period saw women. Grease takes place in the 1950’s; a period often viewed as one of conformity. Sandra and Danny portrait traditional gender roles; she desperately craved his approval (evidence). Gabriella, on the other hand, being brought up in the early 2000’s was independent and did not seek
The road movie embodies the human desire for travel and progression. The vehicle of journey is a contemporary metaphor of personal transformation that oftentimes mirrors socio-cultural desires and fears. Thomas Schatz believes that one “cannot consider either the filmmaking process or films themselves in isolation from their economic, technological, and industrial context.” This statement is especially applicable to the independent American films of the late sixties, a time of great political and social debate. Easy Rider (1969) was considered a new voice in film that was pitched against the mainstream. In the 1960s, there was a shift to highlight the outsiders or the anti-heros in film. This counter-cultural radicalism seems to have also influenced the 1991 film, Thelma & Louise. The characters of both films act as figures of anti-heroism by rebelling against the conventional and unintentionally discovering themselves at the same time. Despite their different backgrounds, the protagonists of Eas...
In the South American storytelling tradition it is said that humans are possessed of a hearing that goes beyond the ordinary. This special form is the soul’s way of paying attention and learning. The story makers or cantadoras of old spun tales of mystery and symbolism in order to wake the sleeping soul. They wished to cause it to prick up its ears and listen to the wisdom contained within the telling. These ancient methods evolved naturally into the writings of contemporary Latin American authors. The blending of fantasy with reality to evoke a mood or emphasize elements of importance became known as magical realism, and was employed to great effect by Latin authors such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez in his novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude, and Rudolfo Anaya, in his work, Bless Me Ultima.
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There are many major similarities and differences between the book and movie forms of the Secret Life of Bees. Three similarities are that in the movie and the book, June and Lily grew to love each other in the same way, Lily and T-Ray’s relationship was the same and the reason Lily ran away from him was the same, and finally, Lily and Rosaleen have the same relationship. Three major differences between the two forms of the Secret Life of Bees are that T-Ray finds Lily and Rosaleen in a different way in the movie than in the book, there is no Mary Day celebration or vigil in the movie, and finally, in the book, Lily narrates how she is feeling and what she is thinking. On the other hand, she does not do this in the movie. There are many similarities and differences between the movie and the book forms of the Secret Life of Bees, causing the movie to be missing many important details.
The novels Call of the Wild by Jack London and Brian’s Winter by Gary Paulsen both reveal aspects of character, personality through the thoughts and actions of the character. The authors, both create the main character’s personality by showing the reader how the character adapts to the surroundings, about the levels of intelligence of the character's in their settings, and the aggressive instincts of the character's. These aspects provide the reader with a complete understanding of the development of the character.
Stephen King is often considered to be one of the most skilled horror authors of all time. King has shown his ability to write successful horror novels time and time again, having written such classics as Cujo, The Shining, and Pet Sematary. However, if one should seek to see a true testament to King’s skill at writing, then look no further than the two outliers in King’s work, Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile. Though King Primarily focused on horror novels ,these two stories deviated from that focusing more on drama than horror. Truly, Stephen King’s ability to take both Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile and have these stories stand on their own despite their similarities is a testament to King’s skill as a writer.
Engaging the audience is a key aspect that every movie strives to achieve. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, directed by John Hughes and Deadpool, directed by Tim Miller, both endeavour to engage their audiences with the use of character development throughout the entire films, by the use of action scenes throughout, the featured scene settings and with a focus on comedy throughout both Deadpool and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Deadpool follows the events of Wade Wilson (Deadpool), and his lust for revenge against Francis (Antagonist) who is attempting to destroy Wade’s life. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off follows Ferris (The Protagonist) taking the day off school with his friends Cameron and Sloane. Although both these films incorporate many similarities in
500 days of summer is a story where a boy meets a girl, he falls in love with her yet she does not truly love him. The movie shows the progression of the relationship of Tom and Summer. It begins when they first meet when Summer begins working as a secretary where Tom works and progresses to them casually dating. Summer is obviously hesitant and against relationships yet Tom is overly eager to find the perfect girl. The story ultimately shows the demise and after effects of their relationship. At first thought anyone could think this is the typical love story where the movie casually progresses to them living happily ever after. This is not that kind of fairy tale love story.
The books, A Wrinkle in Time and And Then There Were None, both have many differences in the movie versions. The directors of both movies change the plot to make the movie see fit to what they may have imaged the book to be, while still keeping the story line the same.
The author and poet Albert Camus said, “If only nature is real and if, in nature, only desire and destruction are legitimate, then, in that all humanity does not suffice to assuage the thirst for blood, the path of destruction must lead to universal annihilation.” In both the The Invasion of the Body Snatchers and the Martian Chronicles story The Million Year Picnic show the fear of annihilation in two different ways. The Million Year Picnic shows the fear through the family and why they have to go to Mars, the reason being that Earth was destroyed because of nature and nature itself. The Invasion of the Body Snatchers shows the fears as aliens taking over the town of Santa Marara because the people are going against the “pod people”, aliens
The 2005 film War of the Worlds directed by Steven Spielberg (adapted from the H.G. Wells novel) focuses around the survival during an alien invasion. In the attempt to survive many themes of desperation and struggle are introduced and communicate. The 2009 film District 9 directed by Neill Blomkamp focuses around the themes of oppression and human nature when humans have control.
Subduing ourselves from feeling certain emotions or feelings is something that all human’s subconsciously do as a way to escape from the reality of what is going on. Shutter Island and The Babadook portray the theme of crime through the main characters of the films. In Shutter Island, Teddy Daniels is a main character that has repressed emotions about his wife murdering his kids, and then him killing his wife. He has created an alternate reality that is more comforting to himself, where he is a US marshal solving a missing persons case on Shutter Island. Teddy has convinced himself that his wife died in a fire, which shows that fire is representative of the alternate reality that he has created for himself. At whatever point there is smoke
For a long time, when anyone thought of a war movie, they immediately thought of Darryl F. Zanuck’s, The Longest Day. Cornelius Ryan, who was the author of the book by the same name, and happened to be a D-day veteran himself, wrote the movie. The book meticulously recreates the events preceding and during the invasion. It is filled with detailed descriptions of multiple occurrences during the invasion. It explains everything from mass attacks on beaches and towns to humorous anecdotes. The book wasn’t exactly a story involving characters, and neither was the film. The Longest Day is more a story of tragedy, glory, and courage surrounding one very important day. And even though mainly American and English filmmakers produced the movie, the movie and book both portray the Germans fairly. But the film added so much to the story that the book could not. Without some of the stunning visuals that the five (Zanuck went unaccredited, but was said to have directed over half the movie) directors put in the film, it would have been impossible to comprehend the scale of it all.
Superbad and 21 Jump Street fall in the same category when it comes to the frequency of how often the term is used. In both films, the term is used once every eight and a half minutes. Even though both movies feature two or more female main characters, the word dude is strictly used between men. The dude tokens most often occur in the setting of heterosexual male friendships, and the characters who make most use of the term conform to the stereotype of the laid-back male satirizing a stereotypical high school character. In the case of Superbad, the relationships between the three high schoolers Seth, Evan and Fogell and in the case of 21 Jump Street the relationship between Jenko and Schmidt, two police officers going undercover as students and living through a genuine high school experience for a couple of weeks.