The Last Legion is an intriguing fantasy film based on a novel, which holds the same name, by Valerio Massimo. The movie is based on events from the Fifth Century that tie the last Roman Emperor and the fall of Rome, into the legends of the Ninth Legion and King Arthur. The movie is somewhat based off of historical facts and makes a slightly plausible story line; however, the further someone would look into history, the more they would find the movie to be Hollywood fantasy. In the first paragraph, descriptions of the cinemas’ account of Romulus Augustus becoming Emperor of Rome, the fall of Rome to the Goths, and then the exile of Romulus compared to the historical account will be found. Next, The Roman’s journey to Britain and their encounter …show more content…
Romulus is sent to the island of Capri where he discovers a hidden chamber within the villa. After going in, he comes across a statue of Caesar holding the fabled sword; which was forged by a Chalybian blacksmith after his military campaigns in Britain. The statue had writing near its feet proclaiming the sword was made only for who is destined to rule, which is then interpreted as a prophecy by various characters, and Romulus keeps the weapon. They are rescued from Capri by the loyal Aurelius and three surviving legionaries. Aurelius and the legionaries are also accompanied by a female agent of the Eastern Roman Empire, a Keralite warrior named Mira. They take Romulus to a sea port where the Eastern Empire's emissary and the Senator, Nestor, have promised safe passage to Constantinople. However, they learn the Senator and the Eastern Empire have betrayed them and have sided with Odoacer. They escape and make it over the Alps, and eventually reach Britain. While in Britain they discover the remainder of the Ninth Legion, who have disbanded and settled as farmers because of the lack of support from Rome. The Goths follow Romulus and enlist the help of a local Warlord called Vortgyn, who decided to either capture or kill Romulus as a gesture to Odoacer. Aurelius decides to lead an army made up of some of the Ninth that were willing to fight at Hadrian's Wall, to face Vortgyn's armies in one final battle. The battle appears hopeless until the rest of the Ninth Legion wearing their old Roman uniforms and arms appear and turn the tide of battle. Romulus kills Wulfila with Caesar's sword, avenging his parent’s death. Repulsed by the deaths in the battle, Romulus heaves away his sword which remarkably pierces a large rock and it becomes lodged there. Many years later Ambrosinus, who is known by his Druid name Merlin, takes a walk with a young boy to the battlefield to
A Rebel Without A Cause is a movie directed at the young adults of the 1950s. Teenager, a new term for young adults, is brought about within this film as a way to describe the character of the young adults. The movie was directed towards the teenagers because of their growing population and use of money for fashion and entertainment. However, within this movie, some of the most important understandings about family life during the decade are manifested. The issues of teenagers erupt because of family and school life, and as a result, the teens took drastic actions. The use of tobacco cigarettes and dangerous car races are two of the evident examples within the film.
Another major inaccuracy the movie got by with was the time frame of the missing Ninth Legion. The movie depicts their disappearance around A.D 140. However, the last piece of evidence of the Ninth Legion was earlier in the A.D one hundreds. The last known location of the Ninth Legion was in York dated in A.D 108. That is thirty-two year difference in the time period that the movie depicted. Time is a very important factor when it comes to history because a lot of social and political changes occur throughout small gaps of
Defiance is a movie based on a true story of four Polish Jewish Bielski brothers that were trying to survive from Nazi Army during World War II. The movie started with Hitler ordering his army to kill Poland’s Jewish Citizen. During that time, the Polish Police worked closely with Nazis and they gave the whereabout of Bielski’s location. The Nazis successful found and murdered the parents of Bielski brothers. After this event, the two older brothers, Tuvia and Zus, took the two younger siblings, Aasel and Aron, in Belorussian forest to hide and find a shelter. While they were settling in the forest, they invited several other Jews who are escaping from Nazis and create a little community in the forest. As a result, group norms were formed
While Romulus is credited for exemplifying many of Rome;’s fundamental values, his reign over Rome is one that is infamous for its abundant bloodshed, violence against Rome’s neighbouring cities and demonstrations of his accumulated power. In comparison to Romulus’ rule, King Numa Pompilius reign is filled with undisturbed peace and coexistence in Rome and its neighbouring communities. Romulus often resorts to utilizing methods like violence or deceit to achieve his aspirations for the glory of Rome. One of the very first of Romulus’ acts of violence “to obtain sole power” (Livy 37) is to brutally murder his own twin brother, Remus in an angry fit of rage. The murder of Remus is a reflection of Romulus’ violent, ruthless nature and demonstrates the drastic measures he will go to achieve ultimate power. “To increase the dignity and impressiveness of his [ki...
While Brutus sees life as something to be solved with logic and guided by morality, Mark Antony views life as something that he can twist and mold into whatever he needs it to be at any given moment. Mark Antony uses the audience of the funeral speech as tools to wrench the Roman Republic from the hands of Brutus and place the crown on his own head. He inspires rage and distrust in the plebeians, and directly spurs on the Battle of Philippi. Brutus is roped into this situation despite his unselfish motives, and has to defend himself and his fellows against the armies of Mark Antony and the young Octavius. From beginning to end, the characters of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar are true to their defining qualities and do not depart from the molds they have cast of
In the documentary “Fed Up,” sugar is responsible for Americas rising obesity rate, which is happening even with the great stress that is set on exercise and portion control for those who are overweight. Fed Up is a film directed by Stephanie Soechtig, with Executive Producers Katie Couric and Laurie David. The filmmaker’s intent is mainly to inform people of the dangers of too much sugar, but it also talks about the fat’s in our diets and the food corporation shadiness. The filmmaker wants to educate the country on the effects of a poor diet and to open eyes to the obesity catastrophe in the United States. The main debate used is that sugar is the direct matter of obesity. Overall, I don’t believe the filmmaker’s debate was successful.
Gavin Hood the director of ender's game south African filmmaker he has directed the movies wolverine and Ender's game. The author of Ender’s game is Orson Scott Card 1989 science fiction novel
Hungry for Change is a documentary that exposes the truth about the food industry, eating habits in America and what we need to do to change it. The film explains why what we are eating is not real food, only food-like, and why we are so addicted to processed food. The food industry is adding chemicals to food which not only destroy our bodies but are designed to keep us craving more. Producers use food labels like fat-free or sugar-free to mislead us to think that their product is healthier but they are just trying to disguise what is really added. Artificial sweeteners and MSG are chemicals added to food to make it more addicting, like the chemicals in drugs or cigarettes. People do not realize what they are putting into their bodies; documentary explains in depth what these chemicals are doing to our bodies and how to change our habits.
“Apocalypse Now” is a legendary war film directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The film’s main theme is devastation, violence, and horror. In this film Coppola thoroughly scrutinized the main characters ideas, behavior, and emotions to depict the darkness and the horror of war. His goal was to make the audience part of the horror. He wanted the audience to have a tremendous impact on this film and he succeeded with the perfect use of sound and editing in the ending sequence of his film. I will demonstrate how Coppola exploits a wide array of sound and editing to create suspense, intensity, and anxiety in the sequence to affect the audience’s emotions, using diegetic ambient sound effects, non-diegetic music, voice over and four editing types.
After watching the movie, Gods and Generals, I have have mixed emotions. In the movie, the acting was pretty horrible, especially the death scenes. During the battle, if you really watched the men when they got shot, most of them just got on their knees and ducked out of frame. It was obvious that all of the minor role actors had no real acting background. I feel as if they could have done a better job with casting the actors. The actor that played General Hood looked way to old. Realistically, General Hood supposed to be around 30 years old, he was one of the more younger generals. But, the actor that played him looked very old and had a long gray beard. In contrast, I feel as if
The movie I decided to analyze for this course was American History X (1998), which stars Edward Norton. Though this movie isn’t widely known, it is one of the more interesting movies I have seen. It’s probably one of the best films that depict the Neo Nazi plague on American culture. The film takes place from the mid to late 1990’s during the Internet boom, and touches on subjects from affirmative action to Rodney King. One of the highlights of this movie that really relates to one of the key aspects of this course is the deterrence of capital punishment. Edward Norton’s portrayal as the grief stricken older brother who turns to racist ideologies and violence to cope with his fathers death, completely disregards the consequences of his actions as he brutally murders someone in front of his family for trying to steal his car. The unstable mentality that he developed after his father’s death really goes hand-to-hand specifically with Isaac Ehrlich’s study of capital punishment and deterrence. Although this movie is entirely fictional, a lot of the central themes (racism, crime punishment, gang pervasiveness, and one’s own vulnerability) are accurate representations of the very problems that essentially afflict us as a society.
Their mother, Rhea, had been given the title priestess and taken a vow of chastity, and the children’s uncle could not allow the children to become heirs to the throne, so he ordered them to be thrown into the river (Ott 105). From there they were saved by She-Wolf who fed and cared for them as if they were her own children (Ott 105). The She-Wolf became a “elevated symbol of Rome and of Italy” (Ott 105). It is said that the She-Wolf raised the boys to have a closeness with nature and with the gods as well (Ott 106). Soon the boys would be rescued by a shepherd and brought to the hills just outside of what would become Rome itself (Ott 105). As they grow, the boys roam the land looking for their rightful city. They return to Alba Longa and defeat their great-uncle reestablishing their grandfather to the thrown (Ott 106,107). When they travel back into the world to find their own city, they fight over how the location will be built. Romulus builds a wall that his brother, Remus climbs over with ease, causing Romulus to become so angry that he kills Remus, thereby appointing himself the first king of this newfound city (Ott 107). Due to Romulus’s half-divine lineage, his sins are excused. When he populates his city he invites “outcasts, criminals, vagabonds, and lowlifes” (Ott
Nelson Mandela was one of the greatest leaders of our time. In the movie Invictus, the devotion and love he had for the South African people is exemplified. The movie was named after a Victorian poem that brought President Mandela strength while in prison. The meaning of Invictus is “Undefeated”, a perfect fit for this movie. The opening scene of the movie shows President Mandela being freed from jail and driving past a field of young boys playing soccer. All the boys start chanting the Presidents name and running to the fences to get a better look. This is the first scene, and an obvious show of support and following for Mr. Mandela. Throughout the movie there are many different styles and approaches of leadership shown. Not only is President
In the modern day era, we find in society a ubiquitous usage of technology that seems to be never ending and forever growing. Included with this notion, the broad subject of surveillance is of course included. Contemporary surveillance, or more specifically technological surveillance, has been described as ambiguous; meaning that it is often misunderstood or open to different interpretations. The representation of surveillance within popular culture has played an impacting role on how we as a society perceive it and this raises certain questions that may reflect back on to society. The 1998 film Enemy Of The State directed by Tony Scott, Starring Will Smith, Gene Hackman and Jon Voight is considered to be a ‘spy-thriller’ blockbuster. Its central themes explore a range of surveillance techniques and equipment and also provides some insights, no matter how realistic or unrealistic they may be, into the real life security organisation; The National Security Agency (NSA). Using this film as an example and analysing how these themes are represented will hopefully allow us to key these ideas back to modern surveillance theories and practices.
Full Metal Jacket is written and directed by Stanley Kubrick. The film was released in 1987 and it is starring Matthew Modine (Joker), Vincent D’Onofrio (Pyle), Adam Baldwin (Animal), and R. Lee Ermey ( Guy.Segr. Hartman).