Directed by M. Night Shyamalan, Split is a well thought out and extremely entertaining movie. By the name of the title you definitely wouldn’t know what exactly to expect from this film. This film immerses you into the life, or life’s, of Kevin Crumb [James Mcavoy], a man who suffers from dissociative identity disorder. This story is about a young man by the name of Kevin Wendell Crumb who suffers from dissociative identity disorder. It is believed that some people with this disorder are able to take on the physical attributes of each personality they have. Kevin has 23 personalities and sees a psychiatrist by the name of Dr. Fletcher [Betty Buckley], who realizes that one of his personalities is more dominant and throughout the film begins to takes over the others. One day Kevin is compelled to abduct three teenage girls. He then keeps the girls captive and confused as each time he visits them he comes back as someone new, sometimes a 7 year old boy and others as a woman. As the girls fight to escape, Kevin fights himself as he loses the ability to control who he is. …show more content…
Night Shyamalan, does a wonderful job with the setting of the movie. The last scenes were filmed in an abandoned zoo which is great symbolism for the “animals” being contained inside of Kevin Crumb. The originality of the plot of this movie was extremely interesting as well as a topic many don’t talk about. One of the first scenes of the movie was a kidnapping which set the tone for a creepy feel. The symbolism used throughout the movie also made the movie feel connected. Just one example of the great symbolism used would be how the three girls were trapped in his house the same way all 23 of his personalities were trapped inside of him. Moreover, James Mcavoy does an outstanding job of portraying each personality with their own special traits. The high quality level of acting done by Mcavoy earned him an outstanding amount of nominations as well as wins for Best
While she might think that her plans are working, they only lead her down a path of destruction. She lands in a boarding house, when child services find her, she goes to jail, becomes pregnant by a man who she believed was rich. Also she becomes sentenced to 15 years in prison, over a street fight with a former friend she double crossed. In the end, she is still serving time and was freed by the warden to go to her mother’s funeral. To only discover that her two sisters were adopted by the man she once loved, her sister is with the man who impregnated her, and the younger sister has become just like her. She wants to warn her sister, but she realizes if she is just like her there is no use in giving her advice. She just decides that her sister must figure it out by
Overall, I believe Split is a very well-written, heart-wrenching, emotional, and solid story. I chose to read this book because I had heard about its strong reviews and awards, and I like to read realistic fiction, particularly through the eyes of a teenager with a life that is relatable and believable. This story not only teaches us about responsibility and moving on but also the fact that there are cruel people just like Jace’s father that exist in our world. I would recommend this book to the more mature readers in this class because of the story’s strong language, violence, and sensuality. I know that I will always remember this book because it provides an extremely interesting storyline, especially one that revolves around two brothers accepting their past and looking forward to their future.
When one hears the title “Head off and Split,” it has pragmatic meanings. Nikki Finney fills the book with facts on womanhood, identity, and growth. Finney explains her life, sexual orientation, and more in Head off & Split.
The main protagonist of the film, Scotty Smalls, is introduced as a straight-A, friendless young boy who has just moved into a new neighborhood in new state. While
The movie “Breaking Away” presents the story of a young man from working class origins who seeks to better himself by creating a persona through which he almost, but not quite, wins the girl. The rivalry between the townies and the college students sets the scene for the story of four friends who learn to accept themselves as they "break away" from childhood and from their underdog self-images.
Two of them can be seen specifically in Harold, identity vs. role confusion and intimacy vs. isolation. Identity vs. role confusion is the psychosocial stage of development that Erikson said that adolescents go through. Identity in this stage of development is usually seen when adolescent define who they are and figure out what they value and direction in life. This can also be seen in personal relationships, sexual orientation, and ideals in adolescents (McAdams, 2009). Role confusion can be seen if an adolescent has lack of direction and definition of self or they seem unprepared for adulthood (McAdams, 2009). Harold can be seen to have role confusion throughout the movie. Harold does not seem to have a specific direction that he wants to take his life, other than faking suicides and attending strangers funerals. Harold seems extremely unprepared for adulthood, he shows no signs of looking for a job or a way to make money, he still acts rather childish, as his mother puts it. The only real self definition that Harold that could be seen as identity, is that he is preoccupied with
Stephen King was born in Maine in 1947. His father abandoned him when he was 2 years old. His mother and brother was all he ever knew. Him and his brother were raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana where his father lived at the time. He was also raised in Connecticut too. His mother decided to move them back to Maine for their own good. There he got a job at Kitchens of Pineland. A kitchen of Pineland was by a mentally challenged hospital. He went to a Durham grammar school then attended Libson High School. In 1966, He graduated. At University of Maine of Orana, he was a sophomore that wrote for The Maine Campus, the school’s newspaper. He became a member of the Student Senate in Student politician. He also attended an Anti-war movement. In 1970, he graduated. His examination was a 4-F on grounds of high blood pressure, limited vision, flat feet, and punctured eardrums. From his examinations, he got a diploma to be a full time teacher.
Steven Spielberg is one of the most successful directors of all time (in fact, may people would argue that he is the most successful director there has ever been) and his movies have been some of the most profitable and well known in history. His opening sequences are noted for being captivating, gripping and often scary, building tension and suspense. Born in 1946 in Ohio, Spielberg has become elite among directors. The gross of the films he has directed is estimated at $8.5 billion, and three of his films – Jurassic Park, Jaws and E.T. the extra-terrestrial – have achieved box office records.
The story follows three girls- Jeanette, the oldest in the pack, Claudette, the narrator and middle child, and the youngest, Mirabella- as they go through the various stages of becoming civilized people. Each girl is an example of the different reactions to being placed in an unfamiliar environment and retrained. Jeanette adapts quickly, becoming the first in the pack to assimilate to the new way of life. She accepts her education and rejects her previous life with few relapses. Claudette understands the education being presented to her but resists adapting fully, her hatred turning into apathy as she quietly accepts her fate. Mirabella either does not comprehend her education, or fully ignores it, as she continually breaks the rules and boundaries set around her, eventually resulting in her removal from the school.
influence all her life and struggles to accept her true identity. Through the story you can
The audience could connect more with the heroine if we were made to go through the same thought process instead of being shown only a small section of all that Kevin contains within him. Even more disappointing? How relatively straightforward this film was. When I see M. Night. Shyamalan credited on a motion picture, i’m expecting to be on the edge of my seat, waiting for that big “Wait WHAT!?” moment and the “Aha! It all makes sense now” coming after. Yet with “Split” I found myself doing a head nod after each scene, paired with an internal “This is going to lead to that next. Got it.” The beautifully constructed confusion was missing from inside me. Inescapably, there is bound to be “oddball” scenes in a horror-thriller. For example, when the “Beast”, the final and by far scariest personality of Kevin emerges and goes crawling on a train station ceiling. I found myself laughing uncontrollably at this, it came so suddenly and was just utterly out of place. In another instance Beast is clinging to cell bars and flashes his crazy eyes paired with bared teeth.
In 2003, Columbia Pictures presented the film Identity. This film is about a man who is accused of murdering multiple people during a night at a motel. There was a wicked storm that flooded the roadways so the travelers could not drive any farther. They stopped at this motel to stay the night. There were a total of eleven people who were going to be staying the night at the motel. As the night went on, one by one, each of the eleven people at the motel are found deceased except for one person named Paris. The people are assassinated in the order of their room number at the motel. The room numbers started at ten and counted down until everyone was dead except for Paris. The room key is always left wherever the dead body is at. Everyone began condemning one another that they are the executioner. The main character of the movie is named Pruitt Taylor Vince, but he is called Malcolm Rivers in the film. He is the one who is being accused of murdering all eleven people, while his psychiatrist he trying to prove that Malcolm Rivers has a psychological disorder. He is trying to prove to the judge that Malcolm Rivers cannot help what his mind is doing.
The movie I chose to give my reaction on is Sybil, starring Tammy Blanchard as Sybil, who suffers from two disorders those being dissociative identity disorder and schizophrenia. Sybil struggles through life with this identity disorder due to her childhood of having an abusive schizophrenic mother who used to tie her hands to a table for long periods of time. This disorder causes Sybil to have total of 16 different personalities. Peggy was one of Sybil’s personalities, peggy was a girl who learned math but was very angry because Sybil could not be angry. Mary Dorset was based off of Sybil’s grandmother. Throughout the movie Dr. Wilbur, a Psychiatrist who tries to help Sybil live with her disorder is exposed to the different personalities
Blood, gore, and a lot of language; you will find this is most Quentin Tarantino movies. Although, this is what makes him such a writer and director. Quentin Tarantino is not only a fantastic screenplay writer, but he also pushes the limit of intense plots of drama, and mostly violence. As a great director, who changes the world of filmmaking, Quentin Tarantino is one of the most unique directors/writers, today.
The movie SPLIT hit the box office as one of the most cringing yet satisfying horror films of twenty-sixteen. It was about young man named Kevin, who struggled with DID. Kevin had twenty-three personalities, and throughout the movie you learn that a twenty-fourth is due to arrive. In the beginning of the movie, Kevin kidnaps three young girls. Marcia, Claire, and one of the main characters focused on, Casey. Casey was a teenage girl who suffered from self-harm, and was also raped as a child by her uncle who later became her guardian. One of Kevins alters, Dennis was the one who took these girls and placed them in a confined room, to prepare them for the arrival of the twenty-four personality, the Beast. There are three main personalities that believe in this beast; Dennis (a stern man with OCD, who has a kink for watching young girls dance naked), Patricia (a righteous british woman), and Hedwig (a lively nine year old boy).