“Shooter” “Shooter” is an action movie that was produced in 2007. It starts off by visually describing the military career of the protagonist, Bob Lee Swagger. His spotter and best friend gets killed by enemy fire, but Swagger survives. After this scene, the movie describes the life that he now lives in the United States. He decides to live in the woods with his dog after he retired from the military. Everything goes as Swagger wants it to until a supposed branch of the government shows up at his door and needs his expertise to aid them in preventing the assassination of the United States president (Rotten Tomatoes). From this point the movie takes a turn that Swagger cannot come back from. After Bob Lee Swagger agrees to help the nation that he so faithfully served years before, the agency puts him to work. They ask him to go to three different cities that the president will be at and plan out a shot on the president’s life, so in turn , they know what to look for. Swagger goes to Philadelphia, Washington D.C., and Chicago. After investigating all three possible assassination sites, Swagger decides that Philadelphia is the most likely to be the city …show more content…
At first, Nick Memphis is loyal to the government, and works for the FBI. After he sees how corrupted the government can be, he decides to be loyal to the cause that is trying to end the corruption. Sarah Fenn endures a change when her dead brother’s best friend shows up and provides a little bit of closure. Bob Lee Swagger however, does not change as much as these other characters. He already does not like the government because they left his partner and him for dead. He already was skeptical about everything the government did. Without these three working together, whether it is Sarah stitching wounds or Nick helping Swagger gather useful intel, they could not have proved Swagger
The development of Dunny's character in the novel begins when Dunny falls in love with Faustina. It is because of these female characters that both protagonists learn to accept the emotional side of their lives, which are provided by these women, who possess immoral values that allows Nick and Dunny to develop into the final stages of their characters, essentially making them the same. Nick's realization of the equality of man and morals change when he comes in contact with Jordan Baker. Jordan possesses certain qualities that only benefit her. She likes to bend the rules so that the positive result ends up in her favor. She has allowed herself to be wrapped in a blanket of dishonesty that Nick would not be able to live, until he realizes that he can.
This documentary portrays the life of wheelchair-bound individuals that are professional rugby players. A few of the players take the spotlight in this independent film such as; Mark Zupan, Joe Soares, and Keith Cavill. These particular individuals were chosen as the icons of this movie because of their phenomenal spirit and determination. The most heartfelt and inspirational story was of Mark Zupan who plays for the United States Quad Rugby team. He was the victim of a tragic car accident provoked by his best friend who was driving while intoxicated. This misfortune left him paralyzed from the waist down while his friend was unharmed. Zupan is an amazing individual that was able to forgive his friend and still involve him in his life. He
After the tragic events of 9/11 attacks in the United States, there has been over a hundred terrorism-themed films such as Black Hawk Down and American Sniper that portrays a generalization of Muslims with violence, uncivilized, and is described as crude villains (Aguayo, 2009). This has unfortunately affected the way the American public view the Muslims negatively, which in turn leads to discrimination, prejudice, and irrational fear of Muslims (Islamophobia). The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) stated that the American Sniper film has caused a significant rise in violent hate and racist threat targeting the Arab and Muslim-American communities due to the promulgation of anti-Muslim propaganda and bigotry (Khalek, 2015).
The film True Grit was directed in 1969 by Henry Hathaway, and was later recreated in 2010 by Ethan and Joel Coen. Both films are based on the same plot which is a fourteen-year-old girl named Mattie Ross and two men named LaBoeuf and Rooster. In both the film and the book, the characters travel to seek revenge on the man who killed Mattie's father. Along their journey they happened to run into many obstacles that affect the outcome. However, both the film and book have slight differences. The 1969 film seems like the director is trying to play it safe by not showing violent scenes. Compared to the 2010 film they show more graphic detail in their scenes. It feels that in the Coen Brother’s film they are showing realistic events and consequences of one's actions compared to the 1969 film they skip over parts to keep it more family friendly in a way. It is important that the scenes in these films are different because overall the outcomes are different. Mattie Ross gets her arm amputated in the 2010 version, that is showing based off of one's actions there can be a punishment and a life lesson. In the 1969 version MAttie gets
The movie I chose for this assignment was called The Pistol: The Birth of a Legend. This movie was about a young boy by the name of Pete Maravich who had a dream to become a great basketball player like his father Press Maravich. However, during this process he was faced with adversity of being too short and too flashy but he overcame the adversity he faced and became a hall of fame basketball player. Pete was dedicated to the game and no matter the weather outside he was out working on his skills even in a thunderstorm. During this moment when Pete is out working on his game in the thunderstorm his father pulls up in his car and gets out to play one-on-one with him. Despite it being a thunderstorm outside and his son is out in the thunderstorm
District 9 is a film that takes us into a realm of a different world from the one that we know now. It combines extraterrestrial life with immense science fiction to illustrate a story we could only imagine to ever actually occur. Although it was created for entertainment purposes, the motion picture can be compared to many different types of individuals and situations. District 9 displays many underlying concepts throughout the movie about racism, prejudice and discrimination. While studying and analyzing the plot and characters, these concepts became more translucent to me, the viewer. This paper will discuss the treatment of District 9 residents and equate their treatment to people with disabilities.
World War 2 is one of history’s most horrifying events. There are many factors that make World War 2 such a crucial time period in history and a lot of people have tried to portray them in the best way they can but at the end the truth is that no one can actually explain or show the brutality that existed during that time period, however, there are several sources such as movies and books that have come close to it. There are many films expressing this gruesome event. One of the best films that does such a thing is Saving Private Ryan, a film directed by Steven Spielberg which portrays D-Day during World War 2. This
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.
Black Hawk Down is a movie about our attempt to capture Mohamed Farrah Aidid and the ensuing battle. The movie is a very visually pleasing movie that shows you some of the horrors of war and just shows you the cost of any war you decided to be worth fighting. It takes an American point of view on the conflict and portrays it in a very patriotic way, but it shows the heroics of the soldiers during the battle.
‘’The Executioner’’ is a drama film, directed by Choi Jin-ho and written by Kim Young-ok and features excellent actors, namely, Cho Jae-hyun, Yoon Kye-sang and Cho Seong-ha. This film won the AQCC Prize (Honorable Mention) at 2010 (14th) Fantasia Film Festival.
As a fan of cinema, I was excited to do this project on what I had remembered as a touching portrait on racism in our modern society. Writer/Director Paul Haggis deliberately depicts his characters in Crash within the context of many typical ethnic stereotypes that exist in our world today -- a "gangbanger" Latino with a shaved head and tattoos, an upper-class white woman who is discomforted by the sight of two young Black kids, and so on -- and causes them to rethink their own prejudices during their "crash moment" when they realize the racism that exists within themselves.
The Fast and Furious franchise has been going on since 2001. Since then there have been seven movies to come out. Fast and Furious 7 may be the last movie in this series. With the actor Paul Walker, Bryan in the movie dead, there may not be any other way to produce another film. With that said, I thought the movie was very good and well thought of when coming to filming the rest of movie without Paul Walker and digitally having his face put in. In some scenes near the end of the movie you can tell that something is off and seems a little weird when looking at Paul’s character but aside from that it was a brilliant job done by the
Today's society present prevalent issues which are interpreted in different ways. One of these sources are documentaries, having the power to initiate these important conversations by exploring relevant issues. Such is the case with the subjective documentary Bowling for Columbine, directed and presented by Michael Moore. Following Moore's journey, he raises an absolute and factual interpretation of the gun culture in America. Through the use of interviews, voice over, different types of footage, juxtaposition and satire, Moore explores the role of fear, violence, the government and the media on the culture of American gun accessibility.
Schizophrenia is an illness that affects an estimated 200,000 people a year. Often, people have scattered reactions when they hear the word “schizophrenia.” Some may associate this word with uncontrollable actions that could potentially cause harm to those around them. People may think of serial killers, rapists, or any form of negative archetype seen in the media. According to the DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), schizophrenia is diagnosed if the patient experiences delusions, hallucinations, and/or disorganized speech for more than a month. Delusions include but are not limited to the belief you are going to be harassed or harmed, belief environmental cues are directed at oneself, belief you are exceptionally famous or wealthy, belief everyone is in love with you, or conviction of a major catastrophe. It can only be classified as a delusion if the belief is firm and difficult to convince the patient otherwise. Hallucinations are perception-based without any external
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).