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…
has to face his insecurities, social awkwardness, people’s opinions, and anything else that tries to stop him from being with her. The screenplay for 500 Days of Summer was written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber. The major theme in this film is concept of destiny, and how it can change in the blink of an eye. For almost 500 days, Tom Hansen thought that Summer was the girl for him. He loved everything about this girl. The only problem? Summer didn’t want anything serious, meaning she didn’t want a committed relationship. Tom and Summer were really happy together. They always held hands, they kissed, they even slept with each other multiple times. However, Summer claimed that Tom and her were just friends. Even though this messed with Tom’s heart badly, Summer did say from the get-go that all she wanted was “nothing serious”. Tom swore that Summer was his soulmate, he refused to believe otherwise. The next thing he knows, Summer marries another man. However, Tom soon meets another young and beautiful girl that he met at a job interview. This ending is not indicating that this girl, who by the way is named Autumn, will be his soulmate. Just like Summer, and just like the concept of destiny, this could change for the worse, or for the better. The screenplay for Scott Pilgrim vs. The World was written by Michael Bacall and Edgar Wright.
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…
impossible. 500 Days of Summer was released in August of 2009, and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World was released in August of 2010. 500 Days of Summer was directed by Marc Webb. 500 Days of Summer was actually Marc Webb’s directorial debut for a major motion picture. Before this film, Marc Webb directed a few music videos and a documentary. Most recently, however, Marc Webb was able to get his hands on the the rebooted Spiderman franchise, with The Amazing Spiderman and The Amazing Spiderman 2. The director of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Edgar Wright, had a little more experience before this film. Edgar Wright is mostly known for “The Edgar Wright Trilogy”. This trilogy includes Shaun of The Dead, Hot Fuzz, and At World’s End. Both Shaun of The Dead and Hot Fuzz were released before Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, with At World’s End being released after it. This series of films is known as a trilogy because of the two stars of the film and the style. They all star Simon Pegg and Nick Frost as the main characters, and the same style of filmmaking is obvious through each film. Both 500 Days of Summer and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World focus on two main characters throughout their stories. 500 Days of Summer focuses on two main characters, Tom and Summer. Tom is played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Summer is played by Zooey Deschanel. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is fairly well known. He has been in many films such as Inception, Looper, The Dark Knight Rises, 50/50, and most recently, The Night Before. Zooey Deschanel has also fairly well known. She has starred in Yes Man, Elf, and she is one of the main stars in the hit TV show New Girl. Notice how The Happening is not mentioned, if you’ve seen the movie, you know why. The two main characters in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World are Scott Pilgrim and Ramona Flowers. Scott Pilgrim is played by actor Michael Cera. Michael is most famous for his films Superbad, Juno, Year One, and Youth in Revolt. Ramona Flowers is played by actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Mary has been in films such as Kill The Messenger, A Good Day to Die Hard, The Spectacular Now, and the 2011 remake of The Thing. If you were to watch both of these films one day apart, you would probably see almost no connection between the two of them. However, upon closer look, these two films have similarities with their genre, style, and characters. 500 Days of Summer is identified as a comedy, drama, and romance. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is an action, fantasy, comedy, and romance film. The major similarities are the romance and the comedy. Neither of these films are flooded with toilet humor, which is praise worthy these days. Sure, there’s plenty of sexual innuendos and sexual comedy, but that’s something to expect with romance focused films. The comedy is a little different in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, only because of the film’s plot and theme of gaming. The bigger similarity is the romance. Both Tom and Scott feel that they are not good enough at first for their love interests. Tom and Scott start out as awkward, quiet, and shaky guys, and their love interests are the girls of their dreams. Since these films were released only one year apart, it allows for a cultural connection between them. Both of these films include many pop-culture references, such as other films, music, directors, and video games. The plots of these two films is where these two films really differ from each other. 500 Days of Summer centers around Tom Hansen, a twenty something year old living in Los Angeles, who writes greeting cards for a living. Tom meets this girl named Summer through his job, who ends up being the girl of his dreams. The story of Tom and Summer is told within 500 days, however the story is not told in chronological order. The film jumps from day to day, jumping to different points in the relationship. This nonlinear storytelling makes this unoriginal synopsis into a unique and entertaining film. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World focuses on Scott Pilgrim, an awkward, early twenties nobody. He falls in love with a girl named Ramona Flowers. However, if he wants to win her heart, he has to defeat her seven evil ex-lovers. The resolutions of both films have their similarities and differences. In 500 Days of Summer, Tom ends up losing Summer, but he soon finds another girl that interests him. In Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Scott defeats all of the ex-lovers and wins Ramona’s heart once and for all. The major similarity here is that both Tom and Scott are happy when the film ends. Tom Hansen and Scott Pilgrim have many obvious differences, but they also share many similarities. To begin, they both start out as awkward, quiet, shy guys who are only sociable around their friends. They then meet the girl of their dreams, which starts out as awkward conversations and greetings. Things soon begin to change as they get more comfortable around the girl, a relationship starts to form. Both Scott and Tom build confidence and pride in themselves as the story progresses. For example, after Tom hooks up with Summer, he is quite literally the happiest man on earth. In comparison to that, Scott builds confidence after each evil ex is defeated. The main point is that Tom and Scott share the same character development. They both come out of their shell because of someone else. The audience sees the change of the character as the story progresses. Summer and Ramona also have similarities. Both Summer and Ramona are supposed to be way too good for Tom and Scott. However, Summer and Ramona have more differences than Tom and Scott do. Summer played with Tom’s heart more than Ramona played with Scott’s. Also, Summer ended up leaving Tom, when Ramona and Scott ended up together. Both of these films share aspects of young adult films. One of those aspects is the theme of finding oneself. This is shown through 500 Days of Summer when Tom comes out of his shell because of Summer. By the end of the film, Tom is more sociable and confident. If it hadn’t been for Summer, Tom would have had a hard time talking to Autumn, the girl he meets at the end of the film. In Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Scott realizes just how powerful he can be as the story progresses. He no longer feels like an awkward nobody when he successfully defeats Ramona’s seven evil ex-lovers and finally wins her heart. Another aspect of young adult films in both of these films is the romance. Romance is the focus of both of these films, but they’re not necessarily romance films. As the tagline for 500 Days of Summer says, “this is not a love story, this is a story about love”. The title of the film represents the 500 days that Tom had Summer in his life, so the main focus is the romance and the relationship that these two characters had. In Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, romance is also the main focus. The plot is centered around a young boy trying to win a girl’s heart. It’s a classic teen synopsis, but with a fun twist. This twist of gaming, music, and style helps make this film fall into way more categories than romance. Another major aspect of young adult and teen films is music. These two films both have their unique use of music. In 500 Days of Summer, the music is very mellow when it needs to be, which matches the unique color palette of the film. The music gets exciting and fast when it needs to be, like when Tom is walking down the street happily along with a marching band and the bluebird of happiness after he hooks up with Summer. The song that plays during that scene is You Make My Dreams by Hall and Oates. This song perfectly matches the pure insane and spontaneous events that happen, including the random marching band. Another song that is often used is Sweet Disposition, by The Temper Trap. This song is played to represent Summer, for it is Tom and Summer’s song. The music in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is very different. A lot of the music is hard rock which is performed by Scott’s band. The music fits well with the exciting and very well shot fight scenes between Scott and the evil ex-lovers. The original scores of both of these films are nothing to delve too deeply into, they both get the job done well. Overall, I really enjoyed both of these films.
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
entertaining. 500 Days of Summer and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World aren’t the same movie in any way, but they share many similarities. There is a lot to be learned from both of these films. Such as the theme of destiny not being locked down and set for someone. Also, the importance of confidence and how to achieve it. Get out of your comfort zone, face your fears. If you are a fan of comedy, romance, and fast paced filmmaking, I can’t recommend 500 Days of Summer and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World enough. Not only do both of these films contain excellent style and direction, but they also have many other elements that make a film memorable in the best way possible.
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.
At the beginning of the book, Scott had three best friends, Kyle, Mitch, and Patrick. His friends slowly drifted away for different reasons. Patrick had to move to Texas.. Mitch started dating a girl and spent all his time with her. Kyle joined the wrestling team, became a jock, and started bullying Scott. Despite losing all his friends, he made two new ones, Lee and Wesley. In the text it states that, “Wow. Two small words that meant a lot. My friends” (Lubar 275). Lee was a new girl at school who was labeled freaky and weird, even by Scott himself, became she had dyed hair and tons of piercings and loved everything to do with death. Despite her appearance and interests, Scott and Lee were brought together by their love for books. His other new friend, Wesley, was one of the scariest seniors in the school. They met when Scott had to bring something to the office and Wesley had gotten in trouble. Wesley started driving him to school and they became friends shortly after. This showed that Scott changed because he realized his old friends weren’t true friends. He was also able to look past the appearance and interests of a person and be friends with them simply because he knew that they would be true
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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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.
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...
¨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
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.
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.
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 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.
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
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.
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