Maleficent was not always involved with horns and destroying the majesty’s happiness (Maleficent | Movie Review). She was not always the mistress of all evil, hiding behind her powerful dark spells. Individuals, until this day, continue to say that there are two sides to every story. The evil queen who children grew up fearing is not too terrifying after all. The fierce woman who ruined a princess's youth is now being admired after watching Maleficent. When the director takes advantage of a well created fairytale and adjusts the storyline in the right direction, it creates a different dynamic. The movie, Maleficent, takes an adventurous twirl to introduce the movie fanatics an unusual queen with black horns. Maleficent introduces a strategic …show more content…
The way the director creates the movie scenes with impressive characteristics and beautiful detail makes the viewer appreciate the cinematography and not only the plot. As Maleficent decides to cast her evil spell, viewers perceive her hardened heart and thirst for revenge just by the picture the director has able to display. Snow is featured in the movie causing everything to be cold and mysterious because snow usually represents sadness or death. As Maleficent rides a lovely black horse, the sky alters into yellows and oranges colors. She continues to ride while the sunset approaches, rays from sun reaching every inch of the ground, and the castle that was once far into distance reaches its full size. The environment shown in the movie is fictional, however, it looks realistic. When Aurora is being crowned queen, after her father’s death, the sky is clear blue and there is vegetation all around. Pink flowers surround the throne while clear water runs through a small …show more content…
Adding detail to some characters while leaving some behind causes the storyline to twist. This movie will not be the original “Sleeping Beauty” in action; Maleficent rights her wrongs even after the terrible betrayal. The cinematography is well developed in every scene which adds impact to the viewers. Not only are the characters developed in fine way, that also counterparts the storyline, but every aspect of each character makes the viewer understand them. Every aspect of this movie makes Maleficent
The movie Shock Doctrine revolves around the concept of the same name. The film begins by discussing psychological research on the effects of shock therapy. It is evident that a person under extreme stress and anxiety commonly experienced during a crisis functions and performs inadequately. It is noted that the studies are conducted by a man by the name of Milton Friedman, from the University of Chicago; the studies took place in the past, and some of the subjects are still recovering in the aftermath. From this research, interrogation techniques were learned and the concept of the shock doctrine was formed. Essentially through causing a crisis, the population of a country can be shocked into complying with accepting laws that favors the United States and capitalism. This theory coexists with Friedman’s belief in that government regulation is bad, and through a crisis a country would better itself with deregulation. The video uses Chile as an example and shows how America allowed a crisis to occur in Chile, through coups, interrogations and subterfuge. In the end a new government is formed that allows capitalism. Unfortunately afterwards violence and riots occur, as the rich gain most of the wealth and poverty rises. In addition to Chile, Argentina, Russia and even Iraq underwent the shock doctrine. Almost in every account, poverty rises and violence ends up erupting. The movie ends by showing how the US was in the process of the shock doctrine, and still is but the population has taken notice. Protests such as Occupy Wall Street are some of the initiatives necessary to bring awareness to the problems of class inequalities in order to prevent capitalism from benefitting the rich and increasing the wealth gap among the classes.
The film, Out in the Night documents a 2006 case in which a group of young African American lesbians were accused of gang assault and attempted murder. The film portrays how unconscious bias, institutional discrimination and racism contributed to the convictions of seven African American lesbian women. Three of the women pleaded guilty to avoid going to trial, but four did not. Renata Hill, Patreese Johnson, Venice Brown, and Terrain Dandridge maintained their innocence and each were charged with several years in prison. I cried through out the documentary because it dawned on me that it’s not safe for women, especially gay women of color. The four-minute incident occurred in Greenwich Village where Dwayne Buckle sexually and physically harassed
Sex, love, depression, guilt, trust, all are topics presented in this remarkably well written and performed drama. The Flick, a 2014 Pulitzer Prize winning drama by Annie Baker, serves to provide a social commentary which will leave the audience deep in thought well after the curtain closes. Emporia State Universities Production of this masterpiece was a masterpiece in itself, from the stunningly genuine portrayal of the characters of Avery and Rose, to the realism found within the set, every aspect of the production was superb.
A League of Their Own (Marshall, 1992) explicitly characterizes an American era when a woman’s place was in the home. Even our modern perspective implicitly follows suit. Although women have gained rights and freedoms since the 1930’s, sexism remains prevalent in America. This film offers an illustration when men went to war and big business men utilized women as temporary replacements in factories, sports, and so on. Here, course concepts, such as gender socialization, gender expressions, role stereotypes, emotion expressions, and language, correspond to the film’s characters and themes.
Hidden Figures is a movie based on the true story of three pioneering African American women whose calculations for NASA were helpful to several historic space missions, including John Glenn’s successful orbit of the Earth. The Movie was set in 1960, where a lot of historical events were happening, such as the Space race between two initial rivals of the Cold War (The United States, and Russia). Also, Women and African-Americans were discriminated Against during the 60’s, but that did not stop Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, and Dorothy Vaughan from advancing and accomplishing what they accomplished. After all they did not only help themselves advance, they helped America advance. Hidden Figures was a very accurate film of how it was in the 1960 and how these three women went with their intelligence rather than their ego.
Individuality can be an admired gift, but it is often buried under society’s illogically perfect expectations. The famous film director, Tim Burton, renowned for directing hauntingly innocent movies such as Edward Scissorhands and Alice in Wonderland, affirms this in several thrilling adventures. He shows that uniqueness is not a liability, but an asset, even if it means being an outsider or a misfit. Two of his films, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children and Edward Scissorhands, showcase the message: identity is preferable to conformity.
She feels she needs to get revenge on Stefan for leaving her alone. So she could be thought out as an evil villain, but there is more. She heard about King Stefan’s new baby from her “wings”, also being a crow she saved from a farmer killing. Maleficent thought this was the right time to seek her revenge, so she went to the palace and placed a curse on baby princess Aurora, “The princess will indeed grow in grace and beauty, and beloved by all who meet her. But before the sunsets on her sixteenth birthday she will prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall into a sleep almost like death, a sleep from which she will never awaken...etc The princess can be awoken from her death sleep, but only by true love’s kiss…” Maleficent realizes that true love’s kiss doesn’t exist so she planned it all out as a mischievous proposal… or so she thought.
Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson create a world full of adventure in their film, Shrek. The film revolves around the main characters, Shrek, Donkey, Lord Farquaad, and Princess Fiona. Lord Farquaad attempts to rid his kingdom of fairy-tale creatures and offers money to anyone who captures them. A talking donkey, referred to as Donkey, is captured, manages to escape, and meets an ogre named Shrek who lives alone in a swamp. Lord Farquaad then sends all of the captured fairy-tale creatures to Shrek's swamp. Meanwhile, Lord Farquaad is in search of a princess to marry, so he may become King. When he hears of Princess Fiona locked away in a tower because she is cursed, he decides to have her rescued and brought to his kingdom for a wedding. Shrek
Maleficent, who possesses power, is considered evil, while Aurora, who is the typical female archetype, is considered ideal. This is where the prince is given even
I have chosen to review the film Boyhood written by Richard Linklater that took twelve years to film. In the movie Boyhood, it illustrates the life of a boy named Mason Jr. through the many stages of his childhood to adolescence to becoming an adult. The movie follows Mason Jr.’s life through his years of kindergarten, middle school, high school, and to college. Through these milestones in his life encounters society with socialization, culture and norms that are exhibited through his family, friends, and others. With factors of social classes, and gender that influence Mason Jr. as he grows and fits into the society that is formed. From the events and milestones in Boyhood, it is able to show human behaviour in society from our
There is no shortage of adjectives to describe a villain: ruthless, sinister, immoral, or perhaps wicked. Yet on more than one occasion they are also ambitious, powerful, intelligent, and determined. Despite their dishonorable reputations, Disney female villains often possess more traits of a strong, independent woman of today’s times than the heroines of the classic Disney fairytale. In comparison, the beautiful princess can be much less of a role model for young girls than the despised villain, a notion that seems absurd, but upon closer examination of these rival characters in many of Disney’s animated films, is closer to the truth than one might think. However, due to the unattractive physical portrayals that often define the female villain, it is easy to be blind to this notion. So, what is the
In many classic stories, youth often equates to beauty; as old age does to a scornful, maybe even evil person. A well known example of this being the differences between Princess aurora (also known as Briar-Rose) and Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty. I watched Sleeping Beauty as child over 10 years ago, and I saw Maleficent about 2 years ago when it came to theaters. When I first viewed these two Disney versions of the story, I never knew the original version of “Sleeping Beauty.” When I watched Maleficent I wanted to believe that was closer to the original story because it was more engaging and it was not about a set in stone princess and villain. Disney’s Sleeping Beauty is more faithful to the original tale it was based on, but Maleficent is a far better and interesting spin of the story.
Analysis of Movie Moulin Rouge In this essay I will be analyzing in depth four scenes from Baz Luhrmann's critically acclaimed Moulin Rouge that was released in 2000. I will be analyzing the opening sequence, the sequence in the Moulin Rouge itself, the two dancing sequences 'Like a Virgin' and 'Tango Roxanne' and the final scenes of the film. Throughout this essay I will be commenting on the filming techniques that Luhrmann uses and what affects these have on the audience, also I will be analyzing how the film is similar and different to typical Hollywood Musicals.
According to Jeffords, Disney changes the fairy tale in its film version of Beauty and the Beast. This film has had countless number of changes since this fairy tale first came out. One major change was inanimate objects came to life. This is a difference because in the older versions of Beauty and the Beast, the Beast is isolated in his castle and he fulfilled all of Beauty's need by enchanted magic. I believe that this change is significant in this film. This is because it takes away from the Beasts power. In the older versions this shows that the Beast really cares about Beauty and will do anything to help her fulfill her needs. In Disney's version they took this out. They made it so the Beast was less powerful, making him come off as week.
The movie Maleficent, which was recreated by Walt Disney Pictures, is not only intriguing visually, but also tells a story in which everyone could surely relate to. In the beginning Maleficent protects the land she calls her home (the Moors), and when she catches a young boy her age stealing from the pond she takes care of the situation. Maleficent and the young boy soon grow very fond of each other, bonding initially over the absence of a parent in both children's life. Maleficent believes she is in love with him, "... and on her 16th birthday, Stefan gave maleficent a gift. he told her it was true loves kiss..,