... Matrix parable. Faith and Belief in the Parable The salvation I allude to is what I call "Faith."" Within the Matrix parable, Neo is the character who embodies the path of Faith. When I speak of Faith, perhaps I am using a definition that is not the usual one.   Faith, I feel, is different than belief.   Belief is ... how intuitive a computer program the Oracle is, she is still attached to a system. That is why she phrases the question (and comes to the conclusion) like she does. But, I believe, Neo goes beyond what the wise Oracle suggests. He realizes that his experience is a weird ...

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... do not notice the subtle messages being relayed about end time. Perhaps the part of the reason for the adiuences inability to pick up on these sublties was due to the fact that the main hero character of the movie was Arnold Schwarzenegger. This is also at least a majority of the reason the critics hated this film. But if one examines the plot and ... negates who played who, the film's value of the popluar American cultures views regarding the millennium become apparent. Moreover, there are certain ... with satan, when he comes to (every thousand years) to claim his bride, her. Still a...

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... interacts with while inside is Amanda Chang, played by Lauren Tom. She is a young Chinese girl who has failed her family by having mental short comings. It is the development of her character that seems most compelling in this movie. The movie takes a turn for the trite when the psychiatrist Libbie decides to enter into a dangerous liaison with Mr. Jones. This definitely ... that this coupling would occur. It is totally unneeded and detracts from the plot more than it adds. Leaving this out and developing Olin's character more as a professional would have served better to create an air ...

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... cut man with no beard. These things gave him the characteristic of innocents. By looking at him in this state, you can't tell what he is about to become; a murderer that will pretty much do anything to become king. By the end of the movie, the character of Macbeth has had a drastic change, from a good man ... to a lost soul that eventually pays for his wrong doings. Lady Macbeth's character is unknown until she reads the letter from Macbeth. Then the camera shows her and ... much forcing Macbeth against his freewill to commit the murders. She goes from a woman who wants her husband to b...

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... movie, essentially, it is still Hamlet. Let us start off with the main character. Mel Gibson vs. Ethen Hawke. Of the two, I personally preferred Mel's performance. He gave the appearance that Hamlet was a young man (despite the age of the actor) who had no real problems in life until Claudius made everything go ... grass, a brook here or there, with immense emotional distraught among the royalty and friends. This only comes through in one of the movies, while the other places all the dialogue in modern places, such as Blockbuster. I thought of this as somewhat amusing, re-enacting a pla...

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... dirty and messy sidewalks are mainly populated by prostitutes, pimps, drug dealers, drug addicts, gangsters and low lives peoples. It's a dark portrait of the lowest classes of the American urban society in which is inserted the central character of the movie, the troubled and desperately lonely Travis Bickle, a twenty-six year old Vietnam war veteran,who seems to be heavily psychologically battle-scarred ... eyes cut to his view through the rainy windshield, one adopt his point of view that one keep nearly during the whole movie. This impression is still reinforced by Travis voice-over ...

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... movies to set the mood. The scene of a sun setting can convey a cheery mood. But, it can also foreshadow events that will happen later in the piece of literature. A good-looking view, like a sunset, that fades away to darkness can be similar to the path a character or characters will travel. An event may ... seem to be happy, but will end up in disaster. An example of this is when the Joads ran into a man on the road, which lead them to work ... look for fun. Migrant people find some pleasure in their life, but sometimes they need to make whatever they are doing into something enjoyable...

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... his character will round out as the play progresses. In his speech, "Tis sweet and commendable in your nature-(87), Claudius is already shown as an unfeeling, arrogant, and full of hubris. In this speech he seems to be mocking Hamlet's grief. This sets the stage for a much harsher interaction between Hamlet and Claudius when the time of reckoning comes. Again, here Hamlet is ... portrayed as more contemplative and grief stricken in this scene by making his first real soliloquy totally introspective and in his own mind. The Franco Zeffirelli film, while similar to the Olivier in setting,...

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... serious and crucial topics in our history including the Holocaust, and other discrimination based events of our time. The use of satire baffles me when it comes to the movie's concept. This movie is about slavery and you choose to make fun of it by having comedy? Last time I checked, slavery wasn't a laughable matter. ... African American perspectives. Mr. Reed states, and I quote, "You really have to suspend disbelief for this movie. " I agree with him because some of the actions and events that took place in the film were not true or did not happen. The Mandingo fighting was brutal and...

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... they get crowned; with the students a joke must be played with a bucket full of blood. The look on Carrie's face was like that of a cartoon character so the whole auditorium of students laughed out loud. Carrie could not take no more of being the joke so she runs out but trips on the way and runs outside ... are forced into a small world that they are understood. With this most lash out when the world they live in collapses. A weapon of total destruction, Carrie's mind, she looks inside through the window like an outsider once again. Anger building up inside; a demonstrates to her fellow ...

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... would burden him and interfere with his political cause. He says, "We commit ourselves as comrades, to avoiding intense relationships of that kind because they can only be a hindrance when it comes time to act" (135-136). He believes that truly loving someone, especially a woman, is futile and doomed to ... in Molina's movies. Because Valentin equates being attached to a person with being weak, in one movie, Valentin says that he identifies with the psychiatrist, a character who Molina has described as "a fantastic flirt with a pencil-line mustache a bit like a pimp..[and who is] so posi...

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... interacting and then the way that they eventually turn on each other. He also uses many items as well as each character in the text to symbolize various aspects of the '"'society.'"' Brook also focuses on they way that they interact but he does not put as much emphasis on the symbolism ... the island they are forced to also become a beast. The beast somewhat represents the society in which we live now. The expect security among a lot of other things from out government. They boys expected security and food from Jack that is why they followed him. The movie shows the dependency that the ...

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... to live his dreams, or merely an insane person who blindly followed voices that could only be heard within the confines of his mind? Either of these theories could be argued successfully. He builds a baseball field for Shoeless Joe Jackson. Between the movie and the book ... was given the strange ability to meet a number of celebrities from both the world of baseball and literature who had been dead for many years. In both the movie and the book, "Field of Dreams" and "Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa" Ray Kinsella was introduced to the ... of faith and wisdom about life. Ray was hone...

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... , which includes Ray Kinsella's family and then Ray versus his father, John Kinsella. This movie revolves around metaphors that give in detail and description a feel of what Ray Kinsella went through personally. With voices to carry Ray's dream into reality, he does something that most people would think is crazy. That is to ... he can do. He can either ignore them or act on them. He begins to follow up on everything at the spur of the moment. Ray's wife, Annie, is a very special character in this movie. Unlike the ordinary wife who would have probably discouraged their husband from doing...

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... however, Spielberg does a great job in showing how Jamie had changed over the course of the movie, which was his intention right from the start.  Jamie, the main character, faces many challenges throughout the course of this film. One of the problems that Jamie had to bear that was the existential crisis that he had. ... saying things such as "The Japanese will win, they have better fighters and more courage".  This shows us how Jamie by the end of the movie is broken and no longer holds the Japanese in great esteem. It also adds to the emotional, physical and mental threats that Jami...

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... have thought that the Olsen twins were as beneficial to society the news. I was a lot like the character Michelle Tanner. I was sneaky, mischievous, and pretty darn adorable (what ever happened?) at the tender age of 4. Truthfully I always thought that the actress' name was "Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen- (I wasn't the ... them considering everyone still regards them as kid actresses, but for us fans out there, I think it's about time they gave something more to their audience. Meaning...no more of this traveling off to foreign lands, meeting cute boys, getting kissed deal. It's cute, but ...

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... God. The movie clearly illustrates what religion each character is, almost forcing the viewer to acknowledge the everyday stereotypes, although Gandhi himself is only seen as a man of spirit. The movie further explores the life of a simple Indian man and documents the serious poverty of his people. The British are portrayed as the ... was sometimes violent on their part, and although it is not made a huge matter in the film, it is noted. The vivid scene of the massacre at Amristar in which over 1500 unarmed Indian men, women, and children were fired upon and killed evokes so much emotion...

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... yet completely heartbreaking. Although, some might contest and have a valid reason for it. The film, in this principle gives a certain feeling of pleasure and satisfaction. If someone judges something to be an art simply because it is agreeable to himself then this theory will surely be a ... when Setsuko died but all in all, the movie can be enjoyed. It can give a sense of satisfaction especially that part when at the end, after both of the main character died and they lived peacefully together in the afterlife. Although for some who say that it is ... has purpose. It involves the inte...

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... point. He was able to give bad news to anyone in either method. He gave the message the way his job delegated him to. The other character, Natalie Keener developed the over a computer method. At first she was gung-ho but when it came down to actually following through she became soft. ... The over a computer method has its strengths and weaknesses. One of its strengths would be the fact that it gets the job done. No one has to deal with the emotions involved. A weakness to that is the ... living, but he is also a motivational speaker. He does both of his jobs with a passion as he thrive...

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"The Recruit" The recruit is an action packs thriller with a sense of realism that questions the reality of what you think you know about America's secret forces. There are many keys that make this a good movie. Colin Farrell's, character is young and out to prove something. Bridget Moynahan, is or isn't his love interest. A major key is Al Pacino; he keeps you guessing throughout ... a father figure type person toward James Clayton. He plays on that characteristic to recruit James into the CIA. Al doesn't trust anyone, for obvious reasons. Being in the CIA comes with a lot of prices to pay. ...

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... he makes us feel sorry for him, but at the same time he also gives us a sickening feeling about his character. He makes us think that he's just a lonely guy who wants a family of his own. He really seems to care for the family. You can see in his eyes the love that he's ... be part of it. But then comes the kind of psycho part, when the cameras show his living room. Plain and simple, but with one wall covered with pictures of the family from Savmart. Williams is such a good actor and you can tell just by looking at his eyes. When his more evil type of character comes out you ... can se...

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... the entire movie takes place during his most recent top five. It features the breakout performance of Tenacious D lead, Jack Black, and it is still his best performance. We witness some of the best directing of all time as we are put into the mindset of John Cusack's character, Rob. As much as we like the guy and sympathize with him, we also experience his ... the movie. The main character Cusack himself is a witty and yet comically pitiful figure. Even better are the two sidekicks he works with. They are musical snobs and the scenes in the record store are often hilarious as they deal ...

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... it leads to "unwanted intimacy" between her and her clients. Much later in the movie we see Julia Robert's character blow a kiss and place it on the lips of the sleeping Richard Gere. She said that she would never kiss him on the lips and then blows him a kiss ... comes out of jail as a new person. As much as Ed Norton has turned around his former thoughts, his younger brother has gone that much deeper into the hatred of black people. Its ironic because Ed Norton's character went to jail for a hate crime and comes out hate-free but his brother who worships him is full of ... hate and an...

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... support them; however, Jordan is a self-made woman. Jordan is also depicted to be very independent because she is a golfer (23). Not many women of her day were professional golfers or active in any sports. Jordan's character has many similarities between the movie and the book. She is portrayed as a young beautiful woman who is very active. She is introduced in both ... 's parties or the Buchanan's mansion. Between the book and the movie, Jordan had many, well portrayed similarities. Between the movie and the book, Jordan's character has a few differences. One of the major differences is...

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... is drama, because Tony Montana started at the bottom and then he had to work his way to the top. By watching this process, the viewer follows the development of the main character with emotional themes such as drug addiction, moral dilemmas, social class division and violence against women. These themes all have an essential role in the movie and in the ... . Greed appears in different ways all throughout the movie and even within multiple characters. First and foremost greed appears in the movies main character Tony Montana. Tony comes from Cuba and has lived his entire life in and out ...

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