... , the cannibal killer, Ed Gein, inspired it. Remakes generally receive poor ratings when compared to the original film, but I was hoping this movie would come close to the beloved cult classic original. Scott Spicciati, a reviewer for Aggressive-Voice.com, commented that "they're the same film, only one is newer-. A great film has a plot that is focused, coherent, and "just makes ... . Michael Bay, the producer, brought in only one new screenwriter to maintain much of the original story line. Scott Kosar managed to stay faithful to the original film, written by Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper,...

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... was lame.... Nudity 5/10: This would be about on average too for an 80's horror movie. At the beginning you see some nips through a shirt, and eventually get to see Kim McKamy and Jody Gibson topless. Karyn O'Bryan gets pretty skimpy too. Acting 4/10: A 4 sounds pretty harsh, but the acting as a whole really wasn;t that bad. In fact the cheesy acting ... good or really bad. They were all on the same cheap, cheesy, mid 80's horror movie level. Of course, the ones who got naked were a little better. VERY INTERESTING NOTE: Kim McKamy who played the lead Connie actually seemed pretty seriou...

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... . When Emperors and Kings ruled the land, and when most of all music was commissioned by them. I thought the manner in which the director chose to unfold the plot was classic. So many great movies are given as flashbacks. It is a chance to see their perspective now and the perspective of which they had back then. Which in this case we ... he hardly ever made a mistake on his compositions. He did everything perfectly in his mind, never settling for mediocrity. Even when the Emperor told him that there was too many notes in his opera, in Mozart's mind it was perfect. Salieri was a jealous ...

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... the modern version is not beneficial to the understanding of the original drama, the topic modern objects in the movie off-set the mood of the classic play arises. The original tragedy gives theearlier time? mood with the settings and objects used. For instance, in the original play, while fighting, the ... to Shakespeare. Shakespeare should be known for his ideas and his ideas only. After observing the modern version, Romeo and Juliet, and reading the classic, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet play, the conclusion that the modern version is not beneficial to the understanding of the drama...

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... Van works. Taj is a foreign exchange student from India and has been chosen to be Van's assistant in helping him through the year. Such as attending his classes and taking notes for him. These three characters could be considered your prime people throughout the movie. Critics also couldn't believe the amount of crude humor that was displayed throughout the movie. One ... "party liason- which was a story written by Gwen Pearson. Van was also very upset with this story, but found someway to overcome his ego and forgive the gorgeous blonde. Another classic scene of a good time was dinner ...

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... an era's burning questions and issues, and creatively uses an artistic medium. The Fiddler on the Roof is one of the greatest examples of a classic movie because it contains all of those elements. It is also a great way to understand the hardships that the Jewish Russians went through, and it ... people get upset by change, and new things, they prefer to have some things the same old ways, "just like Grandma and Grandpa's ways". A classic also captures the meaning of the era's burning issues and questions. In the early 1900's, when the Russians ruled the Jews, the Jews were looked down ...

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... of love and the role that it plays in people's lives, it uses a unique approach to the classic "Love Story". The movie came out in 1990 and was considered to be a romantic comedy. It was written by J.F. Lawton and directed by Garry Marshall. This film starts out with ... world today, everybody knows not to mix business with pleasure. Although this movie was a little wild compared to all of the others in its time pretty woman truely has become a classic american love storey. It shows us the reality that love will come and you never know when or where. Love is something that is a part of...

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... "Ever After" to modernize the tale and change the way women are portrayed. One of the traditional stereotypes that is evident in the classic version of Cinderella is the passive nature of the girl. Cinderella's step-mother and her step-sisters constantly mistreat her which would normally cause ... Cinderella will always be a female, and this should not be looked upon as gender discriminatory thing. There are although some characteristics of the classic Cinderella that can be seen as discriminatory to women such as the labels of inferiority, dependence, and passiveness. By examining a rec...

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Romeo and Juliet; The Book and Movies Major Differences Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare was, is, and will always be considered a timeless classic to many people. Romeo and Juliet are said to be "star-crossed" as well as "death-marked" lovers (Shakespeare 1). Throughout the play as a reader it is sensed as well as ... they believe the other is dead; the wording and the way Shakespeare expresses the sadness, exemplifies why the story has been referred to as a timeless classic. Chaitram says that Baz Luhrmann "offers a trendy, contemporary retelling of the classic love story." ...

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"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." This quote is from the classic novel, The Great Gatsby, which was adapted into a movie in 1974 and again in 2013. There are several broad, distinct differences and similarities in these two digital creations. The directors ... scenes. The 1974 version was a film of its time. This means the style is equipped to its time, so the dancing is the Charleston and the music remains to the classic 1920s. However, the 2013 movie is also of film of its time, so it uses much more vulgar dancing and modern music (Conner 2)....

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... a symbolic metaphors used Lodger, the first one was uncovered was the use of a staircase. InArt of Alfred Hitchcock? written by Donald Spoto supports this fact by stating,The Lodger [displays] classic staircase, [which] is [known] as western symbol, describes relationships in terms of ascent and descent along the stair case. [?] The landscape of the mind and emotion is all more acutely ... . In his first American made film Rebecca (1940) was a huge success. He won his first academy award for best film that year. Nevertheless, this movie blends in perfectly with Alfred's classic themes. R...

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... a symbolic metaphors used Lodger, the first one was uncovered was the use of a staircase. InArt of Alfred Hitchcock? written by Donald Spoto supports this fact by stating,The Lodger [displays] classic staircase, [which] is [known] as western symbol, describes relationships in terms of ascent and descent along the stair case. [?] The landscape of the mind and emotion is all more acutely ... . In his first American made film Rebecca (1940) was a huge success. He won his first academy award for best film that year. Nevertheless, this movie blends in perfectly with Alfred's classic themes. R...

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... a few tears. The soundtrack album for this movie was also a hit. Spectacular movie! Lastly, "Some Love Stories Never End,"" (4 ½ hrs) starring Amitabh Bachan, Sharukh Khan, Aishwaria Tai, Jimmy, Raj, Sunny, Kim, Kiran, and Priya, directed by Yash Chopra. This was an interesting movie. I wouldn't say it's the BEST movie, but it was nice. In the beginning of the movie, it's a little ... ...

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The Crucible The Crucible written by Arthur Miller in 1953 is a classic American work. It is a story not only of witches, but also of love, lust and above all betrayal. The characters in this drama all play curious roles in this depressing ... and provides an interesting side story to the central theme. The movie version of The Crucible changes the perception of many of the characters and destroys the drama of this classic work. The parallels between the theatrical version and film are immense. The characters and plot are similar and this makes contrasting the theatrical version and movie di...

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... , the plot vaguely adheres to Malory's Le Morte D"Arthur. From the directors Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones is the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. This film is a classic comedy filled with minor facts from the Arthurian legend. The movie opens up with five minutes of random credits from the making of the movie. The plot starts off with ... says, "Two thumbs up for this movie, a comical movie for everyone." James Berardinelli also says, "The Holy Grail, which started life as a low-budget, throw-away comedy, has turned into a classic of its genre." I very much agree with this mov...

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... from white suburbia. The film depicts the rough aspects of Jimmy's life through his job at a metal-pressing plant and his relationship with his self-serving alcoholic mother, Stephanie Smith (Kim Basinger). It is also vividly portrayed in the gritty shooting style in which the film's director creates the feeling of oppression and collapse. The film's thematic significance lies primarily in ... ...

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... not without faults. Sam has a mild case of autism but is a very high functioning individual despite his mental disability. When the show first began I thought the movie would parallel the classic movie Rainman, staring Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman. But I quickly dismissed this comparison as soon as the plot began to evolve. The story is not about accepting the autistic adult ... neighbor had a large impact on Sam's life. Sam names his daughter after the Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds." The movie is filled with Beatles songs and other classic rock references. The importance...

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... set. The new, 21th century design of the rooms, the labs, the illumination of the space shuttle, and the types of charecters is well made. The new version has the classic casting: a young, hip technician, snow, a black woman, who is the senior sciantist, and a handsome hero, with his beutiful wife. In a well designed space, purely hi-tec enviorment, with the correct ... colors, and lights. Alot of metal and silver. The russian version does the same, at the time and place of the movie. Alot of classic streamline design, white, and plastic. Strong bright lights, and then the metal of the ...

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... her to leave the party with him, she immediately refuses his offers. Over the course of the summer she begins pulling away from Lanisha and Maria and begins hanging with Kim and Keshia because she feels that they are more in tune with her ambitions. After a while she begins acting snobbish toward Maria and suggests that she is stupid and does ... ...

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The film we watched was A Streetcar Named Desire. It was directed by Elia Kazan and made in 1951. A few of the major actors were Marlon Brando, Vivian Leigh, Kim Hunter, and Karl Malden. Blanche Dubois arrives at her sister Stella's apartment. Stella and her husband, Stanley are surprised by Blanche's sudden visit. Almost immediately, sexual tensions and class differences ... ...

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Understanding Communication within the Godfather Francis Coppola's timeless classic, the Godfather, illustrates many different types of communication. The movie is based on a mob family and their struggle with power and the problems that come hand in hand with having ... king someone is going to want that power for themselves. Coppola illustrates this through the other families trying to kill the Don and his sons. Coppola's movie is also just a classic illustration family and unity. He does this by showing how close the family members are and what the will do to help each other. The Don's so...

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... "16 Candles," there is plenty of perfect examples of satire. Three easy, but very common, examples of satire given in the movie are having your true first crush. Secondly passing notes during class about dull things that are going on. Finally looking up the higher grades, the "Greats." Foremost, having your first crush in high school is a very big event in ... are called stalkers!). Next, the note passing during class. This is a major event that gets satirized very often. Some people, 99% girls, decide to take it upon themselves to write notes to each other about gossip, also about crus...

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... equal doesn't matter. It is the internal coherence that matters. So, they ultimately get together, ignoring all the rules or rejection from the society and other people. There are some classic lines in the movie. For example, "I love you, and I want you to have your own thoughts, ideas and feelings, even in my arms." It's true that having independent ... 't take away the world that belongs to you" is a beautiful sentence which use positive words and an optimistic attitude to convey sad meaning of leaving. In a word, it is a classic movie telling an attractive love story, which fights aga...

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... Wind is a movie based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel published by Margaret Mitchell in 1936 and released as a motion picture in 1939. Gone With the Wind is an American classic movie that has stood the test of time and remains a favorite of many. Set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, Gone With the Wind tells the tale of ... cut; for example, the irrelevant marriages and domestic squabbles. The critics also felt the film lacked appeal and relevance to future generations that it would require to become an American classic. In 2014, Gone With The Wind celebrated it sevent...

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Watching the Goodfellas movie kept me very well entertained, and interested in the movie. There was never a point where I was bored. Martin Scorses" Goodfellas gives the classic gangster movie vibe, along with a star cast and story line that keeps you watching. Drugs, a cast of great actors, and a true gangster story kept me watching. Cocaine was the drug ... see there were no conflicts, and you could tell they loved working together by the chemistry displayed on screen. The shootem" up, steal their money and sell some drugs is a classic story for gangster movies. The fact that this was a tr...

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