Entertainment Essays

Without loneliness, how could we appreciate love? Without war, how could we appreciate peace? Binary opposition underlies the essence of our world. It is because of this that the term Utopia, usually meaning a place of utmost perfection, is also used to mean an unrealistic ideal that is impossible to …

In Twelve Angry Men, a boy is convicted of the murder of his father and 12 jurors are chosen to decide his fate. In the beginning, all of the evidence points to him being guilty. However, after a little bit of analysis of the evidence, there is some reasonable doubt. …

I think that if there were no television there would be good and bad effects. It would be good in that people wouldn’t be parking their butts in front of the television all the time. It is just plain lazy. Also, people wouldn’t have their brains full of junk that’s …

The documentary Super Size Me, produced by Morgan Spurlock, is a film which aims to frighten its viewers into adopting a more healthy lifestyle. Super Size Me uses techniques which attempt to shock the viewer- showing them the devastating effects that consuming nothing but fast food (in the case of …

Hitchcock’s _Rear Window_ has been both hailed and criticized for its portrayal of the male/female social dynamic. Many critics have elaborated on the protagonist’s fixation on male sexual dominance and his voyeurism. Many see the film as simply a way for the male cinema spectator to join the simulated spectacle …

Mary Ann Doane discusses the use of voice in cinematic presentation in this article. She determines the acceptance of voice by the viewer by defining the phantasmatic body of a film. This body is the replica created by the technology itself. It is the body of the character and of …

Steven Spielberg and Alfred Hitchcock are two directors who have been influenced by their time. Hitchcock was influenced from early 19th century. Spielberg was influenced from the middle of 19th century. Spielberg has been influenced by technology and historical events. Hitchcock has mainly been influenced by current events and art …

Music is the universal language of culture. The emotion evoked from a piece of music inspires people all over the world. Music is constantly changing with society’s views of popularity and need for betterment. For generations, music was a concept of solely vocal chants, melodies, organums, and little or no …

There is one activity that stands out for it’s prominent and ubiquity – the world’s most popular leisure, pastime – television. Some people regard TV as the greatest invention of the humanity and can hardly imagine their lives without it, others, on contrary, are strongly convinced that it is used …

The movie Shrek which starts like any other fairy tale with a once upon a time. But once we see whom the hero of the story is it is made obvious that this is not a typical fairy tale. Each character symbolizes something in general. The four main characters are …