Film Analysis Essays

This past weekend I saw the movie Brother Bear, it’s a new Disney movie and rated G. I have some trouble with the historical accuracy of the film and will be discussing that at great length. Sure it’s a children’s movie, but does that mean it’s ok to disregard historical …

Although dissociative identity disorder (formerly called multiple personality disorder) is extremely rare and difficult to diagnose, it seems to be awfully popular with numerous Hollywood interpretations. The Three Faces of Eve does a fairly admirable job of conveying the disorder even though information defining the illness was (and still is) …

The film I chose for analysis is Once Upon a Time in Mexico. I viewed this film on November 17, 2003 at the Channel Islands Theater in Oxnard. The structural effect I am critiquing is the dynamic editing effect. This film is full of very fast paced action scenes throughout …

Laura Mulvey’s article “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema” argues that in classical hollywood cinema there exists a different viewing expierience for male and female spectators. explain the basis of the theory. Do you agree? Since 1970’s Laura Mulvey has been regarded as one of the most famous and well known …

Homeless to Harvard, written by Ronni Kern, directed by Peter Levin, and released in 2003, tells the compelling story of one woman’s struggle to overcome tremendous personal obstacles. Golden Globe nominee Thora Birch stars in not only this motion picture but also many others, which include Ghost World and American …

Baz Luhrman was made famous by his three films that come under the title of the ‘Red curtain trilogy’. These three films are Strictly Ballroom, Romeo + Juliet, and Moulin Rouge. Red curtain cinema is a term made up by Luhrman. It is about breaking cinematic rules and boundaries. It …

An American short story published in 1995 written by Steven Amidon. There have always been racial problems in America, which is no wonder since the Americans took black people as slaves a long time ago. However, in the beginning of the 20th century the process of solving the racial issues …

There are many different elements in the movie Jurassic Park that make the movie interesting. This film plays with the question What if dinosaurs were alive today? The director, Steven Spielberg, uses sound, lighting, camera angles, comic relief, and even combines some of these different things to make this film …

Storm Boy is an Australian movie that has been loved and has given great pleasure and joy to a wide range of audiences for many, many years. Not just Australian audiences but also overseas, where people have learnt a little of what Australian scenery looks like. The first day of …

Mercutio is one of the most unique characters in Baz Luhrmann’s movie “Romeo & Juliet”. His language is always powerful and imaginative. He represents many different things in the play and holds an important role. Mercutio is Romeo’s friend. He is neither Montague, nor Capulet. Therefore, he has not been …