Director: Alfred Hitchcock Release Date: March 18, 1963 I watched the Alfred Hitchcock film, The Birds. I had super high expectations for this film because Kelsey and Mrs. Lawson both told me it was a really good movie. I also think I had super high expectations because I've enjoyed the other Hitchcock films we watched in class. I am disappointed in this film. I think the concept is so peculiar and it was not scary at all. In the beginning, I thought the movie was a romance movie and, all of a sudden, these birds just flail themselves across the TV screen. I thought "the birds" were supposed to be symbolic of love, but I was extremely wrong. I believe Hitchcock used a technicolor camera while filming this. Melanie, the protagonist, has bright blue eyes and orange nail polish which were super vibrant in the movie. There were some really cool shots of Melanie driving to Bodega Bay on the coastal highway. You can see the mountains and the ocean, it was the calm before the storm of birds attacking. I think this movie is okay, I think it would've been better if I watched it with some friends.
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Director: Martin Scorsese Release date: February 19, 2010 Shutter Island is a psychological thriller and it is such a beautiful movie. The colors were mellow and dull as it takes place on an island with a hospital for the mentally ill. The color palette suited the setting really well in my opinion. This film is dark and moving, but it is a movie that you need to watch multiple times to understand it. There were multiple plot twists and I didn't predict anything correctly. Most of the time, I can predict at least one thing that will happen in a movie, but I failed. Martin Scorsese has many well known movies that I need to watch like Goodfellas and Irishmen. Director: Dennis Dugan
Release date: June 25, 2010 Grownups is a classic comedy that I hadn’t watched. Iconic actors that are in almost every comedy were all in this movie (Adam Sandler, Kevin James, David Spade, etc.) I thought this movie was really funny, but there were a couple jokes in there that weren’t funny. For example, the fart jokes got old, but the first one was funny. It was just redundant. Overall, I would recommend this movie to anyone who wants to chill out and chuckle a couple of times. Director: Karlheinz Martin Release Date: 1920 (couldn't find the date) I am not sure if The Cat and the Canary counts as a German Expressionist film because it is technically an American film inspired by German Expressionism. Just in case, I watched an actual German Expressionist film, which is called *drumroll please* From Morn to Midnight. This silent film was okay, I thought the plot was a little "whatever." There's nothing really special about it. The plot revolves around a cashier who stole money and he's upset because a woman is not interested in him. Because he stole the money, he sees visions of creepy creatures and death. The movie did an excellent job with makeup and the setting was very dark and eerie. However, I have realized that German Expressionist films are not my cup of tea. Director: Nima Nourizadeh Release Date: March 2, 2012 I LOVED Project X. It's probably one of my new favorites because it is hilarious and really captures the stupidity of high school teenagers. Basically, this unpopular kid's parents go out of town, and he throws a party. It's a very simple plot, but it's filmed like a vlog. The movie feels like you are actually at the party, which is a really cool aspect. I did some research, and this type of filming is called cinema verite style. Everything was filmed in first person view of the camera and I REALLY loved that type of filming. I would recommend this film to anyone who is having friends over and you decide to watch a comedy. You won't regret it. |
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